Tag Archives: beading

2/2/2025

First job this week was to finish countersinking the O/S half-round waist  beading.  Then I temporarily fitted the longest piece to align it and drilled enough fixing holes so that I could fit it myself.  Noted some rust appearing on the non-opening window frame behind the cab.  It sanded off easily, though.    Next job was to prime the rear of the prepared beading, in lieu of using sealant which creates too much mess.   I then  decided the misaligned beading at the emergency door was not acceptable so  moved the corner beading down by at least an eighth of an inch.  This took a long time and was very difficult to achieve a good job.  I shall tackle the emergency door next.  An improvement in the weather meant I was able to finish painting four of the wheels and part finish the remaining three.  I have run out of paint now so the three will have to wait but they are at least partially sealed.  The following day was dry and sunny so I wire-brushed another set of wheel rings and primed them with red oxide, applying a second coat the following day.  I fitted the long half-round beading on the offside but ran into a problem by breaking a small pilot drill with the end stuck in the hole, removal of which is a job for later.  I  next gave the primed wheel rings a coat of black enamel, then fitted the short piece of beading to finish of the O/S waistrail half-round beading.  I needed to drill two extra holes in the beading due to the coincidence of holes with mounting screws for the panel work underneath.  This means I have to fill the two unused holes, first job for next week!

Typical state of wheels before blasting and painting. This one will probably be the spare.

Wheels after painting with black cellulose.

26/1/2025

A slow start to the week.  I finished spraying brown on the various parts of the cab window frame, then drilled a 4m length of  half-round beading; in 100 holes, I managed to get one slightly off-centre.  I decided to use this for the curved section and the short piece for the emergency door, which may allow me to omit the off-centre hole.  I cut and  fitted the curved rear corner piece up to the emergency door the following day, then fitted the vertical wind deflector and beading to the to the emergency door with the handle recess casting temporarily in place.  I am unsure that the beading is correctly aligned at the moment though.  However, I decided to proceed with the beading and drilled and started to countersink a 4m length of half-round to complete and fit on Monday.

7/1/2024

Work started in the first week of  2024 with trimming and painting the first of the  four O/S half-drop  window frames and trial fitting and painting (twice!) of the splash panel and bezel for the tank filler.  Next to receive attention was the moulding that fits around the O/S wheelarch.  This needed paint stripping then a lot of fettling to get it presentable, it might have been quicker to make a new piece but possibly more difficult.  Priming the N/S lower panels last week revealed a few dents and ripples that were attended to with new filler bought for the purpose.  This was mostly complete by the end of Saturday 6th but some remained to be sanded before priming again, hopefully on Monday next week.