On removal I had a look at the plastic centre of the column bush. It's got teeth on one end that loosely line up with the splines, and a triangular section at the other which fits the main part of the column. With many in/outs from multiple refitting and adjustment of the column it was getting a bit worn and when the steering wheel is jiggled vigorously you could just feel a little clunk of movement so I swapped it for a new one now the column position was finalised.
The column only needed shuffling up about 4mm and now I can get my hand in (below) which is fine, clearance is about 10 or 12mm. Generally I've found if I can fit my hand in then that's enough room when the engine wobbles around during operation. Before modification if I stood on the exhaust collector on the passenger side as they exit the body then I could hear it clonking on the steering column. After moving the column its fine, although the exhaust still clonks a bit on the exit in bodywork but its not doing any harm.
One other quick job was to put an ali sheet in underneath the heater matrix so if there's a leak on the hoses you don't get boiling coolant on your feet. You will also notice plastic nut covers are beginning to sprout all over the place just to be extra safe for IVA. They are peppered all over under the bonnet too, not because they are necessary but one I put a few on I quite like them so I went mad and put them on everything that's not hot enough to melt them.
Then to finish off the day I developed a carbon capture system to reduce the footprint of the cobra. Not sure if it will work though.
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