IVA work part three

 A few more jobs ticked off this weekend. The bonnet catches are now installed with a cover on the outside;

The diagnostics plug has been wired back in and is ready for use. (OK, not strictly IVA but checking the engine is running properly will help with emissions).

A couple of sections of wiring loom have been fixed better;

In both cases it was a cut strip of aluminium with a hole in one end and a couple of layers of heat shrink tubing. Bolted in place in any convenient location then bent around the wiring loom. It's a similar approach to what car manufacturers do so hopefully it's IVA compatible. 

The loose fuel pipes are now on a secure bracket;

Although I now need to bind and route the cables that go over the top. 

The chrome trim is on the headlights;

I think these look amazing and really finish off the front. No more spiky screws showing!

And for the rear, I've made up some reflectors;

I couldn't find any that fitted the space properly, the ones that I ended up buying were way too small to look good or pass IVA. These are a couple of trailer reflectors, cut to size and trimmed with a 3D print. The flash picture shows they do their job, and I preserved the E marking as well (although I think cutting them down would have invalidated the marking).

The fuel pump now has covers over the connectors, I had some that came with the pump and they turned up on the weekend so I fitted them. No pic though, it was dark. I had planned to 3D print a cover but using the proper ones made more sense. 

Talking about 3D printing, the brake pedal switch cover was a mixed success. The first cover looked good but it put the wire into the clutch pedal so that was useless. I reprinted it with a tighter bend so now it avoids both pedals;

But I'm having trouble routing the wiring up and out. Because of the gas pedal swinging from the top, I can't route the cable directly to the exit. I've printed a tube to get it up above the pedals, but I still need to consider where it's heading after that. 

And I've still got to deal with this;

I can see a few different things here. First is the run from the chassis to the rear bodywork, it's a connector in free space so I need to support that somehow. The curve on the left is self supporting so that can stay. The hoop in the centre of the picture is just the brake pedal switch wire so that will get sorted when I figure out the routing above. Then it's just the main block with the two connectors on board, they need a support of some kind. If I build a 'shelf' for this and the rear bodywork then that should take care of both. Then I want to think about panelling it in, just so it's not exposing the driver to road debris.