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Again I say - Dang this thing is looking almost brand new! If she runs as well as she looks, you should be one happy guy...
Like you, I hope it runs and makes power dependably. Lot of damn work...
Only been at it for a couple hours today and my back is already killing me from leaning over this thing on the bench.
Had to relocate the endpoints for the lanyards that keep the control panel from falling all the way open. I knew I was going to have to do this but it was easier with the new panel mounted than trying to figure it out in CAD. The DGC (controller) is in the way for where the original tie-points were and while it clears the original hook brackets when closing, it wouldn't clear when the lanyard was attached to the bracket. The old brackets were spot welded to the box and I wasn't going to mess with that so I just made 2 new brackets and located them further outboard so the DGC would clear. Likewise on the control panel end of the lanyards. Had to move the mounting points outboard some to clear the DGC. Actually, the mounting points on the left side were fine as setup originally but wanted to keep everything bilateral.
Original upper tie-point.
Making new ones.
Wasn't gonna break out the spray gun to paint them tan so I just hit 'em with a rattle can.
Been mounting stuff back in the box. It's all loose right now. Think I'm gonna move the AVR up some....
The paint looks surprisingly good for Rustoleum cut with acetone for spraying..