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Post by Wyn on Aug 27, 2013 7:27:02 GMT -5
Fantastic work on the car. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Aug 24, 2013 17:36:01 GMT -5
I had a local machine shop make me several latch-pins. But I'm setting up a Bear claw latch system for my engine cover. Also setting up a 3" servo to raise and lower the rear window and a release for one of these latch pins. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Aug 18, 2013 12:05:39 GMT -5
Bump For $50,000 plus the Obuma inflation You can have a new GT2 windshield, and you will have 249 extra windshields to sale so yours will cost you $200. Or you can order 20 windshield for 17,500, with the end cost of $875 per windshield. OK, Here is the story on Bradley GT 2 Windshields. From 5 years ago. First the Big Bad News “Viracon” sold off ALL their window & windshield Operations. Viracon sold their Glass operation to PPG Industries and Guardian. PPG Industries took all the high end large production and Guardian got the left-overs. This person did give me the number to Guardian and a contact name. Name: Guardian Glass Street: 2040 Production Drive Findlay, Oh 45840-5449 Phone: (419) 420-9736 Kevin McMillin 419-209-6332 I called the Guardian number and acutely talked to the contact person, He found that they had the info on the Bradley GT2 windshields but did not know if they had the tooling. He said he would research to see of they had the tooling and if so have sales call back with more information. I had asked him how the windshields would be shipped. He said they can be bulk shipped or individually shipped, but again it all depends on where they are to be shipped. I asked to make sure, if I supplied them with a list of individuals to be individually shipped, and he said yes, but again cost depends on location to be shipped to. I had received a call back from a gentleman from Guardian and we had a very informative discussion on the production of the GT II windshield. Like most companies today to keep up with the demands for production, they have gone to full robot operations. First, Guardian does have the tooling for the GT II windshield, but the question comes to legal issues “Who owns the right to the tooling” and there for it products. I had check on The Bradley trademark to see if it was open, and maybe we apply for it. But someone at Bradley had just reacquired the trademark license. Bradley trademark Owner (REGISTRANT) Bradley Automotive, Inc. CORPORATION MINNESOTA 6315 Timber Trail Edina MINNESOTA 55439 Someone can try to contact the Bradley Automotive, Inc, and see of they would set up a windshield production or release the tooling so we can produce the windshield needed. As for a TradeMark, we can have a off the wall new car name entered and a tooling made for the same windshield, problem is more cost. Maybe the only answer. Second, Guardian usually does a production of 200 to 500 or more of a product. Anything less would require a setup charge of $4000. This goes to programming the robots for the job, a test run and evaluation of the products. After the setup charge of $4000 is paid any number of windshield can be produced. More windshield made the price would be a little lower. We would need to order 200 windshield at a cost of $50,000. I have seen many GT II on Ebay and Craigslist listed with no windshield or a cracked windshields. To get 200 windshield will take some heavy investment on someones part or a complete investment of a well formed Car Club. For the ones of us that have good windshield once they are broken or damage our cars are done for. The next time you see a GT II up for sale for $2000 or more you better buy it for the windshield, if it has one. So the question is what can we do as the Bradley Car club, does anyone have the $50,000 to start the first production for the Bradley GT II windshield or off the wall name? (Setup and products) ($50,000 is my arbitrary number for cost, it may probably be much higher.) How do we organize all the Bradley GT II owners US wide who need windshields ? Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Aug 11, 2013 12:10:52 GMT -5
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Post by Wyn on Aug 8, 2013 19:28:01 GMT -5
VolksFest 23 ......
Is this Saturday August 10th 2013
It is put on by the Central Ohio Vintage VW Club.
Bring your Brads to the Show
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Post by Wyn on Aug 2, 2013 21:43:11 GMT -5
It does sounds like it could be vapor lock. It does not take much if the fuel gets to close to a hot spot. What about the carb heat line from the manifold there are about the size of the fuel lines.
Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Aug 2, 2013 21:30:18 GMT -5
This is some of my basic circuits and showing all the fuses. You need to make a list of all your wires and name or function and color of the wires. Also you need to make a list of wires you bundled to there locations. It is best to run ground wires with each bundle. I ran the Dome light pwr, Pwr windows and Door locks up the A Pillar with a ground wires. You need to document as much of the wiring you can because no one else is going to know ware you have run the wires and later on it will help on trouble shooting the system. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Aug 2, 2013 11:36:05 GMT -5
I used the EZ-21 wiring in my Brad and this is my Hazard and Turn signal system. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Aug 1, 2013 11:46:19 GMT -5
Here is brief schematic of the GT 2 horn circuit. At any point from the horn to the steering column if the wire is grounded the horn will sound. There is 2 or three different steering column. The one that is normaly used has an insulated ring and slip contact that the brn wire at -s connects. From the slipring there is a wire that that feed out to the steering wheel. All the wire to this point must not connect to ground. This wire at the steering wheel will connect to the horn switch and the other the other contact will connect to the metal shaft of the steering system which is at ground potential. Check for any wire that is connecting to ground anywhere along this circuit and check to see if the horn button is shorted.
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Post by Wyn on Jul 24, 2013 10:26:04 GMT -5
OR Make yourself a two wooden molds of the window shape get some plexaglass a little larger than the panel. Pre heat your wife's oven to 250, That is if the sheets will fit her oven, Use a test strip in it and count time until the plastic starts to bubble, then substract 4 to 5 minutes and the is your max time. place one panel in heat to somewere short of max time remove and place on form and let cool. You made a window. Play with some scrap plastic to learn how to handle the plastic first. Don't let your wife know you used her oven! You may end up with bumps on your head. And don't tell her I told you to use her oven! It will probably be cheaper and safer if you find someone to make the windows.
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Post by Wyn on Jul 24, 2013 10:00:25 GMT -5
Find yourself a nearby boat shop many boats use plexaglass windows. Many of the boat shops make their replacement windows or maybe they can give you a name of someone who makes windows for them. If you have a broken one take the pieces or parts in and see what they can do. If not take the door or car in so they can measure the opening for sizing. The two door panels are different, there is a right and a left panel. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 23, 2013 23:02:37 GMT -5
Tail light assmbley is avalible from NAPA. It is P/N 6502 6" square school Bus Brake Stop Turn Tail Lights It uses a duel element light bulb "Running light and Brake & turn". As for back up light find something that looks good.
Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 23, 2013 22:37:19 GMT -5
Wyn - Where did you find that pic of my car? I dont remember having uploaded that but obviously i did.
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Post by Wyn on Jul 22, 2013 22:48:17 GMT -5
GT-II WINDSHIELD I had contacted Amanda Fowler, of Bent Glass Design, Inc. ProCurve Glass Technology, LLC and ask for a quote of 25 windshield for our Bradley GT-II. I got the quote for 20 windshield. and the end results is $875 per windshield. Unless we can find more people that is the end cost for our windshield. To replace the windshield as per the way Skip20 was doing it. You pay for a 280 windshield, pay to have it cut to size, pay for materials to modify the window frame, and probably pay to have the car repaint because of the windshield mods. So you will have at or more than the cost of the $875. That is a hell of price, but that is the going rate now for the GT-II windshield! Wyn If any one wants to see the full quote, Its just terms and conditions, Please send PM
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Post by Wyn on Jul 22, 2013 21:14:26 GMT -5
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Post by Wyn on Jul 22, 2013 7:32:11 GMT -5
Wyn. see my first post for the pressure specs. I did see your pressures, but your struts are not the same dimensions as to length as the ones I have. I think the 4 at 55-60lbs are probably or very close to the right pressure. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 21, 2013 13:22:15 GMT -5
I have 7 door gas struts that came with two different GT2s. I have two rear windows gas struts I removed from the salvaged GT2. I have not installed them on the doors or window yet. These are not for sale just info.
All the Door struts are 14 3/8" extended, 5 7/8" stroke, 15 5/16" center of ball to ctr of ball. The rear window struts are 18 7/8'' extended, 7 7/8" stroke, 19 11/16" ctr of ball ctr of ball. I think if the door sturts were 1/4" or longer the doors would touch when both are open. So watch out for the strut length.
I tested all the struts, 4 door struts tested to 55 - 60lbs, one tested to 40lbs, and the last two tested to 30lbs. The two window struts test to 30lbs each. What the right pressure is I don't know, I'll find out when I get the doors and windows mounted.
Note - some or all of these struts over the time may have lost some of their pressure charge.
Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 19, 2013 11:31:21 GMT -5
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Post by Wyn on Jul 18, 2013 15:33:51 GMT -5
Find yourself a nice transAM scoop cut it down and mount it on your GT. Make up a ductwork to direct the fresh air into the fan inlet. Use craft paper and cover it with fiber glass makes one hell of a nice ductwork. Alot of home built aircraft use this technic very light weight and eazy to fab up. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 18, 2013 8:08:26 GMT -5
If you put a vent over your engine cover it should face forward. You should also put baffles or make a small ductwork to directly force this air into you fan inlet. Like on an aircraft the air flows directly into the cylinder tins and the carburetor is open to the outside air flow. It does not matter what the temp is in the engine compartment with very little venting.
The main problem is to keep the air that enter the fan inlet remain as cool as posible. Look back at the VWs there is a number of vents in the engine cover and vents over top of the engine cover in the car body which are close to the fan inlet. With the type III it uses a closed air duct system to the fan inlet directly from the outside air through vents under the rear windows.
With our brads both the GT and GT-2 there is no adequate venting to keep this tempeture air down. The twoe does have a engine cover vent but this vent is restrictive of the air flow through this cover.
Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 17, 2013 13:40:33 GMT -5
On my twoe I have so much opening space around the engine I would not know where to start. I have a Type III engine mounted in my twoe The only way to cut the heat is to wrap the exhaust system. My son suggested to use the Bernie Bergmann porsche fan system which is reported to increase air flow through the engine by 4 times. From what I have researched on it the people who use it say it works good. People who don't use it say it does not cool properly. My engine is fuel injected so the Bergmann fan shroud would not fit. Just another option to think about. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 16, 2013 13:41:13 GMT -5
Miguel I highly recommend getting the Bradley GT II CD from Jeff Troy here on this board. It has instruction for installing the AC on the GT II. The GT II has a special compartment to take the Evaporator coil and fan also the hose connectons are in the plans of the CD. It shows the put the condenser coil up front. I made a shroud and placed my condenser coil under the cargo compartment just in front of the engine.
The CD from Jeff Troy will answer many of your questions.
Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 15, 2013 20:49:23 GMT -5
Eric you are right but it is not the computer. My son had replaced the tail light with a new LED Brake and running light in place of the old Glass Bulbs in his MC. Since the two resistors are not at gnd potential so there is about 9V applied to the Brake circuit. So the Brake light get the 9V and since it is a lower voltage the brake light light up a little dimmer. And when the brakes are applied they get the full voltage and glow as the brake lights. It looks just like running lights and brake lights all in ones. Keep this in mind when you install the new LED HD light in your brad and somthing is a little flakey. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 15, 2013 17:48:28 GMT -5
The Suzuki GS 850 is old enought that it does not have a Lighting computer, so what applies power the the brake lights that makes it look like it has running lights.
To protect the computer in the busa a blocking diode was added in the brake wire. So what lights up the brake lights as if they were running lights.
Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 15, 2013 13:58:09 GMT -5
The box is a compositive material can't short out. No metal bans no holes drilled uses a composive mounting base, only two connections. Only two wires Gnd and Brake, No turn signals, no running lights. BTW his Busa now has running light the same way! Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 15, 2013 11:04:44 GMT -5
I have a question for all the techy geeks out there. Hay Skip20 maybe you can answer this one. My son has a couple of motor cycles (Suzuki GS 850 and a Hyabusa) and he bought a GiVi V47NT Tech Monokey top case with mounting adapter to mount on both the GS 850 and the Hyabusa. He mounted the case on his Hyabuse everything works OK. Brake light work like they should. He mounted the case on his GS 850 and it looked like everything is OK. But then he notice the GS 850 had running lights and brake lights. In the wiring there is only two wires, one ground and one brake line. So the question is where did the running lights come from on the GS 850 Remember there are only two wires one ground and one brake wire, This case only come with just brake lights. So again where did the running lights come from ? Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 13, 2013 12:48:51 GMT -5
The only problem I see is more rain water can get into the air ductwork. Since it is all fiberglass that is no big problem, but will need some holes drilled from under neath at each side of the engine compartment to allow this water to drain. Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 13, 2013 12:17:37 GMT -5
Larry Today my son gave me an air vent from his VW to use on the brad air vent. I took it to my brad to check for size and will it work, I think so. I also cut off most of the duct so it will fit the outside opening. The opening will need a little enlargement to accept this air duct and needs a little bit of screen to keep bugs from getting into the car. It will be no problem. I will need to use epoxy or RTV to hold the vent in place and paint to match. I'm need to order 2 sets from West Coast Metric for $10.45 a pair. Mid America motorworks also has them but at $19.95 per pair. Wyn www.westcoastmetric.com/viewProduct.php?productID=113-719A-L%2FR&from_search=1
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Post by Wyn on Jul 10, 2013 9:31:48 GMT -5
I would stay away from because about 99.9% of their links are for overseas supplies. With longer production times and higher shipping cost and larger quantity requirement to keep the cost low. I have search them too many time and its a waste of time. Every time comes up on item search I click it off. They are great for Companies needing low cost and large quantities items! Wyn
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Post by Wyn on Jul 9, 2013 15:43:01 GMT -5
These switches were listed at $30.87 I got them discounted to $24.59 and with Tax they were over $100. Can't always get a good price in the local stores. Wyn
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