Dave McDonald Posted November 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Meant to say on my post 2 up from here, I can confirm that my Ammeter is Lucas while all other instruments are Smiths. The 2 inch Oil pressure, temperature and petrol tank level instruments have no identification references at all. The Lucas Ammeter has the ref stamped on the rim of the back casing 36412B then 11 67, presumably the date of manufacture November 1967. Dave McD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waldi Posted November 7, 2020 Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Hi Dave, I had to carefully open the tabs on the back a bit ( not too much, they will braek easily), and removed all sealant where possible with a sharp thin knife. The sealant was hard, brittle in my case. I did not use any special tools. Once rotated a bit they came off easily. Cleaned everything, also the glass with a common glass cleaner, both sides. Be careful with cleaning the black dial plate or the needle, I just carefully wiped it with a dry piece of cloth, that was all that was needed. After sanding and painting the beezels, I installed them, think you can order thin O- rings for this, but I still used silicone sealant because I was not convinced it would avoid water ingress. The end result was very good. A nice, rewarding job overall. Cheers, Waldi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave McDonald Posted November 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2020 Thanks Waldi. My body shell is almost ready to go to the painter so these are the types of jobs I want to do while I'm waiting for it to come back. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waldi Posted November 8, 2020 Report Share Posted November 8, 2020 Wow, good progress Dave! A couple of points easily forgotten for your consideration: Is there a hole for an aerial (forgot to close it on mine). Holes for mirrors, tonneau, hood in correct location and number! Door sill chrome strip holes present and in one straight line (mine were not). Others may have additional points to check. Cheers, Waldi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roy53 Posted November 8, 2020 Report Share Posted November 8, 2020 19 hours ago, Dave McDonald said: Thanks for the comments about dash screws/cups and glove box hinges and lock being black as well as the instrument bezels. I'll have to look at these small detail items, which are currently packed away with everything else, when I came to reassemble the car. I can't remember what the cups and screws were but the car was restored previously in 1993/94 for the previous owner so may not be original anyway. What I am pretty sure of is that the glove box lock is chrome and also fitted with the finger pull, which I think is a TR4 fitting. Dave McD Hi Dave my hinges and lock are chrome with no pull on the lock i managed to get rubber rings for 2" gauges on ebay. Ask if you want details. That is a strange location for your seat belt rear mountings. Roy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave McDonald Posted November 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2020 8 hours ago, Waldi said: Wow, good progress Dave! A couple of points easily forgotten for your consideration: Is there a hole for an aerial (forgot to close it on mine). Holes for mirrors, tonneau, hood in correct location and number! Door sill chrome strip holes present and in one straight line (mine were not). Others may have additional points to check. Cheers, Waldi Waldi, Not particularly good progress really. I collected the shell from having new floors and sills, etc at the end of June. It's taken me until now to finalise lots of other small details. Among those details has been making sure that I have every single hole drilled and captive nut welded in place and every single hole that I didn't want has been welded up. No aerial hole and I believe all hood fixings, trim fixing holes, etc, etc are now complete. I won't be fitting the bottom sill trim. I know it should be there but it just seems like an ideal place for water entry. I've seen a TR5 without it and didn't feel it looked odd. My choice so that's it. So thanks for the pointers but I think I've got it all covered. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waldi Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Its all about the definition of slow:) I did a very quick restoration on my car, only 5 years;) Most important is to keep joy in it. Cheers, Waldi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elclem1 Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 My wife’s 1969 cp 25198 had chrome screws, hinges, lock when I collected it from the seller many years ago. But strangely black on the windscreen dash bolts? Tr5 I have is chrome on the bolts yet only a year between them and chrome for the rest. Strange. As Stuart mentioned maybe they had run out of chrome for the 6. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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