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« Reply #11445 on: February 23, 2020, 09:58:08 AM » |
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No  My brother has a workshop in an old farm building in the middle of nowhere in Wiltshire. He built a woodburning stove & even when there's snow on the ground it's always toasty warm in there. He cooks his lunch on it. |
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« Reply #11446 on: February 23, 2020, 08:53:33 PM » |
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No, not the same photo -this one has a coat of clear lacquer on it.
Not perfect, but it'll do.
I wear a mask when spraying, but have to wait an hour or so with the heaters on for the paint to start to cure, before risking opening the door & letting the cold air in. Butane heaters & paint fumes -not a good combination. The cab's covered with a lightweight disposable plastic dust sheet, (about 2 quid in B & Q), so I've ended up sitting in it like an oxygen tent, waiting to go home.
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« Reply #11447 on: February 23, 2020, 09:25:54 PM » |
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Time to go home. Ahh, fresh air!
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I can't stop building stuff ?,but I'm slowing down
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« Reply #11448 on: February 24, 2020, 07:51:32 AM » |
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And the joyous job of putting it back on the car..I can hear your screaming as you scratch the paint work, and then you discover the bolts don't fit because of the layers and layers of paint and you have to file out the holes  |
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« Reply #11449 on: February 24, 2020, 09:44:48 AM » |
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Yup, that's exactly what'll happen!
A "Memory" popped up on Facebook from 3 years ago this morning. I haven't seen the front end in one piece for a while. At least I've repainted the body since then.
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« Reply #11450 on: February 24, 2020, 09:45:14 AM » |
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« Reply #11451 on: February 24, 2020, 10:02:21 AM » |
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Let us know when you need a lifting hand on it.
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« Reply #11452 on: February 24, 2020, 05:46:29 PM » |
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I will, don't worry!
No garaging today. Got absolutely soaked at work, delivering the Mail in the pouring rain, so I'm hybernating for the afternoon, while pretending I'm giving the paint time to harden.
Tomorrow I'll check it over -looks O.K this side, but who knows how the other side came out. Got to unmask the diff casing & flat back any ridges in the paint between that & the main axle & then look at fitting the refurbished brake back plates.
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« Reply #11453 on: February 26, 2020, 10:27:16 PM » |
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Nothing much to report today. Collected the welded numberplate bracket & throttle pedal from Mr Lunatic, sprayed the pedal, then spent several hours sanding out ridges in the paint between the diff housing & main axle.
Unbelievably, there's a 2" long section at the top of the diff casing that I didn't seal with Araldite because it's behind a bracket & it's weeping oil. The damn axle's been off the car & drained of oil for God knows how long, but there's definitely oil there. Presumably it's the residue finding it's way out as I'm turning the axle on the stands. Loony mentioned he had some black sealant used to build engines for Monkey bikes, so I might give that a try.
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« Reply #11454 on: February 26, 2020, 10:28:16 PM » |
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The red you can see here is a reflection of the heater.
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« Reply #11455 on: February 27, 2020, 09:32:32 PM » |
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More faffing about this evening.
The merging of paint layers between axle tubes & diff housing will take a bit more fettling/bodging than I'd hoped, but is getting there.
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« Reply #11456 on: February 27, 2020, 09:34:00 PM » |
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The green isn't quite as vivid as it appears here, but my phone seems to insist on showing it that way under the LED lights.
I'll be really glad to get the axle safely back under the chassis -I'm convinced I'm going to blunder into it by accident & knock it off the stands. To refit it though, I'm going to have to jack up the chassis & remove the stands under it, leaving the thing supported on just a trolley jack.
Should be interesting.
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« Reply #11457 on: February 27, 2020, 09:38:54 PM » |
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The numberplate thingy welded up by Mr Loon.
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« Reply #11458 on: February 27, 2020, 09:41:35 PM » |
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I've repainted the throttle pedal he repaired for me, so spent a fun hour wrestling with it to get it back in it's mount, with the return spring attached. Sorted.
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« Reply #11459 on: February 27, 2020, 09:42:06 PM » |
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