First job this week was to start manufacturing the emergency door window frame. On the Wednesday I delivered the the handle to the chrome platers at Ongar. Still waiting for the glass for the remaining O/S window. by the end of the week I had trial fitted the top outer frame piece to the ED window frame. This revealed that I needed to reduce the inner depth by 3.4mm towards the glass in order for it to fit properly against the inner surround, so I removed again ready for work on Monday. This also affects all the dimensions of the remaining outer pieces.
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28/7/2024
Continued working on the emergency door, stripping off all the old aluminium cladding. It now fits, more or less and should be ok when the locking clamp is refitted which will pull in the bottom. The natural tendency for it to spring outwards is probably intentional so as to aid its opening. I found that many of the the joints on the door frame had loosened, so I reinforced these either by adding a new screw or drilling and gluing in a 6mm x 30mm dowel. I ordered the aluminium and some 5mm dowels for the rebuild. Whilst waiting for these to arrive I created the template for the emergency door window frame and started to build it. I got as far as welding the first corner flange onto the base for the rubber by the end of work this week.
Rain deflector at top of emergency door.
Arrangement of handrail on emergency door
Centre catch for emergency door.
15/7/2024
Started the week by applying a second coat of grey paint to the back of the new window frame. I noted that the weld-thru primer did not adhere well to the bare metal on the frame so I had to to rub it off. At this point I decided to glaze it, then repaint it with red oxide. Before I started to put the glass in, I removed the remaining seat cushions, cleaned them and loaded them in the car with the moquette for delivery to Ifor, which I did on Wednesday. Attempting to put the glass in revealed that the pane was just too big, so the original template was adjusted and a new piece ordered from Dunmow glass. I sprayed the frame with Jenolite red oxide then started on dismanting the emergency door; this gave me some difficulty with screw removal, requiring some drilling. It also revealed how rotted the emrgency door window frame was.