Jeff20B

From bend to bend, they're dead even. There's just a little warpage which is nothing. But then again, I'm so **** that only I'd notice something like that.

Jeff20B

I just finished a template I made of the fuel cell and all the fittings on top, with tabs for where to drill holes for the brackets. It's ready to go. C'mon weather, please be good tomorrow...

j9fd3s

yes thats one of the swappin things is that you get to customize lot of stuff



mike

Jeff20B

IT'S GOOD! (outside). All I have to do is pull the tape off the cell and lift the template carefully. Then I gotta get the cell in the best position under there, lay the template over it exactly centered (I've got a keyway indexing hole, which is actually the vent hole, to use for this), and start drillin'. There's just so little space to work with under there...

Jeff20B

It rained a couple times today, and then got sunny for a bit; just long enough to dry my floor jack. So anyway I plan on sandwiching a pice of sheet metal between the brackets and the long flat bars used ot mount the fuel cell. It's the only way I'll get the cell to fit in such limited space. But then again, I really have no idea how a fuel cell is supposed to be mounted, so I'm just pretending that I know what I'm doing... for now



It'll get mounted eventually. It's just not a standard installation, as far as I know. Too bad no one arouns here has ever monted a fuel cell. If they did, I could ask some questions.



Oh yeah, I just spent some time scanning my negatives. I'll post a pic of the GLC's empty engine bay for you all to gaze upon.

Jeff20B

Now do you think I can fit this into it? Heh, I like how it looks larger than the '73 12A in the background. It sorta adds to the overall effect of hugeness.

j9fd3s

you should retake those glc pics with a yardstick in there



mike

Jeff20B

Hey that's a good idea. Any requests? I've got a new roll of film that's ready go to.

Jeff20B

Here's a sticky wicket. This car came from a wrecking yard. It needs to pass some sort of state inspection before it can be registered, tabbed, plates etc. So what should I do? It's already no longer stock with the 13B conversion. My thoughts this morning are to put a 13B in it for inspection purposes and then put the 20B in it. Is that a dumb idea? One side could argue that it's already been moddified, so what's the prob with continuing the modifications untill I'm happy with it? The other side could argue that a 20B is more difficult to deal with since no cars in the US ever came with them. Sure it could be a track-only car, but i'd rather set it up for daily driving. What should I do?

j9fd3s

what do they do for the inspection? is it like ca, just a smog?



mike