Conduit and IVA photos

 Well, the conduit went on fairly easily, although it was remarkably sharp and extremely springy so by the time I'd wrapped it round the wiring my fingers were torn to shreds. It also appears that I took very few photos! This is probably the only one that I have

And this is only here because it's a photo of the gas cable clip. Here's a wider angle showing the position of the cable as well as more of the wiring and how it's pinned in place

Note the nut cover on the first photo, I am hoping that catching little details like that will demonstrate that I've really thought about the car. 

Other details now, this is the wiring under the dash

I often wonder why my engine bay has so much visible wiring, it's because most other builders have the bulk of the loom underneath the scuttle whereas mine is a bit more on show. I might hide it away perhaps, after IVA.

So yet more bits for IVA. First some photos, here's the roll bar bolts. Nothing spectacular here but I wanted to take photos of what was underneath the covers before I permanently attach them. Yep, they are now fixed in place with silicon which is 'probably' removable given enough leverage but they won't be coming off when the car is being driven which is my aim. I'd already tested for radius so I was happy the covers were doing their job, it was just whether they were secure. 

Using silicon for the corner trim in the cockpit has also improved things there, the corner trim feels so much more secure.

The next three photos show the uncovered transmission tunnel, this is mainly for IVA but I suspect the inspector might want at least one cover removed to see in person. 

Photos from within the tunnel again, this time of the hidden side of the fuel tank. If the car is up on ramps then the same can be seen, but I wanted some photos here to make sure everything is visible

This last photo shows the fuel pipe routing, I can't see another point where it can be fixed before it gets to the swirl tank so I'm hoping it's good enough. 

Seat belt bolts on welded plates inside the transmission tunnel. The rear fixings are visible from the wheel arch, the outer ones can be seeing by kneeling down. This is just to show the most inaccessible ones

What else has been done... I've gone back over my IVA application, and yet again flagged the challenge I had with the website. It's awful, I can't even go back into my application and look at what I had put! I had to start a new application (yes, my fifth application now!) and rely on the browser auto complete options to get the details I entered. At least now I can add the application details to my IVA build diary.

Oh yeah, the build diary. That's something else I'm putting together, basically it's a summary of this blog but in IVA manual order. I'm hoping that whatever questions the inspector asks will be to hand and get me that closer to a pass.

On the subject of getting closer, the trailer is now booked. I found a place in Lichfield that does trailers, I think with insurance for a 48 hour hire it'll be around £150. That's a Brian James double axle. I'll be picking it up lunchtime of the day before and returning it lunchtime of the day after. That means I can spend as much time as required on the day, without having to worry about getting the trailer back before closing time. I am still a bit nervous about towing, having never done it before, but I suppose there's a first time for everything. I've checked my breakdown cover as well, they cover trailers if my car breaks down, but not if the trailer itself fails. The trailer should be decent condition though, it's not as if I'm buying a lump of metal with wheels off eBay. 

Now, what's left...

• I want to try and get the brakes hot to see if they're consistent. I might even try and get them to lock up if possible (fingers crossed the fronts lock first).
• Similar with the handbrake, I want to check it works evenly across the rear wheels. This is a bit easier as I can do it with jack stands, I just need the current snow and ice to go away.
• Engine light from the ECU. I wanted to see if there was anything coming from the ECU engine light pin, in theory there shouldn't be anything (and I don't even know if the 1.6 Eunos had an engine light!) but at least I'd like to check it. 
• Front leading edge. It's the last radius edge I need to check, so two minutes with the 2.5mm radius and possible a file should resolve that. 
• Fuel tank needs to be full. It's nearly there, I can see fuel through the filler pipe. One more jerry can of fuel will be enough. It's not going to be 100% full as the filler is on the side, but hopefully that will be fine. And I suspect some of the fuel will be used during the test.

So really not much, and to be honest if I was doing the IVA tomorrow I doubt the above items would matter. Not having a trailer would be a challenge but it's just hypothetical!

No doubt every weekend between now and February I'll be in the garage checking everything over multiple times. But I think for now there might be a pause in blog posts. Shame there won't be a similar pause in my anxiety levels, I think they're just going to carry on increasing as I get closer and closer to the day!