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29-03-15, 10:42
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I also had to remake the foot rest and the centre plate support as the photo shows they were 95% gone. I do have another carrier to copy from!
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29-03-15, 10:48
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My L/H engine support plate is also nearly gone but I had a piece of another one so I am reconstructing the rest of it. It is also quite pitted on the top so I'll fix that too.
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29-03-15, 10:52
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Some of the pitting went over half way so I welded, ground, welded, ground, welded and ground until I got a reasonable flat surface. I'll finish that part tomorrow!
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31-03-15, 08:34
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I have finished the Engine/Radiator plate and cut out all the old one or what was left of it.
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31-03-15, 08:40
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All welded in and a lick of paint including the front floor area. I also decided to remove the old exhaust protectors and replicate them also.
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31-03-15, 08:45
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The carrier has also been turned up side down which makes the exhaust, diff and wheel stations much easier to fit. I made 2 new muffler heat shields and welded them into place so it's all ready for the exhaust to be fitted.
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01-04-15, 09:33
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I did some hunting today to find some mufflers with the round ends and drew a blank everywhere I went so I thought I would have a try at making some.
I found some 40mm thick plate and welded a locating piece of steel in the centre and used for the chuck to hold on to. I machined it to the shape I wanted and that is my top part of the press tool. the bottom part was obviously a female part. I just roughly put them in the press with some 1.2 steel that I cut in a bit of a circle and to my surprise  it actually did a neat compound pressing and to the size I need so now I can go ahead and make the mufflers. Happy Chappy
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