westend wrote:
A "star" scheme is where you have at least one individual wire to each brake set. I also ran forward, the (-) partner for each brake set because I wanted to have all the wires on one terminal strip.
You can read through the restoration thread in my signature line, "the Cowboy/Hilton" but it is without pictures, ATM. Photobucket wrecked that for us. If you do look through there and find something of interest, PM me and I can email you some pictures about a process.
Thanks. I will do that. Oddly enough, I think whoever had it wired before me had it the way you say do it--the wires are clipped on the back ones without my being able to tell, but one single wire feeds individual wires back into the center like you're suggesting on what is left of the wiring still on there (if my describing it that way makes sense).
westend wrote:
If I have one piece of advice to give a builder for a project like this is to draw some plans. They don't need to be Cadcam quality, just a general layout of mechanicals and the fixtures you're adding like bunks, counter tops, cupboards, etc. Those plans will serve as a reminder and help schedule the different parts of building.
I'm a carpenter by trade, and I've been sitting down the last few evenings doing just exactly what you suggest here, and modifying them to come under weight, first, getting individual weights of 2x's and plywood and siding, etc., and then even comparing it to different ways of doing the same thing, i.e., seeing if vinyl siding and osb is really much lighter than, say, T-111.
So, I'm with you on that one and definitely trying. Then, again, with this monkey wrench above, if that turns out to be the case, I don't see how I could go light enough to do half what I want and not overload the stupid things. I don't need 9K of axle, but at least the 7K of 3500lb-ers would be nice. Man, I hope Fayette has some better news for me tomorrow.
