PC. Plumbing & Chassis...
Continuing with 'Hot Rod Housekeeping' and the myriad of small things to do before painting the chassis.
Carrying on with the fuel filter, this obviously needs a bracket and the fixings for said bracket need to be in place before paint is applied.
The filter mounts under the floor and inside of the main chassis member so there was no need to go crazy with the design. Just something simple:
This mounts (via one location bolt ant two 'clamping' bolts to the chassis here:
You can see why I needed to save space on fittings. In this shot you can also see (left and right) the channels in the chassis for plumbing and wiring to pass through.
Enough of that, let's break out the welder for one last fling!
First up, finish welded the channels that run through (and attach to) the motor plate as I couldn't complete them with the engine/motor plate in place, and seam-welded the fuel bulkhead tube in the right-hand chassis:
One of the problems I encountered on strip-down was removal of the propshaft. This has been in place for (literally) years and a lot of the surrounding metalwork was formed around it.
At the very top of this picture is a very short crossmember that ties the 'K' member together. It's probably totally unnecessary as the gearbox crossmember is only about 100mm in front of it, but with it in place the propshaft is virtually impossible to remove without a huge amount of swearing and scratching of paint. No problem at the moment, but as soon as it's shiny :shake:
Out with Grindy McGrinder and the crossmember was gone! But soon Cutty McCutter, Drilly McDriller, Tappy McTapper and Weldy McWelder were dragged into play to make this:
150mm of shaped, drilled and tapped drop-out crossmember, held in place by no less than 4 M12 countersunk screws.
With it welded in place you can see how it all works. The crossmember slides over the welded tabs and screws in place. Not actually bolted in the photo's as it was still too
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Hopefully more soon. Very little left to do before priming and painting the chassis. I feel like a little boy waiting for Christmas!