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[Andrew O]

Good good, We should be finished at similar times

[Andrew O]

FInished welding the Drivers side today -
Pictures -

A Pannel plug welded -


Seam welded ( Messy but very hard to access ) -


And a mixture of spot a seam welds -


More updates very soon
All comments welcome

Andrew.

[hughJ]

Andrew - that is smashing welding and I gather your just a young fellow. Very impressed! I would never have done something like that at your age. How on earth did you get your torch in at that seam between the front panel and the wings?! But you young lads are more flexible than me. Even your plug welds are impressive!!

All the very best

Hugh

[Andrew O]

Andrew - that is smashing welding and I gather your just a young fellow. Very impressed! I would never have done something like that at your age. How on earth did you get your torch in at that seam between the front panel and the wings?! But you young lads are more flexible than me. Even your plug welds are impressive!!

All the very best

Hugh

Thanks very much and yeah I'm 16
To get in under the arch ( I didn't think to weld it off the car ) I just put the axel stands as high as I could go and job done .

Andrew

[Andrew O]

I won a fully refurbished Cylinder Head on ebay for £40 what a bargain
It arrived this weekend so i set to work on that whilst the weather was fowl
Pictures -

New hardened valve guides -


It came fully skimmed -


New hardened unleaded valve seats -


I then lapped my valves in ( 3 Minutes on course and 3 minutes on fine )
They all have a really good seal around the seats now -


All numbered up ready to be fitted -


Thats about it for today.
Once i have the valves fitted with new springs i will be painting the head the same colour as the block
Also if the weather is good next week i can finish fitting the front end
All comments very welcome

Andrew

Edited by Andrewo330, 03 March 2012 - 09:01 PM.

[Andrew O]

Ahhhhhhhh kill me know
I just spent ages typing up a big update and it got deleted by accident.
Cant be bothered typing it all again now.
Ill post tomorrow
Sorry

[grahama]

£40, bargain, the skim on mine alone cost me that !! Front end on too, well driver side, nice one!!

[Andrew O]

£40, bargain, the skim on mine alone cost me that !! Front end on too, well driver side, nice one!!

Yeah I'm moving along nicely now

Andrew.

[Andrew O]

Got the engine all ready to go back in today -
Pictures -

Masked off -
Took about 1 Hour the get it perfect


Cylinder head finished
Im so happy with the final result considering how long it took me to mask it all of -


On the block -


Getting the rocker gaps perfect -


Very nice DSN heater take off -


Decided i should crack on with stripping the rear subframe -


All comments welcome

Andrew.

Edited by Andrewo330, 06 March 2012 - 06:29 PM.

[Andrew O]

Had a very nice parcel from City Link today
My Ultralight Wheels turned up and i think there lush
They are brand new and i got them for £250 with brand new Falken tyres on them ( What a bargain )
Any way here they are -


What does everyone think of them ?

Andrew.

[Andrew O]

Hopefully my rocker cover will come tomorrow to so the engine will be complete

[ToM 2012]

looking good mate them wheels look nice

[Andrew O]

looking good mate them wheels look nice

Thanks very much
Stay tunned

Andrew

[Andrew O]

The engine is complete and ready to go in
It is looking B.E.A. uuutiful if i say so my self -




I would really like to hear your opinions after all the work i have done to it ( Good or Bad )
More updates very soon

Andrew.

[holmesy]

Hmm that does look beautiful well done and keep up the good work