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Re: Volvo C304 4x4 Build/Restoration

Postby mudsurfv6 » Mon Aug 08, 2016 5:52 pm

starting to come together now. will be awesome to see it in action, shame will only be on video. :)
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Postby geckoadventure » Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:23 am

13 August 2016

Saturday one day trip - Sunday I'm in the plane to Kong Kong for 2 weeks

I'm tired long hours I wake up late and step on it the 190K flies past and I arrive outside the workshop 8:57am same time as the owner pulls up.

They are repairing my tire wiring since the puppy chewed it all off.

I see they have finished the radiator inlet piping all nicely tucked away just the radiator outlet to finish.

I have today 2 doors to top coat. The repaired rear panel to strip and undercoat and top coat.

The service panels to apply top coat, The air filter and taillight brackets to paint oh and rubber seal parts to hunt down.

The heat shield will be welded up by the workshop during the week and mounted.
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I stripped the rear panel then it was time for the shopping before some of them close 1pm

I received instructions to a rubber shop. Bonus they had the seal for the rear cabin I bought enough for 2 Volvos. The second oh year I bought another Volvo last Saturday after the Kids charity day lol.
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Bolts (and RIVNUTS) collected and more undercoat from the paint shop back to the workshop 2.30pm

By 5pm the rear panel is stripped sanded and undercoated along with the rest of the bare metal parts.
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By 7pm the tail light bracket and the air filter are painted and the air filtter bolted down
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The service hatch doors dry and when they are dry enough I mount them on the truck to keep them safe. A small resand and final top coat need to fix a few little mistakes. Wow they look ace.
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9pm and I'm still clearing out parts and trying to clean up
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Taillights look ace also then I try to bolt them in. The RIVNUTS will not fit in the holes damn I got the wrong size. I don't bother to try and redrill the holes im too tired.
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Then I realise the issue. Oh no the rear panel some paint is lifting despite high pressure hosing and sanding the paint stripper has had revenge. Some of the doors need to be resanded and a few body filler marks fixed. The thunderstorm during painting has left huge amounts of water in the air tank some has come out on the doors also.

Packup the workshop and make a list. To fit the cabin all I need is the heat shield mounted and the radiator outlet completed and the last bend of the air intake done.

10pm Home time - hook the trailer and boat up and its time for home for that long 190k drive home. I stay awake all night prepare 1 car for a charity event for a kids home for a friend to drive and the ISUZU is prepared for the employee to collect and do running around to fix the 8 broken ATV's from our business, packing for HK. I finally fell asleep 5pm in the Hotel in Hong Kong on Sunday.

Progress sometimes is tiring lol.

And that Volvo it's in really bad shape. I know the resort it used to run on taking tourists and saw it being abused.
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Right rear cross member ripped off etc.
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Re: Volvo C304 4x4 Build/Restoration

Postby Cameron » Wed Aug 17, 2016 4:47 pm

awesome that you've got another!
what's the plans for the new one?

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Postby geckoadventure » Thu Aug 18, 2016 11:54 am

Cameron wrote:awesome that you've got another!
what's the plans for the new one?

This is the idea so far:
- rugged shopping trolley to go to expensive malls and jockey park it beside the farking porches ferraris's and Bentley's if you think i'm joking i'm not lol.
- Toss the rear tray - add steel round tube tray with alloy tray and slightly chopped.
- Full restore of cabin covered in a comp spec rollcage - think Dakar truck - Rahmat from Rahmat playhouse garage is already crying after seeing the pics
- 2 winches probably 8274's
- fix missing section of right rear chassis
- rear mounted radiator and intercooler etc
- air suspension and if I can get past road transport a-frame suspension
- 2 sets of doors one with windows chopped off other full doors (handbag days out with wife).
- fit race harness seats and belts
- engine possibly 15B-T and Toyota auto gearbox
and that will be it - one big fun offroad truck that I may use in comp to show because I CAN lol

Rollcage made in IPOH rest done in KL at a workshop (or rent half an engineering shop sill looking) by me and yet to be found
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Postby drive it ... » Thu Aug 18, 2016 12:28 pm

Bug....r me. I thought the first one was going to drive you to despair getting it complete and now you're on to another one :shock:

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Postby Smurf » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:28 pm

drive it ... wrote:Bug....r me. I thought the first one was going to drive you to despair getting it complete and now you're on to another one :shock:


My exact thoughts too, But I guess, second time around you will have it all sorted after the dramas of the first build.
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Postby wjw » Fri Aug 19, 2016 6:13 am

geckoadventure wrote:
Cameron wrote:awesome that you've got another!
what's the plans for the new one?

- Full restore of cabin covered in a comp spec rollcage - think Dakar truck - Rahmat from Rahmat playhouse garage is already crying after seeing the pics


first thought... I'll google pics... guess what... first two pics are yours :lol:

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Postby Cameron » Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:22 am

would love to see the new one with a 4bd1t isuzu engine :wink:

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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:13 pm

Smurf wrote:
drive it ... wrote:Bug....r me. I thought the first one was going to drive you to despair getting it complete and now you're on to another one :shock:


My exact thoughts too, But I guess, second time around you will have it all sorted after the dramas of the first build.
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I have all the workshops sorted out for their expertise. The body shop Rahmat Playhouse garage will take the chassis/cabin and restore the cab on the chassis. First thing to be done after the rear tray is tossed off. The it will be engine and gearbox and make it run and then the final will be the rollcage and rear tray.

Then it is up to me to put it all together.

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Postby geckoadventure » Sun Oct 23, 2016 1:17 am

4 September 2016

Yes it's a Sunday, Saturday was spent taking the long narrow boat to the boat factory 2 hours north of the workshop where the Volvo is, so hence 4 hours north of Kuala Lumpur (370k away) and along with the new tank and gauge for the boat I'm getting renovated/rebuilt read for the 1-9 October trip.

Unfortunately I arrive at the boat factory 15 minutes after it closes thanks to a truck accident which blocked the highway tunnel off for 60 minutes means I gotta come back Monday morning.

So I gotta crap load of work to do remove the fuel tank there is a pile of diesel on the floor again. is time it's drastic action required.
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Tank is removed and washed out an dried ready for Mondays fixup.
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Then I find the reason for stuff (food ) disappearing from the back of the truck the errant puppy can climb and walk on beams.
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Then we weld up the exhaust heat shield and is a bust it neds to be remade sob as it WARPS after the tacking welds.
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Then it's onto the roof I have the remainder of the 5 holes to weld up grind weld up grind.

Eventually its done but the bends in the roof from its life as a police riot squad truck are left.
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Tank I'm ready to create a new bung Monday.
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5 September 2016 - Monday

Early morning - 7am to be exact I'm back on the road 2 hours or more up to the boat factory drop the boat off and deliver the new fuel tank and see the transformation of the restored boat

Then it's a long haul back to IPOH coming
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Big delay on the way back due to this rolled truck sigh another hour lost.
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I cut the new bung out of 8mm alloy block and drill the hole and tap the thread and hand it over to be welded to the tank. When we shut the factory at 6pm it's tacked in.

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Postby geckoadventure » Sun Oct 23, 2016 1:18 am

10 September 2016 - Sunday

Work is on the rear panel final sand and preparation. I spend most of the day working on this.
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The new bung is in the tank and I re-mount the tank and put 72 litres of diesel in it. Bravo 8 hours later it's not leaking. It's finally fixed. Only the tank cover to go.
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11 September 2006 - Monday

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Postby geckoadventure » Sun Oct 23, 2016 1:19 am

16 September 2006 - Friday public holiday

Sunday morning hit the roof with body filler all the tape is where body filler small amounts have to go.
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By early evening I have the cabin top sanded and undercoated
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17 September 2006

Finally it's painted then I see the mistake the leak in the paint can has leaked onto the valance sigh
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Rest of the day is spent preparing a RHD steering asseembly for a guy in Melbourne which I salvaged from a wrecked Volvo.

Now for the long break next weekend is collect the boat a prepare it and my camping for my 1-9 October holiday of camping and fishing.

See you all in a few weeks.

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Postby geckoadventure » Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:19 am

29 October 2016

Extended Holiday over, workshop has reopened afer the owner was away for an operation, time to work on the Volvo. I have no idea what to do I make a list in the first hour.

1. Fit the intercooler and bolt it down
2. Fit the rear panel
3. Fit the rear tailight and bracket
4. Fit the fuel tank panel.
5. Flush the engine block

Oh no it's a public holiday nothing is open so cannot get anything from the part shops.

So first simple stuff

Fit the rear panel with finger tight stainless steel bolts
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Fit the bottom rear taillights and bracket with RIVUTS
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Pop the fuel tank cover onto a stand and put it in place
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By evening with a few mods I have it ready to bolt in
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And finally it's finished bolted in
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Postby geckoadventure » Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:23 am

30 October 2016

Remount the gas stuts they are all the wrong way round - oops

The cheap labour is working on the bolting in the intercooler and air cond condenser. Brackets are wire brushed and painted
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Meantime I work on the air tank and wire brush it and undercoat it

Then the owner turns up and we connect up the compressors and amp test them. Hmmmm 46 amps drawn from each. Not good on 100 amp wires so 2 new wires are laid 100 amps each direct to the batteries.
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Finally the intercooler is finished all I need is 1 new silicon hose and a few clamps
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Postby geckoadventure » Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:24 am

6 November 2016

Tow the boat up to the workshop the trailer needs surgery its flexing like mad the old boat weighed a mighty 70kg lol. This one is more like 700kg.


One day on the Volvo yesterday was attend a sultans birthday in KL so I worked on Volvo 2 instead.

Felt really sick so the owner and me work on the stuff underneath of the floor can be bolted in for final time.

We relayed the Winch cables into nice neat rows. Set batteries in new location and recrimped the ends and started on the T-Max winch cables. A new Cable holder was made (left bottom) and one more to be made.
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Then I decided HOME. I was getting worse not better

The trailer left in the workshop for surgery
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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Nov 18, 2016 12:18 pm

12 November 2016

First some pics of my boat holiday

A lone Elephant. My friends first time seeing a wild elephant he was stoked
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A remote camp site early in the morning
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Kayaking in the same cove
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Saturday

Depart KL 6.30am its a cold 26c im shivering lol just floor it and sit on 150k arrive IPOH 8am im time to have a nice breakfast.

Arrive workshop 9am and everyone (hey wait a minute) is present working on the Volvo wow 4 people working on it. Battery box being changed to accommodate the 4 batteries in a line. 2 150 AMp and 2 DEEP CYCLE 150 amps for the 12V. Wiring is getting plugs attached.

First job join the 2 parts of the cabin together. Find the bolts damn 4 3/8th bolts missing we search the

shop and find 0. Why does Volvo mix imperial and metric bolts on the same part? I go to the bolt shop and get what we need and get 2 thread types to be sure. 1 hour later return - DAMN! they don't fit. Brett finds 3 and we are missing one. Finally we apply the glue and the sealant and lower the top to the base. Bolt it down. Yahoo done.

Lunchtime workers go home and then we start on getting everything under the floor ready so we can bolt down the floor.

First the lockers I have the wrong solenoids from ARB. Crap down to the hydraulic shop for new ones. Since I have to be back in KL to give a 6pm charity event I go to the hydraulic sop then head forr home however 1 hour in the hydraulix shop leaves me frusrated 2 sets pleas come out with etc . 50 feet of soft hose comes back with 6mm joints fark!!!!!!!!. Homeward bound yes of course it raains heavily turning the road to a ice skating rink. Arrive at the presentation 5 mins late give the presentation and I get participants joining up. Now I have 10 kids from the home to teach how to kayak and paddle for 8+ hours per day for 8 days.

13 November 016

Sunday

Up early no im not 1am I take cough medicine and its the sleepy one by mistake. 7.31am wake up fark!!!!! Floor the car even harder poor little Isuzu doesn't see the slow side of 160k much, arrive IPOH 9.08am.

First job run through the mods to the boat trailer.

Reinforced no longer the massive flex it had. he general view was it would have folded in half or snapped soon if it was not noticed. Discussion on batteries and fridge and hammock racks conttinues.
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Then its onto the Volvo

I have the wrong solenoids after all that effort yesterday sigh!

Sweep up everything around the Volvo takes me an hour to cleanup.

Discussion on the 12V and wiring changes and the 12v battery management takes another hour by then its lunchtime.

So the afternoon is spent finishing the compressor take installation. Paint trim paint fit test fit fit ec. Then it's done just one little paint touch up to go later. It's not perfect but its practical and removeable.
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Battery boxes realigned and more cable brackets have been installed. The 12v electric cart battery's are huge.
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The 12v battery monitor is to be obtained next week
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The cabin joined. Now I need to paint it again.
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Since i'm at a cleanpoint I decide its home time I will go work on Volvo 2.

Next weeks tasks:
Lockers finish install
T-Max winch finish cables
Start clutch slave cylinder install
Finish PTO and 4x4 Vaccum and breather hose installation
Finish rear panel install and window install

Hell drive home pouring rain - I just cruise Bruce Springsteen then Blondie on the stereo

8pm i'm sitting in a little restaurant 500 metres from the KL workshop watching a motor bike accident happen

9pm i'm in the workshop working on Volvo 2.
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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:46 am

19 November 2016

Got the locker mechanisms changed so now they are installed correctly.
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Couple of bolts missing from the rear panel and it's all ready.
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20 November 2016

Sunday time for the t-max to be wired up. Have to start from stripping the solenoid to see how to connect the winch wiring up. Took all day to get it finished and have nice lengthed cables. Only the remotes to wire in now.
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The drive home is horrendous it pours most of the way home and it a 3 hour journey sigh
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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:47 am

26 November 2016

Wake up late then have to go collect the trusty Isuzu from the workshop using the spare keys after it's had

the gearbox out to replace a main seal and yet another oil change I believe no. 8 for the year so 40,000k

has whizzed past.

Floor it for the 190k to Ipoh and arrive at 9:06 and wow all hands on deck again working on the battery box expansion and wiring up the rear tail lights and startin to plug up the front wiring so it can be removed if we lift the cabin off.

24v batteries connected
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27 November 2016

Spent the morning putting the front prop shaft in.
My lunch view every weekend out over the limestone temples and hills.
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Made a bracket to hold the accelerator cable a quick tidy up needed next weekend and it's ready.
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The front prop shaft in. Apparently it's the wrong way round sigh.
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The trip home again is horrendous 3 hours 45 mins. I'm really starting to hate the Sunday nite home drive

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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:50 am

5 December 2016

One week on the Volvo coming first we move the cabin ready for a trial fit sometime this week. The whole crew is available to work on the Volvo all week. So I'm calling it the big rush week.

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All hands on deck to install the ceiling.
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Poor Yap trying to figue out how to do the front ceiling.
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Mr Brown jumps up to assist and supervise
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End of Day 1 of thhe big rush we have the roof done
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Evening I end up 90k away at the closing ceremony of the 2016 RFC with 2 other friends who decided in a drinking session in Chang Mai in Thailand on Saurday night to fly to Malaysia lol and several other friends also came at the last minute for a reunion.
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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:51 am

6 December 2016

Picked up the kiwi video crew from their RFC 2016 hotel took them to see the Volvo in IPOH did a video interview for OFFOAD EXPRESS NZ and then back to Kuala Lumpur and out for dinner with the others.

7 December 2016

Slow morning after the long 190k drive backup to IPOH i managed to fly up early in the morning rather quickly lol

By the middle of the afernoon all the top removeable panels are completed except onewhich is being remade in the morning
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I work on the front cabin panels getting them all to be removeable correctly for easy access.
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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:52 am

8 December 2016

I'm out getting window rubber and bolts then have to go out again whhen we realise the window rubber is incorrect an we cannot get the reversing camera to work and until it works we cannot glue down the roof so out I go again to find EPILSON reversing camera's a quick call to the importer from the box gives me the local IPOh supplier. Buy a new one and we replace the cable on the roof retest tomorrow

Then it's time to assist with the bottom panel gluing session 5.01pm we start have to finish by 6pm. 4 of us get it done withh 15 minutes to spare.
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Tomorrow we will know if its all looking good.

Initial impression is the truck now looks clean and simple inside

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Postby Cameron » Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:52 am

she's comign together!
looks awesome mate.

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Postby geckoadventure » Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:48 pm

9 December 2016

The end result of last nights gluing session is shade awesome, but oh and we need new gas stuts damn the 400M one's are not strong enough I need 600N the doors start to drop down a little.
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So a 45 square foot jungle workshop is what it looks like now.
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We retest the reverse camera after laying the new wires and yup it fails again so afer much stuffin arond it finally works and the Battery Monitor turns up from the UK. Fit next week.

Next is the windows I fit the 2 side windows and give them a clean they come out smick.
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Now the locks. Yap starts to modify the locks to accommodate the central locking while I clean out the holes for the locks to fit in.
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Next week this will be ready to install and test out wow a 36 year old truck with Cental locking lol. The welded up keyhole is getting something special made up to hide the welded up hole.
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We wanted to finish the roof by gluing down the top but alas we run out of time. It will be done first thing Monday morning.

So the end of the week we have thrown some 268 hours at it but missed the big goal of putting the cabin on.

10 December 2016 (Saturday)

Worked on the front panels went out to get some dome bolts for the ceiling as the roofing screws are going to cut my head and they look ugly.

Came back and had one panel almost finished and then the guillotine chopped to much off trying to trim 1mm off SOB. Down tools and we go to lunch and then I head back to Kuala Lumpur for a couple of days.

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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:13 pm

12 December 2016 (Monday)

Charity Day took People from Light up Borneo and potential donors to the scheme to a remote Orang Ali village to do a Mini Hydro recce. 11 4x4's and 37 people. Took my mighty Red truck for a stroll in the Jungle.

The girls from the group looked after the village kids while the other went to do the hydro meauring. Me I just relaxed for once.
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However I want one of these little jungle dogs a Telemonian climbs steps loyal, kills snakes, hunts squirrels.
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The mighty Red on its new Trepadors which I found to be quite harsh.
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Arrive home 11pm exhausted.

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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:19 pm

13 December 2016

Day 6 of the big rush and im in Kuala Lumpur sorting out collecting my new passport then into thhe office to sort out the paperwork for the work permit.

14 December 2016

Day 7 of the big rush and I'm picking up parts for the Volvo from the laser cutters. I have to wait for one part to be cut out as they do not wanna bend it. It's ok we will bend it you just cut it. I wait 1 hour.

Then sorting out my work permit yet again. Eventually I arrive at Ipoh 1.30pm.

The door locks are now fited
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Cental locking also ready for wiring.
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The exhaust heat shield and the urbo sheild waiting to be installed.
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Mr Brown getting a Subway cookie.
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Postby geckoadventure » Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:19 pm

15 December 2016

Day 8 of the big rush.

The exhaust shield is installed by 2 of us.
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I started on the watertank install and had a few issues which have taken a day to sort out.
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Brett started bending up the turbo heat shield.
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Only the turbo heat shield is needed to allow the cabin to be put on tomorrow.

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Postby geckoadventure » Sat Dec 17, 2016 12:23 pm

16 December 2016

Day 9 of the big rush.

We work all day quietly on the Volvo, Brett continues to bend the turbo heaat shield slowly. Customers come in the shop 7+ and all gravitate to the Volvo many questions etc

I work on the Water tank repair/fit - 6mm spacers are welded to the rear of the tank to cater for the unexpected BUMP.

Brett finishes the welding and leaves me the job of fitting the turbo shield. 2 hours later and a few unusual fixes to fit it and getting late in the day the turbo shield is bolted in.
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Quickly we setup for the cabin move
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15 minutes later we have mission success the weeks goal is achieved. But it will have to be lifted off Monday morning to fix up the harness sea belt mounts at the rear of the cabin. However everything else is all ok as we do the fit inspection.
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She looks great better than I could have imagined. People ask when is the top coat going on. Thats it Ford Creamy White (or Desert storm base paint colour - hehe)
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Had to have a pic with the grill in.
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Dinner later and we drink a lot of beer lol.

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Postby Smurf » Sat Dec 17, 2016 8:06 pm

Its awesome finally seeing it come together. It is going to look the part well and truly.

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Re: Volvo C304 4x4 Build/Restoration

Postby geckoadventure » Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:46 am

17 December 2016

Day 10 of the big rush.

I'm a little slow. Waste 3 hours getting bolts as I got given 4 7/16 bolts not 3/8 like I needed.

But ended up getting the harness seat belts fitted cleaned out threads etc and all the bolts cruised in. Inspection of the cabin shows it needs to come off as a few of the rollcage holes are a little out.
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Take a nap in the boat hammock late in the day as it's sinking hot.

18 December 2016

Day 12 of the big rush. Another slow day

Worked on the water tank slotted the top bolt holes to make it easier to fit - hey presto it was much easier to install. Now need to do the filler taps and the outlet taps sometime next week.

Fitted the shunt for the Battery monitor.
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Removed the cabin ready for tomorrows work marked all the holes to be trimmed. Removed the air cleaner as we are now attaching the air cleaner bracket and the supports for the harness seat belts together.

19 December 2016

Day 13 of the big rush.

Cleaned up the holes with the air tools.

Then we we mounted the cabin. Marked the position of the harness brackets and made up the tubes and welded them to the air cleaner bracket. Bolted down the 4 bolts of the cabin. 8 to go to the rollcage still it will be a long slow process to get everything to line up.

We redid the wiring to the injector pump to add a plug to it.

Mr Brown decided to wath everyone from the bow of the boat.
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Then it was time for the reason for the big rush to occur. The 12 horse horse float turned up for its revamp and intimidated everything in the workshop with it's size.

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Then suddenly it was hometime and this is the Volvo as I left it after 13 days of work on it.
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I took the boat home ready for a trip sometime after the Volvo is finished.

Merry XMAS everyone.

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