Rogillio Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 (edited) Having trouble uploading pictures. This may take a while....No idea why I can't upload the other 3 pictures of this restore. I though maybe they were too big at 130K so resized to under 100k and they still won't upload. What are the 'rules' or criteria for uploading pictures? Edited November 9, 2014 by Rogillio (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I find that reducing the photo pixel sizes to 2000 pixels or less in BOTH directions will help the photos load easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 32DL6 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I though maybe they were too big at 130K so resized to under 100k and they still won't upload. What are the 'rules' or criteria for uploading picturesThere's no problem with your size. In fact those are pretty small files. If you keep individual files under 1.8MB you should be fine. If not, you have some other problem going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_Greenlaw Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Fine restoration job, looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogillio Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Fine restoration job, looks goodThanks brother. I am painting the car so was taking stuff off and when I took this off I knew it needed attention. I loved finding the DB logo on the bottom of the light housing. You just don't see that these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Thanks brother. I am painting the car so was taking stuff off and when I took this off I knew it needed attention. I loved finding the DB logo on the bottom of the light housing. You just don't see that these days.The DB logo goes on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.White Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 (edited) The thin cork gasket should ideally be in one piece around the circumference of the light to keep it watertight. Originally the gasket would have been secured to the 'stop' silhouette by two splayed ferrules then the screws went through these ferrules to secure it to the body. As you can see there are two reveals in the glass to allow for the ferrules. I believe the thinking behind this arrangement was so that when a bulb needed changing, the whole assembly could be removed as one thereby leaving less chance of the glass being dropped and broken. Replacement cork gaskets are available from Myers.When I restored my rear lamps (we have to have two here) I found the bent over tangs of the ferrules easily broke off, so rendering them useless. Aluminium ferrules were originally used - the brass and copper ones that I had to hand were too stiff - so I fashioned my own aluminium ones by removing the steel pin from some heavy duty pop rivets. They need to be long enough to allow them to be split and splayed out, and have an external diameter large enough to pass snugly through the holes in the cover and silhouette and have an internal diameter suitable to accept the screws. It worked for me.Ray. Edited November 10, 2014 by R.White (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9 Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 I'm surprised know one made mention of an essential part of your restoration process, BEER! Nice work, Rogillio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC5 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Works for me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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