Headlamps

Time to give the car some eyes (as my wife refers to them, to be honest I think it does now I look at it!)

Some assembly of the headlights is needed prior to fitment namely remove the stock wiring which comes with the lights, fit a bulb and fit the GBS headlamp / sidelight looms.

The loom will also need some connectors crimping onto the wires prior to connecting into the main wiring loom.

Obviously they need final alignment prior to IVA but until I have power on the wiring loom that can't be completed until near the end of the build

Fuel pump and starter motor wired in

Managed to grab a quick half hour in the garage and some wiring connections can be made to the fuel pump and starter motor now the engine wiring loom is fully routed.

Simple task of crimping some lugs to the wires - making reference the GBS wiring diagram!

Throttle cable

I expected this to be a nice quick job but it proved far from the case and as I type it is not fully resolved...bear with me and I can explain..

The throttle cable needs some "customisation" to fit to the air intake butterfly valve. If you proceed to fit the cable straight off the shelf, when connected up, throttle travel opens the valve no more than 10% of its full required throw.

So...first piece of customisation... the plastic end connector needs approx 2cm removing off the threaded end and on the piece which screws onto the threaded end that also needs trimming back - hope the pictures below explain that more clearly...

The smaller "pyramid" shaped piece then clips into the butterfly valve frame:

The above customization provides sufficient throttle throw and fully opens the butterfly value.

The throttle cable routing is the next puzzlement...running down the outside chassis rails whilst trying to avoid contact with suspension mounts / steering column is a challenge and although I have routed it I am not happy with how it currently sits...There seems too much cable for the distance it needs to run from the pedal box to the butterfly valve.

So a frustrating session on the build, whilst i have got full throttle travel I am not happy with the cable routing... I am now starting to wonder if I have the RHD Throttle assembly - have I been given the LHD in error? is there a difference between LHD and RHD throttle cables even? - I need a chat with GBS to resolve.