Well, the old tart arrived with a whopping butt ugly square shaped cut made in the firewall. I can only surmise that somebody tried to locate the steering shaft in the vicinity and gave up.
There were two distinct cuts back then, and since then I trimmed it away to make one larger cut. I showed Peter what needed to be done and I suggested I would break out the new hammer and dolly kit and knock a new piece of plate into shape, but Peter said that would take forever and offered this solution.
Well, not the most elegant solution, but definitely the most avant-garde.
I had a long think about his solution and decided (while I boiled an egg) that nup, that has to go.
He was right about it taking a while to shape up a new piece, but since this is quite visual from inside the firewall engine bay, it has to look nice.
This is where I am at. I'm having a crack at welding this one myself over the weekend. Couple of magnets with metal plate holding it in place for the time being.
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