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Old 03-15-2017, 05:57 AM
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A few more hours was spent getting the light opening to match the new, unbroken light, we welded up some of the screw holes that had torn, and given some of the structural members in the way of the roof, we had to settle for no oil canning and a slight low that needed filler.. The owner was more concerned about leaks than having the roof top that no one can see returned to perfect. Here's some of our implements of correction






Last night we finished up sanding the roof repair on the bus, and started to get things covered up for primer.. Being the lighter of us two, guess who got roof duties for rolling out the shark grip?



This is starting to look like a hazmat incident...





Tonight we'll get some SPI epoxy on the bare spots and filler



The sheet metal on the front cap seems a bit thin for it's purpose, so rather than trust the new light to clip nuts again, a surround ring is made from 14 gauge cold rolled steel to make an anchor plate. The Vise-jigsaw is used to cut out the center...







note throttle control...



Using transfer punches, mounting holes from light are marked onto the ring and drilled to 17/64 to accommodate 8-32 rivet nuts...









It was also media blasted to prep it for the epoxy primer session for this evening.
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