Update,
Again many thanks to all that have 'Liked' and also commented on the build.
Well I hope you all had a good Xmas, our's was so quiet even the grave stones left for brighter lights (just joking).
So a couple of days before my neighbours break-in SWMBO decided that the washing machine needed a long required update (I thought she was washing the housebricks, honest). After inspection and some research it was decided to change the 'shock absorbers'. Twenty minute job.... Sent away for the new ones that arrived the following day and were the correct ones. So dogs cleared of to safer climes, toolbox duly brought into the kitchen, machine pulled out from under the worktop and first job was to turn off the cold water supply to the machine. Turned the little blue tap to the required position, out with the stilsons and started to undo the pipe inlet at the machine... Question - Why when you know something does not seem to be correct do you continue anyway ??? As with all water connections you get a little water left over in the pipe and have a bowl ready to catch the surplus.... Thinking to oneself while truning the connection "That water looks a bit fierce squirting out, but it should settle once to pipe is disconnected... NO!!!! It was like trying to wrestle a mad snake, I was soaked, SWMBO was soaked, the flood was starting.... Crimped the pipe by folding it in half to stop the flow and duly handed it over to the backup (SWMBO) to hold - water still continued to force its way through, bowl full, bucket full - empty both... Into the cupboard under the sink to inspect the blue tap - tap was turned so that it would not matter which way you turned it it would not turn off the water, in other words knackered. And while wotking on that I kept seeing this red dye everywhere, question to SWMBO "Wheres all this red dye coming from" (expletives removed) Answer it is not red dye it is blood. Checked myself and sure enough I had a cut about 25mm along the pad of my thumb and must have nicked a vein, the stuff was everywhere. So a roll of kitchen paper later and two hours of mopping up I did eventually change the shock absorbers - but the problem was the front door seal had given up the ghost.
Later that night SWMBO twisted the knife in my injued pride by announcing she had just bought a new washing machine and I need not have bothered :tired::confounded::worried:....
So here is the build so far.... a mock up for the camera....
And now with the cab and blade 'attached'...
And with the non-slip which on the real vehicle seemed to be an afterthought.
And that is it for this update - still putting brass on the cab - more later
Mike.
