Gascolator and Battery box
I am still blown away with the amount of time that some stuff takes. I’ve been punching so many holes in the firewall that it is starting to resemble swiss cheese. With the arrival of the firewall forward kit, there are all kinds of simple little firewall tasks that can be done. I match drilled the gascolator doubler to the firewall and support angles. I let it’s placement be determined by the inboard angle flange. I just slid it up the angle until the outboard end holes looked like they were in the center of the angle. While I match drilled to the firewall, I had Tanya hold a wood block on the outside as a backer. This made drilling the holes much easier.
After I got the gascolator doubler squared away I moved on to the battery box. This is a steel powder coated box that needs some lightening holes cut in it with a hole saw. That was not fun. I wrapped the box in masking tape before starting. This helped to preserve the nice finish. I clamped the mounting brackets to the box and match drilled and dimpled all of the attachment holes. Some riveting and nutplates later and it is good to go. I also got the mounting of the master battery and starter contactors taken care of.
