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Another Lovely Day - Part 1:
I am desperate to make the most of this recent run of nice weather.
Marked up the damaged number plate.
Then drilled two holes and fitted some temporary bolts.
This allowed me to line up the plate and drill the corresponding holes in the plinth.
I also added a hole for the wires, which will take this grommet to make it water tight.
I knew the extension pieces would be a bit too big.
But I underestimated just how long it would take to trim this to size.
( As I was determined not to rush it and take too much off by mistake. )
Eventually I had the fit I needed.
Note:
I had to remove the light whilst using the grinder so it wouldn't get damaged.
I cut up some more of an old bicycle inner tube to sit either side of the metal mounting plate.
Then with everything put back together, the light fits like so.
Note:
The light isn't sitting straight, as I just pushed the temporary bolts into place for the photo.
Next the welding on the inside edges of the extensions was covered in fibreglass filler.
When I was welding the extensions into place, one side of the top surface "dropped" a bit.
Unfortunately, I couldn't remember which end it was without refitting the light.
So I just added some filler along the whole of the top surface for now.
The other areas that I applied fibreglass filler to at the same time were around the eye bolt "washer".
Plus one small section of the boot lid edge that wasn't close enough to the rubber seal.
My new rivet tool arrived today.
So I could finish off the tail pipe shields.
I must say that this new tool works miles better than my old one.
End of Part 1...