chris r

Been for a quick spin around the block and there are satisfying burning smells going on. Yet to tell if there is any cabin difference. It'd be inderesting to see the temperature difference (if any) with the wrap. Its still to hot to touch - well I can get my hand closer with the wrap compared to the bare steel

I chipped all the cracked sealant out of the gutter/drip rail then slapped some beige hamemrite on it. it looks less bad now. Finished off the sound deadening on the passengers side. I thought I've have a hoon at wrapping the exhaust. Turned out pretty good, I'll go for a drive tomorrow and see if its cooler inside

Just get OEM replacements? I believe you can get arms from ripco etc

our dollar is bad at the moment for buying stuff. Does anyone have recommendations for underbody heat shielding etc? The cab is (and always has) got bloody hot after driving. I there is a difference with the sound deadening i have put in but not quite enough. Will getting wrapping the exhaust where it goes under the cab make a difference?

Yes It'll display everything but wont count up I am wondering if I ave got a bad cmos chip or I have a bad solder joint. Will be having a quick look over with with a friend tonight and will report back

Do you lot think I'm made of blardy money Chain or nuthin

Mine too funnily enough. I'l like a fleet side apache one day too. AS you can see in the pics the steering wheel is pretty cracked. I thought maybe I could get a clear epoxy or something to fill in the cracks and still look cool/broken. Does anyone have suggestions on a suitable product? I've had a look at some on the tard but they want molds and i'm not skilled/patient enough for that

Drivers side is nearly done with the sound deadening. I'll clean up the rust spots and paint them then finish it off. MY genuine Mexican Mexican blankets arrived today, Will get the mrs to sew them into a cover as the vinyl is cracked and held together by duct tape

Fucking thing! Everyting is connected up and It'll count seconds but it wont set minutes or hours I have checked, re checked and re re checked ic locations and solder joints and everything looks ok. The voltage doubler for the dekatron counter is shit too. The switching transistors don't and just draw heaps of current

Not yet. I've spent a whole three dollars on a couple of 10w led cobs and drivers from ali so it'll be a few weeks. Wou wont see a blardy thing if it works

I have start to sound deaden/heat shield the firewall and floor. While doing the engine bay side I bumped on the booster vacuum hose and it snapped off. I tried to fish the snapped piece out but it fell into the booster. Hopefully It doesn't fuck it. Luckily the valve on the hq wagon was the same so I stole it and its working again. The carpet was rank so It got ripped out and I've started doing the floor. Got distracted and put some led strip in the interior light so that works now too. There are a couple of rust spots starting where the screen leaks and the water has been sitting under the carpet

The exhaust started leaking again, the nuts holding the flange onto the manifold have disappeared. The tip is on and it (was before the nuts fell off) way less drony compared to the pipe finishing under the tray Starter is all fuxed now and at exactly the amount I wanted to spend. I pulled it out and stuck it in the vice. First think I saw was a missing screw in the solenoid cap. I pulled the end cap off as I suspected the brushes were gone due to the oil leaks but they were good. Pulled the solenoid out and apart and the problem was obvious the contact had arced out. I spun it 180 and its good as new. It was interesting that there was no oil or grease in any of the moving parts of the starter. I took out the coil connection of the starter as its not needed with the HEI dizzy. I ran a new wire with a bullet terminal as its difficult to get the wire on and tight in the car.

Correction not a gear reduction but a new style starter.

Its got a replacement gear reduction on it at the moment. The lack of heatshield and oil leaks will not be helping it at all

The exhaust tip/piping is sorted thanks to Jason. He also Adjusted up the drums as I am useless/cant. I suspect the starter has finally died on, It never likes hot starting and now it wont at all. I'll test all the wiring tomorrow then rip it out and see whats toast

The display works well with the power supply on the clock board I've taken a vid of it when I'm earthing out each cathode individually. The zero is on constantly because there is a missing resistor. Looks slightly better in HD https://www.facebook.com/chris.read.1232/videos/711316032336925/?pnref=story

I finished off the display cabling today and started on the dekatron base/wiring.

I dont own a smart phone, Will steal the mrs one when she gets home. Finally finished soldering up the minutes and seconds ends of the cables onto the board. I used the ribbon cable in place of the driver Ic so it can be plugged into the clock board

Populated the clock board

I got a bit side tracked with the display and am pulling it apart so I can use it as the clock display. Can anyone read russian data sheets? I know the k155nd1 are the nixie display IC's It looks like the k155NE2 are some sort of decoder? De soldered all the driver ICs

I was rummaging around dads shed and found some old nixie tubes he had found when he was my age. I thought i'd like to make a clock so found a kit, got side tracked and ordered more nixi stuff. The kit arrived just before Christmas so I have been working on it when I'm motivated enough. When I was trying to find info on the hitachi nixies of dads (still can't) I found this site http://www.gstube.com/ and they had a interesting looking display so I ordered it, It arrived today finally. circuit board and stuff Dads tiny hitachi nixies The russian display and dekatraon

Saw this at kumeu today and It looks fantastic! Bloody good work!

Its been nearly 6 months and all I have done in this is burn oil, gas and get a wof. Who is good with drum brakes? This has shitloads of pedal travel before some slowing happens. I adjusted them a while ago but can't have a look at them myself at the moment as I have injured wrists. (Yes both of them) Solo sex injury gone very wrong. Edit for more info This has drums all round, Looks like the master cylinder has been replaced at some point. Ultimately I'll be getting drop spindles or at the very least disc spindles for this

It does sound like a earth problem, so yes double check your earths

Will be a bit late tonight