Work commenced this week in the destination box with replacing the the light fittings and wiring up. The wiring is now complete as far as the overhead switch box on the back wall of the cab. The missing catch that holds open the destination box access flap was refitted to aid this. I also touched up some of the brown paint around the flap edges and one of the wood sections under the roof, so I could attach the cable run for the destination box lights and the windscreen wiper motor. This work was in lieu of building the plain window frame as the steel did not arrive until Wednesday of this week. I spent the final working day of the week sorting the metal that arrived and cutting the steel to support the rubber extrusion in the new frame. I clamped that to the window former and then cut the rounded bottom corner pieces that support the vertical rear face of the rubber. I wil weld these on as the next step to impart some rigidity to the first part of the frame.
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9/6/2024
Not much visible progress this week, due to having a bad cold. I have ordered the steel for the remaining window frames and arranged to collect the moquette from my brother. Heard from Ifor Evans that the driver’s seat will be ready next week. I cut out the former for the larger window from 1 inch block and finished it on the sander then cut out some holes for clamping the material. Shot myself in the foot by not thinking about the smaller window and will no doubt end up having to cut a new former for that. I then turned my attention to wiring and fitting the indicator switch in the cab, during which I was able to amend the wiring diagram I had prepared earlier. In preparation for fastening the wiring to the frame in the cab, I repainted the cab grab handles to tidy them up as it will be difficult to do so after the wiring is installed. Last small jobs were electrical, running the three-core cable for the indicators up from the terminal strip behind the front wheel into the cab.
6/5/2024
Started the week with more paint stripping and a coat of red primer on the aluminium face of the trapdoor. I also gave the cylinder head lifiting ring another coat of primer and found a new bolt for it, having lost the nut from the original. I collected the three remaining droplight panes of glass from K.W. Glass on Monday evening. On Tuesday I undercoated the panel just to the rear of the drivers, the rounded top of the dash and the trap door. On wednesday I assembled one of the droplight frames with a new pane of glass and had a problem with the bracket breaking away at one end of the lower horizontal, I probably wasn’t careful enough riveting the corner. At this point there was little I could do as the glazing silicone was already setting so I strapped it up in the right position and filled the hole with silicone in the hope it would all set in the right position – which it appears has worked ok. Had I glazed it using rubber as per the original method I might have been able to repair it, however that seems unlikely. I started to polish the newly-painted switch cover with a view to cutting back the gloss a little but discovered some flaws in the paint so repainted the sides. I rubbed down the trapdoor and gave it another coat of undercoat, another rub down then some cherry undercoat and its ready for top coat. I applied chrome wrap to the droplight frame I had assembled earlier in the week, with the usual difficulties. I chipped one of the otherwise-perfect long pieces, much to my annoyance. I filled the chip with chrome paint from a marker pen but I may replace the whole piece if there is any wrap left over.