A good start to the week by fixing all but one of the half-drop windows so they open and close properly, mostly the same problems – protruding screws, caused, I suspect, when I trimmed off the ends before fitting the windows. The one remaining one that wouldn’t closewas NS window 4. Some attention with a burr to the side frames resolved this. More small jobs followed: fitting the steel plate support for the rear seat back and redrilling a couple of holes in the offside horizontal flat beading and filling and sanding the old ones. Work turned now to the rear brakes, which seems stuck full on. First job was to release the offside rear brake by disconnecting the rod to the crossshaft, this was realtively easily achieved. The brake cam is free to move and operate the show, so was set in the brakes fully off position and the shows and return springs reattached. The same job on the nearside revealed that the adjuster, which is tightened with a clamp bolt, is seized on the brake cam shaft on both sides of the bus so the shoes will have to come off again on the offside. Unseizing the adjusters requires rotation of the brake cam into a position where a wedge can be inserted into the slot in the adjuster and the application of penetrating fluid and lubrication. In order to do this, I had to disconnect the rod from the cross shaft to the brake cam, which in turn required the removal of an awkwardly positioned nut and split pin. This was only possible by splitting the nut with a cold chisel.
Tag Archives: beading
23/2/2025
First job was to complete the beading for the wheel arch. In preparation for fitting it and to see what additional material was needed, I trial fitted the mudguard. This, though of the correct pattern, was a very approximate fit but I think I can make it work. It isn’t going to be perfect, but should look ok; it will require some wooden spacers, as did the incorrect one that came with the bus. It still requires some final adjustment, though, as currently it it is resting behind the rolled edge of the front dash panel which, looking at photos of other HUOs, it not correct. I corrected this by trimming the mudwing but the profile doesn’t match exactly, so I have not yet drilled all the fixing holes. I may leave that until after I have had the piece sandblasted and have primed it.
16/2/2025
A slow start to the week, wet and very cold and other tasks were diverting me but I managed to fit the new piece of half-round beading and drill and fix the remaining screws in the top waistrail beading. I then added another 1m long piece to the flat lower waistrail beading. Next job was to mark out and drill and fit the half-round beading that trims the bottom edge of the O/S panels between the front and rear wheelarches. A shrt section remains, which can’t be cut to size until the wheelarch beading is on. A first attempt at curving the beading for the O/S front wheel arch around a brake drum was promising at first, then failed dismally. Annealing the piece solved the problem and I was able to get the curve almost correct before temporary fitting, which was virtually complete before the end of play on Saturday. Just the end that wraps around the front remains to be fixed. Some damage to the edge of the beading will need attention before final intallation, but overall a useful week.