Fleet Update pg10

So got on the boot floor wheel well filler panel again today.

Found a bit of BMX piping ( I had cut some up to make a go kart for my daughter) that has the same profile as the swage and mounted on a piece of box steel to make a former to try an improve them.







Swapped over form the big hammer to my proper metal working hammer which instantly gave a smoother finish, and then dressed it over my former with a flat head. Looking better.



Last attempt was the best and using a blunt chisel to go round the edge gave a better shape



All welded in from underneath.




In reality its all going to get covered in heavy stone chip so the ripples would never have been seen but I just wanted to know it was the best to my ability.

By no means perfect and being as I was trying to match the alfa swages which made it hard I feel.

All seam sealed in now ready for the paint etc.

One more thing ticked off! And hopefully easier brake pad changes in future!

Not got alot done as been sorting my daily, 92 Saab 900 Convertible for MOT, as per my other thread.

But yesterday I got a few odds and sods done.

First to sort was the rotten centre prop support jobbie (there to catch it I guess if it drops). The top was completely rotten.



Bottom ok after a wire brush



Took out spot welds and chiselled the top off



Cut out rot and welded in new edge



The wire brushed, zinc primed and stonechipped, covering the area I would be spot welding to




Plug welded new panel over top, did not see the need to replicate the oval shape, its just allows access to the bolts.



Then zinc primed and stone chipped whol thing after grinding off the plug welds



Went back ,wire brushed off the seam sealer that had reacted to the spare wheel panel I had put in and re applied, it seemed not to like zic primer but ok with red oxide. Left to dry as it will then get hammerited,sptone chipped and waxoyled.



A delivery of bits had arrived, bushes, anti roll bar and a frame, figure mas a well do all while its all out.



A frame bush got burnt out, anti roll bar I pushed out.



Id had painted it before as the bush had been ok, but now want everything as new its not good enough.

Pressed the anti roll bar bushes with sockets and vice after they had spend a few hours in the freezer and I had heated the hole.




It got a paint after



Painted yoke and add he new poly bushes, all ready for new bolts, which currently I don't have lol!




The gearbox mounting bushes are also to be replaced with brand new (she should be tight as a drum after all this!) , but the bolts where solid ,so the propane weed burner came out to remove those pesky hex bolts! Worked treat




Will also get a coat of paint ready for the new bushes.

The A frame bush is in freeze awaiting installation.

Thats all , cheers

Weather was good so ditched the office and cracked on!

First up pressed the the new poly bush in the A Frame after freezing it and using a puller



The fitted the new gearbox mounts




Set about the prop

When your front donut looks like this is time to do something lol!!




New one ready to go on , and yes I'm leaving the metals bands on untill its all fitted on car!



Also got a rear one , this is the old one, its total useable but some very small cracking present and I don't want to take it all off again anytime soon




Decided to leave the support as its ok with no cracking so the new one will be sent back to EBSpares or sold off cheaper on here




Gave the tubes a light coat of paint and lightly bolted the new donuts on



Then added my new Poly centre donut , and as you can see had a brain freeze and bolted the yolks to each other not just the donut, time to dig out the extra set of bolts lol!



So here is how it is, lightly bolted ready to re instal once the aframe and gearbox are back in.



Intresting to notice someone already marked the nip bolt

Well stuff is finally going back on

Finished building up the gearbox and AFrame today.



I also got the prop back in on the front mounts and the centre support ready to connect the gearbox tommorow.

No pic as my phone battery ran out and by then the sun was going down and it was bloody freezing!! I'd been working all day in 4 layers lol!

Cheers mate, much appreciated mojo boost

Big Win today!

This is back in



As is this!





As you can no doubt see that my man handling has removed some of my nice fresh pain so a touch up is needed. Also the cover blew of in bad weather and there is mud on my nice new black underseal. But I guess no worse than its going to be after driving 10 yards down the road lol!!

So need to put fluids in gearbox, run it up to 5k and tighten the bolts on prop (do I remove the metal bands before or after this now the bolts are in?) attach the brakes and bleed them and attached the clutch pipe and bleed and I can bung the wheels on and go for a spin round the yard!

Cheers mate , much appreciated!

Oh so it's all sorted!

Got the other type of pressure bleeder as suggested and it worked a treat! I needed to put some air line tape on the bleed nipple as some air was being pull through the thread. Finished it off iwth old fashion maunal bleed with father in law pumping pedal.

The issue with the fork was simply incorrect positioning as I needed to put my fingers in through the hole and turn to get the flats of the bush inside inline with the fork.

So I then filled the gearbox and reconnected the rear anti roll bar.

Next job is to run up the car to 5k to settle the new donuts that are not fully tightened yet and then torque it all up and hope that marking all the nuts and bolts has kept the prop balanced.

Do you have a limited slip? USA 3.0 had them. But even with out there is often enough drag from the oil to cause 1 shaft to turn. You should be able to hold it by hand, if so, no worries.