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| 34064 Member Since: 12 Dec 2023 Location: South Central Posts: 95   
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Im not following the instructions exactly as i am building it off the car and i bought a spare roof when i changed my rear tub over.
so far it started with i gave everything a clean down and used UPOL Acid 8 Etch primer 2 coats before i got started just because everything covered and its a nice base to work from. I then laid my spare roof upside down on some stands and laid the upper frame ontop of it measured it equally and lined it all up scribed the holes then drilled and riv nuts set. I also used Duralac jointing compound between the Stainless rivnuts and the aluminium frame.  Click image to enlargePXL_20240103_155236169 by Tom Bayford, on Flickr After that i then lined up the lower hinge on the front and marked it out and drilled it through but i used Cleco pins to hold it in place while i drilled i didn't want to put a temporary rivet in as drilling it out there would be no way to clean it out so it could forever rattle around and annoy me! When you set the hinges be careful as our top frame is 100% square and is 5mm off on the right hand side (looking from back) so when you set the top hinge you can fine tune the alignment. Click image to enlargePXL_20240118_140755680 by Tom Bayford, on Flickr Thats pretty much where i am up to for the moment as work keeps getting in the way and im trying to get it to a point i can take the roof off and put the pop top on during my shift days off. 110 Td5 Ex Utilities slowly converting into a pop top camper one day Build thread:https://www.defender2.net/forum/post1024784.html#1024784 |
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13th Feb 2024 11:30am |
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| 34064 Member Since: 12 Dec 2023 Location: South Central Posts: 95
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I have used it extensively on the trains i work on with good results hence the choice i just made sure to get a good coating of it on there first.
You'll also need a strong rivnut tool for them as they are challenging i ended up buying a long handled one which also has the advantage of being able to do Defender seat riv nuts too 110 Td5 Ex Utilities slowly converting into a pop top camper one day Build thread:https://www.defender2.net/forum/post1024784.html#1024784 |
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13th Feb 2024 11:52am |
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| pistonfields Member Since: 29 Mar 2022 Location: Zurich Posts: 65 
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I have an okay tool with long handles. Still chinesium but I can't afford a professional one. I'll try to drill all the holes and do a dry fit of at least the base frame before painting it. That should help with corrosion resistance on the rivnuts and similar.
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13th Feb 2024 11:58am |
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| macfrank Member Since: 05 Nov 2015 Location: somewhere in the north Posts: 993  
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That's not how they are supposed to be installed. 
SCNR; all the best for the installation. |
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13th Feb 2024 1:45pm |
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