1995 Master Mk1 T35D - RACETRANSPORTER - RRG Gathering video

[commycouper]

This has come such a long way in such a short space of time. So a massive pat on the back for that a lone. The result is nice.....very nice 👌.
Those 80s style decals are very similar to what I have in mind for my truck. Still....that's the least of my worries at the moment.....I can't even decide what colour its going 🤔🤔
Anyway....top work! The design and execution of it all is fantastic. It's one awesome car transporter!

[Darkspeed]

Sept 1, 2021 16:25:38 GMT glenanderson said:

You should really have cleaned it back to bare metal where the cone part of the nut bears on the wheel before you fitted them. Not only does it stop it grabbing the paint like that, it prevents the wheels working loose as the paint between the nuts and the wheel gets broken down by the clamping pressure and the heating/cooling from the brakes. You need to check them for tightness ASAP, and ideally, take them off and get the paint off.

100% - Clamping surfaces of wheels - just metal to metal - front and back. Clean the conical seats and any contact surface on the rear of the wheel back to clean metal. a Smear of anti seize will hold off corrosion.

[greencarfritz]

Sept 1, 2021 16:25:38 GMT glenanderson said:

Shame about the paint on the wheels. You should really have cleaned it back to bare metal where the cone part of the nut bears on the wheel before you fitted them. Not only does it stop it grabbing the paint like that, it prevents the wheels working loose as the paint between the nuts and the wheel gets broken down by the clamping pressure and the heating/cooling from the brakes. You need to check them for tightness ASAP, and ideally, take them off and get the paint off.

Yep, this is the plan when I am back home next on all of them.  

Got a good idea of how to bare metal just that section around the nut and not risk the rest of the paint around it??

[greencarfritz]

Sept 2, 2021 7:30:53 GMT Darkspeed said:

Sept 1, 2021 16:25:38 GMT glenanderson said:

You should really have cleaned it back to bare metal where the cone part of the nut bears on the wheel before you fitted them. Not only does it stop it grabbing the paint like that, it prevents the wheels working loose as the paint between the nuts and the wheel gets broken down by the clamping pressure and the heating/cooling from the brakes. You need to check them for tightness ASAP, and ideally, take them off and get the paint off.

100% - Clamping surfaces of wheels - just metal to metal - front and back. Clean the conical seats and any contact surface on the rear of the wheel back to clean metal. a Smear of anti seize will hold off corrosion.

Great, thanks for the input.. do you have a suggestion of what tool piece i can use to do this without risking any more of the paint around where I am doing it??  

Great idea with the anti seize.

[greencarfritz]

Sept 1, 2021 20:27:42 GMT commycouper said:

This has come such a long way in such a short space of time. So a massive pat on the back for that a lone. The result is nice.....very nice 👌.
Those 80s style decals are very similar to what I have in mind for my truck. Still....that's the least of my worries at the moment.....I can't even decide what colour its going 🤔🤔
Anyway....top work! The design and execution of it all is fantastic. It's one awesome car transporter!

It was almost three weeks worth of 10 - 14 hour days.

Great, use it as inspiration to keep going!

Thank you

[norm75]

How big are the holes that need cleaning up?
Maybe get a large masonry drill bit (i.e bigger than the hole) in a drill and slowly turn it so it cleans the surface up without biting into the metal.

[wildy]

Sept 1, 2021 16:25:38 GMT glenanderson said:

Shame about the paint on the wheels. You should really have cleaned it back to bare metal where the cone part of the nut bears on the wheel before you fitted them. Not only does it stop it grabbing the paint like that, it prevents the wheels working loose as the paint between the nuts and the wheel gets broken down by the clamping pressure and the heating/cooling from the brakes. You need to check them for tightness ASAP, and ideally, take them off and get the paint off.

THIS ^^^^

[Darkspeed]

Sept 4, 2021 14:03:20 GMT greencarfritz said:

do you have a suggestion of what tool piece i can use to do this without risking any more of the paint around where I am doing it??  

Great idea with the anti seize.

It would be a fairly large counterbore to do that and would need to match the seat angle - I would be inclined to see what a sharp blade in a Stanley knife would do cutting the paint as it looks very plastic. Or as suggested grind up a suitable drill bit to suit the angle and use it hand held to "deburr" the paint from the steel.

[glenanderson]

I’d use an old screwdriver, ground to match the shape of the wheelnut, to carefully carve the paint out.

I’d definitely do it by hand with some sort of scraper, not a machine tool or anything that would likely damage the seat. 

Mind you, it’s easier to not put paint there in the first place. 🤣

[redfirecracker]

Sept 4, 2021 14:03:20 GMT greencarfritz said:

Great, thanks for the input.. do you have a suggestion of what tool piece i can use to do this without risking any more of the paint around where I am doing it??  

Great idea with the anti seize.

Get an old wheel nut/bolt and cut some slots into the seating face, as per Pinderwagen:

pinderwagen.com/build-topics/wheels/new-alloy-wheel-bolt-hole-cleaning/

[metalshapes]

Sept 4, 2021 18:09:26 GMT redfirecracker said:

Sept 4, 2021 14:03:20 GMT greencarfritz said:

Great, thanks for the input.. do you have a suggestion of what tool piece i can use to do this without risking any more of the paint around where I am doing it??  

Great idea with the anti seize.

Get an old wheel nut/bolt and cut some slots into the seating face, as per Pinderwagen:

pinderwagen.com/build-topics/wheels/new-alloy-wheel-bolt-hole-cleaning/

That sounds like a great idea.

But it looks like the layer of paint is very thick and it wants to peel, so the edge is still vulnerable.

I think I'd try to cut the edges first with an Exacto knife.

And then clean the rest with the Pinder methode.

[maf260]

I'd run a scalpel around the edges first to ensure no further paint will come off, followed by gentle scraping by hand to remove the desired paint.

[norm75]

Sept 4, 2021 18:09:26 GMT redfirecracker said:

Sept 4, 2021 14:03:20 GMT greencarfritz said:

Great, thanks for the input.. do you have a suggestion of what tool piece i can use to do this without risking any more of the paint around where I am doing it??  

Great idea with the anti seize.

Get an old wheel nut/bolt and cut some slots into the seating face, as per Pinderwagen:

pinderwagen.com/build-topics/wheels/new-alloy-wheel-bolt-hole-cleaning/

thats a good idea. Would it not work if used with valve seat grinding paste instead of notching the bolt, may be less risk of damaging the face the nut sits in.

[redfirecracker]

Sept 6, 2021 12:18:08 GMT norm75 said:

thats a good idea. Would it not work if used with valve seat grinding paste instead of notching the bolt, may be less risk of damaging the face the nut sits in.

Depends how long you want to sit there, I guess

[dieselmax]

Really neat job on the transporter. I have to ask though: what is your connection with Friesland?

[jimi]

Sept 6, 2021 20:23:05 GMT dieselmax said:

Really neat job on the transporter. I have to ask though: what is your connection with Friesland?

Sept 1, 2021 13:49:48 GMT greencarfritz said:

Yes the Motherships side is landed Gentry where as the old mans were bakers in Friesland... which makes it my birth right to eat as many cakes as I like.

[guslopez]

Sept 1, 2021 13:49:48 GMT greencarfritz said:

Sept 1, 2021 8:05:14 GMT melle said:

Digging the FRL sticker on the back of the cab.

Yes the Motherships side is landed Gentry where as the old mans were bakers in Friesland... which makes it my birth right to eat as many cakes as I like.

Always fascinated me how many people of Dutch descent there were in Devon. The neighbours we had in Cully, before we moved her, were Dutch.

[melle]

Sept 9, 2021 19:27:50 GMT guslopez said:

Always fascinated me how many people of Dutch descent there were in Devon.

Not only in Devon, there's many of us and we're EVERYWHERE.

[misteralz]

True. No matter where the campsite, there'll be something there with yellow plates...

[greencarfritz]

Sept 9, 2021 20:39:22 GMT melle said:

Sept 9, 2021 19:27:50 GMT guslopez said:

Always fascinated me how many people of Dutch descent there were in Devon.

Not only in Devon, there's many of us and we're EVERYWHERE.

If you ain't Dutch, you ain't much... or so the saying goes.