A simple job that took a long time!
The principle is very simple, but the practice took a bit of fiddling. Getting the tail pipes over the central pipes is not so easy. The end of the tail pipe is slotted, but it still would not fit. So I filed the outside of the centre pipes, the inside of the tail pipes, used a crow bar (gently) on the insides of the tail pipes and applied a small amount of Vaseline. Eventually they went on.
The tail pipes are clamped by the rear fixing that holds the central pipes. The pipes were tightened in place and the centres of the Cherry Bombs measured to make sure that the pipes were positioned equally from each side. An 8mm hole was drilled in the boot floor to take the stud from the bobbin for each pipe.
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| Off side tail pipe fixed at front and with bobbin at rear |
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| Tail pipes/Cherry Bombs in place |
The carpet was cut around the filler neck of the fuel tank. Next the fuel filler fitment was removed from the body. Then the hose that joins the tank to the filler was cut to length. Whilst I was at it I made up an earth wire to go from one of the bolts that secures the filler cap to the sender earth.
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| Hose, clips and earth wire can be seen |
I have ordered the nylocs and button head bolts for the fuel sender. So no other progress yet.
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