1980 series 1 20vt build
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no not as bad as i thought tbh,olethalb said
Strong plans Neil, i assume the strip n dip isn't cheap
went and spoke to a local restoration place that ive heard good things about, and they use the strippers for there hillman imp and mk1 escort builds , and i had a look at 3 shell that had been done last year,and just sat there as they came from coating and still not a patch of rust on them, so its off for any welding that i find done , then off to the strippers ,
all worth it in the long run
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Sounds really good, i have a rust fear haha, i don't mind chopping it out andwelding new sections in but get un naturally paranoid it will come back
Your way should take care of that and 'future proof' the old girl
Your way should take care of that and 'future proof' the old girl
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lol i know the feeling,
i thought about blasting and asked the bloke, he advised going down the stripping route instead, , once he,d put my mind at rest about horror stories you hear, and he showed my the finished shells , my mind was made up
i thought about blasting and asked the bloke, he advised going down the stripping route instead, , once he,d put my mind at rest about horror stories you hear, and he showed my the finished shells , my mind was made up
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well this afternoon i thought id split the engine and box
so got the lump on the crane and got the gearbox off, , took the drive shafts off that had been chopped with an angle grinder
and then started to gunk it with foam gunk and a brush, got a fair bit off but its got a long way to go yet
so got the lump on the crane and got the gearbox off, , took the drive shafts off that had been chopped with an angle grinder
and then started to gunk it with foam gunk and a brush, got a fair bit off but its got a long way to go yet
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Looking forward to seeing what you do with this
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cheers rich well cracked on with the gearbox cleaning once i woke up this afty , if your going to do this dont waste your money on the foam gunk, its pants,, i bought both, looking at it this afty once yesterdays wash had dried it had only scratched the surface tbh so the liquid gunk came out , and as soon at i put it on you could see the bulk coming off it before i even started agitating it with the brush, then pressure washed it, repeated the process 4 times, ( about 40 mins in total ) then left it to dry while i drove to halfrauds for the paint ,which was a 20 min journey only to get there and realise id left my wallet at home like a mong so thats a job for 2moro now, may start splitting the rest of the engine down too heres the end result
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Boxhas come up nice, need to tackle mine sometime
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yeah i really thought it was going to be a ballache but wasnt bad at all time and work wise,
ill paint it tomorrow with hammerite smooth spray, , then start stripping the engine
ill paint it tomorrow with hammerite smooth spray, , then start stripping the engine
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I'd love to get a box vapour blasted, had a 1.8t mani done once and it was awesome
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yeah mate they look spot on when done
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Keeping an eye on this, great work so far m8. Can't wait for more progress.
J
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cheers matejamieross said
Keeping an eye on this, great work so far m8. Can't wait for more progress.
J
etch primed the gearbox this afternoon when i got up, , and left it to dry for a few hours, then just gave it a topcoat of vht paint
come out well , just got the shifter tower to do tomorrow afternoon , thats getting done in black
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Wow. Gearbox looks awesome. Will be keeping an eye on this.
I love it. I don't care what you think
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Nice job on the gearbox, that foam gunk seems pretty good
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Great job on the gearbox
Matt
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SPEEDYGONZALES said
Wow. Gearbox looks awesome. Will be keeping an eye on this.
cheers mate, its come up great
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Melteddrummer said
Nice job on the gearbox, that foam gunk seems pretty good
cheers, , dont bother with the foam gunk, it did nothing compared to the liquid,
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thanks mattpazwaa said
Great job on the gearbox Matt
well finished the gearbox this morning when i got in from work, then started the stripping the engine once id had a kip
gearbox is looking good now, couple of bolts to touch up and i can put it away for time being
this is where im upto on the engine, lots off cleaning to do tomorrow followed by alot of wire wheeling
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Nice going :-)
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Nice job on the gearbox, looks like new
Andy
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