The list of jobs is getting much smaller but I needed a thermostat cover, couldn't buy one as they all go straight up and I need a right angled jobbie, Only thing for it was to make one, dived in the scrap bin and found a bit of 3/8" stainless plate, bit thicker than I wanted but It will do, I had some 1/4" but I hate leaky thermostat covers, the 3/8" won't bend and leak

First job was to put in a 1.5" hole, a holesaw did the job perfectly, next drew around a gasket and roughed it out on the linisher.

Then a quck polish and it was done. A stainless 1.5" bend was trimmed to get the outlet low and welded in place.





























It was all going really well and I then thought about the top hose, this is a little more challenging.

I had to drop the MSD dizzy in to check clearances, this is where I found the cap hits the blower !!!

I can get around this small problem with another plate under the blower to lift it sightly, but I'm hoping MSD will have a side entry blower cap which would save a fair bit of work.

















Anyway on with the top hose, a few 1.5" 90 degree bends and some straight bits were welded together and I had a top hose, it follows a bit of a torterous route as it has to go around the top blower pulley, just need to pickup some straight rubber hose and its done.





















I turned up some rings on the lathe and tig welded them onto the ends to stop the hoses from blowing off.











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