Did not get done what i had planed but thats they way it goes sometimes.
Instead of doing the spring loaded pin in the tailgate i decided to use the pin & eye from the right hand side & fit it below the left side. That now gives me 4 points of security on the tailgate.
I got a set of hinges from a guy in NT but they were old & in a bad way, the lower half of the hinge & the brass ball i drilled out to 8mm, the upper section of the hinge i tapped M8 thread. I did this to both hinges & locktite the stainless M8 button head bolt in place. This works great & should last for a very long time.
To hold the door in place i was going to use a gas strut but went to a more simple idea of a rubber commercial door stop & catch, works really well.
Picked up the struts for the lid, the company that supplied gave me detailed instructions with all the pivot positions which made mounting super easy.
Across the new rear panel i riveted a piece of factory roof gutter, this works 2 ways. Stiffens the new rear panel also allows the seal to run all the way around the lid in one piece.
Computer Mac & iPhone are not talking to each other so i cannot upload images.
I fitted the lifting struts, all was good except the continuous plastic hinge started to deform due to the pressure in the struts. So remove plastic hinge & install S/Steel ball bearing butt hinges x 4, very happy with how they have worked out.
Due to the hinge change the difference between the body & roof could be reduced so the D seal will be even more positive & should never leak.
The 75 x 50 x 3mm chassis is now tacked together & ready for the body to be positioned & work out the correct clearances & hight. Then the chassis can be totally MIGed up. In the mean time i have to remove the wheel studs from the Land Rover trailer hubs, drill out & press fit the M16/1.5 current Defender studs.
Im hoping mid next week we can visit the Transport Dept & get some Rego for this trailer.
As soon as technologies are talking to each other i will post the images!
As the tail gate is now swinging i had to do some different sealing, some seal on the body & some on the tailgate as there are cute outs for the wheels & stop to move through the opening.
Stop in location, looks like i will be moving the rear stop closer to the tailgate.
Draw works just need to fit a pull handle.
I fitted an extra piece of gal panel to stiffen up the lower hinge.
The chassis is all tacked together & waiting to have the axle fitted to it to ensure that all the clearances work as well as the finished hight, I'm hoping to have the trailer tub cap at the same hight as the cap on the 90.
The plastic continuous hing was not working so i replaced it with s/steel butt hinges. I really like the way the butt hinges worked out.
The spare wheel holder is also in place.
Chassis is now rolling stock on KM2 265/75 R16 second hand, i could not even get new KM2 255/85 R16 that match the 90.
They will stay like that until i need a new set on the truck & i will take 3 & put on the trailer.
Have just got back to doing something to the work trailer.
Fitted the correct size tyre that match the tow vehicle 255/85R16 on Boost alloys.
The trailer now sits at the correct hight, the body cap on the trailer matches the truck so I'm happy. Still have to do a few things were the body connects to the chassis. Thats next weekends job.
Installed the locking pins in the body using a 16 x 75 Gal bolt. The locking rods will run through these bolts to lock to roof down once the handle is key locked. The rods also run in a channel so they cannot get jammed & locking & unlocking will never be compromised. The lock/handle is now in place, very slim fitting, just press were the key goes & the handle pops out. This is a quarter turn handle.
There is 16mm between the roof & body, the D seal that goes on the roof is 20mm so there should be a great seal between the two.
Got to fit the tyre carrier on the nose of the trailer. All works well, the rear door on the truck clears by 100mm, but I'm going to lengthen the draw bar as there is no room for the jockey wheel to fold up to.
Last images shows the seal in place between the roof & body.
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