simple tech

[nzsimon]

I am currently fitting a Dan Fink 3 way hood latch system to the 32 and I discovered a small trick that I will share with you

When you are drilling holes in alloy and or steel it is often hard to find the centre of the hole for drilling especially in this case as the bar goes inside the hood so I couldn't even get a drill in there and drill thru the hole this would also damage the threads

So I got a nail and trimed it to slightly longer than the hole then I wrapped it in tape so it was the same diameter as the hole

When I had my bar exactly where i wanted it on the hood I clamped it there then i dropped the tape wrapped nail in the hole and sqeezed it with vise grips so it made a perfect centre nipple on the other side this gave me the centre so I simply drilled and all the holes lined up perfectly