I started the week by moving the nearside front wheel into the front shed ready for collection, then finished the rear seat back adding a bit of piping where it abuts the body. I also cut down the top bar of the cab sdoor window to match the new bits, which was mostly good except for a bit that needed fettling, then primed the whole frame. I also started on the process of installing the boot light, giving it another coat of Alum White (which turned out to be cream!) then installied the bulb holder, wiring and a bulb which tested first. A major job was taking the wheels to Treadfirst in Saffron Walden to have the tyres removed ready for blasting and painting. I then turned my attention to cleaning out the boot, which was thick with dust, in preparation for fitting the boot light, switch and steel plate for supporting the rear seat back. I next assembled the boot lamp and, having determined where the switch was to be fitted, I mounted a junction box in the boot for it. Then I made and painted wooden plinth for the switch. Final job of the week was too start installing wiring in the boot for the boot ligh and other electrical equipment.
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26/11/2023
I completed the replacement hinge assembly by adding a 3/16″ shim between the hinge and the base to position it correctly so that the control box will sit square on its base. After that, work has contentrated on wiring the lighting and 24v supply to the multicore cable terminal mounted on the cab rear bulkhead below the floor. Connections that need to be made in the cab-mounted control box havebeen sheathyed and routed into their correct positions ready for reinstallation of the control box. The control box itself has had attention: all the terminals and nuts have been cleaned, the 2BA terminals having new brass nuts. The main battery switch has had its shaft painted black.
All the wiring has now been tested, including the brake light switch, horn and button, and the panel light switch both at the cab end and in the boot where appropriate so I am happy now that its all correct. Also tested now are the starter motor cables, dynamo cables and the starter sloenoid cable.
19/11/2023
Work on the electrics has continued this week with examination and the start of refurbishing the control box. I have worked out the connection system for external wiring (lights, horn etc) and how the switches on the top of the unit are connected and identified and cleaned all the terminal points for the external circuits and am in the process of replacing all the steel 2BA terminal nuts with brass. The p-clips for the griplock conduit that runs fromt he cab to the boot arrived on Wednesday and have been installed so the conduit is now fastened back properly to the chassis. As a consequence I have now trimmed the end of the multicore in the boot, soldered on the ring tags and attached to the terminal strip in the lid of the terminal box in the boot, including a link for an additional -ve return. After that I returned to work on the control box and repaired the broken hinge by making a new one out of 1/8″ galvanised steel plate, an intricate shape that required careful design. The whole alloy base of the control box needed to be removed in order to gain access to the hinge pins which were very stubborn to remove and required a lot of careful heating and attention from a small hammer and punches. I also needed to remove the base of the old hinge which I did succesfully with the angle grinder then dressed it flat with a file. The new hinge is attached with 2BA countersunk screws threaded into the hinge base and to which I will add locknuts in the final assembly. The hinge part has been drilled for its pin and just requires final shaping before the base of the control box can be reassembled. I turned a new pin to replace the old one which was unusuable after removal, this just requires final finishing, parting off and drilling for a split pin. The pin from the other side has been cleaned up and just needs drilling for a split pin.