Woke up to a cold winters day yesterday, but not as much snow as was forecast.
First job was to get the drums off and investigate why the hanbrake wasnt working.
Drums wouldnt just pull off, so wound some bolts into the threaded holes in the drums to push the drums off.
Very dirty inside.
More Lincomb sand.
More filling and sanding on the B pillar.
Had to set a smaller tarp up on the back to keep me out of the freezing cold rain and hail.
Due to the fact I never finished the wheel carrier, by adding a stop to prevent it from opening too far. The gas strut decided it had had enough and snapped.
Fitted a new one.
Cut a piece of 10mm plate.
The idea was to weld it on and then stick a piece of rubber to the carrier to dampen the shock of it swinging into the metal.
I welded it on like that but decided I wasnt happy with it.
So I cut the steel down a bit and welded it on.
With the rubber strip in place the carrier opens to the correct position, and the gas strut isnt at its maximum so hopefully should last a bit longer.
Id noticed small cracks appearing at the bottom of both B pillars.
Cleaned the rust and paint off.
And welded it up.
Other side.
Ground the welds down.
Gave it a wipe of filler.
Cleaned the drum brakes out.
Managed to adjust them and get the handbrake working well.
Removed the heat shield that had been acting as a mud trap.
More pressure washing underneath.
The passenger door handle on the replacement door was very stiff and wouldnt spring back.
Needed to change the door card anyway as it didnt match any of my others.
Cleaned loads of mud out of the indie of the door.
The handle didnt appear to be broken so I drowned it in WD40 and kept working it in.
Soon had it working perfectly.
Quite a lot of rust on this replacement door.
More filling and sanding.
While scraping all the loose flaking paint off so that I could treat the rust. I found that the decals/graphics on the door wernt applied on top of blue paint as I'd suspected. But on top of the white primer, and then blue paint applied around them.
Good job I'm going to re-spray the whole truck soon.
Got the wheel carrier stop painted in grey primer.
Today I had some deliveries. Jays fluid to hopefully keep customs happy when all my stuff arrives and spray adhesive for the head lining.
Managed to stick the sagging material back on to the headlining. Better but not perfect, almost seems like the material has stretched. So was not possible to stick it all down without any creases.
Used some brush on blue hammerite over the areas I'd rust killed and filled. Just to make it look a bit tidier until I re-spray the whole truck.
Also gave the bumpers and sliders a fresh coat of black paint.
Did some more dinitroling underneath.
Decided to hang up and also spray the spare radius arms, trailing arms, pan hard rod and steering bar. Note the old headlining in the back ground, badly oil stained from all the oil running out of the sills when she was upside down.
Changed to a can of cavity wax to do inside the new door.
Bloody stuff ran out of the holes in the bottom of the door all over the drive.
With the door done I change the nozzle for the one with the extension tube.
Sprayed all inside the roof and pillars, making sure all the new welds got a good coat.
Managed to get some wood jammed between the rim and tyre bead last time I was out laning.
Let some air out with my eazi deflater.
Then used the high lift to push the tyre from the rim where the wood was.
Got the wheels back on.
Door card next.
Need to get the headlining and interior bits fitted next, then I can clean the interior.
