ajg193 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Were they originally black or are they just covered in a thick layer of grime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 Agreed. Why all black wires?. Suck. Btw- where are planning on biking? Mega jealous as I just cycling in the Alps etc. dunno why all black, may be a discount on a 1000meter roll of cable, bugger if i know, by biking, i mean motorbikes, so from scotland down to romania and the black sea and back up, hopefully hit holland, belgium, france, switzerland, italy, slovenia, croatia, bosnia, serbia, romania, hungary, austria, germany for the beer fest, czech republic, back in to germany and holland and back to the uk, we'll probably get to litchenstein and luxembourg just to tick them off the list, the main objective is to go to as many mountian roads in as many countries as possible, have a swim in the black sea, drink loads of cheap beer, eat goulash, and hopefully have no crashes or breakdowns any way photo for thread, the 2 cabs sitting back to back while i change everything over, im aiming for most of the inside to be changed over by this time next week, all things equal, famous last words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 The new cab looks so happy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hmmmnz Posted July 15, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2014 ok, been a few days, disconected all the wiring and what not then removed the desk from the cab and of all its wiring, today all the pipe work was removed, she is now an empty shell, ready for some one to win the tender to repair the fibreglass front, (best tender so far is £25k ) have prepped most of the new cab ready for the desk, most of the airlines are in, but need to lift the cab in the air to cut out 2 x 200mm holes on the underside for the air con stuff (as if they need air-con in scotland) had to mod the floor and shit, but she is coming along, still hoping to get the desk back in by friday, but we'll see, kind of waiting on other shit to happen first, no one seems to be in a hurry, i need some earth points welded to the new floor, but the fuckers don't even have some one who can weld ali on site, so it has to be sent out to an engineering firm !!! ffs, useless no floor=no desk= no work to do but i drew a picture of a penis behind the light switch for future generations to find so yeah, might grafitti a random kiwi somewhere as well 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 well the last few days have been a big waste of fucken time, i need the earth lugs welded on before i can chuck the desk back into the new cab, but every fucker seems to be dragging their feet, in 3 days i have literally cut 2 holes out of the floor for the aircon, and pulled out the window frames, paid for 28 hours worked 2, yeah no wonder shit in the uk is going to the dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Grab the welder and get to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 the only thing i can do with a welder is create holes round bits need to be made to weld to the floor, but none of it is rocket science, i just don't have the bits available to me, or good enough skills with a welder to attempt it myself, should really get myself on a course at some stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillway Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 course.. pfft just practice its like a gluegun stick everything together 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 right been a few days, managed to get the floor in, and the earths done, got the vents for the air con done and cut out underneath, then got some of the pipe work in before the desk went back in, fotos bitches cab lifted to cut the vent holes underneath floor and some of the vent stuff in what!! desk back in all the wiring run back and up the wall ready to go back to the motor room junction box so yeah, not doing to badly, bad news is that some one scribbled out my penis picture but i do have a kiwi pic that has survived 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Unless there's a shortage of markers you should def draw another penis 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted August 9, 2014 Author Share Posted August 9, 2014 well its been a while, a whole load of hurry up and wait has been happening, i could have had the cab on well over a week ago, but they couldnt get the power car in the shed because other power cars were being worked on, then when there was a free space, they discovered that there was rust that needed to be repaired, which fucked me off immensely as it had been sitting there for 3 weeks, then they wanted to get photos for a fucken rail magazine, which was ridiculous as they had people who haven't even come near the cab pretending they were fixing something for a photo so its been a very slack week or 2, with lots of lunch time finishes (paid for a full shift so shouldnt really complain) any way cabs on so now i can do some wiring and get this piece running again the team, me with the ginger beard on the left, the faceless apprentice in the middle, and john the english fitter on the right, cab being lifted cab almost in place, with the apprentice and fitter inside trying to get the bolts done up so thats it, we got all the mounting bolts underneath and inside all lined up and torqued to a spec that we made up on the spot, i think it was tight with a wee nip more, quite precise us earth bond done up and thats it, now its a few days of connecting the wiring to the junction box in the engine room, (very tiny space for a 110kg 6'4" kiwi to be jamming himself for a couple of days) then run all the non original wiring from the engine room back into the cab, and then the desk cover and the actual guages and what not can be fitted, my money is on they wont have the desk repaired, but i have 3 weeks before i go on my euro motorbike trip, so they best be pulling finger if they want this fucken train done 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hmmmnz Posted April 27, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 27, 2017 Well sorry guys. I never did update this thread, Needless to say it all went swimmingly And I managed to get it all wired back up. I never got to see it start up, as I had to go on my bike trip, and they had to do a service on the motor, Bike trip was epic, way more epic than fixing a train. But fucked train paid for the trip so yey for fucked trains Apparently it started first try with no wiring faults. So pretty happy about that. Especially since I was a month under best estimate and 4 months ahead of what they expected. It's back in for a service (I got a permanent job out of the cab replacement, and doing a bit of servicing and fault finding to the coaches) So work for them full time now. Any way. Here's some pics Yeah so that's it, It's also taken out some other retard who jumped in front of it, but they went under the murder train so no real damage. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I kept wondering what happened with this every so often. Glad you updated it finally! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Ditto, ^ Also Murder Train - I've got a feeling I know what you mean but more explanation please? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmmmnz Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 well its a train that has killed a couple of people, once you'd be forgivien for thinking it was an accedent . but twice.. well a pattern is starting to emerge, 308 is thomas's murderous cousin high on diesel and mere human souls was that along the line of what you were thinking? or something else ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Pretty much. But I thought maybe it might be in the higher single or low double digit numbers of deaths. LOL/not LOL 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locost_bryan Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flauski Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Oosh, cool job. looks like the same train as my Hornby my G-pops gave to me for being born in 1981 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 It's exactly what the above is, the Intercity 125. Fastest diesel train in the world @ ~145mph (125mph design speed - hence the IC 125 designation) Myself I'm all about the Deltic's.... geoooogh *foam* (and the Pendolino's are pretty sweet too *schwing*) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpochNZ Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 NNNEEERRRRDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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