Started the week working on the MW’s rear axle oil seals. I can see lots of places where axle oil could have seeped out, as it’s all so worn in there, but am proceeding slowly by cleaning everything down and renewing gaskets where appropriate. I did have another go at painting the top bar of the cab window, still not perfect so I may try once more time. I cut the bases for the battery boxes, A simple job that was more trouble than expected, then started on the sides. Not much progress this week due to other commitments, although Geoff Brown messaged to say the front wing parts were ready, so collecting that will be one of the first jobs on Monday.
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23/3/2025
A slow start to the week. Painted a thinner coat of brown on the cab door inner panel, a better finish but the second coat look good. Primed thewaistrail and the window surround on the cab door and applied a second coat of No.1 rust-beater to the plain window aft of the cab door, after rubing down the first coat. While the paint was drying I assembled the sliding pane frame of the cab door window and gave it a coat of the correct brown, it will need another. Applied finishing filler to the slight depression on the front corner quarter panel and to the roof just behing the emergency door. Final job of the week was to start creating a pattern for the front mudwing, for which I used a long piece of thick card from an advertisement.
16/3/2025
First task of the week was to prime the roof where the drip rail attaches over the emergency door and apply filler to the rearmost window and a part of the roof at the end of the drip rail which had become distorted. I also attended to a dent in the rear curved panel above the waistrail at the same time. When the primer was dry, I completed drilling the holes in the drip rail, then temprarily mounted it so I could drill the attachment holes in the body. I sanded the various areas of filler and applied another finishing layer. The filled window was then primed with red oxide and the drip rail permanently installed above the emergency door. The forwardmost plain window, which had started to show signs of rust, was rubbed down and primed with No.1 rust beater. Attention then turned to the final set of wheel rings; these were wirebrushed, primed with two coats of red oxide and a partial coat of black gloss applied. A visit to Geoff Brown, metal-shaper extraordinaire, proved fruitful and he agreed to make the parts for a new front mudwing. Final job of the week was to start reassembley of the cab door window.