well needed restoration of my series 2a

90truckcab · Mar 30, 2010

Varney_James said:
how did you zero your clocks??

right dont tell any one else

i turned the outer brass ring and removed the glass, take out the two screws at the back of the housing case then drop the face and mechanism out in to your hand ,

looking at the back of the clock thers the drum that has the nubers on, get a match stick and carefully turn them to zero on the face then buld back up the clock units makin sure to get the thin rubber seal in the glass rebate or it will fog up

Dont bother tryin the old electric drill in reverse trick as its bollocks

Varney_James · Apr 1, 2010

sounds good.

thanks

90truckcab · Apr 2, 2010

gemsdad · Apr 2, 2010

it's all looking good as usual tc,keep up the good work mate,plus keep the pics coming mate.

90truckcab · Apr 2, 2010

cheers gems, bit too posh fer a series now tho, might just screw it to the wall to look pretty

rustyrhinos · Apr 2, 2010

That almost hasa brushed aluminium look to it in that pic

Very nice. I wonder on a sunny day weather it will create the occasional blindness hehe

90truckcab · Apr 2, 2010

its a bit too shiny i must admit, might give it a spray of mat clear coat see if it dulls it bit,

Varney_James · Apr 2, 2010

looks like it should as new, very impressive, love the clocks

90truckcab · Apr 3, 2010

cheers

90truckcab · Apr 13, 2010

sand blasted the back axle parts today till got called out fer work , just got to spray with red oxide then hammerite

not many pics today as wer busy but yer get the idea

more pics tomorrow if not busy again

90truckcab · May 10, 2010

right, the above axle parts have all been sand blasted now and painted ready for building back up, am off out tomorrow to get a load of shiny new bits then its going back together as iv done nothing to it fer weeks,

pics to come tomorrow

laruler · May 10, 2010

What size air compressor do you use for your sand blasting?

90truckcab · May 11, 2010

i have a 3 hp, v block pump that fills a 250 ltr tank thats plumbed up to another 150 ltr tank, more than enough,

i/v happily sand blasted with a 50 ltr tank and wold compressor but you have to wait every two mins fer the air to build up, if yer in no rush its ok ,

90truckcab · May 11, 2010

right well a few pics of todays performance

after cleaning up and spraying everythin was ready to assemble

90truckcab · May 11, 2010

just the diff to sort out then i might start stripping the bulkhead

Sean · May 11, 2010

lots of ickle blue boxes there, don't tell me you've gone and used B......t bits ?

90truckcab · May 11, 2010

just the brake cylinder , i run some britpart cylinders fer 8+k and they wer sound, lookin at the castings etc they are as good as any others of the same price range, i stripped one ( new and old) the seals wer as good as new and looked quite well made, lets face it they are most likly made somewhere else under another name

if it fails its only a hours work max to swap them

90truckcab · May 12, 2010

well if yer thort i wer having a day off yer wrong : )

i finished the axle, halfshafts in and caps on

then i set about ripping the doors to bits

hmmm, better call in and pick some door section up tomorrow from craddocks

Elwood Balboa · May 16, 2010

in the pictures of the hub back there, what is the purpose of that silver slot head screw, by the wheel studs, and should I be worried that mine doesn't have it? Nice work by the way.

Sean · May 16, 2010

Elwood Balboa said:
in the pictures of the hub back there, what is the purpose of that silver slot head screw, by the wheel studs, and should I be worried that mine doesn't have it? Nice work by the way.

tis the brake drum retainer - 90s just put it there so it don't go missing (i'd guess)

well needed restoration of my series 2a

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