A good start to the week was made by welding the new channel into the cab door window frame. I also painted the edges of the last metal plate for the rear seat back and found a suitable piece of beading to finish the job neatly. Next job was to fit the second hinge to the emergency door, – I had been awaiting the correct size screws – and then hang it back on the body. I then was able to fit the window to it, thus completing all the offside windows except for the cab door, which I turned to next, welding in the short channel for the fixed pane, finishing the welds and then applying a coat of primer after checking the glass still fitted! Final dust and leaf removal from the roof was also carried out, then I turned my attention to finishing the roof repair over the entrance door with P38.
Tag Archives: Seats
10/11/2024
Continued cleaning the roof, more than half had been cleaned by the end of the week. This is a slow but necessary process if work is to continue at some point. Further illness interrupted this process but I managed to fit the glass into the emergency door frame and started to fit the hinges but ran out of screws. I also started cleaning the inside of the bus and the seat frames. I also fitted two of the steel plates to the rear seat back and trimmed the third to fit. The final act of the week was to collect the remaining seat backs from Ifor.
13/10/2024
Started the week by priming the outer side of the steel plates for the rear seat-back then giving them a coat of brown. They are now ready for fitting to the seat back. Since then other problems have kept me away from work on the bus, plus the need for dust removal continues. I did manage to start fitting the plates to the rear seat back, it entailed some trimming of the fabric and restapling but not a major problem, though I could have done it a better way. No more work now until my chest problem is resolved.