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« Reply #2820 on: March 05, 2011, 06:39:49 PM » |
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 Not much to report for the last week or so, but now the pipework for the heater's done. I ran 2 half inch bore steel tubes alongside the propshaft & attached to the heater hoses from the engine. The feed pipe has the tap plumbed into it to control the flow to the heater at the back of the cab. Just need to find some 5/8 rubber hose to connect up the heater itself & it's finished. The pipes & the body of the tap will be hidden inside the gearbox tunnel, with just the polished tap handle protruding through it.
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« Reply #2821 on: March 05, 2011, 06:49:59 PM » |
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I also sorted out the leaking bottom radiator hose, (just needed re-seating), but when I filled the system I found I'd created another leak by swapping the steel thermostat housing for a polished aluminium one from Loony's spare engine. My manifold has an extra water outlet which his casting didn't cover, meaning the water poured out as soon as I filled it. So it's back to the old housing & order another gasket for it.
Once the water system's working, I can bung on the new spark plug leads, then make a start on cleaning up the welds on the exhausts. Hoping to get the silencers mounted so we can run the engine up to temperature & check for leaks, then re-bleed the brakes via the servo, (which uses vacuum pressure from the engine when it's running). Should be ready for it's maiden voyage around the yard then.
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« Reply #2822 on: March 05, 2011, 07:12:06 PM » |
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excellent progress, looks very busy,
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« Reply #2823 on: March 05, 2011, 07:26:42 PM » |
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Yeah, but most of that busyness will be hidden under the floor panels when they're done. Should look a lot tidier then. Takes a lot of work to make it look simple.
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« Reply #2824 on: March 05, 2011, 07:58:44 PM » |
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and not much room to put everything!!!
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« Reply #2825 on: March 06, 2011, 12:05:37 AM » |
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put a solid shield around the UJ , a mesh shield round the rest of the prop and a flat floor under the chassis , show the lot , brilliant . Looking really good.
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« Reply #2826 on: March 06, 2011, 07:30:02 AM » |
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Loony reckons we could just cut half a dozen small triangles of sheet steel & the floor would be done. The chassis's got more cross members & braces than the Forth bridge. A scrap metal dealer's dream.
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« Reply #2827 on: March 06, 2011, 11:03:43 AM » |
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crumple zone, what crumple zone!!! lol
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« Reply #2828 on: March 06, 2011, 11:18:53 AM » |
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Loony reckons we could just cut half a dozen small triangles of sheet steel & the floor would be done. The chassis's got more cross members & braces than the Forth bridge. A scrap metal dealer's dream. 7.5 ton pop pick up |
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« Reply #2829 on: March 06, 2011, 02:41:30 PM » |
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class 7 mot lol
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« Reply #2830 on: March 06, 2011, 05:27:49 PM » |
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class 7 mot lol
No, if its over 3.5 its HGV  sounds about right. (Looking good Andy) |
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« Reply #2831 on: March 06, 2011, 06:18:48 PM » |
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when it goes for sva it wil be fighting it out with hgv's!!!!
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« Reply #2832 on: March 07, 2011, 12:23:56 AM » |
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The only crumple zone will be your knees. If we hit a modern car with this we're gonna slice straight through it
-"Ramming speed bosun!"
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« Reply #2833 on: March 07, 2011, 09:45:18 AM » |
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Looking good Andy, awaiting the maiden voyage |
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« Reply #2834 on: March 07, 2011, 10:12:10 AM » |
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you ain't it, till you've "Bobbed" a Brit!!!
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