Otter LRC CM4647296 comes home

[Jordan Baker]

Mig Wire in bulk, funny you should ask as i checked my spool yesterday to make sure there was still some in the machine. Thankfully there is still lots. I buy the largest spool that will fit in the machine.

Ill have to check but I believe they are 3/8 dome headed machine screws. I tried to save as many as I could but in the end most were rusted away too much along the neck to reuse. Ill order some new ones at some point.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Great work on saving as much of the original metal as possible

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Great work on saving as much of the original metal as possible

I am with Hanno.....well done on savind the original stuff!

[Jordan Baker]

Fender stowage bins under construction. Thanks to the sloped sides of the hull there was some interesting angles to work out. I still need to make the tops and the pins and lock hasps.

[Jordan Baker]

Starting the straightening process for one of the antenna mounts. This one had been twisted at some point during its life. Thankfully I’ve got a second one that is in great shape so I will be able to match them up. First up was cutting the welds and removing the top plate. The top plate was then hammered back into its proper shape. The rest will be for another day.

[maple_leaf_eh]

Jordan, when I look over your new fenders and bins, I am reminded how fragile our old HMVs really are. Sure they look impressive and capable of knocking down trees. But if they break, it is lots of hard work to fabricate or repair what is broken, and that doesn't include finding spare parts when they simply don't run.

[Jordan Baker]

Terry, Good points.

Managed to get the piece all straightened out. I ended up using the shop press to clamp the bent piece. Then clamped on a very large chuck of steel plate to it. This gave me the leverage to bend the piece back into shape and get rid of the twist that was in it.

Lastly the lids for the fender stowage bins are almost done. The pins that hold the lids in place were made up and welded in. These lids did not use any hinges. I just need to make up the lock hasps.

[Tim Bell]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

I am with Hanno.....well done on savind the original stuff!

Me too - absolutely prefer retaining original parts where possible.

Great job... look forward to the end product.

[Jordan Baker]

Today I got a few hours out in the shop and finished up the antenna bracket mounts. The one bracket had its mount ripped right off when it got badly twisted. I ended up making a new one as the steel had been stretched and torn. I used two magnets to initially hold the new piece in place. Once tacked I added a metal bar and clamped it all in place to fully weld it up. Once done everything was cleaned up with a flap disk.

[Jordan Baker]

Here is the new piece welded all in. I still need to clean up a bit of the weld on the outside.

I also had to add a piece that was broken off the other mount. A new piece of flat bar was cut along with the matching cutout and everything was welded in.

[Bob Carriere]

..... missed you at the OMVA flea MARKET......