My first carrier: some assembly required

[super dave]

Well not a lot to report as I am just about caught up again until I get the engine running but I managed to get the battery box mounted on the back as well as some of the pieces above the diff and the convoy reflector plate.

[super dave]

I also got most of the conduit and related pieces ready to install and once most of it is in I can then Finnish making the rear pieces that go to the rear light.

[super dave]

Well its been almost a year since last posting but it seams to be the only time I get to working on my own projects. Since the last post I worked on the oil cooler and lines to it. I picked out the best one I had and still needed quite a few of the fins straitened as they were bent and found using a pair of needle nose pliers worked quite well. After that I painted it with some high heat BBQ paint and cleaned up the lines to it.

[super dave]

When I got time to mount it in the carrier it had some material wrapped around the cooler fins I guess to keep it from wearing through ?? any how I found using wide hockey tape worked good and is very close to the original.

[super dave]

After having done those I went back to my dash panel and assembled it with all of the gauges and bits, Looks great .

[super dave]

Recently I got around to run up the engine on a test stand I made up from a couple frame rails from a MK2 carrier that came as parts when I purchased mine. It worked out really good as all the mounting holes were there to install every thing. I used my dash panel with all of the gauges so I could test them as well to make sure everything was working before installing it into the carrier. I had it running for around 4-5 hours total and fixed a few minor issues I had and was well worth making the test stand. In the end it is running great and only needs to turn over 1 revolution to fire and very happy with the results

[Jordan Baker]

What a great idea for a test stand. Love it.