A good start to the week, with all the battery cables now recovered and ready to fit. A good find by Ian on eBay was three replacement toggle switches for the control box top panel. I wasted a bit of time playing with the ammeter and various shunts, then fitted the nearside battery box, after spending some time hoovering underneath the bus so I could work there. The offside battery box was next, but despite having trial fitted it before, opening in the floor needed relieving. A brief hiccup occurred when I suffered a vertigo attack whilst under the bus, trying to feed the battery cable through to the cab. Progress was thus slow thereafter, I made an extension board for the positive cable but am weighing up the pros and cons of using it. I think a better plan would be to fit a battery isolator switch, which I have ordered.
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19/1/2025
Started the week by stripping paint from the parts of the sliding frame of the cab window. I also prepared the first of the wheel rings for primer and applied red oxide to one side. The next day I applied the second coat of primer to the first set of rings, stripped all but the bottom section of the sliding pane and mixed the black cellulose for the wheels. I managed to spray the insides of four wheels the following day. Whilst the results were poor, a matt finish due to the cold and damp weather, this is ultimately of no consquence as I shall finish them in black enamel in due course. I managed to partially spray the first set of rings, too. I also primed the two verticals for the sliding pane. After that, I needed a rest from solvents so ran the cable that carries the rear light feeds from the box in the boot as far as the switch for the boot light, pending the arrival of some more cable clips. I next cleaned and primed the remainder of the frame parts for the sliding pane of the cab window and measured up the O/S of the bus for the beading. Final job of the week was to finish cleaning and polishing the glass for the sliding pain of the cab window and spray some of the frame brown.
12/1/2025
An odd beginning to the week by going off plan to complete the lighting switch-box cover. This was prompted by a need to clear workshop space. I still need to fit a clasp to the hinged cover over the fuses. I then cut the channel to size for the cab window fixed pane, in preparation for welding the angle that retains the anti-rattle/draught excluder fabric, the angle having arrived today. The next day was unexpectedly sunny so I got on with preparing the wheels for primer. I sprayed them with red oxide the following day and and was satisfied with the result, having given them two coats, despite the freezing cold weather. I wasn’t feeling great the next day, so just touched up with a brush any areas I’d missed on the wheels. I next turned my attention to the cab window and assembled the bit of vertical frame required for the fixed pane, this involved welding angle to the channel to hold the strip of material for the draught/anti-rattle seal. This went well except for catching the enf of the channel with the tip of the mig, burning a bit away. Having trimmed the overlapping angle, it was apparent that this would hardly show so I left it. Last job was to spray the assembly with red oxide primer, before the cold (-2C) drove me indoors.