V-12 Engine into 308 Build, over on Grassroots

Dropped off the paperwork to get an antique registration with in PA means its registered for life and no more inspections. And also requested a custom plate
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Very small progress....I ordered a new higher voltage set point regulator that should change the new Li battery properly form this place for $26:
https://www.prancingmoose.com/AdjustableVoltage.html

They have lots of options. I when with a fixed internal regulator with a 14.8V set point for $26 which should net about 14.5 system voltage but they also have an adjustable option and conversions for external regulators fix or adjustable.

 

Still no update on bearings but in other news I bought a 5/8" master cylinder to replace the 0.70. with 5/8 front and 0.70" rear it was about perfect with the balance bar centered but 5/8&5/8 with the balance balance bar kicked over I can have the same f/r balance with 10% lower pedal force which I think will be better and since its already apart it a good time to make the change.

 

The battery came today....weirdly light to pick up, my brain sees a battery but nope, its not heavy. It has a built in volt meter and talks about storing at x% charge or bring to 100% every 6 months and such abut nowhere does it tell me what voltage is what % so the instruction are basically worthless. And got a new charger and work with it and it tells me all kinds of stuff....that I have no idea what it means or why I care which just makes me feel old and ignorant. But the battery is light.

This should be the end or corroded battery terminal so the plan is grab new terminal bolts and baking soda and wire brush everything clean before installing it.

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At least the charger seems to know what full charge is

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Kind of boring stuff. Google helped me convert voltage to % charge

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The clean the wire ends didn't go well

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But all well in the end

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This is kind of funny. I've had this car for 25 years and a few months now and I've had the ground off the battery dozens of times for storage or working on whatever..... but today i realized there is a disconnect that works perfectly..... DOH!

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And the driver's window that wouldn't go down was just a pin popped out of a connector, easy

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The new mastercylinder arrived Monday but I need to sort out the steering before I can install it...so I ordered the $160 dunebuggy rack I was eyeing:
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Its everything you'd expect at that price and more! There is quite a bit of lash and no way to adjust it but its about perfect travel wise and not the and about 1.62 turns lock to lock which I think is near prefect (they said 1.5 but that's a lie). I took it apart:
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On the plus side the rack teeth are induction hardened and the pinion is hard, the bellows seem fine.

On the minus side no bushings in the housing and while it appears to be designed for a rear pinion bearing there isn't one. The rod end are 3/8" which would be only marginally adequate. And of course its mossing about 2 feet on the right side.
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I stared at it for a bit trying to decide if its worth messing with...I have a plan.
1) add a rear pinion bearing
2) add rack bushings to the housing and off-set then slightly to yield a high pre load on the pinion. That will fix the lash and should it ever return replacing the bushings should again sort it but I can't imagine it will get that kind of use
3) Rethread the rack ends 12mm or maybe 1/2"
4) thread the OD on the right side of the housing
5) Add a right side rack extension
6) add a right side housing extension

I'm guessing that's $50-$100 of material then I can worry about how to install it.