First job of the week was to apply cosmetic filler to the weld on the emergency door window frame then rub this down and prime the whole frame, sealing the weld and paint the rear grey.  The weather has been very hot this week so the number of hours worked was reduced, though it got cooler as the week went on I still felt progress was slow.  Having completed the window frame cosmetically to my satisfaction I continued working on the wood frame of the emergency door, removing the remains of the corrosion left by the panels and removing the felt panel insulator.  I removed the two rubber guide bases to use as templates for new rubbers and started to remove the hinges for repainting, marking the middle one with an M.  Work ended there due to the need to prepare the MW for a trip to Lodges on Sunday 18th of August.

Surprisingly, the emergencydoor handle was ready on Monday, a very quick turnaround and cheap too, at £40!  Work continues on the emergency door window frame, firstly correcting the dimensions of the outer frame top horizontal, which sets the rest of the outer frame’s dimensions.  Next was to cut,  fold and weld on the sides and the bottom outer pieces.  By the end of the week I had finished the entire frame ready for cosmetic filling and had a pplied a preliminary coat of red oxide to the rear ready for sealing the welds.

First job this week was to start manufacturing the emergency door window frame.  On the Wednesday I delivered the the handle to the chrome platers at Ongar. Still waiting for the glass for the remaining O/S window.  by the end of the week I had trial fitted the top outer frame piece to the ED window frame.  This revealed that I needed to reduce the inner depth by 3.4mm towards the glass in order for it to fit properly against the inner surround, so I removed again ready for work on Monday.  This also affects all the dimensions of the remaining outer pieces.