Ulysses

Looks really good Pal
It will surely turn heads

Neat work Richard!

Next time I order some plastic I'll pull some front arches.....those are the old style......substandard ones lol

I fitted these to James's trayback.......should fit yours real nice.

Not sure what impresses me the most; the level of this build, or the fact that you did such a build while allready having one of the better builds from before!

Well done mate!

Thanks all for the kind words

I would be very interested in some of the arches you mention Keith, they look like they would fit perfectly. Ive had to cut bits out of these ones to make them sort of fit as they are lower at the front than the edge of the wing.

Day of wires today. Back lights specifically. Made up a new harness with some neat plugs and fed it in through the cable grommet beside the handbrake...



















Connected up and nice and bright. The indicators are flashing like there is a bulb blown, so some sort of dummy load is needed to sort that I think. Work normally when on the hazard button, just not individually

Or you get an load independent indicator relay. They are quite cheap out of China.

Yes just seen the better relays, Ive ordered some resistors from amazon instead however... will see how they go

www.amazon.co.uk/Bulbs-Resistor-Signal-E...a-634680888943&psc=1

it is only the rear that is LED lamps so this gives me some spares as well

Them resistors will do just fine Riccy
If you can fit them to flat steel to transfer heat out of them
you could go as far as applying heatsink compound but probably not needed

Fitted the relays and they were making no difference, so read up a bit and realized I had wired them wrong, so need to look at that tomorrow.

Today however the windscreen man turned up to sort the cracked and chipped one in Ulysses. With the body shape flexing and changing slightly the screen had taken a turn for the worse. This guy, Martin, was recomended by the garage landlord so gave him a call. Quoted £110 fitted so ordered up on monday, fitted today. Great service and really good price as well.

Compressor wiring and a few other odd jobs today including insuring and booking MOT. Insurance starts Monday and MOT on Wednesday. Plenty little jobs to do first.

Got the resistors fitted first for the back lights and thats solved the problem well. Next onto the compressor and switches. Had a fight getting this large plug for the switch wiring through the firewall so took it apart and went in easy.



Wires ran back to where the screenwash bottle used to be and connected up to the compressor. Bit of head scratching as to which wire was for what, but figured it out with the help of good old google



Then made a small plate to cover the area below the ash tray for the switches. works ok, but doesnt look the best. Needs Raptor painted! test run and its working ok, except the switch for the compressor is operating the other way up to the others so need to swap that around tomorrow. Compressor is a much older model than the one in J999MNY, but works fine. Is a lot more noisy tho...



Finally put the panel on below the windscreen and all the wipers back. looking nearer to finished now. The black pipe near the snorkel is for the diff/gbox/tbox breathers and loops back into the snorkel head. Need to fix it back somehow.

You said summer and you've made it...... You must be chuffed mate, solid work and some Gucci components too. Nice truck mate (don't feel bad calling it a truck either !!).

sniper