Tag Archives: cab floor

3/12/2023

Work started this week with reinstallation of the wooden section of the cab floor and the steel sections around the gear stick and handbrake, along with the reinforcing bar angle that fits underneath and adds to the rigidity of the cab and strangth of the floor.  Also an addendum to the testing was the panel light wiring and the bulb holder itself which needed attention to the connections to make it work.  It has a new bulb fitted.  Screws for fitting it have been acquired, 6-32 UNC for the fitting and 4BA for the cable clips along with the missing 1/4″ screws for the cab floor.  The aluminium sheet needed for the remaining O/S outer panels arrived at the beginning of the week.

The woodwork for the bottom rail was cut, fitted and painted, the short section immediately under the first O/S window was made from the original long piece which was sufficiently good to use again with repair.  This has been primed and painted wood grey ready for the outer panelling to be cut and fitted.  This completes the repairs to the frame so a bit of a milestone this week.

Final job this week was preparing the wiring  ready for the panel lamp to be installed.

Draught seal and cab floor around the steering column.

Bottom rail of offside frame.

15/10/2023

This week I have been tidying up the cab ready for reinstalling the floor.  I painted the pedals and the handbrake lever and touched up the silver on the chassis to hide the drips from painting the cab.  I made and fitted the rubber seal for the handbrake lever, one side to the metal section and the other to the hinged wooden floor section, using the replacement clamp plates I made previously.  I fitted the gear lever gaiter to the floor section as well.  I need to eliminate the horrid bracket that is holding the fuel pipes and also realign the starter motor cables so they will fit in the floor rebate and not stress the motor terminals.  As a change of routine I made two of the remaining three vertical side rods for the offside frame.

26/08/2023

The bezels for the floor seals have been painted and the rubber to seal the pedals and steering column has been trimmed for final fitting.  Work the offside wheelarch is almost complete apart from final assembly and filling and sanding to shape.