That does look good - now all you need is a new fuse box in the garage with
trips so you can reset them quickly!!
Martin
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From: "jin" <[email protected]>
To: "Quantum Owners Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 10:47 AM
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: bulkhead refurb update
busy time of it
drilled and tapped all the holes that will hold my heater hose seal
plate in place
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/04022012001.jpg
(at this point i haven't yet realised ive fitted the wrong size bolts
in the holes - oh what fun)
and heres the finished result
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/04022012002.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/04022012003.jpg
thats the begining and the end
the bit in between went a bit like this,
slapped loads of sikaflex on the reverse side of the stainless panel
and squished into place, all looks well but a bit messy with black goo
oozing all round the edges, then find the pack of correct length M4
bolts on the floor ....... oh ehk, ive already araldited the others
in, thankfully with slow set, so i unwound those (ever tried using an
Allen key when its stuck to your fingers?) then put the new bolts in
place, ok back to step one and start fitting the rest - then total
darkness
the garage electrics obviously cant cope with 3 x 2kw fan heaters a
radio and phone charger, so i fumble about in the dark (all the while
realizing the sikaflex may start to set in the wrong place since ive
not actually tightened any bolts yet) to replace the main fuse and
start again, this time without the radio or phone charger (cant loose
the heaters as its chucking it down with snow outside and i can still
feel a chill inside)
get a few bolts in, all the while loads of sikaflex is oozing out
start juggling about 30 rags and a bottle white sprit, fit the wrong
nuts on the plates main securing bolts then......
total darkness again
double arse
of we go again feeling my way out the garage to put a new fuse in,
thinking ok ill have to loose a heater so may as well put the radio
back on, after more faffing about and 300 rags later i got it all
bolted on and wiped off
looks ok and will looks better when ive had time to properly wipe down
the surface more and clean off the few smears
should start on the servo side soon if i can muster the strength
ive no idea how jim managed to do the whole front in one piece, ive
had i nightmare doing just half but i take my hat off to him
On Dec 30 2011, 2:40 pm, jin <[email protected]> wrote:
update
ive removed the pop rivets and P clips that held the brake pipes on,
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02331.jpg
they didn't fit too well and the pop rivets didn't go through the
bulkhead so only served to swell out the fiberglass and let water and
dirt in, evidenced by the dirt that had crept within the hole around
the rivet, i chamferd the holes to remove the contaminated fiberglass
and gelcoted from the outside with a thin layer
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02333.jpg
then filled the rear with slow set araldite to seal the join and
hopefully put a bit more strength back in
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02336.jpg
the tape is just to stop it running out and keep it smooth
cut out the first hole for my cable glands, i found a cone step drill
very handy for enlarging holes (I'm using one of my extra? servo mount
holes that were drilled but unused?) since they locate and don't
wander about ripping the gel coat like normal twist drills, only thing
to do is drill both sides sins the steps are shallow,
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02332.jpg
tapped it out to the right size
and sealed the fiberglass with araldite resin and wound the gland in
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02335.jpg
then gave a wipe round the inside with more resin just to be sure,
these should be very water proof now, this one will be for the wiper
motor
as for the brake pipes, I'm not too sure how I'm going to secure the P
clips, I'm not going to use pop rivets fore sure, i may drill a few
holes and tap a thread then wind in a stainless stud with araldite to
seal unless anyone knows a batter way?
cheers for any info
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