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[Deathrow]

Cheers guys .

I got a little bit more done:


With a great deal of messing I managed to get that seized brake drum screw out.


Beneath.

I stripped that lot off and found that the brake adjust is well and truely seized in place so I've left it soaking in WD40, I'll have another go at it tomorrow, if needs be I'll drill it out and buy a replacement.


This is the other radius arm, that I've already painted.


Fitted brake cylinder.


Braided hose and new copper brake pipe fitted. Ignore the white handbrake cable bracket, it still wants a coat of paint .

Thanks for looking guys and girls. I'm hoping the weather will be ok tomorrow and I'll head to the garage and do some bodywork.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

body work inthe snow u should be so lucky

[Deathrow]

body work inthe snow u should be so lucky

This is Lancaster, we never get snow.

It's both a gift and a curse!

[Deathrow]

Well I failed miserably by getting up at 1:45pm . So I sacked off what I needed to do in the morning and went to the garage instead, didn't get long but managed to move forwards a little bit.


Hole in the heal board.


Patch made from nice thick sheet.


Welded in.

Ignore the fact the bottom isn't welded, that's because I need to weld a flap on to there that comes over and welds to the floor, but that needs to be done after the outter sills are on. Then I'll seam weld the floor to the heal board on the inside, the more strength the better.

Thanks for looking guys .

[Deathrow]

Well I've just done some more on the passenger side radius arm:


Adjusters installed, shoes and springs installed.


Superfin installed.

As you probably know by now, I'm a little bit more than just a picture tart so naturally I whacked an exacton on there!


Sexy!


I love the look of the superfin through the spokes. I'm very tempted by a black wheel/orange drum combo now .


Clearance at the back, this concerned me until I realised that of course, the drum rotates with the wheel.

I'm tempted to clear the desk now and tear down my gear selector, or maybe have another go at that siezed adjuster in the other radius arm.

Thanks for looking .

[Deathrow]

Well I had a go at the radius arm, still as seized as it was .

I'll have to take it to someone to have it heated up, see if I can remove it with a bit of heat. Fingers crossed. Anyway, I started stripping the gear selector down:


Grotty looking!


I know it sits under the car and no one ever sees it but I respect the job it performs and I think it deserves to look good, not like this.


A few minutes later.


The bits they never wanted you to see!

I can't go any further tonight as I need a punch to remove the roll pins that are holding the remaining parts together, once they're out I can clean and paint everything before I put it back together .

Thanks for looking .

[danny2009]

looking good mate, glad to see you have a trusty hammer to hand

[Deathrow]

looking good mate, glad to see you have a trusty hammer to hand

Oh the hammer is a good friend! Especially when dealing with brake drums that don't want to come off .

[HARBER07]

Just FYI them roll pins can be a right sod to remove!!


Good work

[Deathrow]

Just FYI them roll pins can be a right sod to remove!!


Good work

Do I need a bigger hammer?

They need to come out though, I want to get it all nice and clean.

[danny2009]

Just FYI them roll pins can be a right sod to remove!!


Good work

Do I need a bigger hammer?

They need to come out though, I want to get it all nice and clean.

i like how you work :lol

they ususally are seized in or mine was, just soak them in WD40

[Deathrow]

Been to the garage for a bit today.


How I left the heal board repair last time. After checking, there wasn't enough penetration for me to be happy.


So I ground back the weld and then rewelded the patch with a higher wire feed, good penetration this time .


Welds ground back.


Etch primed.


Marked out the section that needs to come out of the passenger side rear quater.


Chopped it out to find rust, nom nom.


But I was expecting it, as you can see from below.


Zinc primed the heal board repair.

The next job is either getting the valance closing plates welded on in the right place and get the valance on, or I'm going to sort out these rusty bits in front of the passenger side arch.

Thanks for looking, we'll get there in the end!

[analogue_radio]

Followed your picture of the radius arms & brake set up whilst rebuilding mine, copper hoses are quite fun to work with

What tool are you using to cut rotted parts of metal out? standard angle grinder? I feel like I need to look at something smaller like a dremel.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

good work the gear selector is glad i pestered u

[Deathrow]

Followed your picture of the radius arms & brake set up whilst rebuilding mine, copper hoses are quite fun to work with

What tool are you using to cut rotted parts of metal out? standard angle grinder? I feel like I need to look at something smaller like a dremel.

Hehe, the copper pipes are great. And they look so good against nice black arms . They're going to look the business on the car (not that they ever get seen).

Yeah just a standard 115mm angle grinder sir! There are some bits that would be better done with a dremel I guess, like the bit I've just got to, that's going to be a pain, unfortunatly, I broke my dremel clone haha. More than one way to skin a cat though .

good work the gear selector is glad i pestered u

I haven't touched the gear selector .