Getting things done now that the weather has cooled off a little. Some of the new wooded parts are now installed, such as the lower cross member and lower front support. Also new speaker and power switch mounting blocks. Inside of cab is painted and I installed new ground braid. I laid in the new floor board today(Saturday). It's tough to find a floor that matches the original. So what I came with is Eucaboard sold by Home depot. It is smooth on one side and has texture on the other, similar to the original except the color is more brown. One problem with it, is that it only comes in 1/8 or 3/16 thickness. My solution, use 1/8 and glue them together with high strength spray adhesive. This gives me the 1/4 inch thickness that I need. After curing, I cut in the vent, speaker and power switch holes with a trim router. I used the original floor as a template to trace out the holes using the outer guide wheel to follow against the original floor. It's easier than it sounds. I just clamped the new floor to the old and drilled pilot holes for the router bit. I then glued and stapled the wood blocks to the floor using narrow crown staples.
As most of you know the security plate under these machines is usually very ugly, rusty and has old chewing gum stuck on them. Easy to replace with new galvanized sheet metal. I cut the power switch hole with a Milwaukee bimetal hole saw. Cleaned up the edges with emery cloth.
I glued and stapled the floor in today. I'm quite happy with the result. The darker color looks pretty good even though I prefer the light color of the original floor. Tomorrow I will clamp and glue the plywood strips under the floor to complete the bottom edge of the cab, once cured I can fill any voids and sand smooth. Will look like factory once again. The new rear upright panel is also installed. Glued and screwed using stainless steel deck screws. I carved out the leg bolt holes with a dremel drum sander and 7/16 drill bit. Way nicer then the old MDF rear panel, which is not only ugly and chips easily but is also heavy.
The transformer plate was sent out to get powder coated, looks great.
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