Bits and pieces

While I am still waiting for a handbrake pivot (which will unlock a whole range of build activities), I have gotten a lot of little tasks plus some shopping out of the way. I have purchased a set of VDO Cockpit Vision gauges, as my loom was already configured for these. These have been "fitted" more to see what that dash looks like, but will probably come out again before I do the switchgear and warning lights (which all need larger holes to be drilled first). I will finalise the dash loom after all the dash equipment goes in.

As the car will need seatbelts for compliance with the ADRs, I have fitted two inertia reel seat belts and buckles. This would seem like a fairly easy task, but required a fair bit of reconfiguration of the belts and some shuffling of bolts to fit. All in all that task took nearly 2 hours! 

Last thing tackled today was to fit the fuel pump to the tank. The pump was supplied already modified to suit the tank and the VDO gauges by Meridian. I chose this path rather than using the factory Focus pump as this would have required extensive modifications to the tanks, and it had suffered some damage in the donor wreck. I will also have to add an external regulator and filter when I connect the fuel lines up. I made a simple gasket from cork sheet before bolting the collar down on the pump. The tank is now ready to fit once I have the diff fitted (which is all back to the missing handbrake pivot!). I have put all the handbrake cables and the handbrake in while I wait for the pivot to arrive.