Well a very happy day in more ways than one, but back to the job in hand
for my own reasons i have chosen this route to mount the cooler, there are many easier ways including altering the design of the cooler itself and with hindsight i would have made a couple of very minor changes, not for efficiency but for ease anyhows .
my aim was to have it so it slots in and is then secured by a token pair of screws,and is easily accessible if needed to be removed in the future also want to avoid ally/steel contact where possible and also cushion it to some extent so this is what ive done,
first heres grumpys mate
they need names really
I have made a pair of pedestals and these have been welded onto the new base plate, the part joining the two is to afford a location for the thinner seal to sit
like this
a bead of weld run along it
these hats neaten it and also the rear peak as in chav baseball cap
will be used to tack to the rear of the arch to give more rigidity
seam welded
i use mig wire as a fine rod, in this case 1mm, though for welding down to probably 22-24g then 0.6, but dont go there often
ther bracketry at the screwing down end (rear) i am using SS nuts brazed on, gives you a nice warm glow on a cold night
its one of the pleasures of gassing in winter
quenched and cool
i run a tap down everything as its just nice to have stuff that screws together as it should
this shows the front end of the cooler sat in the pedestals, there isnt much room here so either extend the arch fwd, dont like that idea of alter the fixing method which would be do-able but i choose this way
different view
screwed down, these are accessible when the rear lamp is removed,
this is the base plate prior to painting and cleaning up so its a bit raw
and
think me was getting bored
fitted up , all seems correct and it fits nice inside the rear 1/4, the two parts with the captive nuts are for the SS duct that i am making,
so thats it till monday, weld thru all drying and i will start assembling the whole side now
back to
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well i like it and it helps the welding
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