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19-02-21, 18:26
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And all painted and baked to harden up the paint.
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19-02-21, 22:29
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Nice work, Jordan!
David
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21-02-21, 02:25
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Onto the next part. The first Otters used an open manual throw type switch as a battery disconnect. At a certain point production changed to a standard heavy duty battery disconnect switch made by Delco Remy. It was located just inside the drivers door on the floor. Power from this split off to the starter and engine electrics and also to the fuse box for the wireless and interior lighting.
The switch was pretty rough looking but still quite solid and everything moved on it prior to removal from the Otter.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer
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21-02-21, 02:30
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There was a guard that mounted with the switch to protect the wiring cables and the bottom of the switch. Interestingly this was painted in khaki green #3. The two screws that held the switch on would not budge and I ended up using s chisel to knock the heads off. I tried out the old trick of welding a nut onto the remaining studs and they unscrewed just fine.
Lastly some pictures of the entire switch all cleaned up. I’ll be zinc plating it once my supplies arrive later this week. Watching David’s ws52 restoration made me realize I too can replate parts back to NOS condition.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer
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01-03-21, 02:32
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Had the day in the shop so I started up the process of trying out nickel plating. It went rather well and I’m quite happy with the results. I’m quite happy to bring these parts back to new looking.
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01-03-21, 02:51
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Fantastic job with the plating, Jordan!
Feels great to see bits come back like that. David
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04-03-21, 02:24
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More plating being done today. This time with zinc on the battery disconnect switch. I’m quite happy with the results as it is letting me bring these parts back instead of simply replacing them.
The first picture shows how flat the finish is before being buffed with a brass wire wheel. On the switch rebuilding I used brass nuts and washers on the two studs. I also put in new fibre washers as the originals had seen better days.
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Jordan Baker RHLI Museum, Otter LRC C15A-Wire3, 1944 Willys MB, 1942 10cwt Canadian trailer
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