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Jan 27, 2022 20:35:21 GMT
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few bits arrived today from the USA  here's my interior light, switch , door switch's and starter button, I think it's good that the Americans make the effort to remake parts for these old trucks, they are all made in China mind but still they get them made , Do we do the same here with old British cars ?  my plate surround arrived to, now to get the old Airfix enamel out and a steady hand and repaint the blue bits , If Strider lets me ! While watching probably the BEST Bond film ever on ITV4 - Goldfinger |
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Last Edit: Jan 27, 2022 20:36:16 GMT by atomman
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Jan 27, 2022 21:08:13 GMT
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STRIDER………..
Proper security cat.
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Jan 28, 2022 19:56:29 GMT
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Jan 29, 2022 18:43:58 GMT
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A good day on the truck today , I have been mucking about with front and rear lights lately, mainly coz I looked at the universal loom and it didn't make sense, Well playing around with other bits has worked out, I looked at it this morning and it all made sense and I did watch a few YouTube vid's  first job, get the heater system out the way , I left it in until now as I've got enough parts of the truck all over the workshop as it is , came out pretty easy really and had a good clean as the little mice had made a home of it at some point , most of the seat wadding material was in there all jammed up , but it was nice and dry so came out easy , the heater matrix which I thought would be toast looks good and when I was cleaning stuff and turned the whole lot upside down , bright green coolant came out of it , so hopefully it will be good and not leak which is a bonus !  Fuse box is now mounted on the driver's side for easy access and I'm going through one circuit at a time , plan is to get all the bit like lights and stuff working and engine turning over with the starter button , then get my helpful mate over who knows about ECU and modern stuff to help me get all the engine hooked up into the new loom |
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Jan 30, 2022 17:28:18 GMT
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 I now have some lights in the dash and a lot less wires to go places ! , 120A relay for the air ride compressor needs to be added on a spare circuit, also vacuum pump and some other stuff , then tidy up and wrap the loom all up oh and proper connectors |
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Last Edit: Feb 3, 2022 7:13:24 GMT by atomman
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something different today , as a bit of a SciFy fan I'm teaching the apprentice some CNC 3d machining in work so started this   might as well make some thing kool while I teach stuff should be done tomorrow |
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Last Edit: Feb 3, 2022 19:15:52 GMT by atomman
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I really want to reply to pretty much every post you put on here.
Loving the helmet.
I think I may have a similar one too.
Sharing and teaching is awesome.
One of my favourite things to do.
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a friend of mine did a COE pickup a few years back  I think he made it into a car transporter |
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Oh wow, big fan of the billet mask, i'll have to just be happy with my lego version haha
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a friend of mine did a COE pickup a few years back I think he made it into a car transporter That's pretty kool Joe , I do like the 40's COE's but think I would struggle to fit in one , the 50's cabs are a bit bigger but the 40's styling is so kool |
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That's pretty kool Joe , I do like the 40's COE's but think I would struggle to fit in one , the 50's cabs are a bit bigger but the 40's styling is so kool [/quote] Agreed and I think I would have the same problem. |
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 Manged to get the wiper motor and heater motor going the weekend , result ! put the heater stuff back in so I can run the loom around to , The dents in the roof are mostly gone now to , I also drilled the roof and put some marker lights on , With 2 it looks a bit Dalek though I might put the other 2 in the middle What do you lot think ?  |
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haha brilliant, I think 4/5 would look smart, but I like the Dalek factor haha
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More is going to be good.
Google marker lights and COE truck to see if any examples come up.
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jamesd1972
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 2,921 
Club RR Member Number: 40
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Isn't there a visual rule about odd numbers looking best on things like this ?
The more the merrier gets my vote.
Daft question from the past -have you got an oil cooler yet ?
James
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Isn't there a visual rule about odd numbers looking best on things like this ? The more the merrier gets my vote. Daft question from the past -have you got an oil cooler yet ? James yeah odd number do look better I think, I've got another 2 though coz i stuck one on the RV a while ago, Oil cooler and hoses are here in a box , waiting for me to work out where to fit them , need to get the inner wings in to see how much space i have |
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finished the Mandalorian Helmet today to  it may even turn into a gear knob later on |
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jamesd1972
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 2,921
Club RR Member Number: 40
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Mando gear knob FTW !
James
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finished the Mandalorian Helmet today to it may even turn into a gear knob later on As cool as an iceberg! |
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Still learning...still spending...still breaking things!
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