After thinking about the cooler install all winter, I decided that I needed to make a bracket to mount the cooler. I could have used zip ties to hang it, but felt like it wouldn't be mounted securely enough to not rattle around on bumpy roads.
A little cutting with the angle grinder and some drilling to shape 2 pieces of steel to fit above the cross brace on the frame and trying to keep everything lined up while I apply a few tack welds to hold things in place. It didn't go quite as nicely as I had hoped since the holes in the cooler were slightly off from the nuts that I welded to the brackets. Since they were only slightly off, I widened the holes in the cooler just enough to allow the bolts to find their homes in the newly attached brackets. I'll probably find a rubber bushing or spacer to reduce vibration but the cooler looks pretty good for now.
I cut the lines to fit properly with the Dremel and a cutoff wheel to break the stainless weave and a hose cutter to cut through the inner hose without making a giant mess of shredded rubber bits and I'm hoping the weld splatter on the lines will not cause a problem later on. If I have to replace these lines again for whatever reason, I think I'll skip the stainless braided lines. I ended up cutting them a little too short but will run them like this. Hopefully they won't leak.
While I had things apart, I also pulled off the clutch basket cover to paint it before adding oil to the crank case. Unfortunately, I waited a few years since I painted the other covers and the other parts have yellowed slightly to the point where the newly painted clutch cover doesn't match the other parts. Crap. I guess it will end up matching eventually. I can always repaint all of them together when I have the chance.
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