HEC updates

[romanyrose]

G'day chap's, i have to say she is coming on, very colorful with the floor out the chassis behind the rear bulkhead back to the rear cross member has been scrapped to bare metal treated with that anti rust paint that turn's black, it also burn's if you get it on your skin not that i can feel it on my hand's but definitely on my cheek's and that's with a beard .
I have taken note that when i get to the offside i will be taking more care , unfortunately i don't always think and just crack on , luckily i wear glasses which are the large work type so at least as yet my eye's have been a tad on the safe side.
I know it does not seem a lot but when the paint has gone off in the morning i hope to be giving the the outer and underneath of the rear chassis a good coat of deep bronze green top coat to match the inside rail's .
I know it is easy to say but i can't wait for the painting to be finished on the chassis so i can get back to concentrating on fitting the rear floor which men's another step closer to completion .

Catch you later. R-Rose .

[romanyrose]

Well although i have had thought's about putting the rear floor back in yep! i changed my mind and decided to concentrate on the wire-ring loom from the rear of the truck to the front.

Those that know me or have seen my truck's will realize i don't like over loading my loom's, right or wrong a step at a time i fit relay's for the heavy stuff with separate loom's down each side of the roof with the main feed's to the rear in second hand conduit from scrap disco's and the like.

All my wire-ring i fit has nipples at each end that are soldered rather than those blue crimp type that i must admit to using when i run out of the soldered type that i must admit i prefer but don't always have a choice.

The rear loom once finished is laid in the conduit and bound from front to back so it look's nice and neat, i have new plastic clip's although i prefer the older type metal clip and will be laying the loom down along the outside of the chassis rather than on the inside just incase i need some welding in the future .

I will admit the heat slowed me down a tad so if you were watching or just reading this you will have to excuse how little i got done but then i don't work fast anyway .

Catch you later. R-Rose .

[gossamer]

Keep at it, matey.
See you over the weekend.

I'll bring your deep bumper.

[romanyrose]

G'day Bro, i have only just noticed your post and have had no missed messages ,did you change your mind or have i just got confused .

Catch you later. Brad .

[romanyrose]

G'day chap's, after loosing my best mate and companion my St Bernard although thankfully i am very stubborn i feel i am in a battle just to get anything done, even to go forward with HEC the truck we used to travel together in is a reminder they were good times.

As most people that know me realize the understanding and reasoning part of my brain was damaged during my darker day's of my life i have thankfully learnt to sort of compensate , just by talking or attempting the job's i do to make my truck more like my little home so i can just cruise and enjoy nature, but unfortunately it will now be on my own.

I have heard say what goes around comes around , so i guess i will be going back in time but this time not on my Matchless chop with dose bag on the front fork's but in more comfort in my 88 camper and wireless and dry warm Dose bag.

Sorry for the waffling but i eventually completed the binding of my rear loom with 3 extra wires bound in just in case which is now laid down on the top of the chassis ready for clipping in place. Unfortunately i can't get under the driver's side rear to bind that part of the loom in the same way as the rest , so it will be a case of rolling her out of the garage to finish that part of the loom off before clipping everything in it's place and move onto the next stage .

Sorry for waffling but they say it is good to talk ,it certainly help's me. Catch you later R-R.

[gossamer]

Your deep bumper is with Viamphie nr Swinderby.

[romanyrose]

G'day chap's, having laid the rear wire-ring loom in second hand plastic conduit from scrap disco's on top of the chassis and clipped it in place with home made alloy clip's .
On the top of the rear cross member i screwed an old junction box from a house, i then soldered bullet's to all the light wires which included the main loom that is laid on top of the chassis in again second hand plastic conduit.
Now this loom goes from the rear of the truck to the main loom in the engine bay, then more soldering of bullet's that are connected to the loom from the dash, having lot's of extra's like light's and anything to do with camping i have fitted a second fuse box on an alloy fabricated plate by using my favorite tool the riv~nut compressor. As most people know self tapping screw's are the normally way of fitting extra's nope not me i am afraid even though the riv~nut's are not cheap i am afraid to say i have a bit of a love affair with them and in my eye's anyway they look the part and give the impression a bit of thought has gone in to the job .
The main feed from my kill switch to the second fuse box i have decided will be redone tomorrow why, basically it is because the conduit i used is a tad different and kind of look's out of place where i have clipped it alongside some other wire's .

I must say after today i feel as though i might be on one of the final hurdles regard's the wire-ring anyway . Catch you later. R-Rose .

[romanyrose]

Over the top as usual, yep! although the main loom is fastened neatly in place when it came to routing it up the bulkhead i realized the loom that is wrapped up nice and neat then laid in plastic conduit was a tad to long .

I was a bit miffed to say the least that i had allowed to much excess for the flexibility for when the motor is running, but with all the nipples soldered in place ready to connect to the bulkhead loom it look's like a bit of re-routing or slight trimming might have to be done .

To be honest though being made to long is a lot better than making the loom to short so i am not unduly worried because i do tend to make anything a tad longer than shorter .

I decided to have a better look at the junction box at the rear of the truck having not bound and fitted conduit to any of the loom's for either the off side light's or second trailer plug socket that is mounted to the rear body just below the badge. I fitted this higher trailer socket not just to make it easier for me and my back but because the fact i have kept the military towing eye on the military trailer for the brake set up if that makes sense.

After a brew i decided to dig out an heavy duty jockey wheel set up rather than just keep the normal stand these trailer's come with, the stand is a good strong bit of kit but the jockey wheel at least help,s me move the trailer about when empty, however if i have a load on the truck does the heavy work before i drop the support leg's down.

Well happy with another day of tinkering. Catch you later. R-Rose .

[romanyrose]

G'day chap's, well i must admit the lip of alloy the rear floor sit's in is a tad worse for ware , i guess i didn't help the issue with drilling out the spot weld's that hold everything together but it certainly made my life easier.

Having to replace brake part's and just general working on the axle and chassis along with laying down the wire-ring loom in conduit along with clipping it all to the chassis, it was also easier to fasten what ever in place nice and neat which to me look's like a bit of pride is what one is trying to achieve .

Maybe not much to some but my excuse for hand's have started to curl and tighten with the old arthritis, now this is getting to be a pain because i have to stop tinkering .

Are well tomorrow is another day and it seem's i might be on a role .

Catch you later. R-Rose .

[romanyrose]

G'day chap's, i am back but progress has been very slow but i guess i have only myself to blame , by just thinking i was on a role by getting job's done made me forget what i should and should not have been doing .

I have been told many a time to take thing's easy which includes Doctor's and the specialist's that deal's with issue's i have but i get excited and forget, because again i am almost back to how i used to be with making something from nothing which to be honest i thought i had lost.

Yes i agree i talk a lot but that in it's self help's me work out in what order i need to make thing's so i can assemble what ever i make as i go along. I have tried working from plan's i have drawn up but some how Mr Confusion step's in and i get lost .

I am in the process finding material {Alloy Angle} to make the support for the floor not just stronger but me being able to unscrew the fastener's because i will be using Riv-Nut's instead of the original spot weld's or nut's and bolt's which in my eye's make the job more difficult for a body that doesn't like bending.

Not a lot but that's it for now folk's. Catch you later. R-Rose