I most certainly will be making a cover for the battery, it's in an ideal place to get covered in all sorts of mud and stuff..
While digging through the Quadzilla wiring loom for connectors to pilage I found something that would most certainly be a good upgrade..
So this small bracket was made..
It was welded onto the frame just under the seat.
If you hadn't guessed it holds up a modern fuse block, much better than the oold Honda one
With the 4 wheel drive bit wired in, the time had come to think about lights starting with the er.. headlamp..
Not having the correct bulb holder (which would of been for a really old style bulb anyway) I had this problem to overcome!
I had an idea on how to solve the er..gap problem but not the materials until Nigel found me this old pully.. Thank mate
No photo's of all the lathe stages (plenty of that in the next video) but the pulley ending up looking like this..
The shallow slots were done with a milling bit in my pillar drill. Not ideal as the bed does try to move sideways!
The bulb pokes through like this.
Then the whole thing drops into the back of the lamp bowl.
The little black slot through the bowl is a handy bolt hole, as is the one the other side
Now something to hold the bulb to the holder.
Starting with this.. Thanks again Nigel
It was turned into this..
Which of course fits here..
I found some nice small bolts to use but I didn't have a tap to cut a thread..... So I made one
Best test it.. Yep it works...
Lots of drilling, thread cutting and countersinking and bolt shortening later..
Tad-Daaa A lot of work for something that won't be seen