PhilA Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Welp, off came the top bearing again. I'm getting good at this. Took it all to bits. Steel brushed the inner race and polished it up. The inner race was all fusty. Went at it with fine polish. Acceptable. Cleaned all the balls up, stuck a bit of grease into the race so they'd stay put. Then added a bit more clean grease to the inner race before reassembling it all. Push in the felt (after cleaning) and then after a half hour fighting with the spring clip it's all back together. Result? Ground is only a little better but the steering wheel is so smooooooth to turn. I think the ground issue will be fully resolved by getting the steering box all adjusted up. Result, either way. Not that it'll get people to pay attention right now, but eh. Phil Uncle Jimmy, Squire_Dawson, DeeJay and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Oh, and I had a thought about things. Turns out my thought was correct. The starter inhibitor switch has 4 terminals, two big and two small. The big ones are the high current switch for the starter solenoid. The smaller ones are for the reversing lights. That's less wiring than I was thinking would have to go under the car. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 So, as highlighted before, the windscreen washer points were located, but the actual nozzles were gone (story of this car so far). I found some screws with the correct thread and size. Started by holding the screw down and punching an indent in the end. Smallest drill bit in place and carefully drill down most of the way. Then, again through the side and join the holes up. Clamp it in the drill and carefully turn the end down so it's a bit smaller. Clear the pipes out and give it a whirl. Neat glass cleaner straight out of the can on the other end of the pipe. Quite impressive. Second one to do then that's good. Phil eddyramrod, egg, dome and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 methinks sideways hole might be too big and you wont get much pressure to get the watter far enuff up the screen when using 2- but then again ya dont know til ya try PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Decided to give it a try. The holes are 1/16" so not really that big. Same method employed to manufacture as before. GCSE metalwork skills go! That's the nozzles done. Need to get the jar and pump. $expensive because it's a huge jam jar basically. Phil cobblers, Rocket88, mrbenn and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Yorkshiremen must export Pickled Onions across the globe.. No bigger jar might be found... https://goo.gl/images/2PZvYN Squire_Dawson and PhilA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 jameson whiskey bottle obvs PhilA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Decided to give it a try. The holes are 1/16" so not really that big. Same method employed to manufacture as before. GCSE metalwork skills go! 20181027_205905.jpg That's the nozzles done. Need to get the jar and pump. $expensive because it's a huge jam jar basically. Phil bonus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 needs a moonshine jug for washers for maximum stereotypical redneck murricanness :mrgreen: purplebargeken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted October 28, 2018 Author Share Posted October 28, 2018 Haha. Demijohn! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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somewhatfoolish Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Use of that stuff as anti-freeze/screenwash is approved. Might be tricky explaining why there's a miasma of booze if you get a traffic stop though. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I thought there must be a use for it, someone left a bottle here and there's no way I'm drinking the stuff! egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Just getting the garage set up. Recording the music from Christine to play on the stereo inside the car, thunderstorm track for the rest of the garage, lighting done. Should be fun. Phil jumpingjehovahs, johngarty, LightBulbFun and 23 others 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Got all tidied up in the garage. Battery on charge, though this does rather represent the point of no return. Next task is to pull all the wiring out. Phil tooSavvy, LightBulbFun, Joloke and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Said it before but that really is a lovely looking car. Great work so far mate. Very, very envious indeed. xtriple, Burnside, PhilA and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Had a bit of a think this weekend and decided I would try a bit of chemistry. First, make power supply from old computer guts. Second, create copper electrolyte solution by dissolving a copper scouring pad in some household chemicals. Thoroughly clean (including electrolytic cleaning) a small random piece of steel bar, then connect to electricity and wait. Great success! The end of the steel is now coated in copper. I need to get some nickel welding rods; next up will be nickel plating the copper. If this works I may try to scale it up and see if I can rescue the reflectors in my front indicators better than painting them with silver paint. Phil mrbenn, Datsuncog, Squire_Dawson and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clanger Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Wicked skilz bruv innit? I am seriously in awe of how you are solving these problems... should you decide you don't want to do home chemistry check out https://www.caswellplating.com/# they have all kinds of plating kits. I don't know how they do things down there in Napoleon country, but if you aren't hamstrung by the air quality mandates of the Peoples' Republik of Kalifornia the good folks at Caswell will sell you all manner of poisonous chemicals for your electroplating delights. Keep the updates coming. BTW - sorry if you have already said - I think you have - but are you running the original 6v system? If so, where did you get your battery from? The Napa 6v batteries I have been buying for our 62 Beetle aren't that great in terms of longevity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 No, it's been done to 12V already. Regular battery from Walmart. Funny, the electrolyte I have there is just regular household chemicals and works fine. Likewise the electrolyte for nickel. The hardest part is finding a good source of pure metal. Phil purplebargeken and tooSavvy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Wow. Next you'll be making bombs. Or crystal meth. AMC Rebel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 *GCHQ* ..... watching & listening ...... loserone and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Nope. I have no interest in things that go boom or anything else. Shiny stuff however, different story. Phil tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 flux capacitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 I don't think this will do 88 mph. I think book top speed is 85. Phil egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Went to the hardware store. They had very dusty package of 99% nickel welding electrodes. They're been sat there so long they still had a paper price on and the computer didn't recognize the barcode. Cleaned all the flux off. Chopped it up and stuck it in solution, hooked up to 12V. Half an hour in, it's beginning to turn green. Nickel salts are occurring. It's currently cooking away. Onward and upward. Phil Dan_ZTT, LightBulbFun, Burnside and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Fizz! 3.3 Volts in a weak nickel solution. Phil Skizzer, Squire_Dawson and Burnside 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Metal plating can bring you into contact with rather unpleasant stuff; I hope you're not shortening your own MTBF doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 I'm avoiding drinking the pretty colors. Phil (And glib aside, yes, I'm taking care and am well aware just how toxic copper II acetate and nickel acetate are.) LightBulbFun, purplebargeken, johngarty and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilA Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Result. I need to refine the cleaning and copper plating process, but I think that's altogether pretty good for a homebrew contraption. Phil Exiled_Tat_Gatherer, cort1977, tooSavvy and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Alchemy! Lacquer Peel and PhilA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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