My Thunderbolt 1000TB + Resto/Install Pics (Updated 5-28-11)

[Charlie Davidson]

Looks great! Will you post a video of you testing it?

It's covered up right now to prevent any paint damage/dust/etc from getting on it, however when the parts arrive I will be making a few videos of it in action. Hopefully by then we will be able to mount it on the blower temporarily and give it a go with the blower and the dual tone chopper.

[1000Bthunderbolt]

Awsome work Charlie. Looks just as nice as mine. Great job.

[Charlie Davidson]

Awsome work Charlie. Looks just as nice as mine. Great job.

Thanks!! The paint on mine is a little lighter than yours (which yours is closer to the original color of them) but it's no big deal. Outside in the sunlight you really can't tell much of a difference. Sure stands out from everything else around the house!

[Charlie Davidson]

This evening I swapped the single tone chopper out for a 4/5 port dual tone chopper. I couldn't get anything back from a couple of sources regarding a 5/6 chopper or mounting flange so I've decided to ..waste.. a 2T (as much as I really hated to) and just fabricate a mounting flange.

The swap really wasn't as hard as I thought. I simply tapped both armatures off of the 1000 chopper and the 2T chopper and switched them between each other. The Thunderbolt chopper motor armature I believe needs new bearings, as they seem like they don't have any grease left inside of the bearings and make a little noise (though quite inaudible). I'll take the chopper motor out again and swap bearings between the two, since the 2T had brand new bearings as well.

Below is a video of what is now my Thunderbolt 1000T sounding the Alert and Attack signals manually by the chopper only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieaKMhSClh8

[1000Bthunderbolt]

[quote="Charlie Davidson"]This evening I swapped the single tone chopper out for a 4/5 port dual tone chopper. I couldn't get anything back from a couple of sources regarding a 5/6 chopper or mounting flange so I've decided to ..waste.. a 2T (as much as I really hated to) and just fabricate a mounting flange.


Dude, I told you I could have got you one. You should have let me know before you decided to fabricate one. The sirens that are still up there in Vermont are there but for how long I don't know.

[Charlie Davidson]

This evening I swapped the single tone chopper out for a 4/5 port dual tone chopper. I couldn't get anything back from a couple of sources regarding a 5/6 chopper or mounting flange so I've decided to ..waste.. a 2T (as much as I really hated to) and just fabricate a mounting flange.

Dude, I told you I could have got you one. You should have let me know before you decided to fabricate one. The sirens that are still up there in Vermont are there but for how long I don't know.

I completely forgot about that..LOL. PM sent.

[TBOLT1000]

The sirens that are still up there in Vermont are there but for how long I don't know.

I hope they are still up there, it would be horrible if he scraps them because they aren`t in bad shape.

[CDV777-1]

I couldn't get anything back from a couple of sources regarding a 5/6 chopper or mounting flange so I've decided to ..waste.. a 2T (as much as I really hated to) and just fabricate a mounting flange.

What mounting flange are your referring to???

[dilloncarpenter]

I think he might be referring to the flange that connects the blower pipe to the bottom of the rotator. It can be seen clearly in this pic of Eric L's? thunderbolt restoration, but please correct me if I am wrong, Charlie.

I take no credit for this photo.

[Charlie Davidson]

What mounting flange are your referring to???

I think he might be referring to the flange that connects the blower pipe to the bottom of the rotator. It can be seen clearly in this pic of Eric L's? thunderbolt restoration, but please correct me if I am wrong, Charlie.

I take no credit for this photo.

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That is correct.