Beach Buggy .Info

Well I thought it was time to start a thread for my buggy.

Many of you have seen it and after winning this years most need of attention at the SDBC picnic, it's time it got some of that needed attention.

Recently I moved house and now have a nice sized garage to work in.

So yesterday I brought the beasty home and have started the work this evening.

First thing was to drop the engine and gearbox out, my gearbox has been leaking from every joint and this is a situation that just can't continue.  So I hope to get it seen too first while I sort some other issues out.

Fingers crossed this isn't going to be a long set of jobs and I would love to get it to Volksworld, but we shall see.

I'll try snap some pics tomorrow and get them up.

Looking Foword to seeing the photos of your refurb ;-)up

I've started on it, got the gearbox out, borrowed a car and ran that down to Cogbox on Monday.  Spoke to Peter down there and asked him to look it over and stop it leaking, that I just wanted something reliable that I don't have to think about.

Last night I removed the front brakes and will pull the front beam ready for a swap.

Also working out a list of parts I need to replace, not too much, mainly just nuts and bolts.

Thinking about lifting the body off next, maybe over the weekend.

Well that's it you've started now :-\ hope to see you & the buggy after all the TLC at Volksworld :D ;-)up

Any news on the buggy's new body?

Mark,

No 100% on that yet, so don't want to jinx it.

btw, I wanted ask if you could give me an assist with the rear brake pressure unit, connecting it up.

Bet that engine is glad of the rest lol ;-)up mark you can come and put the buggy in my garage and work on it in there if ya want ,plenty of room now and it's dry  ;-)up

I!m sure we can sort something out

I got a bit more done last night, with a little helper at hand.

First was to remove the steering wheel, then finish pulling the front beam off.

With those out of the way I set about unscrewing the bonnet and removing my gauges out of the dash.

Bonnet out of the way I could pull the fuel tank which needs a bit of a clean up, but appears to be solid.

Just need to finish removing the rest of the wiring, which I'm labelling up as it's not been in there long.

I heard from Pete at Cogbox today and my box is about done, nice and quick turnaround that, just need to arrange a time to go and get it. 

Hopefully I'll get enough time this weekend to lift the body and then I can start the rebuild.

I must remember to write a list of bits I need, plenty to do though while I'm waiting for deliveries.

Did a bit more work this weekend, but haven't got photos today.

I've disconnected the loom, and done a few tweaks ready for a new dash side panel I'm putting in.

Roll bar is out and the body is all undone and ready to lift off.  I've got a friend over in the morning, so the shell is being lifted then.  It'll live outside for the time being while I check out the floor pan. 

Should be the last of the disassembly, before I can start building up again.

Quote from: chris bulls head on January 30, 2014, 02:27:11 PM
Bet that engine is glad of the rest lol ;-)up mark you can come and put the buggy in my garage and work on it in there if ya want ,plenty of room now and it's dry  ;-)up

, Cheers Chris for the offer! just noticed it. Not panicking yet, but if this crap weather carries on I might be taking up your offer  ;-)(-;

OK it's been a couple of weeks since my last post.

I've had my gearbox rebuilt by Cogbox and picked it up on Monday, £733 lighter, but hopefully years of trouble free driving with that.

I've also welded up the extra seat mounting holes in the floor, I'll drill new ones once the shell is back on.

Just been painting up the in satin black, and also been getting a couple of extra bits powder coated.

Also had a delivery of MST pushrod tubes from Limebug ready to go onto the engine.

New brake lines going in this weekend. Kunifer from machine7.

Finally had to get a new fuel tank, took my old one to get reconditioned at Kempston Radiators and they said it needs loads of work, so they'll modify my new one up for me instead.

All seems to be money flying out at the moment, but I'm looking forward to it all going back together and ready for an amazing year of buggyness.

Picture time.

Stripped down to the floor pan and started cleaning up, removing the rubber seal between the body and the floor was a pain, heavy duty sealant had been used to hold it down

Floor pan welded and touched up with paint.  The gearbox back in place and Kunifer brake lines going on, also added a little unit to retain 2psi on the rear brake pressure.




Also rerouted the fuel lines, moving the regulator to the rear of the engine.  All the lines are now R9 7.6mm.

Any sign of the new body?

looking good today......I will drop the bits for polishing around tomorrow ;) ;)

Nice to see you yesterday.

Front beam is on and greased, now onto the front brakes and a bit more painting.

Front beam is fitted, couldn't find micarta to fit an original front beam, seems they only make them for the reproduction beams now, so I had to ditch the bearings and go for polyurethane.

Steering is connected, with Mikes stainless track rods.

Brakes are all plumbed.  The original blue residual pressure valve I had fitted, split on one of the connections, so I had to get a new 2psi one from McGill Motorsport http://www.mcgillmotorsport.com/brake-residual-pressure-valve-2psi-for-disc-brakes-675/ (http://www.mcgillmotorsport.com/brake-residual-pressure-valve-2psi-for-disc-brakes-675/)
Calipers are all smooth and painted.  I've used a pressure brake bleed kit (Sealey VS820) made the bleeding simple and quick.

Rear end is all buttoned up, hopefully drop the engine back in soon.

Looking good  ;-)up

Quote from: mk4buggy on March 08, 2014, 09:10:09 PM
Looking good  ;-)up

I'll second that!  ;-)up

I'll third it  ;-)up

waiting for the fourth....and fifth  :D

The mutts  ;-)up

Great progress  ;-)up

Live reading build threads, coming on nicely

Thanks for the Kudos guys.

Got the engine in.  even fired it up.  A while ago I built myself a tool box for bench testing engines.  After clearing an airlock (and getting a mouth full of fuel) I fired up so at least I know the engine is still good.

Got my wheels back from wicked wheels http://www.wickedwheels.co.uk/ (http://www.wickedwheels.co.uk/), refurbished and chrome powder coated, Still waiting for them to return my wheel centres.

Also started cutting the holes in my new bonnet, the fuel filler is cut and ground to fit my popup filler door.  Mini wipers are mounted (still need to mount the motor somewhere).  Also cut the dash for the dials and other controls.

Finally I've stuck down the body to floor seal, guess we all know what's next.

Big day tomorrow. Make sure you keep those photos coming :)

Yep keep the photos coming ;-)up

getting ever closer , well done so far.

love the tool box got any plans for it?

OK, it's been a long day, pickup this van at 8am.

200 miles later, and 2 years of waiting, arrived in North Yorkshire to pickup a brand new LWB FF shell, the first one in 20+ years.  Got it strapped into the van, glad we got the Luton Transit as it just fit.

Another 200 miles back, getting home about 8pm and it was time to unload straight onto the floor.  It's just sitting on there at the moment, will look at bolting it down next.

Thanks to Kelly-Ann for finally persuading the guy to make the shell.  Tomorrow it's time to crack on.

Quote from: BEELZEDUB on March 16, 2014, 09:57:04 AM
love the tool box got any plans for it?

Not really Mike, it's just a handy bit of kit to have lying around.

looks great, good thread to  ;-)up

just as well you still liked the shell when you got there  :D

OK It's been a long week.

Took the week off work to see how much I could get done.

I got the shell bolted down and the roll bar in on the first day.

Then fitted the front lights (including bmw side repeaters for the font indicators, got the wing mirrors back on and fitted camper rear lights)

I had to create some fibreglass half tubes to hold up the rear wiring, something the old shell had but not the new one.  My glassing skills aren't brilliant but they'll do.

Got the bonnet on, used white beetle wing beading between the panels and around the windscreen. Also fitted a mini wiper system, had to make some conduit up for the wiper drives, bend and flared some copper pipe.

Now I'm into wiring hell, got most of it done, just a few bits to finish off and tidy up.  All the electrics are working, even the headphone sockets in the rear.

Still got to put the steering column in, at the moment it's out with a local engineering firm, there are making a spacer up for me between the steering boss and the wheel, when I went to put it in I noticed that the wheel was hitting the indicator stalk (I'm switching to an early beetle column)

Then there's the seats to put in.

Another job to do is to get the tires swapped, I went to get the wheels balanced last week and it turned out that the tires were 19 years old  :o.  As Goodrich have stopped making 195/60R14 radial T/A, I contacted Northants tyres and they sold me a set of Hercules HP4000, 195/60R14 on the fronts and 255/60R15 on the rear.


Then there's other jobs as well, polishing up the fuel cap and fitting it, side pods scratching my head on how they attach/fit, rear seat, and so on.

Just a quick note to say, I got the tires on the wheels and the wheels on the buggy, buttoned up the last of the wiring, put the front seats in, stuck some fuel in it and took it for a spin today.

Had the tracking checked and that's in tolerance.

Still got a few jobs to do, Mount the fuel filler door, put on the side pods and give the shell a damn good polish.

Then I need rear seats made, front seats retrimmed and new seatbelts.

It's good to have it on the road again though  ;-)up

Ooooooooooo

Smiles all round then  :D

H

Well done mate rapid work, look forward to seeing it soon ;-)up

looking good  ;-)up

That's a very nice lwb body style. Where was it made. I'm interested as I might like a mould made from my modified bounty hunter for one of my friends to make a shell.

I found the person who had the original FF shell moulds. Just took a very long time for him to make the shell.

Don't think he still has the moulds anymore, he was looking at selling them.

OK First up the pictures from the other day

Today I polished up my fuel filler door and mounted that, then I wanted to straighten up the steering wheel, so too it for a run and got carried away.  I did visit a friend of mine to chat about getting the rear seats remade and possibly trimming the fronts to match too.  All safely tucked up in the garage after visiting a few family members and cruising through a few of the towns.

The [ictures here were taken while I was waiting for the jetwash to get all the fibreglass dust off of the engine and the front of the pan/beam.

I still need to get my wheel centres back and mount the side pods, did make a start with the CB aerial, but need to buy some connectors.

Looks like it's coming along nicely  8)

looks sick like it

What carpet did you use.

It's from Rugs for Bugs

http://www.rugsforbugs.co.uk (http://www.rugsforbugs.co.uk)

looking brilliant and great thread....
Love the dash and switch layout...

Quote from: Roadrunner on April 07, 2014, 07:26:29 AM
It's from Rugs for Bugs

http://www.rugsforbugs.co.uk (http://www.rugsforbugs.co.uk)

it looks as good as my newton commercial carpet  ;-)up

Well had a bit of time today so mounted the side pods.

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You dont mess about  that was one hell of a quick rebuild looks ace  ;-)up

Looking good  ;-)up

looks great mate pleased for you ;-)up

Very cool ;-)up

looking sweet   ;-)up ;-)up :D :D

Gave it a good polish today as the MOP I ordered turned up. Plus added something extra

Cool ;-)up

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so you aiming at a better prize next time ;) looks good.

As long as I don't still get most in need of attention  :D

Quote from: Roadrunner on April 16, 2014, 06:05:05 PM
As long as I don't still get most in need of attention  :D

ABSOLUTELY NO chance...

H  ;-)up

Quote from: Roadrunner on April 16, 2014, 06:05:05 PM
As long as I don't still get most in need of attention  :D

I could be a winner there, assuming you mean the driver "in most need of attention"

Quote from: Jazzy Early on April 19, 2014, 03:43:09 PM

Quote from: Roadrunner on April 16, 2014, 06:05:05 PM
As long as I don't still get most in need of attention  :D

I could be a winner there, assuming you mean the driver "in most need of attention"

That's got my name written all over I :D

Got some 10mm chrome edging from eBay, 15m of it.

Chrome edging is a standard fitting round an FF, they used to do it in the factory to hide the side pod fixings, not that I've riveted my pods on.

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Amazing how a bit of trim makes it look so different, its those little touches that really make a buggy stand out
Looking great
Dave

Nice, that trim really pops with the black and goes well with the other chrome.

It's getting there, few more bit to do, but I'm getting to the point where I'm going to have to wait on people to be able to do the decals and seats.

where did you get the cannons from mate.

Cannons were a Chinese set of stainless on eBay

Well done Gordon looks the nuts  ;-)up

That sets it off nicely ;-)up

the cannon s , did they fit ok as I had some and the head flanges wern,t square to bolt up and they caused massive engine vibration I had to cut the end off the silencers to remove a reducer which was the cause and reweld the ends on.
how are yours.??

Mine are fine, 1 of them did crack near the seam, but have had that welded up. 

They are not as good quality as a MIke special exhaust though, but wasn't expecting them to be. I like the styling of dual cannons though, so they suit me fine.

Had a message from my upholsterer friend. The rear seat back is done and the seat base is under way.

Got a teaser photo sent through.

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Very cool ;-)up

Very nice indeed!  ;-)up

Teaser 2

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Very nice  ;-)up ;-)up ;-)up ;-)up

Picked up the seats, still need to mount them but they look ace.

Here are the pictures of them placed in the buggy.  Also a picture of the mounting plate I'm planning to use (I have 12 of them)

Wow!!!! Top job!!!! very impressed with them!  ;-)up ;-)up

Looks very cool ;-)up

Thanks guys I'm really pleased.

They are the same style as the original FF ones, just the colour nicely contrasts the black.

Now I need to get the fronts to match.

Watch this space, although lead times are looking like atleast a month  :(

Looking great, liking the detail touches you are doing

Well I popped over to Bedford this morning and picked up...

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Just need to fit them back in, more photos to follow

Wow!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

Looking great!!!! far too good for the buggy!

Quote from: AndyRobinson on June 26, 2014, 01:36:11 PM
Wow!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D

Looking great!!!! far too good for the buggy!

I'm not so sure about that.  Looking great in the buggy too.

That looks really, really nice  8)
They look really comfy as well.

They suit the buggy very well ;-)up

NICE  ;-)up ;-)up ;-)up ;-)up ;-)up ;-)up

Very nice mate as already said tgey look comfy  ;-)up

Way too comfy for me, I recon I'd be asleep in them,:)

The new material has made them firmer, which I don't mind.

I have found I am going to need to punch a hole pattern in to the headrests as the speakers are muffled.

I've also got to run the wires to the heating elements.  Warmth  ;-)up

They look really nice and suit the buggy well.

Nice job

Looking good ;-)up

Also being cream hopefully won't get as 'scorchio' as black seats in the sun 8) ;D

I've found that the seats are muffling the headrest speakers, so I'm going to have to punch a set of holes into them, not sure how to do that yet.

In the meantime I wired in the heat pads in the seats to the loom.  This has shown another problem, with the headlights going, the stereo and the seats, the 55amp alternator can't keep up.  So I'm now thinking I need to upgrade my alternator from the 55 amp, the question is do I go 75 amp or 90 amp?

Don't forget if I can have first dibs on your old alternator if you change pretty please :D ;-)up

seat recovering looks great rather than put holes in the seats would the upgraded speakers be better if they still have the original rectangular ones fitted.

I've got the upgraded 10w ones in there already.  They are definitely muffled.

Small holes punched through in a pattern is the norm with MX-5 leather seats.

Your buggy is amazing! Its so clean!
I hope you wont mind but i shall be stealing the rear light idea and also going with some early bus lights i think, not decided yet though :)

No problem at all. I have seen it done elsewhere too, but had already bought mine by then.

Originally FFs built by the manufacturer installed them with early Polo rear light clusters.

It's a lovely buggy, I followed it and it followed me a lot during the swanage weekend...
Snowy is fairly hooked on it too.

Time to get ready for Swanage and having no storage was a problem.  Before I have always just loaded the back seat to the brim and set off like that but decided it was time for a change

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You can see I attached it at the front using mirror mounts and the rear using 2" roll bar mounts I bought from the states.

Thinking about a stripe on it too now.  ;-)up

Looks good and very useful.

Gordon,
Have a word with your trimmer about perforated headlining material, as there are many types with holes in already, and you may find a colour to match your existing seats -

Might look a lot neater than taking a hole punch to it   ;)

Love the buggy mate  8)

You so need to put a surf board fin on the top of it!

Fantastic looking buggy,  ;-)up

What happened to the old body?

Thanks.

The old shell was sold to a local guy who is now turning it into a new buggy.

I need to check and see how he is getting on.

Hi Roadrunner just wondering what brackets you used to fasten the number plate there it's the same place I was thinking On my ff .look loads better there than I front of the air filter.

I used a piece of straight aluminium along with a steel bracket which I bent a 90 degree angle to at the end and drilled some holes. 
Counter sunk the aluminium and bolted it to the bracket with a countersunk machine screw.

Attached to the exhaust with an exhaust clamp which I drilled through and added an additional bolt to the centre, the sides of the clamp stop the bolt rotating when fastening down the nut.

Attach the number plate to the aluminium strip with a couple more stainless bolts (hex domed) which I use for my tinware as well.

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You could also used these to bolt the plate up to the bracket, double whammy maybe ;-)up

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-UNIVERSAL-LED-NUMBER-PLATE-TAIL-TIDY-LIGHTs-CAR-MOTORCYCLE-BOLT-LIGHT-LAMP-/291521132319?hash=item43e003771f:g:6XQAAOSwBLlVLgxw

Other types are available

I thought about those, but they are not a easy to remove as once they are on you have to cut the wires off to unbolt the plate.

While I'm posting updates I did get some stick on metal badges from Europe on eBay.  Fills the gap where the old cyclone stickers were

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Nice one think I'll do more or less the same think I best order a tin number first lol

Quote from: Roadrunner on July 23, 2015, 06:41:47 PM
Time to get ready for Swanage and having no storage was a problem.  Before I have always just loaded the back seat to the brim and set off like that but decided it was time for a change

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(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZAAmC_Zt9wU/VbEiTdinUsI/AAAAAAAAAzg/8dbq-I4AuWc/s640/IMG_1976.JPG) (https://picasaweb.google.com/105706058668774292631/Rebuild2014#6174754281844331202)	(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mFnHAs9v3DY/VbEiT-SiXdI/AAAAAAAAAzs/PyEDCl8hud0/s640/IMG_1977.JPG) (https://picasaweb.google.com/105706058668774292631/Rebuild2014#6174754290635267538)
(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-izER9dVFouc/VbEiU3n6msI/AAAAAAAAAzw/vUaeIIgp5X0/s640/IMG_1978.JPG) (https://picasaweb.google.com/105706058668774292631/Rebuild2014#6174754306025757378)

You can see I attached it at the front using mirror mounts and the rear using 2" roll bar mounts I bought from the states.

Thinking about a stripe on it too now.  ;-)up

Hiya, cracking build. Had a bit of a peep at this at the Volksweald show at weekend too :)

Can I ask where you got the mirror mounts from and are they a pretty universal fit for buggies with the metal screen surround?
I'm thinking they might be a decent option to add a 'board carrier' bar above the screen to use in conjunction with the roll bar ;)
Cheers in advance :)

Heritage and Limebug sell them, they fit on the Manx style screens

https://www.vwheritage.com/ac857775-manx-mirror-mount-vw-spare (https://www.vwheritage.com/ac857775-manx-mirror-mount-vw-spare)
https://www.limebug.com/product/view/1693/buggy-mirror-mount-for-wind-screen-shield-frame-978#temp (https://www.limebug.com/product/view/1693/buggy-mirror-mount-for-wind-screen-shield-frame-978#temp)

Quote from: Roadrunner on July 16, 2018, 02:13:53 PM
Heritage and Limebug sell them, they fit on the Manx style screens

https://www.vwheritage.com/ac857775-manx-mirror-mount-vw-spare (https://www.vwheritage.com/ac857775-manx-mirror-mount-vw-spare)
https://www.limebug.com/product/view/1693/buggy-mirror-mount-for-wind-screen-shield-frame-978#temp (https://www.limebug.com/product/view/1693/buggy-mirror-mount-for-wind-screen-shield-frame-978#temp)

Looks like might do a turn, where it says Manx style screen surround, assume means majority of the regular metal framed screens ?
Don't suppose you've got a close up of how you fitted yours with regards to the roof box mounting?

Quote from: Krafty on July 16, 2018, 05:12:12 PM

Quote from: Roadrunner on July 16, 2018, 02:13:53 PM
Heritage and Limebug sell them, they fit on the Manx style screens

https://www.vwheritage.com/ac857775-manx-mirror-mount-vw-spare (https://www.vwheritage.com/ac857775-manx-mirror-mount-vw-spare)
https://www.limebug.com/product/view/1693/buggy-mirror-mount-for-wind-screen-shield-frame-978#temp (https://www.limebug.com/product/view/1693/buggy-mirror-mount-for-wind-screen-shield-frame-978#temp)

Looks like might do a turn, where it says Manx style screen surround, assume means majority of the regular metal framed screens ?
Don't suppose you've got a close up of how you fitted yours with regards to the roof box mounting?

I've ordered a couple - two hopes ;)

Thanks for the quick reply with the link :)

I've used that method to carry a kayak before, still have the bar if you want it but the clamps got re-purposed.

After all this time it was time for a few tweaks.

1st problem I had was that the Type 2 rear lights don't have a rubber cover on the rear, so the contacts and bulbs were corroding.  Even worst was one of my lights had filled with water and corroded the shiny surface.

So...

I went to Wickes and they are selling Loft Lids.  This are to protect down lights from loft insulation, but also happen to be a perfect for the T2 lights.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8BNaFVSZQHZXgazJJed19Tf2YT1xSTo8YOF1_qdA7cnhsg6uw6mjSL22L9fpspeyOGPHydNeHe2X4OAfizsMlQ5qDGRFJ7zS_jZSXpD78ObtQL5Xm_CKrnp6QCv-lHGAoR0NLd7evQ=w640) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/GGHKR4bEzNqwrQkV7)

Little bit of fibreglassing and I ended up with.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/SkUZv43V-ymz8ZOarQAmfdp1BjQOnynPxsrxToZFW-Ae-O6roJcEzDxBDCWIWqypYYyTGtrl7xAioPSfreELnd6otQTEcZqR9ArG8JiqswYAIwv7HhZ-Uxu-fPufiv9M3jAXrOvnVA=w640) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/hb4rgmaZrF6dRyNcA)

Put a rubber grommet in the back to allow the cables through and glassed them in

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/C2SzP7uAE2oPlHA1K9Lh2kpC53_g2iEkcxVO4dj2akpAkmN_ve7Ovnk0arFpIhyZC-Jj5yDvU3fTqi6xQsRWP-gsB0wYS9LXaeCEhLFeCVl6hrbzorgtkS-GzWYyiByvyCleB2a1vw=w640) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/v33kye1WNgw9Ug1y8)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YULnir9WXxrInzgBfnPKOMuAQ1FII-c4X6tPKHQOi9dw2xq5iR87Gz8-dwwgySz5JgAyQmceZUXSvLjtLarJC8FAyA1g6mE5LgMPw5WvUy4CfyydIuOmmIeo8gzHfzxTpTBqS2L-Uw=w640) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/1dpS93n9VGPVATyZ8)

Another thing I wanted to do was replace all the rubber fuel pipes across the engine with kunifer (still leaving a rubber pipe between chassis and engine.

I started this ages ago, but came across a problem trying to connect to my carbs.
I found a product manufactured by Earl's Performance in the US - 991951ERL
Purchased from https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ear-991951erl (https://www.summitracing.com/parts/ear-991951erl)

They are anodised blue, but this can be stripped using caustic soda.

Also had to purchase a 37degree flaring tool - darn AN fittings.

I've gone:

• R14 to Fuel filter barb
• Fuel Filter AN6 to Kunifer to Facet Silver Pump
• Facet pump to Kunifer to Regulator
• Regulator to AN T Piece
• T Piece to Kunifer to Earl's Performance Fuel Fitting Adapter

So here's how it turned out.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pb-90PA4tTNsjMg766hZfEGDsIuKDWmBfjfyf-1pePz-SteCSE4aVvf0-yMieaNQ5G1gCQkRfw485uHHVKIEoRs3sgfzCGUFjKv0mSAaS3QwjcU6n1nWZUsLJVUAOaNZqrYtnjm6ig=w640) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/DPicUrreVwZjuEQC9)	(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/E4KvpY3YBsMJRLa0m6il-XSSIPXsS4jv_wEzjt_q1_sEAMPy3KImlX3ICBKaGRvNNurC-zOycqE2PY1tPxKA3fREsKhfPRX2IHkhz1mnAahYCJW4lnXYAH0dn4fcqIwPUS9cJT9o_A=w640) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/jpYgKYpe3paFdazJA)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2CvWLinda5ynswRiGkk2FOG3VT79hznwRmjJdEJMBbpzws0uB9Odn7gH1mVzUlfcsk_GvzgdUoCDvIAfH3y3OyOn6wrrSJsI8xBs3Gar0dOm09Gbajn7BDvgNxcpqIjyVvAMY4JJHg=w640) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/EMmyvRZDWN2SfpXC9)	(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/G4qtIwbyQ5YShsyIFB6yd9YPx-7gkuRxFXQgIXFmU57Ks6WS89OORkWGuv5yR_2PhO8OiPSXqdwbRKpQC5Yjhm36trrKC0f-oZYGmDmGH5Lq6Sf1soAXZkBa7k4ilhmGsOEu-l3qNw=w640) (https://photos.app.goo.gl/Umn46y2tCR7Bjzkg8)

The crocodile clip to the connector and engine, were me powering the pump to test for leaks before putting the engine back in.

Like the solid tubes. Bugger, I've a AN flare tool could have lent you. :o