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[pickupmad87]

heres the old diff pin u cant really see the extent of the wear, but it is quite worn.

with the crown wheel off and the old pin drifted out time to fit the new hardened pin.

after lubricating the planet wheels with some oil and the crown wheel fitted it was time to put it
back on the gearbox and refit the diff housing.


now its all ready to be painted tommorow!

[pickupmad87]

i havent been on for a few days to update due to being cream crackered!
so with the gearbox and bell housing painted we started to put the engine
back together. started off buy putting the gasket and rubber o ring on the
gearbox with some gasket sealant.

after that put the block back on the gearbox and started to bolt it back together.


heres it all back together with some trick dsn classics clobber!(couldnt resist!)


put the engine back in on saturday once i had got back from work.


whilst i had the engine out i cleaned up the engine bay and refurbed the wiper motor



i then test drove it up the m25 on sunday and all went well!YAY!

so with that done now i can get back on topic with the pickup.

whilst i was at work today my dad set upon seting the door and replacing the doorstep.



for a first time cut and fit it isnt too far off.
we arent welding anything in place yet untill we have the rest of the panels to set up with

thats it for now!

[max4790]

Epic build mate!! Great work, love it Cant wait to see the finished pick up

[pickupmad87]

cheers mate! i cant wait to see the finished item either! its a painstakenley slow process!

[pickupmad87]

whilst i was at work today my dad got on setting the door on the other side and roughing
out the other doorstep he might have got futher if he hadnt of snapped the only drill bit for the self tapping screws!



so when i got home from work we started to remover the inner wing.


the hole that allways rots straight through to the crossmember!!

thats it for tonight.

[pickupmad87]

picked these up from my local fabricators today fully refurbed.


50 quid for the pair

[Rosslin Racing]

like it done a nice job on them.

[pickupmad87]

allot better than what they were!

[pickupmad87]

time for an update!

started off by gettimg underway with cutting out the passenger inner wing


whilst i was doing that my dad was doing the repairs needed to the other side



he then started to bend the metal to repair the part that the inner wing attaches to.


also he started to cut and tack the panel that holds the door switch into place.


then right on que scott from minispeed turned up with my innerwings and passenger a panel
that I have been waiting for.




thats your lot for tonight.

[Rosslin Racing]

wish the bugger would bring my panel round LOL

[Scott@minispeed]

Lol Oberburg is a bit further than Knaphill from me!

[pickupmad87]

little bit of an update here.

in the photo you can see a gap between the inner wing and the inner a panel.
we couldnt get this to close up properly with screws.


so what we have done is drilled 4 or 5 5mm holes through both panels and
run some bolts through the inner a panel and inner wing


we also tack welded the nuts in place so when we have finished welding everywhere else we can wind the
bolts out and plug weld them through.


the front end is starting to come together nicley at the moment


we are just taking it very slow and not rushing in to welding anything into place at the moment
until we are absolutley dead sure that its all in the right place and the door gaps are as we want them!

thats it for tonight hopefully a bit more tomorrow.

[Rosslin Racing]

looking more like it should day by day

[mercenary62]

great work there mate ,glad to see your not rushing it , time and patience pay off in the end

[steven]

lovely work