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Thanks Gordon. Don't worry, it was only the smallest of taps - I wasn't going to inflict 'blunt force trauma'. I'll leave that until I cabn find a local alternator shop.

Meanwhile, the gloss black engine paint (spray) worked well on the fan shroud:

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I'm now fitting stuff roughly together whilst I await the aluminium sheet to replace the old tinware around the engine bay.

As an aside, it's amazing how many extra tools I've acquired over this winter specifically for this project. I thought I had a well-stocked garage already - sockets, spanners, power tools, all the usual stuff, plus air compressor, etc. I had even kept a VW gearbox hex tool from 30 years ago, just in case I'd use it again.. In the last few months, I've bought an ultrasonic cleaner, vernier calipers, a rotary buffer/grinder, thread count gauge, label printer (for wiring) and now I've bought a metric tap and die set.

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These have already been useful in helping clean up the threads on wheel studs/nuts - it seems they're a very tight fit between the drilled disc conversions and the fake Fuchs alloys.

What next?? :-)

And since this morning was likely to be the best weather for some time (snow forecast tomorrow), the Long Haired General and I took the dog for a walk along the seafront at Lee on Solent, which looks out to the Isle of Wight on our south coast.

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