1146 replies to this topic

[hughJ]

Man - this topic has reached the half century in pages!!

Andrew, Carlos, Brams96, minimuk, Chris, Graham, jagman.2003, Dave, Donn, BusheyTrader and Albertini thank you.

Its great to try different tasks.

Fitted the tail lights - for fun - one is slightly broken but it will do.



The Ebay seals were not too clever a fit and I let a screwdriver slip on my new paint getting a fit!! Do I ever learn?

Cleaned up the rear seats - a bit - very stained



A bit better



And then tackled the wiring loom rear section - earlier Neil in his wise way had told me to move it - and I didn't and caused the havoc that only I can bring.

Tackled this





I will show how I tackled this using the purple/orange wire

Strip and tin with solder



Put on a piece of heat shrink sleeving.



Tin and solder on a piece of extending wire



And warm the sleeving with a match



And the same at the other end







I have staggered the joins so a big lump doesn't develop in the loom.

There are major problems with tinning when the copper in the wire is oxidised. I fan out the ends rub with a Stanley knife and a bit of emery paper - done with the blue wire here





Not nearly as well tinned as a clean copper wire. Sorry for the poor photo

All the wires reconnected - the green and yellow wire was too thick for my heat shrink sleeving.



And retaped - couldn't get hold of grey insulating tape



I have several places to repair the taping on the loom - that's easy. And two other places where my grinder caught it. One is right through like above!!

Reparing along

Hugh

Edited by hughJ, 20 July 2012 - 08:10 PM.

[minimuk]

Clever wiring repair Hugh and doing a puzzle at the same time,.... your car is going to look fab.

[grahama]

Lights on Hugh, bloody hell, slow down you nutter, you will end up driving it all alone till we catch up lol !! Hope the scratch wasnt too bad and nice work with the loom, very worried about mine !!

Soldering along lol !!

Graham

[hughJ]

minimuk and Graham - thanks. Graham I do like the "soldering along"!!!!

I finished the repairs to the rear loom

Here's another section



And another - only two damaged wires here



And the rpaired loom - still to put new connectors at the front and the interior lamp



And fitted





I couldn't resist this



Much happier. But I still have the bonnet, boot and doors to fill, sand and prep!!

Moving along

Hugh

[sonikk4]

Bloody hell Hugh you are cracking along and "i told you so" but nice repairs to the loom. Good effort old bean.

[grahama]

And again, bloody hell Hugh, nice !!! How easy was the loom to thread to the back??

[minimuk]

and again, bloody hell Hugh, nice !!!!! now you got a place to sleep too.... and retrieve yo ur thoughts.....

[hughJ]

Neil, Graham and minimuk watch your language boys!!

I think if you slept in it you'd end up needing surgery - at my age anyway. But I have to admit to having a wee seat in it and having a wee thought to myself.

It's cleaning and preparing

Some bits to improve











I've done a bit more like cleaning the front seats and degreased the gear linkage mechanism.

Movin' along

Hugh

[minimuk]

Pride has shown itself on here, step by step yr getting there........

[hughJ]

Thanks minimuk - it is step by slow step. Graham sorry forgot to answer your question on the rear wiring loom - it was dead easy to thread it through. Compared to what we've come through it was a breeze!

Still moving along

Got the petrol tank fitted







Of course I caused a few wee scratches fitting it!!

And have started on the main wiring loom





Am working on this



I took the heater apart and cleaned it. I'm just going to paint a couple of bits at the front.

Pochlin' along

Hugh

[Carlos W]

You've got a great finish on that tank Hugh!

[Minidarren83]

It all looks fantastic I'm taking many tips from your build and applying them to mine so cheers Hugh for doing a great job

[minimuk]

great work, to be honest you can't stop the scratches from apearing, sh..t happenz, once yr all done give it the once over and polish it out after....... all you can do is minimise the scratching from happening....

[grahama]

Nice effort Hugh, I am nervous about scratching underneath, what am I going to be like on the top bit !!

Hoping to be up with your immense effort by end of summer!!

Graham

Edited by grahama, 27 July 2012 - 09:24 AM.

[EngineerDaisy]

it looks fantastic Hugh the colour looks great as well. Im not looking forward to repairing my loom but you make it look so easy.