Whilst waiting for the windscreen frame to return from the platers, I removed the wooden section from the rear of the cab floor and have sanded off all the paint in readiness for new paint. The vertical seat support that was bolted to this has been removed and partially repainted. I made myself ill for a few days by exposure to fumes from the zinc phosphate red oxide primer I was using so abandoned that for now and work has moved to the offside rear wheel well. I made a new steel angle bracket to support the wheel well cover and fitted that today after painting it over the last couple of days. The wheel well cover has been stripped and painted ready for fitting when the paint has hardened. I spent yesterday and today making a replacement wooden cover for the missing one that fits over the support bracket, using the nearside one as a pattern. I gave it a thin coat of red undercoat as a primer. It is ready to fit when the wheel well cover has been installed.
Tag Archives: cab
26/8/2022
In the month since the last entry we have had a long heatwave that prevented me from doing more than a couple of hours work on the odd day when it was cool enough to venture out of the house. However this week has seen a return to more normal temperatures. Work has been concentrated on the cab. The windscreen frame has been dismantled, glass removed and the frame cleaned of dirt and paint then delivered to Chromefix for plating. Most of the cab has now been stripped of paint, the underside of the dash remains to be done and the floor in the seat area. The chrome ventilator for the cab has been assembled and is ready to fit. Side window fittings have also received attention in anticipation of wrapping with chrome vinyl and assembly into the window frames.
25/7/2022
Work has been delayed by a severe heat wave and other problems but I was able to get back to it towards the end of last week. I have prepared to aluminium edging strips to reinforce the window opening of the destination box. The bottom edge was partially rotten so I cleared as much as possible of it away then used wood hardener to strengthen what remained. The aluminium will provide a straight and solid abutment for the glass.
I have been continuing to work on preparing the destination box and cab for paint, today I took out the cab ventilator, which is of the circular “hit and miss” type. I found a replacement outer section on eBay as this had lost all its chrome, whereas the inner rotating part is in quite good condition along with its butterfly knob so I removed this carefully and should be able to build up a decent replacement with the new outer part. I have to manufacture a new right-hand edging strip for the destination box access hatch in the cab, this is also used to hold the hatch up with a gravelly fastener.