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tomwillans

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  1. Well I will let you know how it goes. There comes a point when you just have to make a decision and learn from experience. I have gone for the triple ( after discussion with my wife) to speed things up and have used the single briefly at Crick. The angle grinder and scraper is not cutting the mustard to get the quality of finish I have learnt I want. Yes it is not cheap but nor is hiring or having the work done professionally. It is the old price v time v quality. I take on board advice about being gentle and do not use in corners, edges etc. I am also grabbing the time slots when the dew point difference/humidity is suitable to enable blacking shortly after getting back to bare metal; not easy this time of year. You have all been a great help. Thanks.
  2. Thanks everyone. I have decided to see how it goes with a rotating blaster and let you know how I get on.
  3. I nearly got one of the rotating blaster at crick. How well do they last, was it the double you used? They seem to claim a lot. I was worried about the effect on the drill.
  4. Thanks for all your advice. Needle gun is out. A few bits to check out. If I have to I will make her sound and live with a moonscape, but I want her to look nice. Noticed some holes breaking though in the superstructure paintwork and rust is beginning to show through on the roof which may be a priority. Painted for sale? The T scraper worked really well where the bitumen was very thin or very loose but this stuff is failing under a thick smooth top layer (it is flexing). I will let you know how I get on. btw agree with PTE equipment I have a full face visor and have to keep cleaning it down due to the bits. Briefly forgot to put on my ear defenders - ouch! luckily no permanent damage, according to the docs, but was inflamation in the ear canal and a period of tinnitus.
  5. Thanks for replying so quickly. I had not thought about a hot air gun. I am a bit worried about the insulation on the inside but will look into it. Thanks.
  6. I am having difficulty removing the the old blacking above the waterline. Above the water line there is a lot of old blacking which is coming off in many places in the lower layers even after the surface flakes are removed. Using the angle grinder with a wire brush seems to take it back in the most frail areas but it is starting to look like a moonscape with the poorest areas going back to the steel and the better areas stubbornly staying on and getting more polished than removed. Is there a better way? I am considering a needle gun. Thanks. Tom
  7. Well I have checked the wiring and earthed the sender in order to max out the gauge. No response so I have ordered a new gauge. In the process I found some extra loose connections hanging on by a thread do fixed that. I will let you know how I get on. Next job the engine compartment etc....
  8. I measured it using a voltmeter between common and sender. I will recheck it. Sounds like a useful check that the gauge can go to maximum. Thanks.
  9. Ok. Thanks sea dog. Pretty sure the connections are ok but I assumed if the voltages measured were ok then the wiring was ok. Bit of an undocumented birds nest behind the control panel which I aim toi document for my own sanity.
  10. My temp gauge that was working fine is now reading zero all the time. I have checked the voltages 12V supply ok and sender 6-7V. The sender voltage gradually increases as the engine warms up. This therefore looks like the gauge. A fellow club memeber has offered to bring in another temp gauge for testing. Is it possible to test/fix a gauge or is the simplest thing to go out and buy a new gauge? Thanks
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