Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of March, Carriage & Wagon Works

Saturday 24th of March 2012
Attendance: 5

With the gala appearance out of the way we could continue with the non-urgent bits which didn't get finished.

Jason started off the day by tackling the coolant header tank as the gauge had come apart and the needle was detached. Jason found out quickly that it was going to be a long job as the bolts were covered in paint and hadn't been undone for a considerable time. Adam tackled some areas of rust on the inside of a couple of the doors and also inside the 'A' end roof panel, each was given a rub down and then sprayed with etch primer.

Once the paintwork was completed Adam then turned his attentions to completing a modification to the 'A' end horns, replacing the remaining plastic pipework with copper due to the exhaust heat melting the plastic.

Carl Holt set about refitting the windscreen wipers which involved modifying them so that the motion travelled through 90 degrees, the previous setting wasn't clearing enough of the window.

Clive Whiting turned up in the afternoon and set about modifying the light cages which protect the internal light bulbs in the 'A' and 'B' end. This involved marking out and drilling new screw holes and, whilst out, giving them a sand down before spraying with etch primer.

Adam made a cover for the starter board, a flat piece of aluminium was bent and then two cuts made so that it could slide over the fixing bolts. The cover was given a coat of aluminium etch following a test fitting.

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Sunday 25th of March 2012
Attendance: 5

Today we sorted our way through some more little jobs.

Clive gave the light cages he'd been working on yesterday a coat of black paint and let them dry outside in the sun. Jason spent the first part of the day clipping more of the copper piping in the 'B' end.

Adam made a start on retrieving conduit covers and fitting them. Some will need to be made as they are missing. Gilbert and Mark rubbed down the buffer beams and these were given a fresh coat of yellow.

Clive moved on to sourcing bolts for the missing conduit covers, once made these will be fitted quickly. This turned out to be very time consuming but it was an important job. Jason moved on to making and fitting conduit covers in the cab. A couple of the original covers required some modifying. These jobs kept everyone going for the rest of the day and it soon was home time.

We weren't able to finish everything but made good progress and the outstanding work will completed at the next working weekend.