3 off repairs for Johnny5

[radiomarty]

Hi all - makeing the most of the weather I moved out of the workshop and into the garden to turn my attention to 3 c5's in for repair

The wiring looks very challenging and there are a number of issues for the top bodging gallery (not by the present owner) so I will post them later but in the mean time some progress ::


As received - although working two of them were a wiring nightmare :




A very large on - off switch



So decided to strip all 3 and start again - so far the motors have been rebuilt - one replacement gearbox - all new inners - one set of tyres - 2 control box repairs - one replacement control box - all bearings greased or replaced - metal work painted - new brake blocks and cables

Next to get the bodies back on with power wiring kits and new harness as required :




Marty

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

Looking good keep the photo's coming .....Chas

[Karl]

That will keep you amused for a few hours or so 

[Lancealot]

Looking good, nice bit of a production run.  More than originally done.

Lance

[radiomarty]

A bit more progress today - major head scratching on wiring but managed to get back to original :

From this :




To this :




And the none indicator version :




And found some little visitors:



Now for some of the bodges :

Wiring harness with quick release clamps :



Large on off switch :



The old belt slip fence mod :




And a good one that seems to work well :



Marty

[Leaky]

Gotta love a good bodge haha. I cut the old sills off one of my minis to find them full with expander foam. What goes though peoples minds when they do things like this I will never know haha.

[Karl]

Some top bodging there ! 

[minidaz]

Did the C5's actually work with all that bodging ... i would have thought the risk of something going bang was probably quite high 

Looks like you've done a great job on sorting them all out .. well done 

[radiomarty]

Cheers Minidaz - yes believe it not two of them worked to a fashion

All finished now awaiting collection :

[C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER]

What a great line up well done They look like they have just come of the production line .....Chas

[Lancealot]

They look realy good, nice one. I am sure they will be well used now.

Lance

[Karl]

I saw them when I called in to visit Radiomarty last weekend , they are every bit as good "in the flesh" as they look in the piccies 

[Retro Andy]

Top job Marty, they all look very nice. 

Retro Andy.