WITW - Barn-find Final Edition

[MikkiJayne]

The snapped wing bolt wasn't such a big deal in the end. I drilled a pilot hole down the middle of it, then a 5mm down an M6x1.0 thread and all the little bits of broken bolt just fell out.



Cleaned all of them up with a tap and they're fine again



A slightly odd extension cable on the external temperature sensor. I've never seen this before but it looks factory, although not perhaps factory for this model.



The air intake is missing a few screws



I cleaned up the chassis leg and ABS pump area while the wing was off since it was properly nasty in here



Replacement wing on and looking much better



Since I made a radiator pressure tester a while back I thought I'd pressure test a spare radiator before putting it in. I'm glad I did as it blew up like a balloon! Scrap bin for this one then.



Finished refurbishing the PS pipes



The blue rope is used to pull the return hose through this barrow gap in the pipework



Pipes back in place with a replacement bracket



Now I can put the suspension back on. I've got a good used arm in here at this stage as all the others are ok. It may get a full set later on but now I just want it to get through an MoT so I can drive it about.



On the left is a metal bushing which is used to locate the upper suspension mount. There should be two of these - one each on the front and rear studs, but both are missing on this one (possibly also on the other side but I haven't looked). These are unobtanium, I don't have many spares, and they're very fiddly to make on the lathe so I just printed some instead.



They fit on the studs like this



There's no load on them - they simply locate the upper mount in place until you put the nuts on, so plastic is perfectly functional.



The rest of the suspension will go on tomorrow.