The Counts 1.7 TD GSI nova

keep up the good work liking the look of you engine mount and patch work

Evening!

I managed to crack on with a few bits at work this weeks so thought i would fill you all in...

Here is the steering rack that i had previously cleaned but hadn't finished looking particularly fury

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD290.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD440.jpg

After i had removed the gaiters i taped her up and gave it a blast, here is the same section as above post blasting. Its heavily pitted were the Ali has corroded but is still serviceable.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD431.jpg

And the rest of the rack

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD439.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD436.jpg

Once it was cleaned the track rod ends needed some attention

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD444.jpg

So it was out with the die (M12 x 1.5 for reference)

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD443.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD438.jpg

Much better

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD437.jpg

And i polished this shaft up too lol

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD430.jpg

Prep done, next primer

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD390.jpg

Then paint....classic black

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD391.jpg

Here are some other filthy bits i removed from the donor 1.5td as these bits are different to their 1.7 td counter parts (only slightly different as in angles etc but it will make it easier for fitting the 1.7 lump to the nova)

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...ovaTD423-1.jpg

To the wash tank then the hot wash

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD424.jpg

And finally the blaster - as you can see they look like sh!t still

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD441.jpg

Corrosion was an issue again due to the ends being submerged in coolant for so long. They were heavily pitted so i decided to smear some liquid metal over the pitting to level the surface, you can see this in the pics below

Pitting

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD433.jpg

Filled

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD428.jpg

Hopefully this will help to seal the pipes but if not its back to the drawing board as i can't imagine its too easy to get these bits any more!

Next issues was the mounting surface faces which were suffering from corrosion also as seen below

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD432.jpg

On to the linisher

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD426.jpg

much better

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD434.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD427.jpg

Blasted, primed, and painted this metal coolant pipe

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD425.jpg

I wire wheeled these bits too - shiny!

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../NovaTD429.jpg



Thanks for looking :thumb:

Awesome work as always bud, will be good to see this done, its going to be immaculately clean for a weasel motor lol

Diesels don't have to be dirty they need love too lol

I think this ones going to be cleaner than any other, even brand new ones fresh from the facotry aint this clean lol

So your going to have the bonnet open with pride at shows?? lol

Too funking right i am! And i will make sure i'm close to that sport your building so people can compare lol

i would love to have the access to all the tools you do lol

Envious at the shot blasting, such an easy way of cleaning stuff up, some of us would be there for hours with the wire wool lol!