Hello again (T1000A restoration)

[tachi88]

Update.

I cleaned up the chopper, prepped for some corrosion control. I have lock washers on order.
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I was able to recover the projector and the control box from the museum... Sadly it seems like the rotator was misplaced, potentially scrapped... So now I need to see if I can find a replacement, or find the exact specs to build a new one. Thankfully I have access to a full machine shop, however, I would need to have some sort of reference to go off of to rebuild it.
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Wait your control box and projector was at a museum?!
Edit: where is the blower?

Yeah, at the time I picked it up I was living in an apartment with my mom. Didn't have the space, or know how to work on it. Originally I worked out a deal that I could use one of the restoration hangers at the Air and Space Museum if I agreed to donate it, dropped off the rotator, control box and projector with them. I kept the chopper / chopper housing at my house for restoration... Kinda lost touch years later.

I was 20 when I picked this thing up... Wasn't fully thinking things through. In hindsight I should have reassembled the rotator and painted it yellow, it would have likely been saved if I did. That's literally how the control box and projector were saved, because people knew what they were merely from color alone...

The blower was way too big for me to recover at the time, so I left it with the pile of other sirens.

[HDN]

You'd need quite a bit of juice to run a Thunderbolt blower anyway. I'd think there'd be suitable, less power-hungry alternatives available now.

[tachi88]

Did a full clean up and ready for paint prep

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[tachi88]

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[tachi88]

You'd need quite a bit of juice to run a Thunderbolt blower anyway. I'd think there'd be suitable, less power-hungry alternatives available now.

I am still kinda in the market for one anyway? But would like to look into alternatives for something a little more suitable. I am wanting to do something a little more plug and play for the museum for ease sake. We'll cross that bridge when it comes. Still need to fully replace the rotator...

[tboltsiren599]

You'd need quite a bit of juice to run a Thunderbolt blower anyway. I'd think there'd be suitable, less power-hungry alternatives available now.

I am still kinda in the market for one anyway? But would like to look into alternatives for something a little more suitable. I am wanting to do something a little more plug and play for the museum for ease sake. We'll cross that bridge when it comes. Still need to fully replace the rotator...

With the rotator missing, is the ID tag gone along with it?

[tachi88]

You'd need quite a bit of juice to run a Thunderbolt blower anyway. I'd think there'd be suitable, less power-hungry alternatives available now.

I am still kinda in the market for one anyway? But would like to look into alternatives for something a little more suitable. I am wanting to do something a little more plug and play for the museum for ease sake. We'll cross that bridge when it comes. Still need to fully replace the rotator...

With the rotator missing, is the ID tag gone along with it?

No, thankfully I removed that prior to prepping the sheet metal for stripping / priming. Since I never got around to painting it, the tag has been in my tool box this whole time

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[tboltsiren599]

I am still kinda in the market for one anyway? But would like to look into alternatives for something a little more suitable. I am wanting to do something a little more plug and play for the museum for ease sake. We'll cross that bridge when it comes. Still need to fully replace the rotator...

With the rotator missing, is the ID tag gone along with it?

No, thankfully I removed that prior to prepping the sheet metal for stripping / priming
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Thats awesome! If you'd want a new one made, I'll link you to this: https://rescuemarket.com/shop/ols/produ ... iren-badge . I've gotten a few tags from him and they're amazing and very accurate. Also, off topic, but I sent you a friend request on Facebook if you'd wanna talk more or if you need help with anything .

[Andresplazm]

With the rotator missing, is the ID tag gone along with it?

No, thankfully I removed that prior to prepping the sheet metal for stripping / priming
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Thats awesome! If you'd want a new one made, I'll link you to this: https://rescuemarket.com/shop/ols/produ ... iren-badge . I've gotten a few tags from him and they're amazing and very accurate. Also, off topic, but I sent you a friend request on Facebook if you'd wanna talk more or if you need help with anything .

I was looking for one for my SD10 shroud tysm!

[tachi88]

Update: Christopher Jancse on Facebook answered my request and sent me a replacement rotator at a rather reasonable price. Good not to be stuck anymore!

I think the plan moving forward is to clean the frame and base down to bare metal. I need to extract two broken bolts on the side and re-tap a few other holes, hopefully that won't be too much trouble, otherwise I may need to re-machine a new hold down plate for the motor and gear reducer.

I am on the hunt for a main gear, and a panel for the top of the box. Please DM me if any of you have any leads.

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