Dolly The Autosleeper
- Thread starter paulcloke
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cool, will take a look at that then. quite please to see a solid looking inner peak. although the outer need repairing. and im pretty sure i can get a very similar mirror glass cheap to replace the nackered one
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ah k, i left the wires attached lol. i have been looking at the wiring diagram and noticed something. there are several earth wires that were all attached to the back of my temp guage, but on the diagram they look like they are meant to be on the fuel guage? diagram is so confusing lol
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tried an old trick today... peanut butter
, folowed by polish.
look at the differance a bit of peanut butter can make:I
finished the dash off with a quick polish and this is the end product.
from this
[V]
to this
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also checked my fuel guage, stuck a live on one terminal and an earth on the other and up she went so i have now prepped and painted that and it is drying
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, folowed by polish.look at the differance a bit of peanut butter can make:I
finished the dash off with a quick polish and this is the end product.
from this
to this
also checked my fuel guage, stuck a live on one terminal and an earth on the other and up she went
so i have now prepped and painted that and it is drying
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its an old trick mate, just rub itinto the plastic, leave for 10 mins then buff off and polish. its not perfect but it certainly works m8 lol. wouldnt lick it if i was you lol, tastes like polish now lol. i have been painting various bits up today. mirror clamp is now done, fuel guage is drying. revers switch bracket and timed wiper bracket are done, evan sanded down the screw heads and painted them, should look a lot better and cleaner when its all back in place
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The dash looks really good, will give that idea a test here too, thanks for mentioning it.
stripped out the rest of the clocks today as well as all the metal brackets and mounts behind. all been rubbed down and had there first coat of paint. just waiting for it to dry so i can do the next coat why i am waiting i thought i would try to clean up the vacuum guage surround
before
after. didnt turn out perfect so will probably be re-done once i finalise on the colour
and all the brackets ect before the rub down
hopefully they will be dry soon so i can do another coat. the fuel guage has turned out well so im doing them all the same way. except the speedo. unfortunately this means the speedo will not be a perfect match. but to be honest it is in such good condition it seem'd a bad idea to attack it with sandpaper
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why i am waiting i thought i would try to clean up the vacuum guage surroundbefore
after. didnt turn out perfect so will probably be re-done once i finalise on the colour
and all the brackets ect before the rub down
hopefully they will be dry soon so i can do another coat. the fuel guage has turned out well so im doing them all the same way. except the speedo. unfortunately this means the speedo will not be a perfect match. but to be honest it is in such good condition it seem'd a bad idea to attack it with sandpaper
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lol, yh, the silver was gone so thought i would try it. turned out well but my moddeling knife went dull so the edge on the round section is a bit iffy. will be rectafied soon as i get a new knife lol. was thinking about moving the guage into the wood next to the dash but it would leave holes in the dash where the bracket was. im now considering putting the temp guage in there on top of the dash and the vac guage in the dash
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