1973 Midget build by ianjoub

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Voltage regulator mounted on the firewall



Starter solenoid (for the bike engine starter, not the reverse gear starter) in its permenant location



The microtech fuel controller is mounted. The CDI is still dangling though. I drilled another hole here for the wiring harness. I am wondering if I can find grommets big enough for that hole

I also put the seat in today. I ended up removing the sliding rails for forward/back adjustment. This lowered it over 2". I then disassembled the seat and shaved 3" padding off of the backrest. I still barely fit in the car. My legs are still slightly cramped. Remember, I lost 3" of footwell due to my exhaust routing....

Sorry, I didn't take pics of the seat disassembly.



The seat is still pretty tall.

1-17-2014

Ok ... seats!



Not much room to access the inerior door handle, but will have to do



They both fit...

I have them wedged as far back as I could manage



I have room for the shifter and hopefully an e-brake handle



I wasn't happy with my ride height .... I tore into it again, more to come next week

1-22-2014

I didn't have any more adjustment with the old setup, so I made some new brackets for the front



I went farther than I needed to so I can shim under the mount for adjustability

I needed to change the rear as well



I won't have as much room for travel, so the shock angle was changed

The new stance/ ride height

1-28-2014

Ok, so the battery is going in the trunk. I need a power lead for the bike wiring harness/starter and another for the reverse gear starter. This means I need a splitter of some sort. I didn't easily find anything to fit the bill, so I made one.

I have a round cylinder of high density plastic.



I cut off a block



I drilled a hole through it

Made the hole big enough for a bolt head



I countersunk the bolt after I heated it. This will keep it in there solid.



double nut the top to pinch the battery cable eye fittings



This is the bulk battery cable and eye fittings I bought