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These arrived this morning. Was £38 inc P&P for the pair and they are the early type - with no broken nipples ;D Also have some parts of the handbrake calipers still attached which might be handy as the long screws which hold the arms to the brake caliper bodies are about £20 a set and one of mine broke and the others got a bit bent in my struggle to remove them when the IRS cage was still in-situ. Same with the spreader forks. They are about £20 a pair and one of mine has a broken finger. Rebuilding these calipers can be quite pricey if you have to replace everything so saving on a few of the smaller bits could save you best part of £50 after looking for more than a year for an early driver's side caliper and finding one I now have a spare pair too wonder what they'll be like under the paint
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Last Edit: Nov 15, 2012 2:48:13 GMT by foxy99
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Hi again naki. As far as I'm aware that is the last bit of rust on what I'd call the body tub. The blasting was actually done a year ago, this is me just getting round to putting the plate back on. The front wings and doors still need repaired but I don't really count them as part of the main body. The idea about shipping brackets is good. I thought perhaps it was a facility for bolting something like the 'auto gearbox advance transmission rear left carb brake servo boost balancing tool' but whatever they are for at least they're still there. Anyway. The plate is back on and I'm a bit disappointed as my plug welds weren't good. Not exactly sure why but I think the cable on my welder has become frayed and not getting full power through. The bracket won't fall off and the floor is firm again in the pedals area but after all the work and the length of time it's been off the car I would've been much happier if all the welds were great. Two or three look good. The others are a mess plate plug-welded back onto floor panel and bracket back in place good plug on right and rubbish one on left plate finally back on mixed reults with plug welds from below. ones on left look good. those on right are a pointless pile of weld blobs similar results on inboard end of plate Lastly. You asked about rust.... well I've never looked right into the footwell at the transmission tunnel but after taking a picture of the plug welds there I found some crustiness. I'm pretty sure it's superficial, probably caused by soggy carpets from British rain, but I'll have a better look next time. My lamp is about 4` high so to get it into the car the seats need to come out. what's this?
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Last Edit: Nov 9, 2012 3:23:20 GMT by foxy99
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This has got to be the Daddy of all restoration attempts. I'm doing the poorer cousin (Daimler Double Six) and it was nowhere near as bad as this.
I suppose the philosophy is 'if you can repair one bit, you can repair the rest' but it can be a long road.
Hope you can keep at it during the winter months.
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Last Edit: Nov 7, 2012 3:07:35 GMT by foxy99
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These old things can drive you insane (rust etc) but a picture like that makes you see the positive side and a week or two's work has reversed decades of corrosion. Not bad really
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Last Edit: Nov 2, 2012 3:23:24 GMT by foxy99
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Thanks eurogranada. I was looking at your thread the other day. Mk1 Granada also a stunning car but it's dawned on me that, at 42, and still never having totally finished a project I'll never have time to own/rebuils all the cars I like (Humber Imperial, MkIV Zodiac, Mk1 Granada GXL, SD1 VDP, etc etc) so I'm just going to enjoy this one. Which isn't bad really Anyway. Back to the job in hand. Yes, predictably, more caliper pictures. I have just won two more series 1 XJ rear calipers. Having took nearly 2 years to find one I had to buy two I saw on Ebay for £0.99 Ended up paying £10 each but I'm happy with that. I have also nearly got a pair of the series 2 ones. I got one a while back of Ebay for £3.50 and I believe they are interchangeable so I've always got spares. More on that when the time comes but the 2 I dropped in the DeoxC bath on Saturday were somewhat surprisingly ready for paint tonight. They are both passenger side. One early & one late. The late one is the one I got for £3.50 as the seller had listed it as a driver's side one when I was desperate for a driver's side one. When we realised it was the wrong side I thought I'd buy it anyway as it was so cheap. The early one is the manky original I posted some pics of a few days ago. There's not much to say really apart from the very tips of the mounting lugs were not submerged so they haven't been de-rusted and it highlights a point about these chemical dips. You get a very aggressive reaction where the chemical meets metal and air at the same time and it etches a groove into the metal. So, if you are planning to dip large items bit by bit they will end up with deep lines etched into them. original passenger side rear caliper after a couple od days in DeoxC bathacid etch lines at point where part poked above surface of bath are visible herecoat of caliper paint on early NSR caliperand on later NSR unitNB I know it's a big subject but does anyone know what typ of paint this caliper paint is? cellulose, enamel, acrylic, none of the above.....
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These aren't the best pictures but I got to the barn on Saturday afternoon and finally got some paint on the newest caliper. The other ones are still in the bath but I think the mixture has lost it's strength and it's a bit of a palaver mixing up new stuff in hot water which I didn't have time to do on Saturday. Also got some epoxy on the other wishbone and a couple of small pieces. Would be nice this week to get them all top coated andhave a set of calipers painted. Next step will be to order pistons, seal kits, bleed nipples and a few bearings and things for the wishbones. I have also seen a set of Series 1 XJ cradle mounts. Seems a bit crazy to buy used mounts but I'm curious as to whether these ones will fit so will prob buy them. ready(?) for paint. this Halfords caliper paint was bought around 10 years ago to do the front calipers some slight traces of rust left behind. no-one will see it painted but not the best pic paint dried quickly in cold temperature. tin says re-coat after 20 minutes or wait 6 weeks if 1st coat dries!! epoxy mastic brushed onto wishbone. not the best finish. chassis parts only I reckon. caliper paint can be seen better in this shot
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Ok....I got nothing done Thursday night as my brother didn't get home till around 11 so was too late realistically to go to the barn but tonight, as I am off work tomorow, I went down till about 2 in the morning. Didn't really get much done but in this cold weather you have to keep going as even small steps are better than none. I basically rinsed, dried, examined & scraped the caliper from the other night then put it back in the bath as there are still a few bits of rust on it then I did the same with the wishbone and that is now ready for paint and I also got my original passenger-side caliper ready to go into the bath. This has not seized fittings and the pistons were taken out some time ago but it has been sitting in limbo whilst I sourced a partner for it. The DeoxC is expensive and loses its strength after a while so I feel it's best to clean the parts up to some extent before you immerse them so the solution is clean for longer. 2nd wishbone finally ready for paintclose up cleanchemical cleaning gets into pits which grinding or mechanical methods would fail tooriginal passenger side caliper ripe for refurbishment now that I have a pair no seized fittings on this onenot obvious in this pic but these early calipers have two grooves in the bore. top one still has remains of rubber boot in it
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Last Edit: Oct 27, 2012 3:11:18 GMT by foxy99
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Hey guys. been farrrr too long since I have updated this thread, oftem online but more watching what everyone else is doing rather than keeping you up to date on my project. seeing the 'what I love about RR' thread made me decide I needed to update, so here we go, (you may need a cuppa) I've got myself a unit, which is nice! i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/sunbeamimp1967/CC330ECE-8CD0-40FD-9BED-0AE703B21799-3294-000002A14B69FA2A_zps0dcc3eac.jpgthe otherside of that wall is mine, shame I took a picture of the wrong side hey! Here's the car in the unit. can't see it but plenty of space to work around the car on all sides and a nice storage workbench area. Started work on stripping the sills down to see what would be left. not much! so am now just in the process of getting some new panels. in teh mean time I stripped the interior i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/sunbeamimp1967/E1614682-6CD0-4D8E-8313-C73859D1B292-1836-000001CEE81D86EB.jpgInspected the fron panel as always had my suspisions on what was going on, passanger side always never looked at same angle as drivers side. i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/sunbeamimp1967/7745A1ED-7854-4439-BC75-20FF4183CB16-1836-000001CEFF941591.jpgdug a fair bit of filler out here and it doesn't look the best underneath, will be fabricating a small panel to go in here to get it solid and back to metal. In teh process of this I found that the front passanger side has had a front wing on at some point, fitted badly so I took it off as the inner arch was full of filler, easier to get the outer wing off and then got access to the inner i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/sunbeamimp1967/2DD20E39-8F4E-49B5-8FD9-56DCE36D5348-1836-000001D00AFB4324.jpgi416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/sunbeamimp1967/DA63399E-F84B-4FC9-AFD3-CC4365AF3FB0-1836-000001D02CC48408.jpgthe wing is fine and can be welded back on once inner is sorted. I've tried to keep it brief for now, but will keep you up to date now. just had the new inner arch delivered so that can go on later this week while I wait for the sills. this kinda works but involves some clicking. I'm not sure how you'd shorten the 'names' of your pictures but I'm sure someone on here would. It's a pity cos they are interesting pics
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Oct 25, 2012 22:06:37 GMT
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Last Edit: Oct 25, 2012 23:02:29 GMT by foxy99
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Ok, after a night off watching Celtic have a heroic battle against Barcelona it was back on it tonight. Was quite impressed at how well the new caliper cleaned up in the DeoxC after only a day or so. It wasn't fully submerged so you can see the difference on the part that hasn't been in. I spent the evening getting the pistons out. My approach was a bit crude in welding blobs onto the pistons to give me something to lever and chisel against to loosen them enough to pull out with pliers. I had tried popping them out with the compressor but even at over 100psi they weren't moving. The other night I had welded a bar to the pistons to lever them out but for some reason tonight the bar would not weld. It just kept breaking off so I gave up on it. I also include a picture of the state of the broken bleed nipple on the original caliper. I can't see it ever coming out now. And lastly there's a pic of the exhaust-to-IRS-cage brackets after a couple of days in the DeoxC. ready for paint now new caliper cleaning up well in the DeoxC bath compare against area not yet submergedpistons come out with a bit of encouragementoriginal driver's side rear caliper bleed nipple stuck forever?over-axle exhaust pipe brackets ready for paint
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Hi again naki. I could have tried the DeoxC but for some reason I wanted to attack it with the heavy artillery and it came out. Ironically the caliper is now in the DeoxC - to get it nice and clean for painting. First of all I sandblasted around the thread, which shifted a fair bit of rust then I heated it with oxy-acetylene(I never enjoy using that as it feels very dangerous and seems to cost you £20 every time you light up plus It doesn't seem to actually heat the component that much.... I should perhaps crank up the regulators) which seemed to draw in the WD40 then it was the tried and tested MIG blob on the end which usually works but failed completely on my original caliper. This time it worked but it's hard to say if it was the blasting, heating or MIG that did the trick. Maybe they all helped. Main thing is it is out. I had a go at getting the pistons out but it was nearly 1 am by that time so I'll get back on it on Wednesday (watching the Barcelona - Celtic game on Tuesday ) good old MIG blob was final stage in the task cone end of nipple has slight step in it. over-tightened?
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Last Edit: Oct 23, 2012 1:22:32 GMT by foxy99
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Cheers grifterkid. I have to say I hankered after one of the other colours, especially Coral but the old Caramel has grown on me. I saw Goodfellas years ago and towards the end of the film Ray Liotta has a sort of similar colour Cadillac with black vynil roof and I thought it looked good so mine does too sorta thing. My niece saw the car the other day and said 'it's like a toffee colour' so I guess it does what it says on the tin
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Hi sonus. I've never heard of Brunox before but thanks for the heads-up. I just had a look on their site. I'm not sure if anyone's product would get that rust out tho as I've used several good rust removing immersion type fluids and that type of thing is beyond them. Anyway. Back to more IRS related goings-on. Some time ago I put a thread in the 'wanted' section for a driver's side rear caliper retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=want&thread=124115&page=1 and I didn't mention it on the main thread as it was a sort of unresolved side issue but I think the issue night now be solved. Basically I stripped down the old calipers successfully (pistons/threaded unions etc) apart from shearing one bleed nipple. This was on the driver's side and I've seen quite a few 2nd hand passenger side ones coming up on Ebay but never a driver's side. Out of desperation I bought another one with a broken nipple in it. This might seem a bit mad but it was only £10 and I figured one of them would come out. Mine is well and truly stuck now below the surface with a thick extractor in it and I've had oxy-acetylene heat on it and everything but it's not budging. The new one however has a lot more of the nipple above the surface and the extractor stuck in it is much thinner so I'm confident this one will come out. It's taken since the start of September for the parcel to actually reach me but I'm not bothered about that now as I'm confident I'll get the nipple out tomorrow night (Monday). my car has early type calipers with different pistons. externally only difference is these machined areas on mounting lugs part is dirty etc but threads for handbrake caliper arm pins are ok. broken bleed nipple is visible hereclose-up the broken extractor is visible inside the nipple
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Don't know much about these cars but looks brilliant, as does your dog. The colour is Ace PS I'm guessing that tailgate folds down the-way? American style
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Last Edit: Oct 22, 2012 2:28:37 GMT by foxy99
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Well. As I said, i took Tuesday off the project to watch Scotland get beat but got back on it last night and tonight. Last night I got the other wishbone and bracket stripped and degreased and and into the DeoxC bath along with the radius arm which has been in since Monday. Tonight the radius arm and cast bracket were ready for some epoxy mastic after the usual rinsing with water, drying with hot air gun then a quick wire brushing (to get any powdery residue off). The wishbone and another little bit will need another day or so in the bath then I get get back to putting the enamel paint on all the IRS bits. radius arm and wishbone bracket after being in DeoxC bath then rinsed and dried. wishbone in epoxy-mastic at rearDeoxC does great job removing rust but nothing can really get this stuff out seams. not viable to split the radius arm
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Ok. There's been a bit of a gap in the proceedings as I was ill Wednesday/Thursday last week, watched Scotland get beat on Friday and spent Saturday & Sunday with the gf...... but I got back on it last night managing to remove the large bush from the other radius arm then took a couple of parts out of the DeoxC bath, rinsed/dried/wire-brushed them and brought home to paint tonight after watching Scotland get beat....again So here are a few of pics of one of the wishbones & the bracket which mounts it to the diff. As you can see the DeoxC pickled them pretty damn clean. I painted last weeks' parts with enamel primer but am treating these ones to some epoxy-mastic paint as I am curious as to what difference in rust-beating skills the two approaches will have. bracket which holds wishbone to diff casing bearings etc removed before dippingclose upThis Rustbusters stuff is expensive. It comes in 2 small tins which you mix in equal proportions then can thin slightly with a special thinner. Rustbuster's Epoxy-Mastic starter kitI used two tablespoons of each component and a drizzle of thinners to do these two parts but could have done it with half the amount. I'll know next time to mix up less.
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Hi guys. I didn't notice these latest posts and only came in to add on a link to a Royale which is on Ebay and less than 10 miles away from me. Plus. I was going to add that last Friday night (whilst on a bit of a drinking session with guys from work now that I don't have a car to hinder me) I got a surprise text from the guy who bought the car asking if I still had the manuals and assuring me it wasn't going to get scrapped It's a bit late to add that now tho as it's already been said above Anyway the one on Ebay is interesting as it apparently has a great body and the amazing red interior but needs a gearbox. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120996348941?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649I'm kinda glad it didn't come up a month ago or I would've been buying it and swapping the interiors round and trying to keep both on the road somehow So pieman1uk If I can get the manuals to you somehow just let me know and I also have a NOS chrome mid section for the back bumper that I forgot to stick in the boot. Feel free to add the progress onto this thread also. Cheers. Graham
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