Dolly The Autosleeper

[paulcloke]

before

and after first coat of primer

a few patches went smooth because of the cold[V] but that will be taken care of today, loads of sun its not perfect but so much better [^]

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[Dodgemark]

looks lots better mate[^] if i was you i would keep the painted one as the chrome ones seem to pitt and rust quickly it did on tigger when i had it anyway:I so went back to a painted one[8D] best put a piece of mesh behind it when you refit it to stop the debris getting in

 

[paulcloke]

yh, i was going to try rubbing down the old mesh and seeing what it came up like, but it may be alot easir to just buy new lol. the intake dont look to bad, i cant get hold of my uncles drill to get it out so im debating trying to carefully grind the heads off the screws

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[Dodgemark]

would be easier and neater to drill them out mate

 

[BigMonkeyMan]

I did that job a year or so ago. I think I took a grinder to the heads of the screws in the end as it was much much easier to get the whole thing off and sort it out on the bench. I had to make up some new captive nuts, but it was pretty easy to weld some stainless nuts on the inside of the flange before it all went back together.

I got a chrome grille from Martin when I did mine and it's still looking good.

Rupert

"Not tonight love - I'm varnishing me roofrack"
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[Dodgemark]

i must of had a friday afternoon made chrome grille then:I mine was rusting in next to no time and that was off mr m

 

[paulcloke]

lol, well i got time to decide yet, guess what it did the min i went out? thats right, rain. didnt let it stop me though, i had a good play inside, pics coming shortly

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[paulcloke]

looking good in here

dash is out, what a job that is lol

took out some nasty sun visors and mirror

needs a new mirror glass lol

look at the state of the wiring lol

and last is a pic of the rotten intake, still in there[!]

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[Dodgemark]

hope you know how to put it all back together[}][?]

 

[paulcloke]

so do i lol, should be fine, everything is still wired up so should be ok. had a bit of a tragedy with my sun visors lol and painted up a few little bits to make them look better. dash has come up better but i need to shine it up a bit lol

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[Dodgemark]

that will be the original colour up by the wiper motor which is defo oasis green mate

 

[paulcloke]

thats what i figured, the outer peak has been botched up a bit at some point but the paint underneath is a darker green. not sure if it was just a botched bit of paintwork or maybe dolly was 2 tone?

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[Dodgemark]

what sort of condition was your heater in mate when you took it out[?]

 

[paulcloke]

OOPS fell apart as i was cleaning them, but i have plans

intermittant wiper switch and mirror brackets before

and hey presto

still need a bit of work but much better

and finally a clean dash was so hard trying to scrub the hell out of it without losing the big white warning sticker

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[paulcloke]

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[paulcloke]

the matrix and blower are in good shape, its just the intake that is rotten. otherwise all good and working. found a small black earth that was not connected so took care of that. still cant get the fuel guage to work, how is best to test it?

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[paulcloke]

there you go mark, pic of the heater

found this stuck up above the mirror as well today. about 2" wide and magnetic

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[Dodgemark]

you probably have not got enough fuel in it:I to check needle is working take a live off one of the other guages and touch the back of the fuel guage and the needle should move right across you can have hours of fun

 

[Enigma]

nice to see some hard work in progress Paul[8D]

''COMMER'EnSayThat''

 

[Dodgemark]

heater looks in reasonable condition mate better than the one in mine