Project Procrastination

[wile e coyote]

great catch up

[mwilkinson]

A few updates.

I've now rebuilt the wing mirrors and these are installed.

I started of by refurbishing the aluminium brackets that are part of the lower section of the wing mirror.

I media blasted them in my cabinet and then repainted them a colour as close to the OEM colour as I could get.  This was a Range Rover metallic green colour.

Next I needed to clean the motor up and reseal the motor cover and the area where the loom exists the motor housing.  Both these seals were in need of refurbishment.

Having cleaned up the parts I bought a butyl tape to replace the previous seal.

I had to cut strips of the tape from the main role.

I then sealed the cover and used a white silicone to seal up the loom exit from the motor housing.

The next step was to reattach the studs to the aluminium painted base peice.  I had the studs plated along with all the other screws and nuts needed for the wing mirrors.

I then inserted the aluminium base peice into the painted section.  This is then secured with 3 x phillips headed screws.

Next I inserted the motor back into the main painted part of the wing mirror. This is then secured in place with 2 x phillips headed screws.

There are 2 x further screws that need to be inserted at the base.

I then needed to join the two halves together.  The two parts are held together with 2 x phillips headed screws. These also needed to have thread lock applied to ensure they don't unwind with vibration - this is as per factory.

[mwilkinson]

Next I needed to rebuild the electrical connector.

I first inserted the pins.

Next I inserted a small plastic section.

I then installed the rubber seal. I wiped this is a silicone lubricant before inserting.

There is then a final plastic insert.

You then have to affix the plug bracket using a single phillips headed screw. I also used loctite thread lock as this secure a section of the upper wing mirror to the lower.

You can then install the lower rubber seal.  This will stretch over the various assembled parts.

I then installed the new mirror glass.

All I then needed to do was attach them to the doors.  This is done with 2 x M10 nuts.

 

Edited March 29 by mwilkinson (see edit history)

[mwilkinson]

I also installed the front wiper motor.  Paul Cheshire had refurbished this for me a few years back, so this was a simple bolt in job.

I also tested and installed the third brakelight.

[HarleyFDMD]

The detail!! Honestly the effort you're putting into this makes me feel ashamed of myself

I like to think im doing a good job of my car.. until i read your updates.

[mwilkinson]

Sorted out the factory ariel today.

The factory ariel I'd purchased some years back is in pretty good condition.  It needed a good clean and I manged to get a new mast, and both parts of the outer ornament.  I also bought a new bolt to mount it and cleaned up the drain grommet and cut a new bit of silicone hose to replace the lost drain hose.

I had the lower bracket plated when I did the bulk order over Christmas.  It had some light rust, so was worth sorting out.

The top of the mast was very dirty and a bit corroded.  So I spent some time cleaning this area up.  I also cleaned the lower rubber grommet and applied some back to black type product on it to ensure it remained pliable.  I did the same to the drain hole grommet.

I then attached the drain hose to the bottom of the ariel and located and installed the grommet.

I then fitted the ariel to the body and placed the drain hose into the grommet.

The ariel is affixed by a single bolt.

I then installed the two new outer parts.

I had intended on installing the new mast, but I ran a test on the motor once installed, and having inspected the current mast I decided it was in pretty good condition and didnt need to be swapped out.  I'm going to keep the new mast as a spare instead.

[rider]

To think I threw away an aerial because the antenna wasn't lifting when the motor was churning away. I didn't know then that you could get a replacement part for the antenna so that aerial got thrown. I do hold that part as a spare on my garage shelf now.

It looks like your blast cabinet has external air. I've been thinking about buying a cabinet for years but the cfm on my narrow 1/4 air line wouldn't be enough to operate it effectively. What size bead or grit are you using and at what cfm air through what size air line? I have a 16cfm compressor but it struggles to drive air tools so it probably only delivers 10cfm through the narrow bore tubing. Which is fine for pumping tyres or paint spraying but I'd suspect is a bit weak for bead blasting.

[mwilkinson]

I do struggle with air pressure. I can't maintain a constant flow and have to prime and pull.  You get into a rhythm after awhile.

I'm running a 3HP 14cfm Wolf Dakota, with a 100l tank.  Like you I think it more like 10cfm at around 8 to 9 bar.  It gets worked quite hard whilst using the cabinet.

I'm currently running it off 1/4 lines although I did buy a pedal assembly and bigger lines.  You can see some of this in the image in the thread.  I'm not using that at the minute as I don't thing the compressor can handle it, and I'm finding the smaller line and gun setup more effective.

I generally use baking soda, but you get a lovely finish on Ali from using 250 micron glass beads.

On bigger items with heavy rust I'll use iron silicate.

Edited April 2 by mwilkinson (see edit history)