Grizz’s Purgatory, Rezin Rockit 🚀 SUMMERTIME FUN 18/09/23

My life changed the day i bought those ez discs for my dremel.

So yesterday was planned for nuts, bolts, rusty stuff, side cutters and a grinder

Lazy slow start, then chatted with Paul Y about the roll cage or hoop options for the build.

I want something chunky looking, and different is a great option.

He sent me a pic of the half cage from one of the phases of his 56 Chevy.

I think it may work.

With a bit or lot of work.



Then Sally called, and all hell broke loose.

I got to cut the grass, weed and clean a bit of stuff around the yard.

She asked me if I could help her to help Uncle Bob with some trees that had grown too tall, and were interfering with overhead power lines.

Of course I had to say yes, no problem.

So while she washed her car, I gathered all my bits, went to buy 5 liters of fuel to mix up for the chainsaw, filled the chain oil and fuel reserves, and tried to start it, third pull it took, this after more than 2 years since the last time I used it when building the garden wall,



After washing her car, I had to buff back the one fender and bonnet that must have had a paint repair at some point in the past as they always fade away, and if she is selling the Corsa, it needs to be presentable

Then off to Uncle Bobs.

Unpack, find a double length ladder and get started.

Fortunately Uncle Bob was away at his yard, spraying brambles and weeds, so we could get on and just do the job without him supervising.

He had shown us on an earlier recce in the morning which trees needed to come down.

9 of them in total, though a lot of other plants needed some serious pruning and cutting back (he stopped looking after the large garden 14 years ago when Sally’s mum died as she used to love the garden and manage it) , certainly more than one days worth of work, having to plan and operate between various structures and abandoned treasure cars etc.







Despite a used, somewhat blunted chain, I managed to proceed.

Sally drew the cuttings away for me and built a huge pile. I had to cut quite a few branches into smaller manageable sizes too.

Two tanks of petrol, and one refill on the chain oil is how long it took me to get the first two trees done.

7 trees to go, a job for another day.



Perfectly timed, for us, Uncle Bob for home just when we had finished cutting the lot down and piled up.

He seemed happy, almost 75 now, I guess jobs that were a breeze when he farmed, now are both tiring and dangerous.

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Now I need to find a petrol chipper locally to use, or one to buy as there is a load of work left and the other 7 trees to cut down.

Having all the cut branches and stumps removed will cost more than the price of a used petrol chipper I suspect.

After we finished at Uncle Bobs we went to Sally’s place for her to try out the mower I had got her for her birthday, seems she likes it.

Even got a pic this morning from her to say she was happy with the finish, which made me smile.

She loves her garden.



Maybe today I will get an hour or two on the Rezin Rockit.

After going out with Sally.

Yup……

We know they will come cut trees etc.

But, remember Bob is a serious HOARDER and has some very interesting stuff hidden in various sheds etc on site, so he does not want anyone coming and seeing what he has.

We both know this, but he would not budge, so sometimes it is easier to flow with the tide.

Yes, and my truck is a softie.

There is enough in the pile now already to fill two high side Transit pickups like the garden guys use.

The Speedclic Mandrel is a brilliant and simple idea. Just pull the collar down, fit the disc over the top, twist 90 degrees and you're done. The discs are far more hardy than the ones that are held in with a screw, as those ones tend to explode into shrapnel on a regular basis. Granted that the EZ-clic mandrel is only made by Dremel, as are the discs, but they are far superior to anything generic. All available from B&Q or most online shopping sites. Pics below:





There's no reason why your generic version won't work - it's a simple drill after all! A variable speed one is better 

Sounds like a good option guys, thanks.

So after a coffee, my team leader headed down to the garage.



This pic is real, she was getting at one of the bolts holding the grille and fender together.

I crept in under it to get going on undoing the nuts covered in Duck Oil yesterday.



One chassis bolt undone.



One attacked with the spark maker.



Another job to do was steering to be disconnected.



QUESTION TIME: Looking at this joint, it does not seem to be removable, or splitable……

How do I replace the rubber joint with fresh rubber? Is it called a rag joint?



Also cut all the brake lines while in there as they are fed through the body, some are already broken and cut, so remake will be the the way to go.

There was a load of thick scabbed rust here too. Mr Hammer made it go away on the vertical plane.



Next job, remove the self tapping screws holding the grille to the front bumper.





Following this, I decided to undo the next set of chassis bolts.

Much hammering with the BFH saw the passenger side unscrewing with a visegrip attached.

Drivers side looked like this…….



So Sally held the small LED spotlight torch so I could see what I was doing, getting the cutting disc going on the right spot of what was left of a 11mm bolt and washer.




After that, I closed shop by 7.30 and came inside.

Cooked some bacon, and made bacon and pork sausage paninis, along with a tall,Rum and Pepsi Max Sally poured for me.

Tomorrow it is the turn of the handbrake assemble to be disconnected

Feeling good so far.

Weekend too.

Nice one that your free money/recycling ethos is gaining traction.

And Mot check says that it is a Mahindra

Ah, Mr Bounce has faster fingers  

This might change my life.

Good spot jimi

That was 99% a trick posting.

As the 12mm just managed to fit on what was left of the passenger side bolt, but could not unseat it, despite the BFH

Visegrips, or is that Vicegrips (Singular or Plural?) managed to get it undone with gentle forward, rearward motion.

My vote goes for 12mm as a few other bits are sort of standardised, by this is by no means an OCD built kit car, but rather built under a canvas on the drive,,assembled with whatever the contents of a load of small jam jars on the workbench were.