I am going to try this again. the last time the site just freaked out on me.
Been busy today. I am mounting my master cutoff switch to the side of the battery
box so only the switch handle will be visable. When i turn off the car i can reach
back and flip the switch to isolate the battery from the car.
Since the battery box is plastic i felt it neccessary to make up mounting plates
both inside and out to support the mass of the switch. It is amazing that small
parts such as these take as much time as the big parts. I had to design the shape
of the plates, then drill a hole where i think the switch will poke through. I put
a punch through the hole to keep the two plates centered and one at a time drilled
the connecting mounting bolt hole in each of the 4 corners. The challenge was to
keep it all aligned. After opening up the center hole to allow the switch to pokethrough
I then clamped onto the battery box and started the drilling and mounting of the
plate all over again. Because the box was not a flat piece i also had to make spacers
to keep the mounting plates flate. With the mounting plates secure I then cut out
the hole in the center using the plates as a guide. Did I mention I LOVE uni-bits?
??
So now we are to the point in the pictures. The outer plate is painted black and
the plate where the cables go into the box is also painted black.... now that I
am thinking about it I might just paint the outside of the switch and handle black
as to maintain the stealth look. No wonder I am tired. I also made multiple
trips to the hardware store to gets the necessary bolts. why is it that you might
have the bolt but it is the wrong length?
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Tomorrow, I am going to finish the install of the switch and the cable entry plate.
Wire it all up and see if it works. Depending on what happens and how long it
will take I might startup on mounting the muffler.
Brakes get done next week if the wiring goes well. The goal is to get it on the
street drivable before surgury. Now that would be good medicene.
jim