Mercedes 1222A.. The beginning!

[Sitec]

The hole goes right through Madoxen. Close Euro6... It is to do with lifting the spare wheels... Here's a hint... I'm using a block and tackle.

 

[Madoxen]

Ah so its for the lifting gantry/arm will it be fixed or removable ?

 

[Sitec]

Ah so its for the lifting gantry/arm will it be fixed or removable ?

Pretty close. So, I am going to use a small chain block and tackle which lives in storage when not in use. There'll be two eyes. One on the body and one on the bumper. When needed I put the pulley block in place, take the weight, pull two pins, and lower the bumper to the ground. The pulley block has reasonably long chains which I want to keep long... The hole is to allow the excess chain run through the bumper without wrecking the paint on top!
The reason I want to keep the chain long is because there will be a similar setup in the front of the habitation box. There'll be a place to screw an eye into the ceiling directly above the gearbox, so I have the ability to get the gearbox out on my own and lower it to the floor. This is something I had to do once before in Durban and it worked very well! There'll be more on this later in this thread.

 

[Madoxen]

I realy like the idea of being able to drop the gear box with a pully block off of an eye. I might jyst have to borrow this one

 

[Sitec]

So the bumper is finally done! The first pic is from behind the bumper with the two hidden lockers, and the second pic is the rear face with sunken lights and rego plate recesses.




Anyone else getting adverts on between posts? Not here to see adverts...

 

[Madoxen]

yeah getting the adverts. dislike them but I guess they need to pay for the site somehow

 

[515]

Great work. Enjoying the lowdown progress ?

 

[nathane]

Yes, lovely craftsmanship as ever. Well done.

 

[Sitec]

It fits!! Here's the bumper in situ! The second pic has the block and tackle chain running thru the hole as intended. It also shows the recovery points. Hidden but reachable.

 

[Madoxen]

It looks good. As usual great work.
How do u plan on lowering and raising the bumper? Or dose the block n chain do both wheels and bumper?

 

[Fugly]

Great work as usual....

 

[Sitec]

It looks good. As usual great work.
How do u plan on lowering and raising the bumper? Or dose the block n chain do both wheels and bumper?

The Block and Tackle does the whole bumper, complete with spare wheels. When the bumper is down the two hidden locker doors can also be accessed.

 

[Madoxen]

The Block and Tackle does the whole bumper, complete with spare wheels. When the bumper is down the two hidden locker doors can also be accessed.

hehe I had a bit of a brain fart and for some reason thought the wheels would be lifted up and off the bumper but makes much more sense now

 

[Sitec]

Today was spent making the wheel securing plates and fitting them to the mast. I was trying to think of a light but secure way of holding the wheels to the carrier. Then I remembered these front wheel trims. Perfect!

 

[Sitec]

With the brackets welded in place I could fit the spares for the first time. The holding dishes are yet to be finished and will have a bit more structure to them eventually, but they're fine for now.