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Total from 2024
1837 hr
A brand new year and the list has no end insight and
will most likely expand once items are being worked on. No point of
listing anything in particular just looking at what still needs to be
done makes the list that much bigger.
One of the huge items for this year will be to acquire some sort of
power plant and have it fitted in and running and finish any chassis in
the rear
Feb 10 3hr
A month into the tear and spring coming fast need to make some progress
on anything that can be done in the house. One of those things are the
head light buckets.
Going back on the previously made cones for the projectors and as they
are much too long started making up a shorter ones just so that the lens
will fit and but against the mounting flange. First prototype ended up
way too big, had so much empty space that could not possibly make up any
mount stand offs. After making some adjustments came up with comparable
cone that will fit the projector snugly yet still have enough clearance
for air movement and mounts could easily be placed.
Having a sample, it was taken apart and a second similar cone was made
for opposite side.
Next came the larger high beam projector cone. Identically the cone was
shrunk in size and 2 where made
Feb 12 3hr
Continuing on the projector cones. They where taped up on the outside so
that they can be later more easily pulled from the plug and also give a
smoother finish as the tape will be able to separate from the plug much
easier then the bare cardboard once it had been fitted inthe headlight
and back filled to make up the cavities.
Also added ridges to center locate in the openings. This will center
locate them all in proper locations and help in alignment of the beam
during the projector installation.
Feb 23 1hr
Cut out frames to fit on the outside in order to hold the forms square.
and filled in with plaster. The hope is that the filled in cavity for
the projector will hold shape when fitting into the main housing
Mar 15 1.5hr
its been some time and its much over due overwork on the head light so
with that marked down the projector molds with markers in hopes that the
ink will transfer onto the headlight it self so that could get some sort
of guage on how to roughly judge the packets. As to the projector molds,
they are not perfect and have some waviness around the openends as the
frames where about 15mm down but as they where still somewhat too tall
they will be cut down and thinking that the projectors should be sunk
down further in giving some clearance in the wheelwell additionally not
look better from front not being sunk into the housing.
Had the LED housings trimmed out so that the projector molds would slide
in freely and had some space around them. Mixed "soft" filler and set
all 4 plugs into the housing. As a note. as much as the housings where
made setting those fillers in showed how much of difference was between
left and right
Mar 16 1hr
Short morning visit to check up on the headlight buckets. Not cured but
perfect condition to pull out the projector forms. Maybe cause it did
not cured enough or perhaps the forms should had thinner filling never
the less pulled all of them out but made some mess and its a good
starting point to finally get them symmetrical and finished. Left side
bottom part cracked and started to separate but it was like that for
some time. Will have to try the glue trick and see if it can be
salvaged. Right had some damage as well on top of the ring.
Any way its good start and hopefully will be ready for molds on few
weeks. Now will have to wait few days for everything to dry properly and
see what can be done next
Apr 29 1.5hr
it had been some time and its much overdue. So with the LED headlights
buckets kind of altered but with issues. headed out and started some
filling in of voids and fixing anything that cracked off or was broken
off when the projector locations where damaged.
Also decided to start making mold of over head center light housing
thats in the windshield upper trim. Not exactly finalized but it will
hold general cabin light and small USB power supply for things like dash
cam. Time will tell
Apr 30 0.5hr
Too gung ho, but tried pulling out the center light plug out and it
split in half. It looked like when making the lining, too much glue from
the tape was stuck to the actual panel and did not wanted to release
when pulled on the filler.
So cleaned up the cavity and lined up again and made the bit more
spacing and using less tape filled in the cavity once again. Added some
wood screws as reinforecement to prevent spliting again.
May 1 0hr
Perhaps it was the combination of lining and screws, the plug pulled out
in one piece.
Will need to wait couple of days for it to properly cure and try shaping
it.
May 4 2hr
courtesy light plug still somewhat wet but decided to have it trimmed
and shaped, not quite sure on final shape though need to make some sort
of dimensionally proportional left to right. Unfortunately cracked one
corner, not big deal as needed to be filled in on other side. Prepped
windshield trim and had the plug filled in and bonded.
Also cleaned up head light buckets and skimmed
May 17 2.5
made a floor template and contoured over head light backet. filled in
voids and build up thickness.
Total
1853.
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