Comfortably Numb Archive

Posts for Mehefin, 2023

Charlie's Echo: Wrong Wiggles!   20 Mehefin 2023

Wiper arms and blades came in, and a few things have been learnt. 1. I very definitely got the geometry of my new spindles wrong. Barely 45° of sweep! Not too bad to fix, just means redrilling a hole; and now that I've put the arms and blades on, I know what my clearances are, so I know how much to change it. 85° should do it, with the 13" blades.

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Charlie's Echo: Hole Resizing   18 Mehefin 2023

Tiny little morsel of an update (mostly from late May) Welding up the surplus holes in the dashboard continues. Including slightly shrinking the size of one of the ones I'm going to keep, because it's just a bit too baggy for the warning light I want to put in it.

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Charlie's Echo: More Wiggling   15 Mehefin 2023

Remember these things? They go here: And with a bit of jiggery-pokery, the linkage attaches like so.

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Posts for Mai, 2023

More truck updates!   15 Mai 2023

Well, then. Let's get caught up, shall we? Are you sitting comfortably? No? That's fine, neither am I. My knees and hips are killing me... half-tempted to drill and tap them for grease-nipples. ... I finally decided on a colour for the cab interior, though: BS381C 626

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Posts for Mawrth, 2023

Charlie's Echo - Wiring and Grinding   26 Mawrth 2023

Right. Bus-bars. Dimensions for same:

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Charlie's Echo - Brush Waggling, Etc.   19 Mawrth 2023

Since last time! ### I discovered an annoying bit of corrosion on the radiator Thankfully, this shouldn't cause any leaks, it's just a structural concern, but I'm confident I can fix it. Radiator is currently sitting

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Posts for Chwefror, 2023

Charlie's Echo - Weldathon Continues   18 Chwefror 2023

A fit of productivity was brought on by painkillers, resulting in: That's right. I've finished welding the passenger's side door-step! ...Well, the top face of it, anyway. Underneath still needs trimming and whatnot, and the floor isn't totally complete yet. (And then I've still got loads to do elsewhere, and...)

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Posts for Ionawr, 2023

Charlie's Echo - Lighter Notes   22 Ionawr 2023

I haven't quite been able to put them all where I want them, but it's a start. I wanted the next one between the lockers, but there's not enough room to get it in there. And definitely not enough room to put it in there

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