Todays update.............
Battery......
Its a bit of a long story but the short version is that Adeyspec made a battery holder for a battery i had hanging around.
Its out of a professional spec jump start pack (one we use at work) Its a little tired and struggles to start some really flat diesel cars, thats why it was changed, but it may still have some life left when its put into a car and kept charged up regualrly.
If its no good then I'll just get another one the same. Ive found a place local to me that can supply for a reasonable rate. Its a little lighter than a standard battery, not much but its a lot smaller and its sealed so much better. Its much more powerfull than the diddy redtops people normaly get.
I also made a start on getting the passenger seat it. Got some 6mm flat bar to use as a base.
Had planned to put the battery under the foot rest but I wasnt happy with its fitment, went nicely under the seat tho.
Trial fitted it all to check where it needed to go.
Started marking out where the battery was going to sit
Drilled some holes it it, difficult to secure it properly as there is a very thick chassis rail under there and I wasnt happy with it.
So decided to start again and moved it over slightly. Means im left with some holes in the floor but oh well, at least if i spill any water it will drain away
used some small strips of rubber for the battery to sit on
And there we have it
Started on the seat frame. As the seat im using is as wide as my transit its going to sit on the tunnel and the side mount bolts into one of the original seat holes.
Using the flat bar for the other side.
the seats are quite close together but we have tried it and it doesn't seem too bad. leaves room for door bars on the future roll cage too :evil:
Im in the process of tidying up the passenger seat, its a right mess. wish id kept one of my old seats now
Ive used a year 2000 on, Ford Transit battery earth cable (used on a few members cars now) the cable is fused so will add some safety
Dan covered it in yellow tape for me.
(Yellow tape is needed for a future reason
)
Trial fitted and looks good, bolts to a redundant seat belt mounting point. Just the right length too
A little job for Dan was to bolt in the navigators foot rest
Also got the wiper scuttle back on for the first time in about 6 months. need some big grommits to cover the holes where the old wipers were
Refitted the front grill. But before it went on i ripped off the upper grill and cut all the lugs off
I dont need that s**t!
Before refitting the front bumper i decided to spray part of it black. Id done some rather amatuer photoshops (MS paints
) of what it would look like and decided to give it a try.
Its a scruffy bumper anyway and im on the look out for another. But if this looks good then I will do it again.
Masked it all up and primered the lower grill area.
A couple of coats of that and then onto the black.
Dan lent me some clear laquer to finish it off.
cant really see it from this angle, will have to wait till the car is rolling again
So thats it for now. This week im going to try and get the pas pipe made up and sort the wiper out. Im working for the rest of the week so it will only be very small stuff that gets done for a while.
Its coming along nicely :approve:
