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[Ben_O]

WOW jay. Your work is great. Really coming on quickly.

 

That engine looks so great. I hope mine comes up as well.

 

One thing i noticed that you must have but i will mention just incase is that there looks to be quite a bit of rust in that seam along the bottom of the quarter panel/door step. Make sure you treat inside that seam otherwise it will continue to rot out and show its ugly face again down the line.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[big-jay]

Wow! You don't hang around. Looking good  :)

WOW jay. Your work is great. Really coming on quickly.
 
That engine looks so great. I hope mine comes up as well.
 
One thing i noticed that you must have but i will mention just incase is that there looks to be quite a bit of rust in that seam along the bottom of the quarter panel/door step. Make sure you treat inside that seam otherwise it will continue to rot out and show its ugly face again down the line.
 
Cheers
 
Ben

Cheers guys, well spotted Ben, you've got a keen eye ! Will make sure to treat that with some Deox gel tomorrow !

Edited by big-jay, 14 June 2014 - 10:58 PM.

[Dylanscar]

Hi Jay,

 

Love seeing what you are doing and doing it so well.

 

I see that you have used Magnum, Heritage and M-Machine panels. Which would you say were the best?

 

Sure it will be Heritage 1st followed by M-Machine and then maybe Magnum 3rd but are certain panels better from certain places? The areas I need to replace include the sills, front panel and the rear quarter panels. Thinking M-Machine but always worried might be way out.

 

What are your thoughts on the panels?

 

Thanks

 

Jon

[big-jay]

Hi Jay,
 
Love seeing what you are doing and doing it so well.
 
I see that you have used Magnum, Heritage and M-Machine panels. Which would you say were the best?
 
Sure it will be Heritage 1st followed by M-Machine and then maybe Magnum 3rd but are certain panels better from certain places? The areas I need to replace include the sills, front panel and the rear quarter panels. Thinking M-Machine but always worried might be way out.
 
What are your thoughts on the panels?
 
Thanks
 
Jon

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the kind words ! As for panels, I would have liked to use all heritage panels of course, and even though I have used a fair few of them, they are quite expensive for what they are. M-Machine panels are absolutely spot on, closest you can get to the heritage panels, I've used a lot of them so far, and have had no problem with the fitment what so ever, I wouldn't think twice about using their panels.

As for magnum panels, I've not had the best experience with the ones I've used. Their doorsteps are poor and require a lot of modification to make them fit and their boot repair section is also poor. However, I've used magnum outer sills on both sides of my car and have had no problem with them. In hindsight I wouldn't have used any magnum panels but I was just a novice and didn't know much about welding or car restoration when I started this build. But now I've had a chance to work with panels from different company's, M-Machine seem to be far superior, the quality of the metal just feels better.

I will be using heritage panels where it matters though i.e, scuttle, door skins etc just so it looks right. As for the panels you'll be replacing, i'd be using heritage rear quarters as I've not heard great things about the magnum version. I'd use M-Machine for the outer sills and front panel. Of course a lot of this depends on your budget, if you can afford the heritage stuff than go for it, if not don't be worried about using M-Machines stuff as it's excellent, I'm sure plenty of people will agree with me.

Hope this helped you a bit !

Edited by big-jay, 16 June 2014 - 07:18 AM.

[rooney123]

nice job not been on for abit nice to see the progress.........................andy

[big-jay]

nice job not been on for abit nice to see the progress.........................andy

Cheers bud, just a front end to do now then it's off for paint

Edited by big-jay, 15 June 2014 - 04:09 PM.

[castafiore]

I've just read all this thread. Wow. You are doing a great job and very impressive that you make time to do a bit every day - it really speeds the project along. I have trouble blowing through when welding in patches, but you are doing a good job of not blowing through or distorting the panels.

I am a Bilt Hamber fan too, but find the Deox C better than the gel, overall. The Electrox primer is good too but expensive. Looking forward to seeing more work.

[will_]

Looks great. What seam sealer you using ? Looks very neat !!

[big-jay]

I've just read all this thread. Wow. You are doing a great job and very impressive that you make time to do a bit every day - it really speeds the project along. I have trouble blowing through when welding in patches, but you are doing a good job of not blowing through or distorting the panels.
I am a Bilt Hamber fan too, but find the Deox C better than the gel, overall. The Electrox primer is good too but expensive. Looking forward to seeing more work.

Cheers mate, I do try to do a bit every day before work as it keeps it moving along. As for blowing holes when welding, practise makes perfect. I was taught to weld by my dad and have only been doing so for around 3-4 months, but I'm pretty happy with how it's going and am fairly confident in my abilities now. I'm also a massive fan of bilt hamber products, haven't tried the deox c yet but will do so in the future, I have been using a lot of their wax products though !

[big-jay]

Looks great. What seam sealer you using ? Looks very neat !!

Hi will, I use Upols Tiger Seal, seams to be very good stuff !

[alex-95]

Great work

 

Looks great. What seam sealer you using ? Looks very neat !!

Hi will, I use Upols Tiger Seal, seams to be very good stuff !

 

[tino]

Amazing progress , some really nice work there. 

[big-jay]

Amazing progress , some really nice work there.

Cheers buddy, I'm glad you think so !

[big-jay]

Update,

Bit of engine work today as I didn't feel like working on the shell, got a few bits tidied up and back on the engine, starting to come together now

Here's a quick pic from yesterday though, sanded and primed up the outer sill and doorstep -



So, to today's progress, wire brushed and painted up the clutch parts, new thrust bearing, new O ring, new pins and new split pins. Also greased up the hole where the arm sits -



Fitted back into the bell housing -



Fitted back onto the engine with new Smiffys stainless bolts, torqued down and the end float set to the correct distance (6.5 mm according to the Haynes manuel) -



Next up was the timing cover, primed the chain and sprockets with oil and wire brushed all the bolts. Then I centred the cover using the crankshaft pulley and screwed the bolts in finger tight, removed the pulley and then torqued down



Then I cleaned up the engine mounting and fitted that back to the block -





New bypass hose, (new water pump to be bought soon) -



New temperature sender -



And I also touched up the block with some red paint where it was needed. Here's a few snaps of where I'm at now -









That's all i got done today, spent most of the day looking through the Haynes manual for torque settings !

I've also got a quick question, does anyone know what the torque setting for the timing cover bolts is. There's two settings in the Haynes manual (1/4 - 7nm & 5/8 - 16nm) and I don't know which I need. My bolts need a 3/8 socket to tighten them so are both of those settings above irrelative to me ? If so what do I need to torque them to, as I've currently torqued them to the higher 16nm, kind of confused about this so any help would be great !

[big-jay]

Update,

Removed the drivers side toe board corner today, the rot is a fair bit worse then I expected it to be.



As you can see from the picture, where I've removed the toe board lip it's completely rotted the flitch out. Looked fine from the outside, very deceiving.

View from the outside, the lower bulkhead is going to need a repair as it's also rotten



I sat back and had a good look at it, and decided I just WAS NOT happy with the repairs that I've made. Me and my dad have put so much effort into rebuilding this car that I think it's only right that I do the repair properly. It probably wouldn't bother most, but it bothers me.

So I did this -



Bit of a step back some may say, but I think that fitting the full Heritage panel, as I have done on the other side, is what this car deserves. I couldn't justify doing the other side so neatly and leaving this side 'patched up' so to say.

So I'll be sending back the half inner wing repair panel I bought from M-Machine, and I'll be ordering the full inner wing / flitch Heritage panel.

On a lighter note, had a little trip down to Minispares on Friday and picked up a few parts for my engine -



And a couple of bits from Smiffy Bits came through the post -



That's all for today but I'll hopefully be getting the toe board corner repaired tomorrow.

Edited by big-jay, 27 June 2014 - 12:05 PM.