Wilsons Sandbox

From: "Mark McCombs" loadcel4@infinet.com> To: "Viv James TraX Interconnect \(Pty.\) Ltd" viv@trax.co.za> Subject: Re: sidescreen box/rear body dimensions. Date sent: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:37:44 -0400 OK Mark, I've printed your email and I'll check on all the measurements tonight. Mine all fits perfectly so hopefully we'll find the problem. Right now it looks to me like your metal work has a problem unless your "sticks" round the diff ramp are 1/4" too thin. Where are you in this small electronic world of ours? We have 1650hrs right now and I'm off home to haul out my inch tape measure. Some how I did not press the send button last night so here is what I found: 1. As I though, all of Mike Sherrell's dimensions are correct. I measured these against my cream tub on the chassis and also against some original sidescreen compartment side timbers. 2. I've got 9.25" as per M.S and the correct diff ramp frame thickness and it all fits OK. 3. If you think about it 9.25" and the correct frame thickness means that your error must be is the dimension of the front of the sidescreen compartment steel sheet. 3. I suggest you measure this carefully against Sherrell's drawing of the metal and the wooden side piece. I'll bet there is 1/4 inch adrift somewhere and you'll just have to re-bend and trim the front metal lip. 4. When I got my compartment bent up, I took the original side piece along to the sheet metal shop as well as the Mike S. drawing to make sure that it all matched. Cheers Viv THanks, Viv- I am stumped. Here are 2 more dimension from where I am now: Top of the back of the wooden side curtain box, where it fits to the backboard, down to the body angle below it: 11-5/8". The top of the body angle, midway between the backboard and the diff ramp, down to the top of the axle case: 7.0". The side curtain box sides fit well with the tin at the back, but it seems to miss the corner edge where the rear tin makes the bend, around 3/4 of the way up from the sidecurtain bottom. It would seem if I raised the sticks that form the diff cover up around 1/4", it would all go together. That makes me suspect my body angle is low, but it is bolted at Sherryls 9.25" up from the backboard bottom... Thanks in Advance, Mark

----- Original Message ----- From: "Viv James TraX Interconnect (Pty.) Ltd" viv@trax.co.za> To: loadcel4@infinet.com> Cc: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:38 AM Subject: sidescreen box/rear body dimensions. > Mark, > > My cream car is still tankless and new at the rear. I'll take some > measurements tonight but I used Sherrel's dimensions for the rear > panel and I don't remember any problems with that dimension. > > You don't mention how the side panels of the sidescreen box fit. > From what I remember, the nail down strip should line up with the > apexes of the front edges of the sides. > > I'll come back to you tomorrow if the problem has not been solved. > > Viv >