No work today and nothing good on TV, plus the weather was fairly mild, so I decided to get a few jobs done on the Green Cortina.
First on the list was the introduction of an expansion bottle to the cooling system. The car has never had one and even though it's never had any over heating issues, I would still feel happier with it having one. It doesn't need to be a huge great thing, so my search on ebay found me a smallish, but suitable one. I made up a metal bracket to house it and then installed it on the car. Quite a simple job really.
Next on the agenda was fitting an inertia switch in line with the electric fuel pump. This is basically an emergency cut out switch which will stop the power to the electric fuel pump in the event of an accident. I also wired it through the feed to the ignition coil, so that in the event of an accident, it will cut the ignition off as well.
As with the expansion bottle, I had to make up a metal bracket to mount it on, and then mounted it onto the front inner wing. Again, it was quite a simple job that didn't take very long, so I was happy with my mornings work.
