One step forward one step back

We are getting to really hate the Westfield manual, at every step the bits we have and the way you arrange them seem to be different from those described. We have temporarily given up on the handbrake, and decided to try and sort the fuel system out - which means attaching the tank to the pump to a filter to the feed pipe up to the engine bay and then attaching the return pipe back to the tank. (At least this is what we deduce - not from the manual but from other builders logs) - you also need to make some electrical connections to: the fuel pump, the fuel tank sender and to an inertia switch which will turn off the fuel pump in the event of an accident.

We decided to start by fitting the inertia switch to a panel behind the diff. This involved drilling some holes, which our new drill and drill bits made a lot easier than previous holes we had drilled. So inertia switch is ready to fit - BUT on the bottom were three male connectors in a square socket and on the wiring loom three female connectors in a round housing with two wires coming out - needless to say the two halves don't fit. The manual shows an inertia switch which DOES take the rounded female so obviously it was once right but they have sourced a different inertia switch.

So will have to cut off the nice connector and connect each wire individually - ok, but which two of the three connectors to connect the wires to? The terminals are decribed as 'NC', 'NO' and 'C'
the wonderfully helpful folks on the wscc website (see links) provided a solution inside an hour -

'NC' = Normally Closed
'NO' = Normally Open
'C' = Common

And the switch needs to be 'Normally Closed' and 'Common' connected, so that fuel pump normally runs and stops when the inertia switch is open.

Will need a soldering iron to sort though and I don't have one at the moment.

So we went on to fit the fuel pump, again it is different to the one shown and so positioning it was tricky for various mechanical reasons. We decided to mount on the same bracket but lower down and on the other side from the inertia switch - this meant using a hand drill as the electric one wouldn't fit except at an acute angle. Hand drilling was hard work but eventually went through only to scuff the wiring loom on the other side (Tim wrongly thought it would be cleared) and damage a wire within it which will now need repairing) - oh bother! - or similar words.