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December 1982 wheel that up until yesterday hadn't been on a vehicle as far as I can tell. This brings the collection to three wheels, the other two are with Aidan at Pine engineering currently. 

Just dragged it home from woolf mufflers. He's done a tidy job of the sharp bends to get by the k frame and just hooked into the 5k muffler to get me going for now.

Trying to actually drive it im having some issues with gear selection and a clutch sounding noise. I just recieved the workshop manual which shows me where to set the colum lever so will try that and see how i get on with selecting 1st. Feels like im trying to launch in 3rd and cant find reverse. Hoping i havent kooked release bearing size or anything. 

I'm a huge fan

Big push again this weekend to try get this done. 

-Clock installed and wired up

-cigarete lighter changed to one with green halo and fiber optic to ashtray (need to connect to headlights still)

-Old dash installed. 

-365mm Nardi classic installed with boss kit pinched from my gx61.

-Alternator wiring I thought I had sorted but not.

-Floor shifter seat cover fitted, way more clearance but still needed to slice a bit off the front carb and cut and re-weld engine mount to drop the intake side. This has also helped level the Gearbox on its mounts (it was tweaked before)

-16" m&h electric fan trimmed up to fit into shroud, its huge but fits shroud nicely. Also it's worked out that it's offset to the exhaust side which will help blow exhaust heat out of engine bay and not blow shit through the carbs Hopefully.

Still waiting on those cooling lines, need to hook up brake vacuum and exhaust is booked to be connected this Tuesday.  

Went a bit further with assembly. I'm keen to track down an electrical fan to fit into the factory shroud 

Decided that since I had my money back from parts van I should invest into changing radiator bottom hose to the correct side. I also had them size match to the 4ag as there was a 2mm variation between motor and radiator. Quick plumb up and I am happy with my investment. 

Of course i need to add my inline remote filler into the top hose mix but you get the idea. 

Also dropped the heater pipes down to same guys to get them where I want without unnecessary hoses. If it works out they will just go straight across back of engine bay to join either side and one running parallel to the back head outlet. 

There weren't issues with the oil pressure and handbrake light I just hadn't hooked them up.

there is a problem with the charge light but it's related to my alternator wiring I think (still need to delete the 5k voltage regulator also) as there is a loud humming from reg when key on. Need to sort this and finalize the fuel pump and electric fan override switches that are already wired in then I can put one of the dashboards back in. 

Coolant pipes and exhaust are the only remaining jobs that come to mind.

Rev counter dash has 3 plugs

My one has 2

So I traced all the copper tracks and made a list where the pins needed to move to in the 3 plugs. All of the wire colours except three where actually the same. Everything works except for three things. 

Charge light and handbrake light, oil pressure light. 

Good to see the fuel level has come up to same spot as other dash as ym30 van seller mentioned a problem with fuel gauge. 

Yet another meaningless upgrade is this step shroud/jack concealer.

Not too sure on which dash to use. I think the square one suits the build better but some clown (me) got overspray on it when I was tidying up corrosion around windscreen. There's also the colour difference. The dash is actually the same it's just the speedo surround that differ which is interchangeable and the padded insert on passenger side top. 

Not shown in the photo is the centre dash mounted digital clock which came in the ym30 which I am actually fizzing for. I distinctly remember daily driving this as a builder trying to wrestle my oversized cellphone out of my short shorts or shouting at the apprentice to see what the time was.