Dateline – 11/02/2013 – Saturday was devoted to getting the
left side gas tank in. But first, I
realized I had to pull the right side tank out because yours truly forgot to
install the drain hose that drains the filler cap depression on the top of the
fender! Can you say, “D’OH!” Fortunately, the tank came out pretty quickly,
and now that I know how to install it, went back in quickly.
The left side tank couldn’t go in until I put the
soundproofing panel into the fender. I think I explained in a prior post that this
panel is held in using strip caulk. It’s
a pain to do this work because you have to reach way up into the fender. But I got the panel in. Then it was just a matter of putting the tank
in screwing it down and putting in the fittings. Pretty easy actually!
The latter half of the day I spent doing a final fitting of
the center console fascia. I needed to
make sure that the shift lever and hand brake lever all fit correctly before I
did the final work on the fascia. It’s
pretty close, but I still have a few minor adjustments to make.
I also took the time to determine how the new hand brake
cable is going to run through the original air box that is located in the
console. A pretty advanced feature for
this year of car, the Jaguar had airflow to the back seat area. It has a vent in the center of back of the
console, plus airflow vents going down to the passenger’s feet that have
separate controls. All of this is
controlled by an air box that sits under the center console armrest
pocket. Two hoses running from the main
air control in the dash feed the air box.
Pretty neat and easy system.
Because I now have a handbrake cable running through were
the air box sits, I had to make some modifications. The good news was that I just need to drill
some holes through the air box to allow the cable to go through. I’m not worried about air leakage, since the
box isn’t designed to be airtight.
So, next week looks like a good time to put down the sound
proofing! All I can say is that it is
really coming along!
