24-10-2020, 10:26 PM
managed to get some work done on the car,
First up was fitting the Thermostat housing as mine was worn and had been leaking for a while.
To my disappointment after purchasing a new thermostat and seals it still was weeping between the housing and body :no
After further investigation I found the main body had a couple of grooves allowing fluid to bypass so a tiny bit of sealent resolved that.:thumbsup
Next thing on the agenda was to wire up the window and fit a new switch which I must say looks rather nice :love
Only thing is we did manged to switch the wire by mistake so that will be finished off tomorrow :thumbsup
Finally manged to hit the 190 thousand mile mark, so that's 80 thousand miles since the rebuild. Engine wise going on strong...………………………...everything else no so :lol :lol
As I finally have found someone close by to weld and finally have the car booked in I turned my attention to removing the interior.
Upon removal I decided to remove the front sound deadening :o which was a good idea.
Luckily all it was is surface rust so I attacked it and the coated it in Hydrate80 then zinc primed and topped off with black hammerite.
With that complete for now I turned my attention to preparing all of the metal work for welding. The engine mount :no pretty much gave in on the way for a quote which was great timing :thumbsdown :thumbsdown
:thumbsdown
The front cage brace bar was also attacked as I noticed it had cracked when fitting the new window.
With that sorted I then decided to sort out all of the required plates I will need and drilled another 4 holes in the foot base as they were all only mounted with two bolts:angry
I also decided to nick an idea from Dennis (Russianguy) that I have been meaning to do now for a while
So for now finger crossed the welding will all go well on the 29th then its off to Brands on the 2nd B)
First up was fitting the Thermostat housing as mine was worn and had been leaking for a while.
To my disappointment after purchasing a new thermostat and seals it still was weeping between the housing and body :no
After further investigation I found the main body had a couple of grooves allowing fluid to bypass so a tiny bit of sealent resolved that.:thumbsup
Next thing on the agenda was to wire up the window and fit a new switch which I must say looks rather nice :love
Only thing is we did manged to switch the wire by mistake so that will be finished off tomorrow :thumbsup
Finally manged to hit the 190 thousand mile mark, so that's 80 thousand miles since the rebuild. Engine wise going on strong...………………………...everything else no so :lol :lol
As I finally have found someone close by to weld and finally have the car booked in I turned my attention to removing the interior.
Upon removal I decided to remove the front sound deadening :o which was a good idea.
Luckily all it was is surface rust so I attacked it and the coated it in Hydrate80 then zinc primed and topped off with black hammerite.
With that complete for now I turned my attention to preparing all of the metal work for welding. The engine mount :no pretty much gave in on the way for a quote which was great timing :thumbsdown :thumbsdown
:thumbsdown
The front cage brace bar was also attacked as I noticed it had cracked when fitting the new window.
With that sorted I then decided to sort out all of the required plates I will need and drilled another 4 holes in the foot base as they were all only mounted with two bolts:angry
I also decided to nick an idea from Dennis (Russianguy) that I have been meaning to do now for a while
So for now finger crossed the welding will all go well on the 29th then its off to Brands on the 2nd B)
306 Rallye giving people a surprise because they think shes a 1.6 ;-) Silly people