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Thank god you're not removing the heater claiming the payoff in weight loss is worth it then.
good enough reasson for me:DQuote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
looking good fella. what would we do without grinders :confused:lol
I had no problem working with 3mm steel.Never have! I only used 3mm because it was free!!!!!!!!
Right as me and mike are out of work now he (we) have more time on our hands,so Ive popped over to help out a few times in the last few weeks,and here's a mini update on things.
Mike's mate Simon has finished all the welding to the car (without any more fires :D ) and the inner wings are all done (mike has pics of this I'm sure)
The bay is prepped and ready for spraying over Christmas,i hope to have a go at the spraying my self..:)
So back to last week, i popped by and asked if he needed a hand with anything,and we decided while the engine and box are out and separated they should get cleaned up/painted etc, so thats what we set about doing so..
Box was cleaned of all grime by mike,now we start the prep, main prep was done using drill wire brush attachments etc,then some finishing with sand paper/wet n dry, GM's finish from the cast is so so shocking:wtf:
Prep of box.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6...06smallnd5.jpg
not much has been prep in this pic,you can see theres still some grime/dirt on it,and Ive not yet took the rust/paint of the black cover yet.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6...09smallje4.jpg
While cleaning, we noticed these codes,Ive got no idea what it is,but sure some of you do lol
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http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8...13smallxy2.jpg
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Check the **** in the casting!:roll:
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4...14smallye2.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9...17smallof9.jpg
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http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1...19smallce3.jpg
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All the paint/rust sanded off..
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/6...26smallef9.jpg
Zinc primer on the bottom/diff cover, filler primer on the top where it was badly pitted in the casting,and what ever els we could find got slung on it lol
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4...28smallfu9.jpg
And bit of drying under the lights..
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/5...31smalllo0.jpg
Forgot to say these pictures are all taken using my new phone, samsung toco (touch screen) 5 mega pixel, lol Ive got a new digi cam for Christmas thats 10 mega pixel.
Anyway, it was onto some more coats of primer,before quick dry then first top coats.
Diff plate,under box in first coat etc
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2...33smallhx9.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1...36smallic5.jpg
First coat's of Hammerite smooth silver brushed onto box casing.
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While i was there the next day Mike had started to clean up the block/head and turbo/exhaust manifold etc, while i was holding the exhaust down pipe and he was cleaning i noticed it seamed to be moving about allot,so we investigated (as it was heat wraped) and found the down pipe was split:eek:
Hence to say Mike was not happy,and we called it a day at that..
(ref fro Mike LOTNS)
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1...60smallwj3.jpg
So at some point he's now got to get the down pipe re-made.
Scott
Looking good Mike/Scott.
Sorry about my phone cutting you off the other evening mate, its been playing havoc the last few days!!! You get a chance to looks at any of the downpipes I told you about mate?
Yeah couldn't seen any worth going to the hassle of buying one, mike's just going to try get one made.
Ok mate, was worth a try though chap.
cheers for the pics scotty:thumb: Good camera on that phone!