06-08-2014, 11:44 AM
Yes indeed.
I rolled it out of hibernation last night and put it on the ramp to access what was actually left to do, looking around with a torch I found the front box sections were crusty under the underseal, bit more poking and they've properly gone.
The entire box are just wet grit basically and it's gone through into the floor and up the front around the subframe mounting bolts
It could be repaired but the welding will be an engine out job, not effort and money I'm willing to spend on a car I was undecided about anyway..
It's a shame as the rest of it wasn't that far off, but it would need a good day or two of welding plus removing everything just for the mot so not worth it for me.
I'll be breaking it to fund my rallye restoration so not all in vain, plus I'm keeping the truck turbo setup for another ninja project
Breaking thread will be posted shortly
I rolled it out of hibernation last night and put it on the ramp to access what was actually left to do, looking around with a torch I found the front box sections were crusty under the underseal, bit more poking and they've properly gone.
The entire box are just wet grit basically and it's gone through into the floor and up the front around the subframe mounting bolts
It could be repaired but the welding will be an engine out job, not effort and money I'm willing to spend on a car I was undecided about anyway..
It's a shame as the rest of it wasn't that far off, but it would need a good day or two of welding plus removing everything just for the mot so not worth it for me.
I'll be breaking it to fund my rallye restoration so not all in vain, plus I'm keeping the truck turbo setup for another ninja project
Breaking thread will be posted shortly
Current stable
'09 Mercedes E320cdi wagon
'99 306 gti6
'09 Mercedes E320cdi wagon
'99 306 gti6