I’ve just bought the ball & pin hitch After having a good think The only reason I was willing to have the tyre rest on the ball was because I didn’t want the cross brace resting on the ball. However if I come far out enough for it to rest on the tyre it’s going to be too far out when the tyre is vertical. It’s going to plough the ground on inclines,likely smash my shins on it and some daft buggers probably going to put it through their radiator parking behind me. So it either going to be a case of trying to miss the crossbar by keeping it short and letting the tyre rest on the ground as intended Or try and extend it far enough for the ball to go through the gap and the cross brace rest on the bar of the extension I’m not so keen on this as the whole weight of the wheel and tyre will be resting on the cross brace and it’s only thin steel It may be alright but I certainly wouldn’t want someone standing or sitting on it.
Wow you've done lots since I last looked it's really coming together now mate. Sent from my SM-G981B using Tapatalk
Thanks mate but I’ve not done a lot to be honest I’ve just had a pile of bits powder coated and bolted some of them on. It will be back to sanding and painting once the weather warms up.
Fitted the ball and pin and tow hitch. Also fitted the top hat rubbers but there’s not enough compression in them to allow the spring latches to locate in the receiving holes. So I’ve ordered some shallower ones to try. I think down the line it will get modified again to loose the spring pins and bottom bar and have it fasten to the hinge panel above the engine lid like Devon did.
Yes the original German bumpers are a whole different thing- stiffer and springier. New ones you can bend out of shape easily..
Warm enough to paint tick Warm enough for flies to land on the paint tick Still it’s a nice shine from Lidl metal paint This is how I got the y piece from @iblaze
Also after I had the engine bar powder coated There were flakes off corrosion floating round inside the bar I drilled two drain holes in the bar put a hand full of ball bearings into the bar and shook it over several days until all the loose corrosion was broken up and came out of the holes. I painted the edge of the holes a few days ago and today sprayed plenty of dynaxS50 inside That should help stop it rotting from the inside out.
It's a fact - the best painting days are also the days insects and plants choose to wake up/hatch/spread seeds on fluffy floating things. We were all set to paint gloss one morning when it was suddenly flying ant mayhem and we had to abandon the idea. Another time it was hundreds of fluffy seeds - we left them, they wiped off when the paint dried, can't see any evidence.
