Like your style Jon

Martin

 

It's been a while but some things have been happening...

Some metal work cleaning up the TGV deletes and adding some take-offs and welding up others on the inlet...






Primed...



And painted...






Top jobs so far by Ryan

 

Inlet looks great Jon hoping to have mine done black complete with black hoses in the bay and ic pipe work.

Martin

 

And the next few bits now in paint just waiting a bit of finishing and then on their way back to me for fitting

Bonnet vent...




Alternator...




Taking a couple of weeks off over Christmas to do some bits so progress should increase soon, although I am seriously considering an M5 with a couple of tweeks and I'm not sure I can convince the wife to let me have 2 cars sat on the drive

 

Looks good Jon,really like it alot

Jura

 

And the alternator rebuilt...

 

That's one sexy looking alternator!!
Great work!!

 

Cheers bud, the work's done by Prodriverules. Just need some nice stainless bolts to finish it off

 

Still chipping away there Jon, there's some work gone into this in the last 12 months

 

Cheers mate, planning a flurry over Christmas as well as starting my masters degree

Time get stuck in and get it finished

 

Time to get cracking, started by unbolting to old front suspension ready for fitting of the coilovers. In the process I've noticed how badly the whiteline roll centre kit has resisted the weather - I've just about had it with whiteline stuff as it does not seem to last despite the cost






Anyway, I'm going to paint the hubs, and as I'll need a full geo I'll probably rip off the track rod ends and give them a coat of paint too

 

Know what you mean about whiteline stuff, I'm going to get anything I put on covered with an extra coat of lacquer moving forward. Need to get my arb's powdercoated.

 

Front struts are off, but the track rod ends are seized solid so I'll be off to B&Q in the sales for a new gas powered heat gun






... oh and maybe some nice and shiny steering arms

And the old front struts off ready to be cleaned up and sold, Whiteline flatout springs, AGX shock and whiteline adjustable top mounts

 

So I got a bit carried away and next thing I know I have a pair of front hubs on the workbench

So I got to them with a wire brush and holy **** they were minging...




And then the first coat of hammerite satin black

 

I just hope it's going to be used in anger as much as all the bits will be shining on her ...

Cracking job Jon , cant wait for the final stage of it

 

I plan on giving it a good run next year - just taking advantage of having some bits off to clean it up a bit

 

Another productive day before the crap weather returns...

The painted hubs went back on a treat although I've not done anything with the steering arms as they were solid




Struts then fitted...







Nice new top mounts poking through the inner wings




And then dropped onto the floor, just about high enough to get the trolley jack out, but once it's had time to settle I'll get the goe done and may raise it a touch





I should start the rears tomorrow but that'll take a bit longer. I've got some nice repainted trailing arms to fit, some poly bushes to do at the same time and I need to get my adjustable lateral arms powder coated so the car will be on jacks for a while

 

Very nice mate

 

Not much done today, new handbrake cable fitted which has made an instant difference to the handbrake feel - not been able to adjust it up properly previously and it is now on 4 clicks rather than off the top of the ratchet and that's before I even stop playing with the rear shoes

Rear seats are out and the threads cleaned out as they were a bit rough taking the bolts out. Car is now also on jacks ready for me to rip out the rear suspension and start the clean-up

 

Looking really nice, wouldn't mind a set of wheels like yours for mine,

Are the front wishbones powder coated or painted?

 

Painted mate, they've been quite hard wearing except when I drop driveshafts onto them

Rear trailing arm are painted to but I'm getting the lateral arms powder coated as they're adjustable and have spanner flats on them - a coat of paint may be too thick

 

Excellent work Jon. Can't believe your out doing it in this sticking weather. Leave something for summer at least.

 

Cool stuff Jon as Chet says your a brave man in these conditions lol. Excellent as always keep it up cars looking great

Martin

 

Weather's not too bad, if I can still feel my fingers after 30-minutes I class it as warm

 

Another busy and productive day although not all good news.

Knowing it would be a while before it goes back together I thought I'd need to remind myself how the rear shoes went back together





Then I stripped the rear suspension out completely...




The old trailing arms and the hubs...




The nuts and bolts on the hubs are well and truly seized so I suspect I'll end up with an angle grinder to cut them off so I can them clean up the hubs and fit the new




They've been sat around in the garage for a while so have a couple of chips but still a lot better than the old ones. Just need to press out the old bushes and fit the new ones.

 

The not so good news is that I've lost one of the small retaining clips from the handbrake cable

And the lateral arms are in worse condition than I had expected





Some of the rose joints were seized solid but some GT85 and brute force has solved that for now. In addition, the corrision on the arms was worse than I had expected so I need to see if the powder coater can clean them up in his acid dip and put good coat on to prevent it happening again. I'll then need to look at some new rose joints to replace the siezed ones as I guess they'll only seize again if I don't replace them.

 

Today has involved angle grinding the old nuts and bolts from the old trailing arms so I could remove them from the hub. I also relieved the hub of the old rubber bushes and cleaned them up...




I then gave them their first coat of hammerite



I did notice that one of the wheel bearings seems a little rough so I'll give that a good greasing up before I reassemble it but I suspect I may be fitting a new wheel bearing next year

 

And I also got my rear strut brace end caps in primer ready for a coat of capsicum red to match the fronts...

 

Rear hubs complete and bushed up - I'll probably get the wheel bearing changed while it's off the car..




And the strut brace tops with their final coat of paint




Just need to find someone local who can zinc plate a pile of nuts and bolts for me

 

Looks superb,your painting life back into those parts.SJ.