January 19th, 2026
First time since late 2025 that I’ve had time to work on the MK. Still the bathroom looks nice now!
Since the last post I decided to pause the fuse box installation as there are many wires common to the front and rear lighting systems which need to be pared down before connecting to the stalk and fuse systems. Since the front ancillaries are all wired and loomed in, I turned my attention to the rear wiring. The rear loom was laid in but in order to secure it I decided that the rear wheel arches needed to go on in order to fit the light clusters.
Here are the rear wheel arches fixed on which suddenly made the MK look a lot more complete (for the sake of 12 M6 nuts & bolts and 24 ‘penny washers’ – good value!).
I also decided that to make the engine loom routing to the ECU easier around the coolant reroute, I would move the FPR away from the end of the fuel rail. This meant that I couldn’t use the original mounting bracket (secured to the end of cylinder head) and that the FPR now needed to be braced in its new position in ‘free space’ where the EGR system used to be.
It was then time to embark on learning how to design in 3D using Autodesk Fusion and get a prototype printed.
Here’s the protoype in place and which was ~90% successful. A few tweeks and I’ll get the final version printed in black Polycarbinate ABS (good for high temperature uses).
January 21st, 2026
LED rear lights fitted along with the rear stripe ready to fit the number plate / fog light combo.
