Tag Archives: cab

19/11/2023

Work on the electrics has continued this week with examination and the start of refurbishing the control box.  I have worked out the connection system for external wiring (lights, horn etc) and how the switches on the top of the unit are connected and identified and cleaned all the terminal points for the external circuits and am in the process of replacing all the steel 2BA terminal nuts with brass. The p-clips for the griplock conduit that runs fromt he cab to the boot arrived on Wednesday and have been installed so the conduit is now fastened back properly to the chassis.  As a consequence I have now trimmed the end of the multicore in the boot, soldered on the ring tags and attached to the terminal strip in the lid of the terminal box in the boot, including a link for an additional -ve return.  After that I returned to work on the control box and repaired the broken hinge by making a new one out of 1/8″ galvanised steel plate, an intricate shape that required careful design.  The whole alloy base of the control box needed to be removed in order to gain access to the hinge pins which were very stubborn to remove and required a lot of careful heating and attention from a small hammer and punches.  I also needed to remove the base of the old hinge which I did succesfully with the angle grinder then dressed it flat with a file.  The new hinge is attached with 2BA countersunk screws threaded into the hinge base and to which I will add locknuts in the final assembly.   The hinge part has been drilled for its pin and just requires final shaping before the base of the control box can be reassembled.  I turned a new pin to replace the old one which was unusuable after removal, this just requires final finishing, parting off and drilling for a split pin.  The pin from the other side has been cleaned up and just needs drilling for a split pin.

12/11/2023

At the start of the week I had completed assembly of the wiring cover behind the front O/S wheelarch and was fettling it to fit around the griplock and other wiring.  This necessitated some small alterations to the existing location of P-Clips and griplock runs and the relocation of the terminal strip for the multicore cable.

Cover for the electrics behind the front offside wheelarch.

29/10/2023

Side rod brackets have been painted and fitted.  The lower side rod extensions have been drilled, painted and fitted.  Worked then turned to preparations for fitting the wiring conduit from the cab to the boot.   This included cleaning the chassis under the cab floor and prining ready for silver.  Drilling the rear bulkhead in the area of the lower electrical cubicle cover and fitting with the gland to accept the conduit.  The chassis from the main brake servo back to just in front of the rear axle has been cleaned and rust beater applied, ready for a coat of red oxide in the coming week.  The terminal box for the boot electrics has been sourced and work started on mounting the lid and the screw terminal strip.