Pipes and services through the tunnel

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Build Manual Build Sequence Monocoque Front End Rear End Doors Finishing Donor Components Rover Metro Donor Components Rover 220/420 Components Build Sections Battery Beam end covers Bonnet and front spliter mould Boot bootlock and hinges Brake lines Carpets Dashboard cover Doors Engine cover moulding Engine frame Engine and auxiliaries Exhaust Front suspension Gear change Handbrake lever cables and calipers Door panels Trim Headlight covers Heater and pipework Lights Part trim panels option Pedal box and master cylinder Perspex screens rear and side Petrol tank filler neck and cap Pipes and services through the tunnel Radiator ducting and splash moulds to monocoque Radiator mould radiator and pipework Rear suspension Roof panel Seat belts Seats and runners Separate instrument option Setting up the car for the road Soft trimming Spare wheel mould and spare wheel Steering rack and column Throttle pedal Trimming hard panels Windscreen and rear bulkhead screen Windscreen washer bottle pipes and jets Wiper motor and blades Wiring Wiring loom insruments and fuse box 1800 gear change p.g.1 gearbox 1800 engine mountings 5AS alarm units Hydraulic clutch 1800 engine steady Spyder Supplement Top Seatbelt Mounting Hood Boot Engine Compartment Grills Stainless Steel Mesh

All the services on the GTM Libra run through the tunnel under the car. Nothing is run through the driving compartment apart from the throttle cable. The two aluminium radiator pipes, the two heater pipes and the brake pipe are secured to the side of the tunnel using p-clips.

The two battery positive and negative are p clipped to the side of the tunnel. All other services are run through the tunnel and attached to these pipes using tie wraps. It is extremely impotent that this works is done neatly as the gear change and gear change rods run between the radiator pipes.

The radiator pipes, gear change rods and the clutch cable run under the petrol tank and all other services run through the tunnel and up over the petrol tank in the special channel provided in the monocoque.

Take particular attention to the area adjacent to the gear change lever and mechanism in the tunnel. All services at this point must be p clipped and tie wrapped close to the side of the tunnel. Anything loose in this area will rub against the side of the gear change when used and eventually fail.

When the car is completed with gear change somebody working with gear change have a good look under the tunnel to make sure that nothing is catching.