Yes, but at the moment my hazards only flash with keys in.

I think I have the wrong sort of flasher relay…….

I'll get there

Yep..
Simples as says markp
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Fed with permanent live?
Switch cutting return or earth?
Mmmmmmnnnn

well done with your perseverance mate

Rusty is getting there .... his fighting back at times but he will give in to the shinny ways and things will just start going right


you see !!!!


remember to dab some seam seamer on the back of all the front badge fixings ... thus stopping any water getting in .... better safe than sorry


well done and keep going

Mark

i just keep a pair of these in the bus http://www.autosessive.com/products/994 ... o_s=gplauk

markp wrote:well done with your perseverance mate

Rusty is getting there .... his fighting back at times but he will give in to the shinny ways and things will just start going right


you see !!!!


remember to dab some seam seamer on the back of all the front badge fixings ... thus stopping any water getting in .... better safe than sorry


well done and keep going

Mark

Yup, seam sealer already done

Evening

My delivery arrived from the States yesterday. It's no wonder the postage was so expensive





and the box was filled with "quavers" so they didn't get damaged

Today started with me, full of good intention, determined to achieve something. That was before I discovered that the terminals I'd ordered were a bit small which involved a trip out to Screwfix…..

This LED light arrived as a test - I may use them in the back of the bus but i thought I'd try one first for the engine bay



It seems good, very bright. Whilst I was in the cave someone tapped on the garage door. My leisure battery had arrived. Well worth £1 extra for Saturday delivery



Basically, after doing a very little bit of research, there seems to be two sizes of leisure battery. Big or small……. with the big being 100Ah or more and the small being 70Ah to 80Ah. However, on measuring up, the big is a bit too big for the space I have in the corner, so small it had to be. This was a "star buy" with Tanya….(she hasn't arrived yet ) It has 90Ah, a four year warranty and also the dual posts for connections not needing a clamp.



Before I went out to Screwfix to get the terminals I needed to compete the split charge relay, I sprayed the mounting plate, satin black. Quicker than powder coat as I wanted to get on. It''s come up ok and was useable by the time I got back



I have spent most of today doing this job but it had to be done and I've completed it now



It's got both the fuses for the split charge system, a 12v outlet and a small fusebox for the outlet and the engine bay light and anything else that I think of in the future



I finished off by thinking about the battery clamp. The straps are expensive and don't necessarily fit all battery sizes so I've bought two of these clamps from Autocraft for the more modern style of fitting, which sorts out one side but I needed to come up with something neat for the other side….



I've realised that the oil cooler mount will snag on the battery base ( was hoping that the battery would be big enough to cover the indent but it fits very well, so I'll put a packing plate underneath)



I drilled a 8mm hole here on both sides



cut a little bit of 6mm steel



and drilled a hole at a bit of an angle



and that seems to do the trick



I'll make the second one and paint up tomorrow.

That's me for today

Cheers

Steve

rusty1962 wrote:

markp wrote:well done with your perseverance mate

Rusty is getting there .... his fighting back at times but he will give in to the shinny ways and things will just start going right


you see !!!!


remember to dab some seam seamer on the back of all the front badge fixings ... thus stopping any water getting in .... better safe than sorry


well done and keep going

Mark

Yup, seam sealer already done

Good man ... expected nothing less


Mark

Very neat Steve as always! Top Job.

markp wrote:

rusty1962 wrote:

markp wrote:well done with your perseverance mate

Rusty is getting there .... his fighting back at times but he will give in to the shinny ways and things will just start going right


you see !!!!


remember to dab some seam seamer on the back of all the front badge fixings ... thus stopping any water getting in .... better safe than sorry


well done and keep going

Mark

Yup, seam sealer already done

Good man ... expected nothing less


Mark

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Yep, the last thing you want is a dribble of water from the front badge interfering with the torrent of water entering via the front safaris....

The safaris have been in for two weeks now and no sign of a leak yet

Just buy an orange towl for the dash, knowone will see it then

Evening all

Everything seems to take ages…… or is it just me? Even this post had to be redone as the computer crashed

First job today was to fab up another battery clamp for the leisure battery, which didn't take long…… but I made the mistake of thinking the battery was the same width……. It's very slightly narrower Anyway, I now have a spare if anyone wants it

All prepped and painted



Whilst they were drying, I had another look at the gearstick. The spacer I've bought is, I think, for converting the stock shifter to give a shorter throw. I thought it may do the job, but no…..it's not thick enough and too unstable. I packed it with some washers to get to a height where the stick seemed to move nicely. Too thin a spacer and all you do is clamp the ball to the bottom of the cup. The trouble is, I don't really know how it should be as I've never had a gearstick



I think I'll make something up, but that will have to wait as I have no suitable metal. The paint was dry now so I fitted the clamp to the starter battery. I used a bit of fishpond rubber to protect the paint and give it a good grip It works well, very solid



I need to make a spacer for the leisure battery to clear the oil cooler mounting bolts so I'm going to "procure" a bit of polypropylene board, or something similar, hopefully in black. Another job for this week. So what next? Door locks……

I'd bought some NOS locks some time ago. We want to be able to lock the cab doors from the inside without going outside so I've got two "passenger side" types. The actuating arms need swapping over…...



The face plates have come off the original ones but I shall repair them at some point and sell on. They're a "set." So after drilling out the rivets I'm using a couple of fairly hefty stainless steel pop rivets to rejoin them. The small riveter wasn't man enough so the "big boy" had an outing.



I remembered to put the wavy washers in between the mating surfaces



and the rivets did a nice neat job……which no one will ever see



Next up, door handles. I've collected lots of them over the couple of years of doing this project and will have a load of handles to sell on, once I've got myself sorted. The stash was retrieved….another box down



I did some work on all this when my eye op stopped play but that was a few months ago and it took a while and some head scratching to remember where I'd got to. Some of it went to plan……some didn't .

The driver's door went fairly well, once I'd worked out which types of handles and pullers and bezels fitted my door and I made up a shiny one which is of acceptable quality. Not perfect but passable



The other side is putting up a fight though so I left it for another day……………




That's all for this week then

Cheers

Steve

Steve ditch the empi shifter, get hold of a stock one and use that short throw shifter plate job done, thats what i have and with all new bushes in the rods itl be perfect. Ive had a go on an empi shifter and feels no differnt to mine.

Evening all

In between the normal manic Monday business grind, I managed to get some bits today and order some more. I also got a couple of hours in on Rusty

I decided to have a nice gentle evening and to try and do things that would be straightforward and not fight back too much

I'd managed to get a bit of black 10mm polyetyhlene from a mate for the price of a pint, all cut to size for my leisure battery plinth.



Once I had marked out where the bolts were I used a Forstner bit to cut out the back of the board but not going all the way through by using a stop on my mortice and tenoner machine





A little rounding of corners and edges and I was able to fit the battery,



clamp it down and finish the wiring. A bit of grease on all the terminals to prevent corrosion



Job done I know the nuts aren't done up before anyone points it out but my light works now



That all went swimmingly well What else is simple and not too strenuous? I know, I'll fit the rear view mirror and air duct cover

That all went well too I don't know what sort of mirror it is but it came with Rusty and we like it. It's a good size.



I'd also picked up yet more stainless steel bolts, countersunk and button head socket type. I've got quite a collection now! I changed those over that needed doing. Another nice little job



I had another loook at the door handle on the passenger side and worked out what was causing my problems. In doing so I noted that the driver's side actuating arm had a rubber sleeve on it but the passenger side didn't. This has to be to stop them rattling in the door retaining bit I guess, so I drilled out the rivet and redid the o/s one after putting a couple of layers of heat shrink on



I had to fettle the lever on the lock a little but it's given up and I've beaten it. Well just about......…



Things have gone well today so I quit whilst ahead

Cheers,

Steve