Cope
Fusing with fire
I hate separating the transmission and engine so I decided to make my life easier and make an access hole for the bolts.
At the same time I rerouted my shift cable.
Still got some holes in the fire wall to fix but I'm leaning towards just making a smooth fire wall next time the engine comes out.
Access hole.
Panel.
Had I been a little smarter I would have used the flat wheel on the English wheel before I put compound curves in the corners.
Panel before flat wheeling the English wheel lines and hammer divots out.
All done. This was one of those projects that the part I thought was gonna be hardest turned out to be easy and the "easy" part was hard. Shaping the panel was not bad. Getting the nutcerts in and bolting it in was a beioch!! I ended up having it over size most of the holes then go back and weld em up once I go the bolts all lined up... what a pain!
Still gotta figure out how I want to run the wire for my 2 step and line lock but that's another project....
At the same time I rerouted my shift cable.
Still got some holes in the fire wall to fix but I'm leaning towards just making a smooth fire wall next time the engine comes out.
Access hole.
Panel.
Had I been a little smarter I would have used the flat wheel on the English wheel before I put compound curves in the corners.
Panel before flat wheeling the English wheel lines and hammer divots out.
All done. This was one of those projects that the part I thought was gonna be hardest turned out to be easy and the "easy" part was hard. Shaping the panel was not bad. Getting the nutcerts in and bolting it in was a beioch!! I ended up having it over size most of the holes then go back and weld em up once I go the bolts all lined up... what a pain!
Still gotta figure out how I want to run the wire for my 2 step and line lock but that's another project....