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fisha Member Since: 25 Sep 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 1355 |
One comment I've seen is to cut / deeply score the top layers veneer prior to cutting to prevent cracks / chipping. V8 or else ... |
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13th Dec 2023 4:44pm |
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JDGeorgia Member Since: 11 Oct 2023 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 154 |
Not sure I am that good...
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13th Dec 2023 8:51pm |
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JDGeorgia Member Since: 11 Oct 2023 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 154 |
What a long, strange trip it's been...
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14th Dec 2023 3:42am |
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JDGeorgia Member Since: 11 Oct 2023 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 154 |
A couple of pics - L494 Gear Shift Lever installed in an L405.
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16th Dec 2023 4:07am |
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Phoenix Member Since: 16 May 2022 Location: Gone Posts: 1631 |
That does look great, I don't have the skills or equipment to produce the trim finisher otherwise I'd be on the lookout for the required parts.... |
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16th Dec 2023 9:21am |
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aljo Member Since: 04 Jul 2018 Location: west sussex Posts: 202 |
Excellent work 👍 you have gone above and beyond the call of duty
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16th Dec 2023 10:48am |
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Andy S Member Since: 16 Jun 2013 Location: Sevenoaks Posts: 1023 |
Great work JD. I’d like to do it, but lack anything like your competence and craftsmanship! |
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16th Dec 2023 12:03pm |
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35315 |
i'd be reluctant to do this conversion...my wife would only use it as a handbag holder.. ... - .- -.
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16th Dec 2023 12:17pm |
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JDGeorgia Member Since: 11 Oct 2023 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 154 |
i'd be reluctant to do this conversion...my wife would only use it as a handbag holder..
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16th Dec 2023 1:23pm |
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JDGeorgia Member Since: 11 Oct 2023 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 154 |
Boys, boys, boys... I got you! (This got kind of long... Sorry) If you are truly interested in attempting this, I can either send the CNC "G-Code" and you can find some local Maker... Or find a cup holder lid in your interior color and get it shipped to me. The 1/4" (6.35mm) Birch plywood is less than $10, as is the hardware. I would cut you a couple of fillers and ship it back to you. (I would do my dead level best, but can't be responsible if something screws up...) You pay shipping and $25 for materials. Something tells me you can solder. You just need the SCAB/Pin holder for the L405 (or splice directly into the harness) This is not a pic of the final 'subframe' - this may have been version 4 or 5 of the final 6 - but it gives you an idea of what it looks like. Here is the drawing I did that became the V6 Subframe - I am not a real machinist so I applied my cutting board skills to this and this is how it looks in my world.
This was cut using a 1/8 endmill to a depth of 6.5mm. The red holes are where it screws up into the existing L405 pegs (which are stronger than I initially gave them credit for) It is offset with nylon spacers or bushings. The blue slotted holes allow slight adjustment of the lever module. This is the actual V6 subframe with the L494 lever attached. I left the stainless M5 machine screws loose and attached it from underneath, adjusted the lever fore and aft to fit the beauty ring inside the filler then added Loctite Blue to the threads and tightened it down. Here is the layout I did for the filler ????? It does not seem to want to upload...???? This was cut from the backside with an 18* V-Bit that snapped off the point. I had the feed rate turned way down, but it was not designed to cut aluminum... It worked, but with the tip missing, it left .25mm or so of the clear lacquer which is why you see the spalling in the finished product. I was also stupid - when I do these holder tabs in plywood, I just take a chisel and whack it to detach the part then sand down what is left. I was probably "half drunk and hollow eyed" (The Ride by David Allen Coe) when I did this - I oh so carefully set this on a piece of plywood with a towel under it as to not mess up the finish... and gave it a whack. Nice... based on the crack pattern, pretty sure that is when the lacquer cracked front to back. I am smarter now. Now that I have a reference point... I am kind of halfway thinking about trying to do 'the tilt'!?!? I think the front would stay about where it is, but the back would drop 20 to 30 mil or so. The holes in the subframe would have to be angled 20* and the spacers would have to be reworked, but I am not starting from scratch. I still think the L494 in its original configuration is kind of a crumb catcher... The other thought stems from something Phoenix said 5 pages back... Pop the silver Range Rover piece out and have the filler go over the substrate wood. You could then move the lever back about 10mm and still have filler on the back. It would be kind of a giant sea of shadow walnut, unless you milled in a spot to put the silver piece in front (still all reversible). This got kind of long... sorry for that, but I think better when I am writing. Plus this is a nice repository to go back to and see what the hell it was I was thinking... JDW 2006 L322 HSE LUX 4.4NA Jag V8 Buckingham Blue/Ivory - 'Col Reb' Rolled Yahtzee Aug 2023 222,222Miles 2016 L405 HSE TD6. Santorini Black over Almond. - 'Donna the Diesel' Only L405 IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE with an L494 Shift Lever Fitted! 97K at purchase Sept of 2023 |
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16th Dec 2023 2:29pm |
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Phoenix Member Since: 16 May 2022 Location: Gone Posts: 1631 |
Sorry mate, I must've missed that - 'sports mode' is pushed to the left on UK models, TBH I think all vehicles are the same, whichever side the driver sits.
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16th Dec 2023 2:40pm |
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JDGeorgia Member Since: 11 Oct 2023 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 154 |
@Phoenix - Hey now... are you assembling parts, despite what you said?!?!?!
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16th Dec 2023 3:06pm |
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Phoenix Member Since: 16 May 2022 Location: Gone Posts: 1631 |
That's just a random eBay photo - I saw one a while ago with the mounting plate for not a lot of money, It's gone now....
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16th Dec 2023 3:13pm |
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Phoenix Member Since: 16 May 2022 Location: Gone Posts: 1631 |
Hmm... I need to get Christmas & a house purchase out of the way first, I'll think it over in the meantime and maybe build up a stock of parts if I come across them cheap enough. |
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16th Dec 2023 3:33pm |
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