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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 21:06:24 GMT -5
I’m mostly just busting your chops.
Just not sure we need “areWeThereYet areWeThereYet areWeThereYet….”
I’m guilty of it, but after 5 years of waiting, not 5 days. 😉
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 19:57:38 GMT -5
The other thing is, probably can get a roof 3D printed so it's less of an issue if it happens. Or maybe AZL World Headquarters has some lying around. Nope. Sorry. Don’t have spare roof pieces. Thank you! I was half-kidding but I appreciate your reply. Rob Albritton Hans Riddervold (AZL) Any plans for more auto racks at some point?
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 19:55:32 GMT -5
I'm curious, Edward. Why do you want to remove the roof of the autorack? I can answer this one. First, to make it easier to weather the roof, which often has wildly different weathering effects compared to the rest of the car. Second, to repaint the car entirely. There are dozens upon dozens of schemes that AZL has not done. Other possibilities: Add an EOT circuit?
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 19:10:38 GMT -5
Well, which one is it? Are you reading the room, or are you not trying to be like everyone else?
And really, if you were a literalist you would have waited three more days, no?
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 18:49:32 GMT -5
Interesting and Awesome! Wish I'd waited I guess....lol.
I wondered about using the TSC's. Great stuff...thanks for sharing!
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 14:52:39 GMT -5
Obviously, the new danger is damaging the etched panel when it comes off, so be careful. Mine just fell off so I'm not sure how that process is. Wide flat tools for sure.
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 14:43:44 GMT -5
Well, duh...
I think I have an idea...
1. Pull off the side panel. 2. Cut (drill?) out a hole where the posts are, big enough for a zona saw blade. 3. Saw/cut the post. 4. The hole will be covered by the etched panel.
Sound reasonable?
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 13:33:51 GMT -5
The week has still two more days to go............ Very true. Or, just don't be literalist and simply "read the room" like everyone else.
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 12:49:07 GMT -5
So thinking about the roof removal... -I've read people talking about trying to cleanly separate items affixed with CA (if that's even what this is) and one suggestion that often comes up is to put the item in the freezer and that will often cause the CA joint to pop apart. -[Deleted second idea...doesn't seem feasible after all, and I think I found a good solution, see below.]
Well, I can't seem to come up with a good idea. Hopefully someone else has figured it out?
The other thing is, probably can get a roof 3D printed so it's less of an issue if it happens. Or maybe AZL World Headquarters has some lying around.
I was hoping the roofs would come off, too...for weathering and/or repainting purposes.
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 11:51:30 GMT -5
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 11:50:09 GMT -5
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 11:02:22 GMT -5
Well, curiosity got the best of me...
I tried taking the roof off of the car that lost its side panel.
You're right...if you're not careful, you'll bust the roof apart. I broke mine clean in half. Thankfully, it is at one of the seams and the break is nice and clean and straight. So probably a no(t much) harm, no foul type of thing. (EDIT: not quite as clean as I thought on one side, but I still think it's fixable)
So, the edges are easy to pry up but you'll notice an oddly significant resistance. The reason for this is there are two center-line vertical posts, roughly at the 1/3 and 2/3 points lengthwise. The roofs are glued* to these posts, and I'm really not sure how you would get the roof off without breaking it. You might be able to pry up on side just enough to get something in to cut it, but it would be tricky at best.
I will try to snap (no pun intended) some pics when I get a minute.
*it is possible that this is a "press-fit" sort of situation, and possibly the paint adhered to the post. (it's a male-female thing, with the male being the post coming up from the car body and the female being the roof post) But it very much looks like there is CA glue residue at the connection point.
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 10:46:43 GMT -5
Good question. I've never taken the roof off. I do know that the entire side panel (the silver/gray anti-vandal panels and vertical rack-body-color supports) is a single etched metal piece attached with doublesided tape. Had one fall off.
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Post by dazed on Apr 18, 2024 8:31:43 GMT -5
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Post by dazed on Apr 16, 2024 16:00:27 GMT -5
The BNSF Swoosh from the first run was also an almost-instant sellout. I can't recall any of the others. Maybe Pennsy? Doesn't seem like MoPac hung around long either.
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