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In the garage on a rainy day

It was raining from morning on this day.
It was not bad for me because I could spend time in my garage without hesitation while my wife and kids were watching TV in the house.  I fixed several repairs that I had thought I should do.

To replace the ignition coil with the blue coil again.


The ignition system with the semi-transistor and the blue coil looked like a retro combination.



I changed the routing of the wire harness for the fuel tank to prevent the wire harness being damaged by objects in trunk.




Previously overhauled rear brake calipers were assembled to the renewed rear axle.
I found the spring washers of the caliper fixing bolts were deteriorated, so I replaced them with new washers.



Rear axle and brake would be like a new if the rotor would be nicer.


When I worked at the engine room of my car, there were some dark areas depending on the repairing part.   To improve this I tried a small idea for the lighting in my garage. 
I attached the screws on the beam and set the wire between the screws…



and clipped the working light on the wire.  The working light position became movable. 


The sub-tank and hoses for the radiator overflow were not equipped in my Alfa.  So, I attached the hose and the radiator coolant’s empty tank as tentative solution.  I had to find nicer tank, but better than nothing. 



Overflow hose to be inserted in this hole.

At the end of the work I had a trouble!
When I pull the hood opener to open the hood, I felt a bad feeling in my hand and I realized that the wire of the opener was broken.
When the wire on the engine room side went out, I thought it would be very complicated problem because the hood could not be opened.  But fortunately broken end was on the opener handle side. 


The wire got short, but I found an idea to repair it in affordable way.
(My original blog was written on 24th Nov. 2008)
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