Thread: 113-372

Originally Posted by Dinty

always remember to wear eye protection when using cup wire brush, I always wear leather welders apron, eye protection, face mask (dust) and riggers gloves, I've been stabbed with the debris off the cup wire brush too many times, most painfull one was in the cheek, wire penetrated approx 4mm, that was painfull,

Good advice Dennis. I too have had a bristle driven into my cheek and it wasn't much fun, although the wire that eventually found its way into my jocks made me leap out of the chair vertically

I hardly ever use the thing nowadays and instead opt for the molasses bath to get rust off Rovers,

Cheers Charlie

G'day All,
Well I had good intentions today, but the weather started out really lousey, heavy fog until around 1100hrs, making life miserable.
Off to the shed to inspect the front turn signal/parking lamps, they came off a wrecked S2 C/R, they were no real gems but were needed nonetheless. First problem encountered, bodgey screw rusted solid

I managed to squeeze the glass 'bee-hive' lens out without too much distortion to the chrome bezel, then I was able to hold the head of the screw in the vice and cut through the screw, being very carefull not to cut/mark the chrome bezel.
The lamp bodies themselves are not in bad condition, all the lamps worked when I tried them some months ago, anyway all parts were tagged n bagged, then I started looking seriously at the rubber lamp bodies, they are US, 40+ years baking in the Aussie summers has fried them, very brittle, so emails sent to a few suppliers of other lights etc in the UK, hopefully they can come up with a supplier, that would make it easy.

I could hear the good wife struggling with shifting all the compost from the chook yard behind the shed, so I shelved what I was doing and helper her for the next 3 hours, we shifted about 2 1/2 mts of compost, it still needs heaps more

look at the Poodle Patrol running amok!!.
Later in the day, I dragged out the fuel tank from the dead S2 C/R and pressure washed the loose crud off it,

anyway that was my day, I will have to wait until I get responses re rubber lamp bodies before I take that job on, cheers Dennis

Originally Posted by Dinty

G'day All,
I had painted the vent regulators earlier, well n truely dry, so I decided to fit permanently, the vent screens and regulators, that way I wouldn't lose any of the screws,

it got cold n damp quickly this evening, another cold night on the way, anyway, cheers Dennis

Hi Dennis,

You may have mentioned it earlier but I couldn't find it. What size screws do you use to hold the vent screens in place? Are they tapped or self-tapping?

Thanks

G'day All,
Mate, they are self tapping screws, from the RPS book, pan head, slot drive, gimlet point, type AB thread, No6 x 1/2" in length, hope thats of some help, cheers Dennis

Originally Posted by Dinty

G'day All,
Mate, they are self tapping screws, from the RPS book, pan head, slot drive, gimlet point, type AB thread, No6 x 1/2" in length, hope thats of some help, cheers Dennis

Fantastic!

Thanks

G'day All,
This morning after attending my regular appointment with the chiropractor, it was time to get down n dirty with a replacement tank that I bought earlier this year, 113-372 only had a fuel tank in the lhs.
I had pressure washed most of the loose crud off it a few weeks ago, but it was still crusted with crud.


I set about removing the crud with one of my 4" angle grinders fitted with cup wire brush, after donning all the safety gear the fuel tank started to look a lot better, it did need a small repair job before painting

note 'Max' trying to look disinterested!!, 2 of the supports on the leading edge had come away, so out with the electric welder and 2 small welds (hope they hold), as I was a bit concerned that if I put too much heat onto the tabs, it might have burnt a hole through the tank bottom!!, anyway I think it will be OK.

the tank was now almost ready to etch prime

after letting the etch prime dry off (it flash dries very quickly) I fiddled about with a few other items, headlights had been purchased, I went away from the old Lucas types and fitted H4's for better illumination at night

I still need to connect the wires together.
Meantime it was time to estimate how much Gloss Black paint I would need to repaint the tank, I did a guesstamet LOL mixed with thinners and hardener, starting on the base first, it didn't take long to dry in the stiff breeze that blowing, and it wasn't long before the whole tank had been painted, it looked A1 glistening in the sunlight

the little dog is 'Tookie' our oldest Pomeranian nearly 13y.o...
I then dragged out 113-372's only fuel tank and started to clean it up as well.
While doing this I forgot to turn off the compressor in the shed, as at times when it starts up it trips the circuit breaker on the house, anyway I was using the wire brush (cup on grinder type) and I was thinking to self OK switch this off as I had something else on my mind, when I became aware that the radio wasn't on, hmm I think, check and yes the shed has no power, so I put the grinder on the ground and walked around the front and turned the switch back on, I heard the compressor start up and 'Max' going off his head barking, to my horror when I got back to where I could see the shed, I saw 'Max, Sophie and Monty' all running madly, it was then that I saw what the ruckus was all about, the angle grinder was live and running around on the ground, with 3 dogs chasing it.
I ran to kill the power by pulling the lead apart and yelling at the dogs to 'GET' in my boldest voice, s*** was king for a few seconds, all I could see was a small fluffy dog/s getting wound up in a 5" cup wire brush spinning at ???? RPM, anyway the grinder seemed to miss them all. Max is a complete idiot he loves the chase, typical 'sheltie', now all I had to do was tell the good wife how I stuffed part of 'HER' lawn

it dug in and down in several places, but it must have spun itself out and started walking again, it was frightening watching it all in slow motion until I pulled the plug on it, and it stopped here where it had started to dig down again


Makita's are bloody good stuff, LOL, look at the dirt it has in the brush

anyway the original tank that was in 113-372 is US as it has numerous pin holes in it, they could be fixed, but I have another NOS tank that I will use instead, I might paint it tomorrow, if I survive the night, swmbo might have baited my tea anyway we will see, cheers Dennis

G'day All,
Feeling a little blown away today, after being out in the wind all day I called it a day at 1600hrs.
I did however manage to finish the main fuel tank for 113-372. It is a english std 45lt tank (civvie), it needed a modification before painting,
so I set up next to a very rusty tank which was incidentally NOS as well, but had been left out in the weather, it was with the odds n sods I got with 'Chloe' a long time ago, anyway back on track, the dimensions for the fuel dipstick were transferred to the tank, light punch mark then turn it upside down, so that when you drill into the tank the swarf falls to the ground, well thats the idea LOL

after the hole was made and the dipstick flange fitted etc, I tinned the area around the hole and the flange, warming up the soldering iron (plumbers type) with the oxy flame set soft, I managed to fit the flange to the tank

this tank had been stored for years, and even though the openings in the tank had bungs in them, the threaded holes for the cheesehead screws 3BA had some crap in them, so I run them through with a 3BA tap to clean them out

I then finished etch priming it and coated Gloss Black,

well that was my day, cheers Dennis

That's all looking fantastic!

My vent screens arrived today (http://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-2-2...ml#post1512054) but I haven't decided whether I am going to paint them yet.

Did you have any trouble with the paint blocking the mesh? Did you just use the sand blaster to clean them ready for painting?

Cheers,
John