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#1
18th February 2010, 22:54
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Hello to all, I am a new one
Hi, I have at last joined the forum due to my friend G6 UXU. I am an ex Leyland Trucks (current day name) electrical design engineer who has now retired from them after 40 years of service.
For those that dont know, there is a superb commercial vehicle museum in my home town, Leyland. There is some real old Leyland beauty's on display, well worth a visit. Regards Alan 
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#2
18th February 2010, 22:58
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Evening Alan and welcome to the forum, I knew you would join us on here. Cheers and thanks for a great day today at the Leyland Daf Plant.
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#3
19th February 2010, 00:11
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Welcome to you, audiman.
I hope that you will regale us with accounts of what you have achieved over the forty years. My first design item was a rubber grommet to surround a steering column lock. Later I progressed to design complete braking systems . . .
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19th February 2010, 00:24
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I don’t remember my first design, but I remember doing 0-9 and A-Z in lines on the drawing board. Supervisor pulled it to pieces, do it again, all day.
Various harnesses for the chassis/engine, harnesses and chassis related parts and brackets, etc were my domain. Also cab parts, connector interfaces, lighting etc. All good fun
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#5
19th February 2010, 01:13
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Ah! I learned my drawing at Uni, so I started-off detailing and then designing.
Wiring harnesses were buggahs! I never did any at work, but I draughted one for my 1936 MG and then made it from scratch (using all the correct colour-coded wires and bullet connectors) laying it out on the living-room floor and binding it with harness tape. I did have a schematic from the handbook to work from (as well as the original harness). I was in mechanical design and soon specialised in suspensions. The clever blokes did exhaust systems. Later (much later) I progressed to gearshifts.
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#8
19th February 2010, 11:19
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Thank you everybody for making me welcome, much appreciated.
Alan
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#9
19th February 2010, 13:23
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Welcome to the forum and look forward to your comments.
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