Made a good start this week, preparing all the bolts for refitting the rear brake servo and positioning the servo with the chassis bracket loosely attached, ready for final installation. there was not room to get the nut and Thackeray washer on the forward mounting bracket securing bolt with the servo attached, so I had to prise it back a little to give me room to fasten the bracket to the chassis cross member. However, this took much longer to achieve than it sounds, due to having to do it from underneath the bus. This proved unsuccessful as it was then impossible to move the servo back into the correct position, so I had to release the bracket from the bulkhead in order to lever it forward to line up the hole for the servo bolt. I machined the fixing nut to size for the bracket’s lower mounting bolt but had to stop at that point due to feeling unwell.
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28/12/2025 and year summary for 2025
Effectively the last post of the year. Started the week by cleaning the advert panel and seeking Rebecca’s opinion on the way to proceed. I also painted the lower pipe connection for the rear brake servo with several coats of silver. Attention turned then to the chassis where the servo is mounted; the primer having cured for a few days, I able to apply two coats of silver paint. This job is now complete and ready for the servo to be reinstalled, the first job of the new year.
As this is the last entry of the year, a summary of work completed in the last twelve months is appropriate.
The wheels were painted in black.
The horizontal beading was fixed to the offside and the emergency door. Also the beading around the O/S front wheelarch and other small pieces of beading.
A new front mudwing was made for me by Geoff Brown, in several pieces, welded together by me, painted and fitted to the bus.
The cab door sliding window was completed, partially painted and installed.
Two battery boxes were made and installed, along with refurbished battery cables and an isolator switch.
The electrical control box in the cab was refurbished and connected up to the new wiring.
The rear brakes were were attended to and the large servo removed and refurbished.
21/12/2025
Work continued on the rear brake servo and preparations for refitting. The area of chassis where the servo is mounted and the rear mounting bracket were thoroughly cleaned and degreased, then given two coats of red oxide. The servo itself received a coat of silver, just to smarten it up, and my wife sewed a hem on the gaiters, inserting a long cable tie as a drawstring. I fitted these and the rear (short) brake rod, then wired up the forward brake rod end so the servo is now ready to fit. It was too damp at the end of the week to finish painting the chassis, so I took the metal advert down from the front bulkhead for Rebecca to restore.