LP2a SAR restoration

[Phillip]

Snuck down to the shed this morning and tapped out the last few threads, phew, what tiresome job this has been, just when you think you've finished, you find another hole to re-tap, especially all those 0BA holes over the steering cam.

I am certainly a convert to welding nuts onto broken bolts to remove them. I've even found when they are flush you can weld on a washer and then weld on a nut to get them out. It's like magic.

Hopefully get the sandblaster to pick the hull this week.

[Dale Jordan]

That's a really tidy looking hull Phillip nice floor , Because your hot off the taps whats the thread size for the two horn button holes I can't find the correct thread and tap .

[Phillip]

Hi Dale,

Horn button screws - RH (round head) - 2BA x 1/2".

My horn has gremlins, it used to work, then it stopped, then I got it going again and now I just cannot get the thing to work .

[Phillip]

I've been on a course for a few weeks and whilst away, the sandblaster completed the hull and gave it an undercoat. Here it is being returned with Duke the wonder-dog supervising.

I need to make the heat shields behind the mufflers and can then get a top coat on before starting the re-assembly.

Still in denial over the bulk pile of suspension parts sitting on the floor and pondering what to do about the graphite cups.

[Phillip]

This week, dropped the cross tube, guards and air scoop into my new best friend, the local sandblaster and waiting for those to return.

Sanded back the primer this weekend and started applying the second primer coat. I've stuck to the grey primer as this was what was below the few areas of paint left on this hull. Despite some good initial progress it got too cold so only got half the job done with the aid of a heater.

Floor has come up well so looking forward to some warm weather and time to get the first coat of green on.

I also measured up a NOS leather cross tube seal and started making up the templates before I give these to the local saddle maker.

[Phillip]

One of the heat shields on this carrier was okay but the other was knackered, plus 70 years of rust behind both just could not be left here, so they were both removed prior to the visit to the sandblasters.

During the week I found some correct thickness cement fibre sheet (a lot more socially acceptable than asbestos sheeting, but not certain the heat resistance will be anywhere near as good!). These were cut to the correct size and then a visit to my tame sheet metal fabricator to bend up both heat shields using one of the originals as a pattern.

Today managed to get down the shed for an hour and so cut out the recesses to go around the muffler bolt pads. I find it strange that these are both the same and not a mirror image of each other. I could not find a reference in any on the manuals, but regardless, these are what came off the carrier, so they are what goes back on.

[Phillip]

After a slight technical hitch I'm finally able to post up some photos.

It's been a joy to go over to the shelf and pick up a restored part and then bolt it in. The sensation is going to be be short lived though as I still have a lot of parts to restore

The new heat shields were put back on, the one on the right was originally at an odd angle so I left this in the restoration.

Wiring has been installed, this was relatively straight forward to install progressively as the electrical conduit was installed.

Next step is to run the loom to the rear junction box and start installing the steering.