Jin,
That looks very good, a lot of hard work but worth it.
Russell
On 15/02/2012 22:16, jin wrote:
Stage 1 complete
The bulkhead is finished
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02443.jpg
All the redundant holes and damaged gelcoat has been repaired from
this
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02321.jpg
To this
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02446.jpg
Built the gelcoat up in layers and flatted it back, I found using
pencil erasers as sanding blocks very handy
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02456.jpg
The servo mounting plate has been bonded to the bulkhead (the bolts
and large washers are just temporary to hold it into place)
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02444.jpg
And the whole lot has been machine polished to a pleasing shine, im
very happy with the outcome;
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02451.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02450.jpg
just go to focus my attention on sorting this out next
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/DSC02457.jpg
No rest for the wicked
Back soon…..
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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