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[hughJ]

Man oh Man that is quite an adventurous repair. And doing it by fabricating rather than replacing! Keep us informed.

Hugh

[minimuk]

Cheers Hugh it's all about a good challenge and face it, all the way. Not much rust left on the old dear appart from the arches......

[STREET TWEAKS]

going well there matey ( i will get you to do the mexico for me ) ha ha

[minimuk]

going well there matey ( i will get you to do the mexico for me ) ha ha

lol.....now that would be a challenge.....

[grahama]

Hi Muk,

you must have shares in the POR company lol. Very nice repair, so glad I didn't have to all those fiddly bits.

Graham

[minimuk]

Hi Muk,

you must have shares in the POR company lol. Very nice repair, so glad I didn't have to all those fiddly bits.

Graham

lol Graham,....becoming a rep soon, tin number3 starting soon on subby......it is slow but satisfying repairs, they are each a piece of the puzzle, just getting them in the right place and order takes time but results are good

[minimuk]

a bit more fettling this afternoon and a coat of Por15 after work tonight,...all looks good

first innerwing to cross-member plate tacked in position;
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then plug welding and sanding back the welds;
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stiffener to cross-member and to innerwing plate ;


tonights Por15 coat;
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looking fab.
give it a good clean tmz, and get it ready for a primer coat

Edited by minimuk, 04 August 2012 - 10:01 PM.

[minimuk]

bit of an afternoon,...after work..... subby is 3/4 electrolized and I could not wait to do a trial fit,....glad I did that today,

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all looks good in the picture...BUT FAIL .....I have been so carefull to have the right angle and spacing, allas 1.5degree out of line, meaning crossmember-end piece is slightly out, bolts will fit on that side induviduall but not both toghether, thus on 3 out of 4 bolts fit. it is a minor set back but it could have been worse if I had left it to the end

so back to looking like this
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when last bit of subby is finished, I will use that als alingning tool bolt all up and in place and then weld it, I won't be beaten.....

[grahama]

Muk,

gutted for you pal, but I thought I had welded the entire front end on too short till I realised I had trapped the battery cable betweem the subby and steering rack !! I am sure you will sort it tho.

Front subby looking good with the electrolysis. Such a good method of rust removal, but when you paint it up remember to leave bolt holes as the clearance is very tight and I ended up scraping all the paint out of mine so the bolts fitted !! Lots od grease followed !!

Graham

[minimuk]

Graham cheers and you might like this,

electrolises on subby done..... cleaned it of, then used Por Metal Prep and washed it of after 10 minutes and then....u guessed
a good 1st coat of Por15.

subby cleaned off with metal prep and then yet-washed it
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leaving it to dry in the 'sun'


Por15 1st coat
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when finished I attach the end crossmember repair piece, pit the subby in position and do the welding then, to make sure all is alligned.

[grahama]

Looking good Muk,

I have got to get some por 15 next time, it has come up much better than mine with three coats of the dreaded hammerite !!

Graham

[minimuk]

Looking good Muk,

I have got to get some por 15 next time, it has come up much better than mine with three coats of the dreaded hammerite !!

Graham

I have done a second coat tonight, one can either put a 3rd coat on, leave it and bolt it back on,.... or key the paint job with scotpad and spay topcoat on it, no need for primer.....but yes it does look good, I will put a 3rd coat on it tmz and make a few close-up piccies

Edited by minimuk, 13 August 2012 - 10:50 PM.

[jagman.2003]

Subframe is certainly looking & sounding well protected...!

[minimuk]

scuffed front of bulkhead to create key for primer, then offered subby to make sure this time all will fit enabeling to tackweld the end piece in position.

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started on a mini cooper 1965 gearbox refurb because EVY's gearbox is caput..............

the mess;

diffy bits;


plotting on

Edited by minimuk, 14 August 2012 - 08:55 PM.

[minimuk]

well it has been a while,......work is/was busy and no chanse to work on either the last week or so, but a little progress today,

worked a bit more on the '65 gearbox and soon is ready to be re-assembled.

few jobs done on the front cross-member repair end.
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front subby back on soon and start to work on the front end a bit.....for alignments