Series 2 Confessions of a skin flint.

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Bobsticle said:
Its been a busy day at Stickle Towers.
Before I could take out the drivers panel (hopefully for the last time) to cover it I had to address the ignition cover. Removing the old gauge cluster left an untidy hole. I wanted to utilise the old cover so let the fun begin.
The hole;
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Oh yea the dash has changed colour. Just another coat to show up any more dinks.

First thing, tape everything up.

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Then out with the cardboard again.

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Dont ye just love a hot glue gun.


Then out with that tin of muck. Actually it was very good for this little job.

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Then a daub or two of the body filler.

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After filing filling and sanding one ended up wiv ones shape.

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Then off the the upholsterers for covering in Barnoldswick Labrador. AKA the kitchen table.

As that little lot took me till lunch I only managed to finish covering the binnacle adding its switches and the like and covering the passenger side dash.

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I need a noliday.

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The dash sort of reminds me of a dash out of a W900 Kenworth truck.
 
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I had a bit of a problem this morning. I have had the two indicator arrow lights on a shelf for months.I took both down when I began faffing with the binnacle and this morning one of them was missing.
I looked all over the sodding place and eventually decided it must have stuck to a bit of gluey scrap and been thrown.
I had the wheely bin all over the garden. Found the ratbag right at the bottom amongst the used tea bags. :(
 
Bobsticle said:
I had a bit of a problem this morning. I have had the two indicator arrow lights on a shelf for months.I took both down when I began faffing with the binnacle and this morning one of them was missing.
I looked all over the sodding place and eventually decided it must have stuck to a bit of gluey scrap and been thrown.
I had the wheely bin all over the garden. Found the ratbag right at the bottom amongst the used condoms,ewww.. :(
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Its bleedin ard work..........:(
Still havnt got the drivers side covered. I have however found a couple of central locking actuators and mounted them on the bulkhead to push open the vents at the flick of a switch. :D
Not sure if they will work as they are a bit errrrrrr floppy as rams go. Ill see how they get on.

Also wired the necessary for my clocks etc and finished the closed cell boxing in to guide the air from the new electronically operated flaps to the dash vents. Also layed some 6mm open cell foam to the back of the dash panels to stop them becoming guitar bodies and amplifying any noise from behind there and made the demister pipe secure and permanent..

Feeeyew. Busy day.Should have it all up and running tomorrow so heres hoping.
 
boguing said:
Bob you're getting a bit like Aaron Morris, could you slow down a bit for those of us working at a more leisurely pace?
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This is my summer holidays. Two weeks tinkering and then back to the grind till October.
I must admit I have enjoyed it far more than a fortnight on a Spanish beach.
Next job will be central locking with the dead bolts. Better had before it starts looking good enough to nick. Then finally mi door tops.
 
boguing said:
'Ere Bob, if the central locking actuators aren't up to it (and I don't think that the ones I've played with would be) you could use one of these to do both flaps...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Multi-fun...308118?hash=item58da858f56:g:nUwAAOSwn9lXKvNo
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Yes, it was the first thing I thought of................................until I looked at the price :eek:

Then I went to simple solenoid actuators. Great power but the throw is limited to about 10mm on the ones I was looking at.

I was thinking, and I honestly have no idea, whether to try and keep them powered up while open. Probably just burn them out.

My head is up mi flue today trying to wire a couple of relays to work em. Reverse polarity is a pain from an old Lucas headlight switch :rolleyes:. I am also adding a relay and wiring in the electric radiator fan, fitting the front speakers and burning several fingers with mi soldering iron. Need to pack it in in a bit as I have run out of spade connectors.
 
I've wasted hours on google looking for the actuators from a two door Peugeot 309 for my project - they're really neat vacuum powered, and were 'switched' by a couple of levers down by the handbrake. They would be perfect for your vent flap. Have you got a decent scrapyard near you?

and ps. Don't c.locking solenoids stay live to keep the lock open? Never actually looked at how they work the lock, even though I've got one for the project somewhere.

'nother edit. Some appear to have motors and hence need reverse polarity as you are arranging. I'm not being much help really.
 
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The problem with central locking actuators is they can be pushed in and out by hand quite easily. I have no doubt they will lift the vent flaps but will they keep them up or will the bumps help gravity slowly push them back down. I cant honestly remember using them years ago on my last one but this one is quite warm inside so I may need them now and then.

Not sure if they just get a pulse to move the arm then a reverse pulse to move it back. Ill soon find out.
 
You may have missed my edit above Bob.

If you have a motor driven one and it has worm/wheel drive then it won't blow back at all. One of the benefits of worm drive.
 
Alibro said:
I guess something like this if you could make it work.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-E46-D...830815?hash=item3ac4fa245f:g:rh8AAOSw~oFXKjNK

Or this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-DC-WO...239438?hash=item211205044e:g:AhoAAOSwYlJW6SIC

But I guess they don't fit the skinflint ideal.
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I could have made a couple of those out of the collection of cogs n stuff I have in mi shed but as I had a ready made unit it went in. Most cars have vent motors now for diverting heating and demisting so If I was the type to dig around breakers yards it would have been another option. Its also getting a bit tight behind the dash with all the other crud I keep adding so Ill make it work somehow even if it means welding the sods shut :D
 
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