Can I joinj the club of the rot spot Nova's lolQuote:
Originally Posted by AW06
Nice work Ade, love your documenting :thumb:
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Can I joinj the club of the rot spot Nova's lolQuote:
Originally Posted by AW06
Nice work Ade, love your documenting :thumb:
Monday 14th July 2008
Got up early (6am) to start work on the car. had to get rear sorted today.
Started by sanding back arch.
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Initially came out well but there were some high spots so I applied another skim of filler and sanding back. I then applied a layer of "stopper". This is basically cellulose putty which is like very fine filler (like very thick paint). you spread it on and it seals the filler (which is pourous and has pin holes of air bubbles in it which can cause problems with paint).
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Whilst this cured I removed the rear 1.4 panel window. i notices a rust spot where the 1.4 frame had rubbed the paint.
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This would also make spraying the rear easier. the rust spot was treated.
Whilst the stopper cured I also changed the fuel return and sender pipes.
My old ones were badly perished -
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For reference the full sender is bigger then the fuel return (I think 6mm and 4mm diameter).
New ones in place-
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I then sanded the stopper back using fine wet and dry paper.
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The whole panel was then sprayed with zinc primer.
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I masked off the rest of the car leaving the rear 1/4 exposes and gave it several coats of white primer.
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To speed up the drying process I used a heat lamp
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Whilst this was curing i reassembled the engine bay area. i needed to refit the radiator, refill the coolant, reattach the lights as well as weld up the hole under the drivers strut mount...
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I also applied a little paint to the strut tops to make the bay look a little tidier.
Once the primer was cured I flatted it back using 800 grit and then applied some high build primer in some areas I wasnt happy with.
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This was cured further using the heat lamp and then a final coat of primer was applied.
Whilst that was curing I poked about uinderneath. I noticed whilst replacing the fuel sender/return hoses that there was a fair amount of rust hidden behind old underseal. I started to pick away...I wish I hadnt...
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there were holes!
I left these for now and
went back to sanding the final layer of primer back uwing 800 grit. I did these last couple of stages using the paper soaked in a dilyuted mix of hot water and washing up liquid. this helps keep the panel greese free and the paper clog free.
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The panel was then thoroughly dried and the area masked off for the final time.
I then sprayed the rear 1/4 panel using 3 full cans of glazier white.
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After a couple of hours and some seady application with the heat lamp the outcome was really good. It needs flatting back but I'm happy with the results...
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I then had to reassemble the front of the car.
I carefully fitted the wings -
passenger
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driver
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making sure the front edges were sealed with the slam panel.
I then refitted the bumper
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I need to redo this because for some reason it wont sit flush the the ends of the wings (both sides) - the side clips are slipping for some reason...
I then sealed the gap between the inner and outer arches and applied a healthy amount of seam sealer all along the inside of the arch and down the join by the filler neck...
The next task is to sort out the rust underneath the car...those holes were right on the sill...
Saturday 19th July 2008
This weekend I planned to cut out the rust and holes I discovered under the floor pan by the drivers sill.
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I removed the seat and carpet and it didnt look too bad from inside but I knew it was paper thin-
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In addition it looks like Vauxhall in their wisdom thought it'd be okay to shrimp on the rust proofing underneath...
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After cleaning off wehat was left of the rust proofing underneath to find good meetal and then cleaning up the inside to do the same I marked out the area to be removed -
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I ensured the fuel lines were tied well out of the way (see above pics and red tie backs) and brought the grinder out to play
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I then made a card template and cut the new sections out of an old wing -
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After cleaning up and removing the paint I fettled it so it was a good fit. The new panel will be an l shape with the L section bonded to the sill, and the rest filling the gap - it will be seam welded to the top edge of the sill and around the existing hole then seam sealed flush from underneath after getting a good dose of etch primer.
One of the new panels fettled in place
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And then tack welded it in, fellting as I went to ensure a solid fit -
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By this time it was 6pm and time for Tea!
Sunday 20th July 2008
More welding today - much to the disgust of the missus who made the comment - "I thought this car was rust free and was your daily runabout that you werent ever ging to mess with!"
I promised I'd be finished by 12pm so I could do stuff with her for the rest of the day - which would have been the case if I hadnt run out of wire mid way through!
:mad:lol
Anyway - managed to wangle more wire and finished the welding up -
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This was cleaned up, etch primed (inside and out) and seam sealed...
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Once this had cured ther outside and underside were painted with chassis black. prior to this the underside had been doused with rust remover
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All I need now is to shutz the underside and then check the passenger side - but thst can wait a week or three...
:p
top work matey :thumb:
No progress then??? lol
Coming on quick as per usual.
Keep up the good work.
Good work mate
You bringing it along to the meet ?