So, having planned to pop up to put on the new voltage regulator, I set forth with much in mind and a list of jobs to do. Arrived, set up, extention lead out, fan heater on in the cab. Great.
Old regulator came off easily enough, wires matched what Dan and Rhys from RSOLES had been talking about last night, marked them up with masking tape. So far so good. Popped the new one on then realised that my small fine screwdriver set which I would need to connect the two smaller wires to the terminals was at home on the box room. Fair enough. Anyway, started to screw on the nuts to hold the unit on and as there is now much more thread exposed than there was, do I have any white spirit and a cloth to de-grease the thread? Nope, that's under the sink at home. Can I get a socket or spanner into the right hand nut (which is the earth as well) which is now sandwiched in a narrow gap between the box and the cab side? Nope. Anyway, rough fixing done, will complete next time.
Next - I'll whizz the bulb out of the rear blue light on the roof which doesn't work. Cover off no worries, gently working the bulb out - snap! Base now stuck in the fitting, no small screwdrivers to work the remnants out.
OK - I'll take off the rear nearside light as the bracket is badly bent from where I reversed into a tractor on my original test drive so I can take it home and straighten it. Hooked the work light up, sat on my cardboard with all the tools and a wire brush and WD40 - clang! Work light falls off, buld dead, spare at home, no light. Job finished, so a scrape with the brush and a squirt of WD40 for next time.
Hey ho - did get the rusty badge off the front for re-chroming and remembered the windscreen wiper so I can replace the blade. Also discovered that weirdly, the heat exchanger taps at the the front don't have a matched flow / tap handle set up, so what I thought was open (handle pointing along the pipe) was in fact closed! Anyway, opened and a small amount of water came out after I jiggled the pipes but not much.
Old regulator came off easily enough, wires matched what Dan and Rhys from RSOLES had been talking about last night, marked them up with masking tape. So far so good. Popped the new one on then realised that my small fine screwdriver set which I would need to connect the two smaller wires to the terminals was at home on the box room. Fair enough. Anyway, started to screw on the nuts to hold the unit on and as there is now much more thread exposed than there was, do I have any white spirit and a cloth to de-grease the thread? Nope, that's under the sink at home. Can I get a socket or spanner into the right hand nut (which is the earth as well) which is now sandwiched in a narrow gap between the box and the cab side? Nope. Anyway, rough fixing done, will complete next time.
Next - I'll whizz the bulb out of the rear blue light on the roof which doesn't work. Cover off no worries, gently working the bulb out - snap! Base now stuck in the fitting, no small screwdrivers to work the remnants out.
OK - I'll take off the rear nearside light as the bracket is badly bent from where I reversed into a tractor on my original test drive so I can take it home and straighten it. Hooked the work light up, sat on my cardboard with all the tools and a wire brush and WD40 - clang! Work light falls off, buld dead, spare at home, no light. Job finished, so a scrape with the brush and a squirt of WD40 for next time.
Hey ho - did get the rusty badge off the front for re-chroming and remembered the windscreen wiper so I can replace the blade. Also discovered that weirdly, the heat exchanger taps at the the front don't have a matched flow / tap handle set up, so what I thought was open (handle pointing along the pipe) was in fact closed! Anyway, opened and a small amount of water came out after I jiggled the pipes but not much.
After that, I thought it was time to go home really. I'd only break something else! Friday the 13th? Pffft, try Sunday 15th.... I guess some days just go like that.....
Duncan.
I might have a Bedford Chrome badge that's about to become spare.
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