2016 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

Good idea to have a special thread just on the wiring diagram and issues.

I used the MB-C2 that grant got copied / enlarged to 17 inches..... makes it easier to read and male notes in the margins.

I will make a point of posting that diagram them include the same diagram with the modifications I made to accomodate the flashers, the manual flasher and the alternator and voltage reducer on the fuel tank gauge.

First road trip will definetily be a U tube video..... and having too much fun with the roadster style maybe a problem. Have you ever considered desiging a simple jeep type canvass roof???

Reason I was asking about the HUP wiring diagram is I may try to give Rob a hand at finishing is wiring.

Man it's only 4 C this morning....will need to fire up Lucifer in the barn.

Plan to jack up the truck on 4 jack stand and bleed the brakes ( brake fluid is 4 years old) and do a fine touch lining adjustment.....easier with all wheels free turning.

Today will change the brake hydraulic switch and install the horn ring on the steering wheel and rebuild the wipers.
Vacuum wipers-s-s-s have be stripped down to selct the two best and new gasket made using the scanner from the computer.... they are all piped in place but need to be finished and tested.

Weather permitting will be sandblasting the seat pans and the tool box next week and paint the doors.....

Cheers

PS we used the same wiring diagram from the MB-C2..... my cab 11 has no side lights (yet) and the Brigth light on the diagram is shown as connected when the lwo beams are on....... I will do a cut and paper paste over the original diagram showing what changes I made.

[Stuart Fedak]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

First road trip will definetily be a U tube video.....

Cheers

Bob, when you are ready to fire your truck up and if you want to get some video, please send me a direct e-mail and I will bring out my camera and try to record some of this event. It may take me some time to do the final editing....

Cheers
Stuart

[Bob Carriere]

Will take you up on that.

Should be early June.

Re-adjusted all the brakes today and purged all the 4 year old brake fluid out with new more of the same synthetic fluid.

Greased everything except the U joints and that is for tomorrow.

Doors not fitting real nice....close with a solid clunk!!!!!

Wiring all done except for fuel tank sender on back order and turn signal switch.

Stay tuned.

[RHClarke]

With the enviro-nuts running the asylum in Ontario, spraying anything other than government approved herbicides (weak at best) on your lawn is verboten! This results in the proliferation of millions upon millions of dandelions. Pretty little yellow flowers that chokes your grass to death. And when they are ready to procreate, we get dandelion fluff blizzards. It is a sight to behold! Ask Bob.

This past weekend we decided to take advantage of the good weather and paint some parts out of doors. There was no wind, leaving just the Hammond Airforce to bother us. That is until we actually put paint to metal. Then the breeze picked up and the dandelions began their mating.

The result of all of this fluff is seen below. Bob was not impressed, and I am sure he can add commentary later on.

[Stuart Fedak]

Thanks for the post. It is appreciated. I was going to do some painting outside in the back yard, but now I will postpone until the dandelions have abated for a few days. One more reason to just work on preparing parts for painting. I never even considered the affect of the dandelions on the paint surface. This has been the warmest several days in a long time and I was working like mad getting all the bits and pieces gathered, cleaned and washed with Varsal solvent.

I have a lot of parts to paint and I thought I knew where they all were. When it came around to actually finding them, many were in hiding. I am sure you know the feeling when you misplace some parts that you cleaned up several years ago.....

Cheers!
Stuart

[Bob Carriere]

Mosquitoes landing in POR is the worst.

Had to redo both doors...... a pain. Second time was a charm as I painted inside the barn with the doors hanging.

Tie coat is on now for the OD this afternoon.

Cheers

[Jordan Baker]

I just had the same issue today with dandelion fluff and fresh POR. I normally just leave it alone and carry on as if it isn't there. At the end of the day we are not painting show cars with glass like finishes.