Bonzo's progress

[carlknight1982]

Another small thought, a couple of Nyloc nuts on the master cylinder retaining bolts might keep Mr IVA happy love the mod, im thinking of doing the same thing now myself.

[Bonzo]

The pedal box is very much a job still in progress, needing to sort out the clutch & throttle cable fittings.

Forgot to mention that the plate I made for that mod has 2 captive studs welded to the reverse side ( 8.8 set bolts )


I'll be using flat washers/nylocs throughout the build & loctite on anything captive

Now here's a little thing I personally like to do for peace of mind.

When it comes to final assembly, in particular, fixings.
Personally, I like to put a small dab of paint on any fixings that have just had it's final tighening.
I use Blue for anything that has been loctited & yellow for anything else

Silly I know but if it is done at the time of final tightening of each fixing it will give you a visual indication of any fixing that may of been overlooked

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

Now here's a little thing I personally like to do for peace of mind.

When it comes to final assembly, in particular, fixings.
Personally, I like to put a small dab of paint on any fixings that have just had it's final tighening.
I use Blue for anything that has been loctited & yellow for anything else

Silly I know but if it is done at the time of final tightening of each fixing it will give you a visual indication of any fixing that may of been overlooked

I think this is a great idea

Coupled with Nylocs, this attention to detail I,m sure would impress Mr IVA man,

Hope you don,t mind Ronnie, but think I,ll go & buy 2 little tins of model makers paint in blue & yellow

cheers
andy

[carlknight1982]

great Ideal, i never thoguht to use to colors ive always used tippex sounds good tho

[acra]

That's a great idea Bonzo, we use the same thing in the Aerospace world. The name escapes me, but it's something like proof paint or something similar, and we put a line of it across the nut, surface and bolt, to prove that not only has the fastening been tightened (to torque usually), but also that it has not moved in use (by vibrations etc).

Definitely a good thing for piece of mind!

[monsterob]

we use paint pens at work for marking off safety critical fixings and earth connections blue yellow white

edding paint markers

http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/edd..._Marker.html:D

[Locky]

in work i use touch up paint, can get it for pennies at car boot sales or find some in the car cupboard in the garage from past cars.

[Bonzo]

Originally Posted by acra

That's a great idea Bonzo, we use the same thing in the Aerospace world. The name escapes me, but it's something like proof paint or something similar, and we put a line of it across the nut, surface and bolt, to prove that not only has the fastening been tightened (to torque usually), but also that it has not moved in use (by vibrations etc).

Definitely a good thing for piece of mind!

Yes that is where the idea probably came from, it was something my father taught me.
He served for many years in the fleet air arm & moved into civil aviation prior to his retirement.

I can take no credit for the idea at all

Andy

Those small tins of model makers enammel will be great .... If you are feeling really brave, you could raid Sue's nail varnishes

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

Andy

Those small tins of model makers enammel will be great .... If you are feeling really brave, you could raid Sue's nail varnishes

I wouldn,t dare, she,d skin me alive

Plus, I don,t think her choice of colours would "look the part "

cheers
andy

[Wgroove]

Hi Ronnie,
you've got a PM !
Thanks,

Wim