Day 21: rear brakes, handbrake, speed sensors

The kit arrived a month ago. I thought it would take me two months to build, but I'm very much at the end of the build now. Despite days wasted due to shortages, things have progressed nicely.

Today was finishing connecting up the rear brakes, handbrake cables and starting on the interior.

The rear brakes are supplied with hydraulic fluid via a brake pipe through the tunnel. Then pressure is delivered via a flexible pipe into the RH rear brake, and connected to the LH brake via another rigid brake pipe, mounted on the live axle.

The rigid brake pipe will need a bit of manipulating. But working along, clipping it into place, it just needed finger-bending and settled into place easily.

LH rear brake. Brake pipe visible going off to the RH rear brake. Speed sensor visible on left of photo

Rigid brake pipe fixed to live axle using small plastic clips

The speed sensors are easily fitted, and a few more cable ties keep them neat (I must have used nearly 100 over the car by now...). 

RH rear wheel from behind. From the bottom, you can see the flexible brake pipe, the rigid brake pipe and the speed sensor 

The two handbrake cables are connected easily into the brake drums, and are then taken into the tunnel, crossing over on the way. It all feels very logical and clear. 

Axle from RHS, with handbrake cable visible lying just clear above the axle

Back of the tunnel, from above. The handbrake cables connect to the T-fitting on the back of the handbrake bracket

 Lastly, most of the above pic was covered up by the tunnel plate, rivetted on.