Continuing to work out the tunnel innards. First step was to get the parking brake cables mounted. Here’s the Control Cables link from the left-mounted e-brake handle to a br@ck^t in the tunnel. The link will run under the front edge of the driver’s seat. Still need to add some cable clamps.
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Also had to make up a second br@ck^t to anchor the Lokar cables that will run from the cable junction back to the spot calipers.
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Attachment points for under-hung fuel and the rear brake lines were included in both e-brake br@ck^ts.
With the e-brake cables in place the tunnel routings start to take shape. The mounting t@bs for the front safety hoop were tacked in place. The rear safety hoop t@bs and the seat belt mounting points and gussets are still in the cardboard stage as welding them in will have to wait until the frame is on the rotisserie.
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Next step required a little locost proctology:
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The bottom-rear of the tunnel is partially closed off by the diff’s front mount. This required adding some holes. The upper two holes to the left are for the e-brake cables. The one on the upper right is for electrical (mocked up here with some spiral wrap.) All three holes will be properly sized for grommets when on the rotisserie.
There is a cutout beneath these holes for the fuel and brake lines. The rear brake line tee is bolted to a br@ck^t on the left. The fuel line enters on the right. The fuel line’s bend entering the tunnel will be protected by an E-Z coil and maybe another cushion clamp. I’m using Earl’s Vapor Guard fuel line.
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Cushion clamps route the fuel line back along the chassis to the pressure regulator mounted alongside the fuel tank. The fuel line doesn’t hang below the chassis rails at any point and the area under the rear rails will have a floor/diffuser for additional protection.
Br@ck^ts for bulkhead fittings anchoring the rear brake flex lines still need to be made, but most of the scratching and thinking on those is done. Short lengths of hard line will connect the bulkhead fittings to the tee.
At the tunnel’s front, the dash hoop structure includes a 1” x 3” rectangular tube running across the chassis.
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This effectively blocks off the lower front end of the tunnel. So once on the rotisserie, bulkhead passageways for the brake and fuel lines will to be welded in. In the meantime, I’ll have to fake the line routings to get the necessary t@bs tacked in for running those lines forward to the firewall.