Handbrake fitted, sort of...

We repaired the wiring loom to start with, after a boxing day trip to Homebase (yeuch!) to buy insulation etc. this was fiddly but seems to be done OK.

We sorted through the engine mountings to identify any that needed fitting so we could be ready for engine fitting as we only have the hoist 'til Friday. Found that the manual described the left hand engine mounting as pre-welded but in fact it wasn't, it just needed one bolted on that we found in one of the boxes.....

Then we went back to the handbrake, which Tim had managed to thread through the chassis holes eventually this morning, while Chrissy was having a boxing day lie in (slacker!)

We covered the cable with some 'convuluted piping' as it is called to protect it at points it either needs to be tied on or where it might rub on metalwork.


A break for two hours to see the mighty Arsenal sweep away Charlton with a crushing (errr... one:nil anyway) away win.

Then we returned to fit the cable on to the calipers and struggled for over an hour to loosen the adjuster sufficiently to prise the handbrake lever in to place and fit the switch, the handbrake even sort of works, but it doesn't seem even, when released the right hand caliper lever remains slightly depressed and the brake slightly on, but our arms and fingers were giving up and 'er indoors had made a pot of tea so we gave up for the night.

Man/Woman hours today = 7

For anyone else with a similar handbrake fitting, here is how I believe it should look (view from down the transmission tunnel):-















...and here is the routing at the rear hub....