What did you do today?

[Tractorhead 9,064]

A truly great Song Steve.

 

I have it in mind today like an earworm while i do my today’s Work.

I‘m missing my Friend Peter, who‘s passed 5 years Ago on Cancer.

Whenever it was time, we wrenched together on different Things - my thing today was the Start of the Transit rework.

 

 

Firstly i put the Transit onto the Lift to see if it can lift it ( hey,  it Works now - cool) 😎

than i decide to rebuild it as good as i can and as close to Original.

 

 

Begin to make me templates of the Inner Fender as close to original as i can.

Than i begin it Step by Step to shape the Metalparts based on my Templates until they will fit.

I decide to keep a little more gap between the Inner and outer Fender to glue it later together instead of Welding.

 

 

Felt a hundret times check it it will Fit remove reshape check...

hammering a little here and there and so on...

if it fits i spotweld it on

 

 

And allway‘s forming shape, check correct it, check... until the whole inner Fender is final.

i take a extreme care about a 100% accurate flat surface on the Tyre site.

Tadaaa the new Metalstructure inner fender is finished.

 

after that i give the inner side of the outside Fendersheet a primer and a colorcoat, because there are points i can not reach after the outer fender is welded on...

 

 

yap, you see right, i choosed my RAL3003 as the Final Color Scheme for the Transit.

This are my „Wheelhorse Rulez“

 

 

Than i grinded it a little to get a little friendlier surface and primer and Paint it also.

 

 

at least i spot welded the outside Fendersheet on, point by Point but just on the Outside.

the inner fender will be later glued together with Sika - a PU based glue solution what is also used i.eg. for Windscreens.

That glue is UV Resistant and have an ultra extreme Adhesion. Lotus use that Sika also for their Alu Frame on the Lotus Elise.

 

 

 

that will fill also the little Gaps i leave between the Surfaces and prevent that the Metalparts will scratch on it‘s surfaces together.

 

Additionally i thinker also about an Plastic Fender inlay to protect the Metal parts from stones.

This was just a little fract of the whole Project, but today successfully finished.

[stevasaurus 22,738]

That looks incredible !!!   

[ebinmaine 67,484]

52 minutes ago, stevasaurus said:

That looks incredible !!!   

Whut Steve said!!!

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

I swung by my welders place and picked up the deck hanger brackets that I had him weld up for the 48 inch SD deck. Some of the slotted holes were worn, and the post on the height adjustment handle was worn too.

 

While I was there he gave me a few cutting wheels for my die grinder…

[ebinmaine 67,484]

8 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

 

While I was there he gave me a few cutting wheels for my die grinder…

 

 

A FEW???

 

This is "a few" ??

 

A .. is one. 

A couple is 2. 

A few .  That's around 3 to say... 7(??)

 

What you've got there is a multitude. 

A plethora. 

A pile. 

Bunches of bunches.  

 

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

23 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

A FEW???

 

This is "a few" ??

 

A .. is one. 

A couple is 2. 

A few .  That's around 3 to say... 7(??)

 

What you've got there is a multitude. 

A plethora. 

A pile. 

Bunches of bunches.  

 

About 62-63 to be almost exact… he was very generous.

 Sadly ( in a way), he is cutting back to eventually retire….

Happy for his retirement, but sad that I will be losing a great resource for knowledge and fabrication skills…

[19richie66 17,505]

Got my car back together today. A previous owner did some rather substandard repairs on it. Replaced the turbo, a couple of bolts(that should have been studs and lock nuts) that were welded to the turbo housing and all gaskets.  The turbo housing had a broken stud and it let the gasket blow out. Nice and quiet now. Also made a new decal for a plate. (a license plate for the front) 

 

[Stormin 9,981]

 Took my mates caravan to the rally site while he followed with pickup and cattle trailer. Set up caravan and awning and also the auction tent. My mate runs the auction and hopefully there may be a trailer I can bid for.

  Though the rally isn't till Sunday a lot of exhibiters are already arriving. So spent some time showing them where to set up their caravans and where to display their exhibits.

  Returned home and after some dinner, loaded the car with stuff for the auction and my sleeping bag. Back again in the morning to mark out the car exhibit areas.  

  Photo's should be posted by Monday night, if I'm not to knackered after helping to clear the site.

[8ntruck 6,999]

Got the oil changed in the truck.  They did a software update to close out a recall on it as well.

 

Raked and burned more leaves.  This gets rid of the majority of the leaves that were caked up in the flower beds.  Maybe some seat time towing the lawn sweeper around in the near future.

 

Saw a neat car in town the other day.  Was a current model Camaro with a nose, tail, and hood treatment to make it look like a Firebird 500.  Worked pretty good, but the nose seemed short.

[ZXT 2,401]

Went through @oliver2-44's neck of the woods today!

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

1 minute ago, ZXT said:

Went through @oliver2-44's neck of the woods today!

What car does that dash belong to ?

[ZXT 2,401]

Just now, Horse Newbie said:

What car does that dash belong to ?

The white '68 on the left

[oliver2-44 9,746]

2 hours ago, ZXT said:

Went through @oliver2-44's neck of the woods today!

Look like you were heading back North on 281. 

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

Made this mirror holder out of a bit of galvanised pipe and a tractor bucket pin. Fits into the original holder, then bolted a cheap mirror on. Need to trim it down and paint it black, but cheap and the mirror is significantly better than the broken original.

 

I want to get some decent truck mirrors and adapt them.....

[ZXT 2,401]

11 hours ago, oliver2-44 said:

Look like you were heading back North on 281. 

We were heading to Little River Dragway in Temple. Been on a cruise with a couple hundred other cars. Started in Victoria, went to Shiner and toured the brewery, then to New Braunfels to watch American Graffiti at the Stars and Stripes drive in, then to Temple yesterday, and driving to a hot rod shop in Arlington to end it. Been pretty fun!

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

2 hours ago, Dan.gerous said:

Made this mirror holder out of a bit of galvanised pipe and a tractor bucket pin. Fits into the original holder, then bolted a cheap mirror on. Need to trim it down and paint it black, but cheap and the mirror is significantly better than the broken original.

 

I want to get some decent truck mirrors and adapt them.....

I see that “greenhouse “ project in the background… read all about it on here…

nice job !

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

41 minutes ago, ZXT said:

We were heading to Little River Dragway in Temple. Been on a cruise with a couple hundred other cars. Started in Victoria, went to Shiner and toured the brewery, then to New Braunfels to watch American Graffiti at the Stars and Stripes drive in, then to Temple yesterday, and driving to a hot rod shop in Arlington to end it. Been pretty fun!

Sounds like a fun time !

I am glad you did not let the price of gas stop you…

DAMN THE TORPEDOES !…

FULL STEAM AHEAD !

[Dan.gerous 2,696]

48 minutes ago, Horse Newbie said:

I see that “greenhouse “ project in the background… read all about it on here…

nice job !

Thanks for the compliment

 

The RV is another one of those projects like the Greenhouse, its just sat about for 2 years waiting for us to find time has a few issues to sort out, and a leak that has wrecked a bit of the front bunks, its my first project once we move.

[Lee1977 6,659]

I planted a few tomatoes and peppers yesterday. It's so dry I have been watering them twice a day. They are predicting rain but don't look like we will get any.

[Horse Newbie 7,069]

1 hour ago, Lee1977 said:

I planted a few tomatoes and peppers yesterday. It's so dry I have been watering them twice a day. They are predicting rain but don't look like we will get any.

We got a few thunderstorms and some nice showers in Monroe today…

[8ntruck 6,999]

Well, I've done it now.  I swapped the snow tires off of the Jeep and put the summer tires on.  If it snows again, it is probably my fault.

 

I noticed that the inner tread row on both the snow tire and regular tire that were on the left front is worn.  My calibrated eyeball says the camber looks off - the top of the tire appears to be leaning in more than it should.  Nothing loose in the suspension that I could see/feel.  Got to schedule a trip to an alignment rack soon.

[ebinmaine 67,484]

1 minute ago, 8ntruck said:

Well, I've done it now.  I swapped the snow tires off of the Jeep and put the summer tires on.  If it snows again, it is probably my fault

AWWWW COME ON MAAAN!!

 

 

[Handy Don 12,217]

2 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

My calibrated eyeball says the camber looks off - the top of the tire appears to be leaning in more than it should.

Thaw around here has exposed a lot of rough pavement. Mostly poorly done patches from previous years coming unstuck. Tough on tires and suspensions--bonanza for the the tire shops.

[stevasaurus 22,738]

Cataloging tools, inherited from Grandfathers, Dad, FIL.  Cleaning, oiling, sharpening...just going through and cataloging what is there.

OMG...just so many...it is just crazy to try to make sense of all of it.  This is just one tool box...a Craftsman.  How nice is it to just look at tools??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 67,484]

@stevasaurus

 

VERY cool.