PNG Car Of The Year 2008

Because it won't be long before I can only work on the car in the garage due to the scottish weather, thought I'd best wash the crud off the inner wings to keep things clean.

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Tonight, removed the loom from the car and set about making my rev counter wire.

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Positioned the wire where it would connect to the rev counter and ran it into the loom to a redundant wire that would normally feed the bonnet lamp. Where it comes out the other end, cut back into the loom to splice with the green coil wire. All taped up and tested the curcuit.

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Job done.

Coiled up the loom to store away.

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Thoroughly enjoying this.

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Originally Posted by paddy138

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You're welcome mate.

Update from yesterday, but no pics.

Removed the exhaust, had to cut it off in the end, was hoping too much that it would come apart even after being on the car 20 years.

Un-done the handbrake cable which did come apart like it was brand new, and removed the fuel tank and fuel line.

Re-connected the handbrake cable.

Next job will be to drain the coolant and remove the radiator and pipes, then the engine's coming out.

Shaun.

Tonight, removed all the coolant pipes and radiator, plastic panel around the radiator and heater matrix. Managed to catch all the coollant in a basin, purely down to the long hose along the bottom of the radiator.

Just a few up close pics of how it's looking.

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To free up my overflowing magnetic trays, bought this from B&Q earlier today and sorted all the bits and bobs out.

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Will have the engine out at the weekend.

Well after a very unproductive day at work I thought I'd make my evening as productive as possible, so the engine's now out.

Used a method that's served me well whilst doing it on my own (ahem) and without an engine crane.

Drop the car on the deck, unbolt the engine, jack the car back up, pull the engine out from under the car. Start to finish, took just over an hour with no problems.

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Also went down again to discuss prices for the respray with my painter and I am looking at around ?1200 which I am chuffed with. He is quite excited about doing the job as the majority of his day to day work is newer car and just body repairs.

I am looking forward to this very much when it goes off to paint.

Shaun.

Today, glorious weather, ideal for getting to the final stripping stages.

Came out to the garage this morning to find my engine bleeding after it's removal yesterday.

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Removed the steering rack, steering column, pedal assembly, brake master cylinder, front brakes in their entirity, all the glass (which is the first time I've removed a windscreen without braking it so I'm pretty chuffed) and loosened all the front suspension arms so they can all be removed when the bay is being painted.

Pic of the brake pipes before they are removed.

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My loft is full, so having to store parts in the garage until I find somewhere else. Might keep stuff under my desk at work. hmmmmmmmmmm

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All the glass out, just got the black sealant to remove.

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The inside with everything out now.

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Just the roof gutter trim to remove, then it's body prepping.

Cheers,
Shaun.

Yesterday, removed the roof lining and "A" & "B" pillar trims and got stuck (literally) into removing the black sealant for the front windscreen.

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Also made a start on de-greasing the engine bay, messy, messy job, but the worst is off now.

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With the black sealant gone...

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Final pics of the day.

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The car is so light now, was able to lift it right over hard against the garage wall.

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Cheers,

Shaun.

Today, removed the last of the windscreen sealant, the gutter trims and sealant, then moved the car out onto the driveway, rolled it up onto ramps and removed the rear brake pipes.

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Where can you store intact brake pipes? hmmmmmmmmm












Nail them to the wall!!!!!!

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Power washed the underside of the car and the engine bay and now it's gleaming. Well, almost...

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Next job is body preperation.

Cheers,

Shaun.

Progress this week seems slow and un-rewarding.

So far I have rubbed down the roof, A & C pillars, scuttle panel, front panel and inner wings. The engine bay work is killing me at the moment, but want to get it over and done with as soon as. Just got the Bulkhead to do then it's back to flat panel preperation. All areas with any sign of surface rust or cracks in the paint are being taken back to bare metal.

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I knew the car had some front end damage, but only once I dug out quite a lot of filler on the front panel did I realise the extent of it. All areas on the front panel which have now had 5 coats of red-oxide were stripped back to bare metal. The damage was more over a large area than to an excessive depth. But as I am fitting the lower valance this will be unseen, so I'm not going to smooth it all back over.

Today, tackled the battery tray. Removed the tar like sound deadening stuff along with some of the seam sealer revealing no rust as hoped.

Before:

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After:

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Then a couple of coats of red oxide:

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Next job was to sort the small patches of rust on the offside, a few bubbles on the bottom edge of the door, thankfully nothing serious, but a few on the sill which concerned me before I starting digging. I knew that the car had had a few accidents, but my findings today showed the extent of this. The full off-side quarter panel has been replaced at once stage of it's life.

The C-pillar:

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The sill where the rust was:

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Then on to the quarter panel:

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Arch lip returned to bare metal, no rust:

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And a coat of red-oxide:

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Near side is next....

Update tonight is, well as my last post said the near side and I thought I'd blitz it.

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Few spots of rust on the sill, nothing major.

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No issues with this quarter panel at all.

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Arch cleaned up really well.

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Just got the front half of the sill to do and then it's the bulkhead next.

Don't have to do the near side door as it's getting a new skin.

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Cheers,

Shaun.