This week’s work has been focussed on preparing the cab door with a skim of filler, to get it nice and flat, and making the bezels to hold down the cab floor rubber draught excluder. The steel draught excluder for the cab has received some cosmetic filling and a coat of primer on both sides. The cab door lower panel filling was completed and primed, ready for undercoat and the bezels have also been primed. The front floor section of the cab has been reinstalled and the rubber seal for the steering column and pedals has been cut and is ready to fit next week.
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6/08/2023
Only two working days this week owing to other commitments. All the threaded studs in the cab floor mounts have been die-nut (1/4″ BSF) cleaned ready for reinstallation of the cab floor. 1/4″ UNF screws have been ordered for the clamp plate (rubber gasket around gear lever and steering column) for the forward metal section of the cab floor. The steel plate for the panel below the driver’s signalling window has arrived and a new panel fabricated using a carboard template made from the rotten original. This has been primed and painted and awaits fitting. Also arrived are three faux leather universal gear lever gaiters, two for the brakes and one for the gear lever. The O/S vacuum actuator has had the end cap removed for inspection and the adjuster nut removed from the operatind rod which is slightly bent.
30/07/2023
A reasonably useful week. The headlight bowl has been fitted to the cab, as has the horn, using rubber gaskets made from the sealing material for the cab floor. The steel front section of cab floor had a final coat of paint and the pedal/steering column aperture has the holes tapped 1/4 UNF for the sealing rubber clamp plate. The steel for that has arrived too. The conduit carrying wiring to the horn and headlight/panel light has been secure to the cab outer wall and a length made up for the sidelight. I devised a way of adapting the conduit to fit the sidelight by soldering a piece of tinned steel tubing into the threaded part of the light assembly. I cut the new front o/s corner panel and am in the process of attempting a temporary fit so the sidelight conduit can be installed, then all the front external wiring will be done.