My 1955 86" rebuild.

**Dinty** · 6th October 2013, 02:47 PM

Well I managed to run the 2BA screws n nuts through the 2BA die, I cheated a little and just clamped it in my bench vice

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did all 11 screws first, then did the same using a tap for the remaining 8 nuts
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I then place them in this strip of aluminium extrusion which I have tapped 2BA threaded holes 2BA clearance holes, also some 3 BA threaded holes as well, these are fiddly little items and I don't want to lose them in the grit blast cabinet

, so they all get fitted to something
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some onto cardboard strips, but you have to be carefull as the grit does eat away the cardboard quickly as you can see
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every item gets etch primed individually, the surface not seen gets painted flat black
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all the 2BA pan head screws cleaned up well here they are etch primed, I put them on cardboard strips so I don't get too much paint on my hands
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and here are all the items before they get tagged n bagged, and wait for the next round of DBG
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The bonnet topside needed to be etch primed, so out with the gear and it got 2 coats of vinyl etch primer, just needs to be rubbed down smooth
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WrinkleArthur, I have a full set of BA taps n dies which I have had for some years (30+) they are readily available I bought those tap etc plus many many more to aid me with this item
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sadly I haven't done anything to it in a long time

anyway cheers Dennis

**Dinty** · 8th October 2013, 06:29 PM

Well underway stripping the bulkhead down before grit blasting
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psddfb7e32.jpg
and the other side after removing the wiring loom etc
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you may well ask 'why grit blast that!!??', well because it has a lot of imperfections in it and the only way to correct them is to have it grit blasted and start over again, the jobs just keep piling up LOL, cheers Dennis

ashhhhh · 8th October 2013, 07:27 PM

Looking great!

**Dinty** · 10th October 2013, 03:44 PM

Been a busy day today, Modern Mtrs (Dungog) in the morning 0830hrs for a rego check on our 110, then down to Tomago to Hunter Galvanisers to drop off these items
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and these
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60 items all up, I just hope none of them drop off the wire

, fingers XXXX'd cheers Dennis

**Landy Smurf** · 10th October 2013, 04:42 PM

looking at doing some of these over summer,looking forward to how yours go

**1950landy** · 10th October 2013, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by Dinty

Been a busy day today, Modern Mtrs (Dungog) in the morning 0830hrs for a rego check on our 110, then down to Tomago to Hunter Galvanisers to drop off these items
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psfef7b5f5.jpg
and these
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psd0c8ba23.jpg
60 items all up, I just hope none of them drop off the wire

, fingers XXXX'd cheers Dennis

I hope you tok the hing pins out of the seat box lid hinges . The pins are aluminum & will eaten by the acid in the pickle or will melt in the pot & you will have 1/2 a hinge when you get them back. Had it happen to me, still got the 1/2 hinges laying around here somewere.

**Dinty** · 11th October 2013, 06:45 PM

Well I had good intentions today to get a heap of work done, first job was remove rad/supp panel n radiator, that went off without a hitch
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps474990e6.jpg
I was about to start on the final 2 bolts through the outrigger when Warwick L turned up for a yarn, and I had not seen Warwick for more than a year I downed tools went inside for a cuppa etc, at 1145hrs I had to ask him to leave as we had flights booked at 1300hrs local Tiger Moth, anyway we made that deadline it was good even though I got a touch of vertigo, no I wasn't sick but not far off it LOL

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After a short rest when we got home I got stuck back into removing the b/head and I have just finished stripping all the smaller bits off it
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the b/head is now in one of my No5 trailers waiting to go to a grit blaster next week, anyway cheers Dennis

ps thanks for that info re hinges etc, I sent them an email and they have removed them from my pile, if I get an opportunity to get there early next week I will take some tools etc and diss-assemble them, failing that I will buy new ones from P A Blanchard they have them listed as NOS @ 2.** each,,.

**1950landy** · 11th October 2013, 08:17 PM

Another little tip when rebolting the guards to the front radiator panel is to bolt a bit of 1"x 1/16" or1/8" flat bar under the guard this will stop the inner guard flexing & stops guard flap which causes cracking of the guards.

**Dinty** · 12th October 2013, 11:05 AM

It is warm outside in the direct sunlight

I got back to removing the 6 screws on the tub sides, managed to get 5 out with some degree of difficulty, the last one I could not move either way, so it lost it's head as a last resort

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the good wife was on to me re having the tub upside down on her precious grass as it belongs to the Poodle Patrol

, so after she had gone to her Bonsai meeting I thought I had better move it and get it into the shade.
I had previously marked all the spot welds with a white paint pen, I shook my head in disbelief at the amount of spot welds I would have to drill and break, well after approx 30 minutes I had removed the panel that the seat bases pass through, here are the first two I drilled out
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Meanwhile the b/head is sitting in my No5 trailer, hopefully after grit blasting I will be able to remove all these marks on flat areas of the b/head
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps11293d98.jpg
in the trailer
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps15ca5f3b.jpg
anyway it's time for lunch, and besides my cordless drill battery went flat so while it's charging so will I cheers Dennis

**Dinty** · 12th October 2013, 12:19 PM

It's just after 1300hrs and I'v removed the offending panels, here is the one that the seat bases go through
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I forgot to add in the last post, after lunch I was back in the direct sunlight and no-one here to help me lift the tub and move it into the shade

so it was work where it is, anyway after drilling all the spot welds or so I thought I found a couple that I couldn't see, my 3/16" drill bit and a very sharp thin section wood chisel soon made short work of them here is the panel before it was removed
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and later on
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and the tub without the panel,
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lots of electrolysis that you would never see normally, when I have dressed all the edges (to remove any high spots from spot welds etc) and squared them up again, I'm going to etch prime and paint them Deep Bronze Green, hopefully that will help protect it for years to come after I'm long gone

anyway cheers Dennis

ps dunno what to do now

it's never over in a rover,,.

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