Got a fair amount done since my last update, I'll start with the bodywork.
Had to remake the flanges for the dash rail and bulkhead as they were thinned out to much when I removed the old inner wing. So, chopped them off and made some new ones, then welded those in and made a new back plate for the shock mount. We clamped that in place and then welded that in place, here's a few pics of the process -
Ground down the welds on the flanges, and then shaped the backplate to fit nicely, then gave the whole thing a good few coats of zinc primer -
Then some black top coat -
That's all the bodywork I got done throughout the week, doing a bit each day before work as usual. Also received the RH inner wing I ordered from M-Machine -
It came without any hinge holes, and after putting a question on here , nobody knew why. So after a few calls to the heritage panel company, I got no where and gave up. So I decided I was just going to fit it and take my time getting it right.
So, trial fitted and it's not too bad at all, just had to do a little fetteling and it was in place -
Drilled all the holes for plug welding (already started welding and then realised I hadn't taken a picture) -
Fully plug welded -
Then we got all the holes drilled and cut the toe board to fit, will be welding this in tomorrow -
That all the progress on the body up until today. Now for the engine work. Just been cleaning a few parts up and fitting them back to the engine. Ill start with the slave cylinder.
Before, very rusty and pretty much seized -
Degreased the cylinder and the back plate, then dismantled the cylinder and gave both a good going over with the wire wheel -
Zinc primed -
Then painted with a few coats of gloss black -
Reassembled the slave cylinder with a rebuild kit, and a new bleed valve -
Then put back on the engine with a a Smiffys Bits stainless fitting kit -
Happy with that, I got to work cleaning up the distributer -
New rotary arm -
New O-Ring -
And I've also fitted a new cap as well, no picture of this though. Next I fitted the fuel pump back to the block -
Cleaned up the oil feed pipe and fitted that back in place -
and cleaned up and refitted a gear box to block nut and bolt -
Just waiting on some bypass hose clamps then I can fit the new water pump. And finally, I received my seat cover back from the trimmers, so my dad gave me a hand and we re-fitted it, very happy with it, took some steam to get the creases out of the new panel, but got it looking good in the end -
Edited by big-jay, 27 June 2014 - 11:27 PM.
