This week I have been tidying up the cab ready for reinstalling the floor. I painted the pedals and the handbrake lever and touched up the silver on the chassis to hide the drips from painting the cab. I made and fitted the rubber seal for the handbrake lever, one side to the metal section and the other to the hinged wooden floor section, using the replacement clamp plates I made previously. I fitted the gear lever gaiter to the floor section as well. I need to eliminate the horrid bracket that is holding the fuel pipes and also realign the starter motor cables so they will fit in the floor rebate and not stress the motor terminals. As a change of routine I made two of the remaining three vertical side rods for the offside frame.
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26/08/2023
The bezels for the floor seals have been painted and the rubber to seal the pedals and steering column has been trimmed for final fitting. Work the offside wheelarch is almost complete apart from final assembly and filling and sanding to shape.
20/08/2023
This week’s work has been focussed on preparing the cab door with a skim of filler, to get it nice and flat, and making the bezels to hold down the cab floor rubber draught excluder. The steel draught excluder for the cab has received some cosmetic filling and a coat of primer on both sides. The cab door lower panel filling was completed and primed, ready for undercoat and the bezels have also been primed. The front floor section of the cab has been reinstalled and the rubber seal for the steering column and pedals has been cut and is ready to fit next week.