Week 23 - The Build

 Things are looking up a bit now the engine runs. The first job is to redo some of the stuff I dismantled in getting investigating why it wouldn't start. 

First among this was to resolder some of the duff joints in the loom extensions. That done they were fed back into their split conduit and into the channel inside the hull. All then reconnected to the engine management unit.

 The two looms are tied together temporarily until everything is installed.

Next is the cooling water and heater pipework. The heater looked most interesting and so I started with that! In the Fiesta the heater is in the dashboard behinf the engine . In Amfey its six foot in front of the engine. Ages ago I connected a pair of aluminium pipes running along the cockpit floor to the heater matrix on the dashboard. Now the other ends need connecting to the engine. Access to the front of the engine is very restricted and a tip for anyone attempting to do the same would be to do some preparation before installing the engine. I've managed to improve on the Ford system which used four hose clips. The heater plumbing now uses sixteen! What could possibly go wrong.

Here is the rear of the cockpit - where the rear seat rests will go.

The square hole is where the radiator and fan will go. Through the hole you can see the fuel pipes, clutch hydraulic hose and the gear selector levers. The round hole gives access to the dipstick and oil filter. Between the two is where one of the heater hoses connects and worse still where the bottom radiator hose sits. This needs extending by eight inches or so to reach the new radiator position.

Next job is the gear selector cables. These are just regular Morse cables connecting to the levers will ball and socket joints. The cable outers are held onto their mounts using seizing wire. The wire supplied looks like MIG welding wire and is too brittle for this purpose. I've got some proper stuff somewhere on the boat that I'll try to remember to bring home next time I'm there.

Anyway, Here you can see it in action..

From the gear lever end...

.... and from the gearbox end ...

Last job of the week was to fit the stbd. engine mount tie bar. 

Next week its finish off the gear cables, extend the bottom radiator hose then fit the rear brakes and think about commisioning the hydraulics.