Saturday was my first weekend with the car home. As I have a very small set of tools and I lack proper lighting to work on the car, I went to the storage room just to open the boxes and check what was inside each. After that, I could better access what tools I still need. And it was a good decision, since I had several surprises!
First, I unpacked my cheap electric saw to cut in bits the crate parts for fireplace wood. Well... Too cheap turns out to be a problem. When I was about to start my 5th cut, it went out in a smelly cloud of smoke. I now have to swap it under warranty, probably for a more expensive one. And buy protection goggles...
After that was the boxes. The following two pictures try to show several nice surprises I had while unpacking...
The fuel pipe was already on the chassis, with temporary plastic straps. What I didn't expect was that the brake pipes were already cut to size, braided and labeled so that I know where each one goes. The same for water pipes and fuel rubber hoses, that have labels in each end stating where they connect and if any remote sender needs to be plugged in between. This saved me from buying a piper cutter and a pipe braiding tool. And, I bet, some headaches on assembly... I have to thank all this to Steve from Aries!
Also unexpected was a can of sealant, to use when putting up the body panels. And that I intended to use also on the gaps between soldering areas on the steel floor. Note also the CV joint, that has a bag of grease looking like McDonalds chips' sauce bags. Saves me another buy. Other parts besides this one bring their own grease.
So, Tuesday I shopped a bit for a big power cord, a rubber mallet and some clamps. I just need protection goggles, proper lighting, a nice set of spanners and a "right angle drill attachment" to have all the major tools. But I intend to lay out and strap temporarily the brake pipes next weekend.
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