The shorter porting of the FPL lock bar has now been completed and fitted in situ - still waiting for the glue to set. This just leaves the connection to the FPL bolt. I think I'm going to have to modify part of the bolt mechanism already fitted as it doesn't allow a long enough connecting rod to the lock bar. Not quite as drastic a mod as Coachman regularly makes to Greenfield but a bit of extra work with the added risk of damaging parts I need to re-use.

Here are some photos showing assembly and fitting of the shorter part of the bar.

First a shot of the rod having the pivot levers fitted. I used a simple plastic card jig to help me get these correctly positioned so that they fall in the middle of sleeper bays. 145 degree solder was used to avoid unsoldering the vertical mounting pins or melting the plastic too much!

Here's the finish section of bar with the bottom of the pivot levers trimmed to clear the top of the track underlay.

Finally, a shot of the bar in situ with hair grips holding it in the correct position whilst the glue sets. I put the adjacent section of board in place to ensure the bar lined up across the joint. It also allows me to position the stools for the remaining section of point rodding which moves the whole lock bar/FPL arrangement. Visible in front of the RH grip is the bolt operating lever which needs to be moved one sleeper to the left.