Started the week by grinding off the welds on the front mud wing, revealing a few pinholes along the way, most of which I managed to weld up succesfully. The results look very good, so far. A few other odd jobs included installing the remaining screws in the horizontal beading where the holes had become enlarged and needed padding out. Attention then turned to reassembling the MW nearside rear axle and starting work on the offside, which required a lot of cleaning down. In between I continued work on the new battery boxes for HUO.
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20/4/2025
Collected the new fron mudwing, in two halves from Geoff Brown, he made a superb job of it. Continued working on the MW after that, making gaskets and fitting oilseals etc. Once all the components were ready for assembly, I left that job and moved on to fitting the new front mudwing on HUO. I first mounted the front half to ensure alignment with the front dash, then positioned the second and marked it up for trimming. Having trimmed it, I tack welded it together, then completed the welding. Looking at the photo of HUO 513, I need to narrow it off a bit before final fitting.
13/4/2025
Started the week working on the MW’s rear axle oil seals. I can see lots of places where axle oil could have seeped out, as it’s all so worn in there, but am proceeding slowly by cleaning everything down and renewing gaskets where appropriate. I did have another go at painting the top bar of the cab window, still not perfect so I may try once more time. I cut the bases for the battery boxes, A simple job that was more trouble than expected, then started on the sides. Not much progress this week due to other commitments, although Geoff Brown messaged to say the front wing parts were ready, so collecting that will be one of the first jobs next week.