lol Nice work mate
Will she make the meet :)
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lol Nice work mate
Will she make the meet :)
yeah - will be there no probs.
Tuesday 05/08/2008
Removed the rear drums today to replace the bearings. had a lovely HUMMMMMMMMM coming from one of the sides - couldnt work out which so decided to replace them both. Theyre currently at a local engineering works waiting to get the bearing races driven out and new ones fitted.
Gonna remove the side vynal on the passenger side shortly ready for replacing the rear arch this weekend. Was gonna do it today but the missus convinced me to do it at the weekend - plus she wouldnt let me use the other car coz it's gonna be back off the road for a few days whilst I weld the arch.
typical...
looking good fella , you need a halfords trade card mate , makes a massive difference lol
I iz in da tradz clubz init.
lol Good work Ade
Will be good to see it at the meet :)
Tuesday 05/08/2008
Rear bearings all done today. Local engineering company by me replaced the inner bearing races (the sleeves that hold them in place) for £18 all in which I'm v pleased about. Didnt trust myself to do it properly.
Gave the hubs a wee freshen up (etch primered and will eventually paint them black) then fitted the bearings - one of the easiest jobs to do. Just need to make sure you dont overtighten the last nut to the washer can still move about enough without being loose.
Took her for a test drive and not a simngle annoying HUMMMMMMM to be heard!
Next job is to replace the passenger rear 1/4 panel - this weekends game...
Nice one mate - I'm looking forward to some WIP pics :)
was gonna do some pics for the bearings but tbh its so straight forward I may as well just post up the Haynes section on it...
lol
Almost finished the vynal - will post the full set scales down once done. I'd actually finished it earlier (was working on rear 1/4 vynal) but my PC decided to reboot midway through and the file corrupted with the work I'd done!
GRRR
Good progress, i shall be watching this thread as i mentioned before, nice to see somone elses nova with the same rot and is doing the same work as i will.
Saturday and Sunday 9th and 10th August.
The missus allowed me to repear my rear passenger arch this weekend - I had promised it wouldn't take more than 2 days - FAIL!
Looks like I'm using the 4x4 to get to work the next day or 2
I spent Friday evening removing the vynal and getting some horrible shutz crud off a repair patch that'd been welded in the bottom arch corner. Got her in the garage, part of the rear trim removed for panel access and on jacks ready for the morning.
Sarutrday 09/08/2008
The actual outer skin wasnt too bad but I knew from feeling under the lip that the inner arch weas shot. Plus theres this patch in the corner -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0002-3.jpg
I didnt want to take much metal off as the outer skin wasnt too bad so I cleaned off the paint and parked out my cut line -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0004-5.jpg
Here's the mess behind that corner piece - I'll need to do some inner repair work I think -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0007-3.jpg
I then cut the outer skin off (after drilling out the spot welds). As predicted the inner arch was shagged.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0008-3.jpg
I then cut this off level with the outer skin.
I then offered up the new outer skin panel and from the inside arch drew on the back of it folowing the line I'd cut. I then cut this out and offered the new cut panel to the car -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0003-3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0017-3.jpg
I now needed to rebuild the inner arch. This was a bit more work than the drivers side as the bottom edge was missing. I started by using another outer skin and cutting and chaping it to fit snuggly to the inside of my other panel that makes my outer replacement skin. This was then offered up in sections and welded in place to the inner arch edge -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0012-4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...DSCF0013-3.jpg
continued...