Scuttle Fitout

With the scuttle mounted, I am able to finish off all the under the bonnet jobs. There are a number of things that get mounted directly onto the scuttle under the bonnet line.

The brake and clutch reservoirs are bolted directly onto the scuttle and the low fluid warning light cables are fed up through the bracket and onto the switches.

Finishing the scuttle also means getting all of the electrical connections finished. The fuse rail is now secured in the fusebox with a rivnut and a set screw in the passengers footwell. The fusebox lid has been modified to fit around the bottom of the throttle body and is screwed onto the bulkhead.

On the far side away from the scuttle is the washer bottle. Its line runs from the pump through a small hole in the bottom of the steering column bush. The wiring feeds through a grommet in the scuttle below the tank and then up inside the bracket to connect to the pump. On the passengers side is a 1 litre expansion tank, which is mounted as the highest point in the cooling system. It has feed lines from the block and main cooling pipes, and returns to the thermostat. All of the cooling lines run down behind the block. Its all now tidy enough to fit the bonnet (once the nose cone goes on!).