I'm back at it again.
I've fitted the bonnet stoppers. The four bolts got lost during the respray, but James at Retro Road Sports came to my rescue and gave me the 4 bolts. Even better they had been zinc plated.
For reference these bolts are now discontinued by Toyota.
Got the fuel lines, fuel tank and ancillaries all fitted now.
The three fuel lines are all brand new as are all the clips and fasteners.
I replaced the rubber fuel hoses with SAE J30 R9 hoses. The OEM rubber fuel hoses aren't ethenol resistant, but R9 hoses are and are as used on modern cars.
I replaced the breather hose on the fuel tank a few years ago as this was discontinued and my original was rusted badly.
I installed a new clip for the fuel lines, the old one had become quite brittle. This was surprisingly difficult to fit as the bolts is made from plastic and I was terrified it would sheer as I tightened it up. I think the bolts cuts a thread in the clips as it is wound in, which is why there is quite a bit of resistance.
I used my gearbox jack to position the fuel tank up into position and to fit it.
I bought new tank straps and bolts. I had the fuel tank straps powdercoated because the factory finish was far too thin.
Had to make sure the new flexi primary fuel line was routed under the plastic ducting on the fuel tank. This needs to be done before the fuel tanknis fitted as its next to impossible to fit this once the fuel tank is installed - I found this out the hard way!
Fuel tank in and straps attached. The straps bolts need to be torqued to 49 Nm.
I then ensured all the fuel pipe brackets and fixings were tightened.
Next was the fuel tank guard, which had also been bought new and then powedercoated. I also had new bolts (there are 6)and the two protective strips. I retained the rubber grommet from my original fuel tank guard to reuse.
This rubber grommet stops the plastic wheel arch liner rubbing on the the fuel tank guard.
Not sure what the two protective strips do, but Mr T put them there for a reason.
Once fitted I installed a new trim piece to hold the rear bumper to the tank guard.
All finished.