Having been on holiday for a couple of weeks I had high hopes of achieving lots this weekend. As usual this didn't happen but I did gets bits and bobs done.
I started off with finishing the battery tray. Due to my previously over engineered boot infill panels around the shocks and the roll bar supports, I had to raise the tray by 5 mm. The battery is too large to be held in with the lower clamp Dax supply so I had to fabricate a new one that goes over the top.
I started off with finishing the battery tray. Due to my previously over engineered boot infill panels around the shocks and the roll bar supports, I had to raise the tray by 5 mm. The battery is too large to be held in with the lower clamp Dax supply so I had to fabricate a new one that goes over the top.
I had originally planned to remove the infill panels to secure the roll bars to their supports. I have changed my mind so have cut large holes for access to the bolts which I will cover afterwords.
Just before going away I had tried to investigate why my EPAS is not working. Chris T at work has a similar system so he tried my ECU only to find it dead.
I bought another one whilst away and Chris confirmed it was ok last week. I fitted it and still nothing. I fear I may have blown this ECU but all connections are correct so if I have I am going to have to replace everything as I cant keep blowing £40 ECUs.
I then moved to the front nudge bars. The fitting instructions form Dax and Brasscraft are non existent so I spent several hours researching where exactly they should be fitted and the best way to do it.
Firstly I had to join the over riders to the nudge bar. They are the same height as the nudge bar so I guessed that they should go parallel with the top and bottom.
Just before going away I had tried to investigate why my EPAS is not working. Chris T at work has a similar system so he tried my ECU only to find it dead.
I bought another one whilst away and Chris confirmed it was ok last week. I fitted it and still nothing. I fear I may have blown this ECU but all connections are correct so if I have I am going to have to replace everything as I cant keep blowing £40 ECUs.
I then moved to the front nudge bars. The fitting instructions form Dax and Brasscraft are non existent so I spent several hours researching where exactly they should be fitted and the best way to do it.
Firstly I had to join the over riders to the nudge bar. They are the same height as the nudge bar so I guessed that they should go parallel with the top and bottom.
In the end I went for about a 15mm gap to body and the whole thing slightly proud of the nose.
Having got the bar in the right place, the next challenge is to mark the correct place to drill the holes.To do this I fitted a short piece of stud to the over riders and slid a shaped piece of stainless tube over the stud which I then slid up to the body and marked around it. Actually worked well.