OK got stuck in today. Made a cargo barrier / splitter thing. A divider I guess. This is so that I can pile stuff in the open space without it falling on the fridge. I bought a piece of weld mesh and some neat U channel which made a perfect edging to go around the outside. Materials cost was a princely £3.06 plus a rattle can. It got the standard galv spray first
Then some gloss black.
It's screwed into the wooden deck at the bottom and bolted via rivnut into the upper shelf.
It'll do. Next to it,you can see the base plate for the water tank. This is screwed into the deck as well.
More on that later.
I was given a neat little table by Lazz when I bought the kit from Derf. I'll add a section in the table later but for now I needed somewhere to store it. I got some ally channel and laid it on the floor so that the table would sit it in and made a thingy to go on the barrier upright for it to slot into so it doesn't fall over. What this does is replicated the divider on the other side so we cam ram stuff in there and it not get caught in the fridge mechanism.
Right, slight diversion there. Back to the main install today. Water.
I secured the heat exchanger under the driver's seat. It's a really good fit and I used some rubber riv nuts to fasten it in place. The heater hoses were already plumbed in.
I bought some new food grade reinforced water hose yesterday. I wasn't sure that water sitting in the rubber heater hose would be a good idea. This stuff was easier to work with as well.
I connected that up to length and ran the rest across the barrier. Should stop it from freezing in the Winter.
Here's the water tank finally in place
And the new water gauge. Which is not going to get ripped off or knocked, banged and broken. OK?
I put together a filler point. There's a valve to isolate it and a snap connector for filling. OK as the tank fills, the pressure of the mains tap is only just enough to fill it to the top. But if I had some lower pressure mains somewhere in the world, I can just drop the hose in the top. This is just a bit more swish.
I put this map pocket here and found it was perfect for putting the roll flat hose in. Awesome!
Now I don't have a tap set up yet and I'm considering where to put that so currently it just ends in plain hose. I did a water test yesterday and yes, it really does make hot water. As I won't be drinking this water, I have decided to have it both hot and cold in one tap rather than a mixer tap.
For those who like little shiny baubles, I had to make up a joiner to go from the 1/2" hose to the slightly smaller pump fitting. Yes, it's aluminium not steel.
So, when the Grand Prix is finished, I shall go and fill the tank, run the engine and see what it does.