[Darrin Wright]

Little bit late with this update from the weekend, and like the new thumbnail size for the uploaded pics.

On the weekend I completed a number of little jobs and finished some tasks off, like the RHR suspension 2 engine rail bolts. My hands were too big and I didn't want to pull the starter motor off again, so my eldest son got down in the hull and, with assistance, installed the bolts & nuts and we did them up.

Another task, another son, we installed the painted oil cooler lines into the floor of the hull. Use some thread paste to seal the tapered fittings so that they do not leak later. Fitted the oil cooler lines through the air scoop slot and connected the lines to the cooler fittings. Next we installed the relief valve and positioned it onto its mounting bracket. As much as possible, I primed the cooler lines with oil.
Fitted the 2 saddle clamps that hold the oil lines to the engine rails, this presented a problem as the original holes may have been threaded and with
time and rust they are now holes. This required a longer bolt and a nylock nut, but to install the nut required small hands & arms to reach in under/around the engine and around the tube axle.
Interesting fact from the manual, to check the oil level the engine must be running when the oil level is checked. This is so that the oil cooler system is full and does not give a false reading and the operator has the incorrect oil level.

Utilised a thread tap to clean out the holes for the hull plates and installed the coolant drain hull plate.