Snag list

Part of my job is being able to click a button and let the work do itself, so while my PC chugs away at something unpleasant, I thought a snag list would be a good idea. And yes, this is the home stretch now. I'll update this as I go. ;

(First edit 06/06. It looks to be stormy this weekend so figuring out what to do will be important here)

Brakes

• Fit calipers and pads on to already fitted discs. Now I have the bolts I can do that. Fronts fitted, rears to be bolted on.
• Fit braided lines. They're on but not tightened. They need the retaining clips added. 
• Check the pipe routing so it's not rubbing on anything. All sorted, they pipes are attached all over and really secure. 
• Fill and bleed brake lines, and check pedal effort. I'll do the clutch at the same time.
• Fit handbrake cables and adjust to working position. bit of a problem here, the brackets don't seem to fit and the balance bar hasn't got enough room to balance. I think I can dial both out once the rear calipers are fitted. Big progress on this one, see other post but essentially I've pulled back the two cables to give a lot more clearance on the balance bar. Just one task left, to fix and crimp the front cable. 

Transmission and suspension

• Fix the gearbox mounting bracket. I need to find the nuts for this one. Nuts (and bolts) found and secured. To be honest I seemed to just pick the right bolts first time, no idea how! The nuts are Nyloc but the bolts are the originals so I'm not expecting any issue. The main problem I had was getting the bag off the end.
• Fill the diff with oil and bolt in place. Yep, done. And yep, I'd forgotten how much gear oil smells. It was also quite entertaining wrangling the diff out of the cage and back in again. I'm hoping it won't ever have to come back out, particularly when I fit the boot lining (oh yeah, new snag).  
• Fit the prop shaft, bolting it on to the diff. I was dreading this, but in the end the only issue was a bit of corrosion on the faces. Once a wire brush had gone to town it all slotted in perfectly, pictures to be added shortly. It's left me a couple of mm on the front where it enters the gearbox, which I think is pretty much what it should be.
• Fit the driveshafts on to the diff and wheels. This task needs the car wheeled out, and that's not going to happen in a storm. 
• Bolt all the suspension parts together. Fronts are all done, rears are to be done when it's a bit dry. Same here, need some dry weather. 

Exhaust

• Fit the manifold gasket and tighten the manifold to the head. Failed on this one, turns out I can't remove the manifold without removing the exhaust! So while it's jacked up I'm not going to be able to do any exhaust things. Very done and rock solid, almost too solid but we'll see what happens.
• fit the exhaust gasket and tighten the exhaust to the manifold. Also done. 
• Fix the exhaust U clamps. Centre U clamp still missing, and another job that needs the car outside to get to it. 
• Fit and wire the O2 sensor. I can do this small job.
• Fit the shield. And this one. 

Fuelling

• Connect the pipes front and back. New pipes and barbs are not a pleasant mix, but everything is now hooked up with the correct clips. Pictures to follow, but it does look like I have an airtight system.
• Add fuel, check for leaks. Outside job as expected
• Run the car. Outside job as expected

Body

• Cut the front wheel arches as required.
• Fibreglass in the aluminium mudguards.
• Edge trim on the mudguards.
• Glue on the printed brackets and sliders for the bonnet.
• Glue on the gearshift gaiter so it doesn't become unattached.
• Bolt on the rubber tie downs on the corners.
• Paint the body (possibly).
• Reattach all the trim pieces (roll bar, seat corners, seat belt edges).
• Bolt in seats.
• Bolt in seat belts.
• Fit mirrors.
• Add boot lock strike plate. 
• Add boot lining (may not do this for IVA). 

Wheels

• Clean wheels
• Order new tyres
• Sand, paint and fit hub caps. I started sanding them today and they've gone pretty flat, so just need some paint. I did wonder whether there could be a version 2, but they're good for now. 

Other odds and ends

• Sort out right brake light holder, the bulb doesn't want to stay put
• Fit all the wiring braces
• Fill coolant
• Fit edge trim on the remaining sharp edges
• Make and fit pipe brace for the fuel pipes as they come over the edge of the tank. First version printed, but not quite at the right angle to glue to the tank. Will need a second print.
• Buy more bolts. As expected I've run out of a certain type of bolt. Given that I regularly reused bolts I'm not surprised the total number of bolts is lower than the actual required number. I've bought more M8 which cover many of the bolt sizes I need, I'll just have to make sure I have enough.
• Bolt up the steering. OK, I seem to be adding snags rather than clearing existing items! In any case, the steering is all bolted together and is rock solid. I had seen reviews of the UJ's saying they wouldn't tighten up, but I don't seem to have had any trouble. The only thing I had to deal with was an eventual slight misalignment in the top two bolts, but opening them up solved that one.