It's taken me all night to get to this point.
-marking and centre punching and drilling the 2mm holes on the tray.
-position the tray on the engine.
-mark the holes location on the girdle cage with the 2mm bit through the predrilled tray holes.
-take off the cage.
-spirit level the drill press.
-prop the girdle on the drill base with some wood till the tapered surface i'm drilling is level and square to the drill.
-drill through starting with a small 2mm bit to maintain accuracy then gradually enlarge.
had a brief scare here cos i was drilling the first hole and when i thought the drillbit was abit blunt i pressed abit harder, heard the bit stutter and then ping, it snapped inside the hole
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worst nightmare. but to my luck it happened just as it was about to come out the other end (the girdle main bolt holes) so got a small nail and hammered the broken drill bit through and out the other end n carried on with a bigger drill. note to self, NEVER force those small drilll bits or they will snap and cause a major issue.
-what i first did was try to drill the holes on the girdle cage and tray seperately and hope they match, which didn't work.
-so what i did and should've done was clamp the tray into position on the girdle and drill & tap all the holes in one go.
tray bolted on
bolts angled square to the surface
will need trimming shorter