Quadrotrac

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Continued on the wiper blade by slotting the stainless tube:

All parts:

Cut a slot on the opposite side:

Straithened the brake line:

Drilled some holes:

Put it in:

Almost finished:

Side view:

Ok, who has an idea what this is good for?

 

[java]

Keeping it from icing?

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Your right. There will be coolant flowing thru. The copper brake line should radiate the heat pretty good, and the stainless tube, beeing a real poor heat conductor itself focuses the heat right on the wiper blade.

 

[krl81]

Brilliant idea!

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Thanks, but i just copied it from Pistenbully.



Started with the steering valve today:

Made a mount for it:

Tacked it on:

Bent the lever:

Perfect fit:

Now i just need to build something like a quick removal device for the lever, otherwise it`s getting a bit complicated to get in and out. Don`t have any ideas right now, what do you guys think?

 

[155mm]

You could either use a simple pin retained by a wire, or if you want to get more complex, a locking device similar to the quick release in racing cars.

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Went with an elbow and locking collar...

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Decided to go with the oem wiring instead of building a custom one. I`ll also use the oem dash. But i can`t use the speedo, and don`t want a dead gauge in the dash. So i pulled it apart:

Cut it out:

And placed a volt gauge:

Then i started messing with the wiring loom. Plan is to reduce the wires between both cars to a minimum:

Pulled it apart:

Look better now:

Anyone know what those things are? Got two of them, they are connected to the wipers, washer pumps, and stuff.

 

[krl81]

No idea. Try google the numbers and letters that is on it. I can't see them on clearly on the pic but thats how me and my boss did when we found something we didn't know what it was when we stripped the electrics in his race Audi.
Unless you already know and asked as a quiz.

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Didn`t know it, but found out now that it`s a diode. It sits between the wiper and wash motors so that when the wash switch is closed the wiper motor also runs but not vice versa.

Continued on the wiring harness today:

Had some help:

Finished. Where the knife lays is the cut between the front and rear car. There are not even 20 wires left to be lenghtened. Upper left corner of the picture is the rear lighting loom which is long enough, lower left corner is the engine wiring, middle right is the dash and wiper and stuff and lower right corner is the front wiring harness:

Then i tacked on the wiper unit:

Mounted the dash:

Made a mount for the fuse boxes:

And mounted them:

Doesn`t seem much but is a day worth of work...

 

[krl81]

Aah! That's a function thats could be good to have.

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Mounted the combination switch today:

Then i started building the bogie axle bushings:

Drilled them:

Sawed them:

One cut, three missing...

Here`s a vid where i show all the funkctions yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuxU5Y7Iu_M

I`m also thinking about the shifter linkage all the time. I got those two rams in the rear car that engage the shifter rod. Now i need to mount the shifter in the front car and the two exact same rams on it. But i noticed there`s absolutely no room for the shifter and those two rams. Thought about building two levers, one for each ram. So i`d have to engage both levers independantly if i want to shift from one shift gate to another.
But that just doesn`t sound right, even if i think that i don`t have to shift very often, similar to the Motodog.

If someone has a better idea at all i`d be happy to cut everything off and start over.

 

[chilliwak]

Thank you for that informative video sir! Really coming along....:wings:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Bought some steel today:

Then i continued working on the axle bushings:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Looks like i finally found a solution for the shifter. After some (read: a lot) research i found out that the Daihatsu Terios has way longer shifter cables than normal cars do. So i went ahead and bought a shifter with cables:

When mounted here there is about 6-8" cable lenght left for articulation, which is perfect:

Also finished another boogie axle bushing mount: