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18th February 2021, 05:49 PM
#381
It’s taken a few months but finally, a brand new unused, original lid for the solex. And correct thread banjo.
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20th February 2021, 03:58 PM
#382
Back to tub thumping
The rear aluminium cross member is a mess.
And welding this kit is going to test the patience.
There’s been a couple of prangs I reckon.
So to heck with that
Made a new one. It’s welded together out of two pieces of 3mm 25x32 angle which fits perfectly and I could make it including all the welding in under an hour. And the braces
The real benefit is that I now have a straight end to start rebuilding all the panels from.
Much neater
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21st February 2021, 04:06 PM
#383
Today’s episode of Land Rover welding and fabrication focuses on....
Fitting an alternator. ... yep.
As I’ve bought a dynamo bodied alternator, the challenge in fitting it is that everything that held a dynamo in place was chucked away when the alternator went in.
There is a part you can buy but photos show it’s only made from folded steel, so decided to fabricate one.
The aim is to make it slightly shorter and use Packers to dial in the alignment. There’s no real adjustment other than spacers to align the pulleys.
Spacers can be cut from the old alternator!! This will test the patience, you can only test it by fitting the alternator and doing everything to tight, underneath the car, supporting the alternator with your finger tips hoping it doesn’t drop in your head. 8 or 9 times seems about par.
The new dynamo came with spade fittings, my new loom has rings, not sure if it’s intentional but I found I could turn the fitting around and end up with a bolt extending out rather than a screw head holding the spade bit.
All in, done, running and the alternator light has finally gone out.
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22nd February 2021, 06:20 PM
#384
Galvanising had started to arrive
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23rd February 2021, 06:02 PM
#385
More galvanising
Looks brilliant. But I am now seriously p**d with myself for not doing the chassis. Talking to the plant, it would have been about $300 and done overnight. Still.... next one gets done.
Cheered myself up with the rivet gun... that never gets old.
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23rd February 2021, 08:51 PM
#386
Aren't you supposed to put the wear strips on first??
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23rd February 2021, 09:41 PM
#387
You mean the strips inside the tub? Don’t think so.
The only rivets I’ve put in are the braces to ribs on the tub floor. The holes for all the strips are still there waiting until after the tub is painted.
The only other bits to fit are the rubber pads, but they get riveted on from underneath.
The outer rivets for each brace are the strange double headed type which I am still looking for options there. Likely to be big pop rivets or maybe solid head.
I found a proper rivet hammer tool from an aircraft supplier selling kits for apprentices. Not tried it yet.
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24th February 2021, 07:31 AM
#388
So was Kev able to supply the pully & fan for the alternator.
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24th February 2021, 08:30 AM
#389
Yes, he found a set and after a bit of a clean up it did the job perfectly.
Thanks for the heads up!
Paul
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24th February 2021, 06:15 PM
#390
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