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Hi DennisQuote:
Originally Posted by Dinty
There are five clips ( part number 05555 ) and if you need the measurement for the hole placement for the fifth clip, sing out and I can get it for you.
I'm trying to remember but I think those clips were originally black, again I could have a look tomorrow at the collection.
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I'm looking a lot like that frog again, but alas I have run out of 6" sanding discs @ 100 grit :(:mad::(, but I would bet the neighbours are pleased;):p, well I didn't start until 21 minutes past 0800hrs, legal noise time in NSW is 0800 on a Sunday, anyway this was early into the job, with just a small patch left near the front door opening
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I mentioned that I had run out of 100 grit discs, and just to show the difference I used 7 discs @ 180 grit just to almost complete the LHS, after using all those discs I decided to use paint stripper which removed most of the paint, I have washed it down, waiting for it to dry, then I will sand the remainder of the paint off, next job will be the wheel/seat boxs, anyway thats been most of my day, cheers Dennis:angel:
I was looking for something else in the box of bits that I have for this vehicle, when I came across 2 x 6" lengths of angle iron :o, these needed to be fitted to the transome panel, they are the steel corner angle stiffening plates, so back out with some gear and work out how n why
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some gal/cappings needed and small screws etc, all clamped up ready to drill hole for blind rivets and some countersunk
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and just when you don't need anything extra to do "Murphy's Law" kicks in, a rivet nail snapped off half way along the shaft, so out with one of my Dremel tools with a thin cutting disc, soon made short work out it LOL;)
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2 x countersunk rivets set, check that the gal/strip clears them
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a light spray with etch primer, job finished on the RHS
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onto the LHS, all finished now ;), cheers Dennis:angel:
I struggled to do anything this afternoon, after another hectic day at work :(:(, anyway I mixed up a small amount of etch primer and sprayed the inside of the LHS inner guard
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I was going to spray the outside, but after looking closely, the outside needs to be rubbed down all over, it has a light coating (weathering effect) that gets on un-coated aluminium, so needless to say it ain't etched as yet, clean gun, set BBQ ready have tea>>> that's the arvo over, LOL cheers Dennis:angel:
After etch priming the LHS inner guard yesterday, I had a look at the outside of the same guard this afternoon, after a quick run (with the mower) over the lawn.
Looking very closely at all the spot welds, and there are plenty of them, I started trying to get the paint out of them, I soon realised it was going to be a time consuming job, so out with an air line, hand held grit blasting tool from s****cheap (that I have had for quite some time and works a treat as well!!;)), run the compressor up and within 3 minutes they were clean enough for me, here are some of them
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later a quick rub with some 600 wet n dry should remove the scuff marks, anyway that's something else done, cheers Dennis:angel:
We have had the grand kids here again today, ******* school holidaze :(:p, anyway it was too hot for them outside;), so looking for a simple easy job to perform, I decided to clean up grit blast etc some 2BA screws/nuts washers etc for some of the smaller fittings that are peculiar to the seatbox.
I remembered that my mate Kevin had given me the 2 tailgate locking pins n chains with the staples etc, they looked very ordinary especially the 2BA nut
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another 2BA nut was sourced (as you can see) all were run through tap/die to clean threads, grit blasted etch primed etc.
Most of the heads were to be painted Silver
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and some of the 2BA nuts washers etc had to be Deep Bronze Green,
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so I went with the Silver first, I mixed a very small amount of paint (40mls) with thinners & hardener, here are the Silver items hanging on the line to dry ;)
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once finished with the Silver, a quick clean of the gun and mix up an even smaller amount of DBG and apply it
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anyway that's been part of my day, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I also grit blasted n etch primed the windscreen hinge bolts/washers etc,,.
Not much done today, as we had the gand kids down at the 'Tree Top adventure park' Minmi NSW, they had a great 4 hours there, it was warm @ 37c in the shade, we didn't get home until almost 1500hrs:(.
So rather than waste the rest of the day, I set about finding another 6 round head slot screw 2BA x 1/2" to secure the bonnet locking clamp onto the bonnet, 6 screws found, run over with tap n die, grit blast, etch prime. I mixed up a small amount of DBG to paint the 2BA nuts
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and the panel that the fuel pump and regulator etc are mounted on
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also I wanted to paint some DBG in the corners of the tub behind the seat R & L side before a stiffening panel is riveted into place, that done just a little paint left over, so I sprayed it on the underside of the Lhs guard,
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at least now with that done it will reduce my chances of getting a run in that area when I spray it all, it all should dry quickly as it's quite warm outside, I know it was 43c in the shed, well it is summer, cheers Dennis:angel:
Hi Dennis
I am thinking about using a spot welder in the same places that land rover did, when I get a spare moment I'll start a thread in tools about making one and building my own plasma cutter.
All the beer-st for Christmas and have a wild New Year! :spudnikparty:
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Another very warm one, but if I don't do something to it everyday no-one will;), anyway today I grit blasted the other headlight bucket, along with the frame that holds the h/brake boot + brake n clutch pedals.
A quick coat of etch primer on all of them and while it was drying (all of about 5 minutes) I was busily using a sanding pad on the dash getting the inside ready for painting possibly tomorrow or Monday.
Here are the items that had been painted gloss black, headlight buckets
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brake n clutch pedals
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the dash almost ready for a light coat of etch primer
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well that's just about my days play finished, going out for tea with the good wife, christmas tea, as she will be in Rockhampton for 8 days from Monday morning, so I'm batching and living rough LOL ;):p, but I do have to look after the 'Poodle Patrol', bantams, fish, cat, bonsai plants etc etc etc, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
You can certainly tell it's summer :angel:, another very warm day to be out working in the direct sunlight, at 0800hrs I started to remove paint using my orbital sander, armed with a new box of 50 pads, it took 5 pads and approx 75 minutes to remove the bulk of the paint, still some small areas to do and some paint stripper to be applied
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I'm sure the neighbours are pleased that I'm kinda sorta finished that job for the time being LOL, well they have noisey parties etc, what goes around comes around;).
After lunch I set up to re-rivet the bonnet, by using 4 saw horses, 2 of each at different heights, a vice was clamped to a piece of 12mm plate on the lower of the 2 horses, it had the support for the rivet heads, the taller 2 had a 7.50 x 16 tyre on each,
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to help balance the bonnet, the good wife was pressed into service to balance the job, and in about 1 hour it was completed
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after cooling down with a few drinks of H2o and a wet cloth well it was 36c in the shade, I had set up to this job behind the Series 1 but within 5 minutes the bonnet was too hot to handle, so I set it all up after moving my 110.
After recouperating the tub was removed off the chassis, so I can inspect the myriad of screws n rivets that are in the the tub, still not sure what is correct and what isn't
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now all I have to do is pack it all up as I have had enough for today anyway cheers Dennis:angel: