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[thelegg]

Spent all of today working on my frame, started off by cleaning it up with a wire wheel and then cranked up the welder :) got most of the frame seam welded now



Still need to change my rear engine mount haha also I've decided I'm going to alter the bottom rear part of my frame between the towers as at the moment the engine gets trapped under it when you try removing it once I've done that I'll drop the engine back in n weld in some additional strength
Have left the engine mounts just tacked at the moment just in case the engine positions need a little tweaking

Edited by thelegg, 31 October 2017 - 02:34 PM.

[jackjewelljj]

Frame looks good, I know its a different engine but when I have to take mine out the frame I lift it at an angle so block is high and the gearbox is low it wont come out level would that work for you?

[Shingler4596]

Have you checked that the pot joints don't hit anything? The one on the right will probably touch the bottom of the tower if you engine is a similar height to mine. Also you need to check distances of the driveshafts in full suspension movement. Especially the longest shaft as it gets very close. Also what I noticed with mine is when I put the top arm in there was a bit of twist in the tower so extra strength was needed. :)

[thelegg]

Engine still tight even when tilted at an angle so defiantly need to alter the back for easier engine removal etc else I'll scrape all the paint off each time haha ummmm not really anything left of the bottom of the towers :/ but will check that Sunday or Monday fingers crossed it'll be ok as for my towers Thats the next job on my list to reinforce them :)

[Shingler4596]

This is how far away the bottom of the tower after adjustment is away from the bottom of the hole for the top arm

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[thelegg]

I'm so confused where is that measurement ?

[Shingler4596]

The big hole for the top arm bar

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[thelegg]

Oh ok that makes sense ummmm mine measures about 20mm :/ if I need to trim some off then it's easily doable so will keep that in mind once I've got the engine back in with all the bottom n top arms on the frame,

Remade the back of my frame this evening although didn't take any pics as it's all just tacked together, also started planning out my new rear mount so stay tuned for pics of this over the next few days :)

[thelegg]

Ok so didn't have the early start that I intended to have this morning as the workshop was half flooded so had to sweep that out first, also about a foot of water in the pit so won't be going down there anytime soon haha then found a few ditches blocked up so had to sort them out before work on the mini could start.
Anyway I did manage to get some stuff done :) cut the outer pully off the crank so this has made fitting the engine easier

 

 

Some nasty rubber/sealer stuff in the centre of the pully, had to vacate the workshop after hitting it with the grinder as the fumes were unbearable!
Managed to sort out my rear mount, decided to use one of the Nissan mounts as it lined up pretty well

 

 

 

Put my bottom arms and tie bars on and found out that clearance on the sump is about a fag paper so the sump may need abit of fine adjustment

 

 

Engine fitting and removal is very easy now that I've modded the back of my frame so I will seam weld it up tomorrow as I ran out of time this evening another full day on it tomorrow too as I don't start work till Tuesday

Edited by thelegg, 31 October 2017 - 02:40 PM.

[lawrence]

Rear mount looks so much better bud. Certainly an improvement once the nut and bolt from before!

Get the lump hammer for clearance :) mines been tweaked that way also ;)

Keep up the great work

[thelegg]

Cheers mate :) May refill the mount with polyurethane at a later date to make it abit stiffer, any idea how much I can "adjust" my sump before it touches something Inside ?

Edited by thelegg, 04 January 2016 - 12:40 AM.

[DrFrankenstein]

Had no idea you was doing a micra build mate this looks like an awesome build how is things going as well ?

[lawrence]

Quite a lot if you can see on my pictures


There's like a baffle thing inside but you wouldnt damage any important components

[thelegg]

Quite a lot if you can see on my pictures

Holy sh*t you've dented it in loads lol don't think I need to go that extreme!

Jon good to hear your back in the mini scene your new build looks great :)

Right then small update bit of reinforcing done today, first bit was at the top of the towers

 

 

2nd bit was inside the towers

 

 

Hopefully they should be nice and strong again now :) apart from my bottom arm mounts any ideas if I need to reinforce other areas ?

Edited by thelegg, 31 October 2017 - 02:44 PM.

[Shingler4596]

Quite a lot if you can see on my pictures

Holy sh*t you've dented it in loads lol don't think I need to go that extreme!

Jon good to hear your back in the mini scene your new build looks great :)

Right then small update bit of reinforcing done today, first bit was at the top of the towers

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2nd bit was inside the towers



Hopefully they should be nice and strong again now :) apart from my bottom arm mounts any ideas if I need to reinforce other areas ?

put the top arm in and check for twist in the tower. Noticed a bit in outs so cut a bit of 20x20 box in half and curved it around the outside