Otter LRC CM4647296 comes home

[David Dunlop]

Evening, Jordan.

What was the purpose of the horizontal bands of black and white paint?

David

[Jordan Baker]

David,
I’m not sure but I suspect it was to help evenly distribute the light from the two small dash lamps and help light up the bottom ones. The gauge clusters I took apart all had the remains of the white and black paint.

[Jordan Baker]

Small steps. Ignition filter refurbishment all done. I replaced the main wire with new wire and braiding. The original was broken in a few places. The filter components inside were bypassed as the part number on the case is for a 6v vehicle. I did not want to burn anything up running 12v through it. But it’s also easy to revert back to the original if needed down the road.

[Jordan Baker]

It’s all in the details…..

I needed to make up one of these stamped parts. It held a voltage reducer for two of the gauges on the dash. I made up a stamping die from bits of steel I had. With a bunch of trial and error I was able to make a stamping I was happy with it. It was a lot of work for just needing one part, especially since it won’t be seen. But…I do enjoy challenging myself to make parts.

[Jordan Baker]

The finished stamping after cutting off the excess and sanding the edges smooth. Two of these were needed on the backside of the gauges. More detail to come another day once I sort out the actual voltage reducing insides.

[Jordan Baker]

The voltage reducer project is done. I’m very happy with how these turned out. I was able to reuse the original brass terminals for the one reducer. The other one I sourced out some similar brass screws. As for the actual reducer I used Zener Diodes. These drop the voltage from 12v down to 6.8v. I then ink stamped the ends to differentiate the 12v from the 6v. Lastly, they were installed on the back side of the dash on the appropriate gauges.

[Jordan Baker]

The rest of the pictures.