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Originally Posted by peterux
Next job is to start the fuel lines and mounting the fuel pump,etc...
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Well, I did make a start on the fuel lines but then had to wait for some 'p' clips to arrive so went back to finishing the air inlet filter mounting bracket.
I then moved onto painting a number of brackets which I'll grab some photos in a future update.
I found the green house a useful place to let things dry....
Spray booth? by
marlinpeter, on Flickr
The item hanging up is the right hand fuel tank strap which is a standard Ford part with some unusual mounting points with rubber insulated mounts.
The left hand strap doesn't have any part numbers on it so I assume this was supplied by the RMC.
One of the benefits of documenting my builds on this forum is to provide a useful memoir for my own future reference and potentially for other builders, especially when some things are hidden or difficult to see once the bodywork is fitted. So here are some reference photo's of the fuel tank fixing...
RH Fuel tank strap by
marlinpeter, on Flickr
RH Fuel tank strap by
marlinpeter, on Flickr
RH Fuel tank strap by
marlinpeter, on Flickr
RH Fuel tank strap by
marlinpeter, on Flickr
RH Fuel tank strap by
marlinpeter, on Flickr
Finally, before completing the fuel tank fitting I decide to give the diff/final drive an oil change. There is no drain plug (as Ford didn't believe it needed changing before the Sierra body rusted away and the car was scrapped). I didn't fancy disturbing the real cover's seal so I used a syringe and short length of plastic windscreen washer hose to remove the old oil. There was very little swarf on the magnetic filler plug suggesting all is well. The old oil wasn't in bad shape and not black as I expected. It was more the colour of a good brown ale whereas the new stuff is a nice amber colour.
Diff oil change by
marlinpeter, on Flickr
It looks a bit darker than it really was in this photo and it may have been unnecessary but as the oil is over 20 years old, it's one of those jobs that is worth doing while it's easy to do without crawling under the car.
Hopefully next weeks pictures will be a bit more interesting....
....peter