What a PLONKER

[johnnywgk]

My steering wheel needed attention, the metal ring inside the wood
had gone rusty, and started to split the wood. So i split it in two, cleaned the rust off, and re-stuck
together again





Now, hours and hours of cleaning, sanding, glueing, clamping, laquering
this is as far as i got.



Why did i stop?

When you see it, you'll spit your coffee all over your keyboard

Edited by johnnywgk on Wednesday 3rd June 18:21

[mikee boy]

Can't you just mount it the other way round?

[johnnywgk]

No, knuckles hit dash

[Barkychoc]

Well on the basis that its now unuseable - I'd try and split it apart as soon as possible before the glue has had chance to go off completely (even if its been a few days the sooner you do it the better).
Even if you split it a bit if you're careful you may be able to reglue it without it showing.


Plonker

[Last S4]

All I can say is that I really appreciate you sharing this with us. No offence but it is the funniest thing I have seen in ages - Sorry!

[Gerald-TVR]

Saving grace if all else fails, the guy that did my dash actually specialies in steering wheels fantastic workmanship cant recommend highly enough

http://www.myrtleltd.com/

[mep12345]

Last S4 said:

it is the funniest thing I have seen in ages

but we've all done it (or at least made a similar cock up)

[Last S4]

mep12345 said:

Last S4 said:

it is the funniest thing I have seen in ages

but we've all done it (or at least made a similar cock up)

Myself included - its good to know I not the only one!

[johnnywgk]

Mikee boy, thinking about it now, i could've fitted it the other
way, and got one of those knob/handles that forklift trucks have on
the steering wheel

Chris, it's already in bits (lots of bits) i used several types of glue.
wood glue pva, to do the easy stuff, super glue (said very quietly, hoping
no one heard) to do small fiddly bits, a mixture of celulose laquer and
fine saw dust as a filler, then as you can see in the 3rd picture, i had done a few coats of laquer

Steve, you say funny, did you spit your coffee all over your keyboard

Norman, thanks for the link (i lurnt how to do them linky things, by
mistake the other day) but i'm fairly confident, i managed it 1st time,
although, this will be a bit harder

Mark/steve, you say we've all done it, cheer me up and share

Anyway, glad i brightened up, only what can be described as a dull day, for
you all.

I will do more photos of the restoration, and hopefully keep you all smiling.

Anyway off to the woods to cut down a tree, while it's dark

Edited by johnnywgk on Thursday 4th June 01:33

[clarenceboddiger]

johnnywgk said:

you say we've all done it, cheer me up and share

Edited by johnnywgk on Thursday 4th June 01:33

When I was an apprentice I fitted 2 Drive end roller bearings to a 750hp electric motor problem was I had to forgotten to put the inner grease plate on 1st, they were a shrink fit and had to be destroyed to remove them (outer race is seperate so cant be drawn off) cost??? £960 in 1981.
At least you didn't have to stand in front of the MD and explain your actions.
I'm sure he probably looks back and smiles about it now.

Edited by clarenceboddiger on Thursday 4th June 06:12

[johnnywgk]

Whoops, that was a lot of money

[Gerald-TVR]

Old friend of mine when an apprentice drove a Bently off a four post lift - while it was up - jammed the nose of the car through the wall and it was suspended for nearly a week with the back wheels on the ramp and the radiator embedded in the wall.He was shouted at quite a lot!!!!!

[johnnywgk]

"Old friend" hehe. You sure it wasn't you Norman

Edited by johnnywgk on Friday 5th June 12:31

[Gerald-TVR]

Nope it was a bloke called Gordon the best engine tuner I ever met used to look after my classics years ago

[johnnywgk]

Lots more gluing, sanding etc



Feel better now, hehe

Edited by johnnywgk on Sunday 5th July 17:44