Adoom

Click here for the Discussion Thread So I initially bought this for the front guard, for my other project. Adoom's 1976 Triumph 2500 TC. But despite looking like shit on the surface, it's waaaaaaaaaay less rusty than my 2500. So I think I will move my V8 plans over to this one. I still reserve judgement until I remove the windows and get the engine out and I can see the firewall. It's the original paint, which is thin and failing. The doors have a little bit of surface rust, but they are all solid, even along the bottom! No rust in the heater intake box, thing. No rust under any of the wheel arches. No rust under the petrol flap. No rust in the gutters. Sills look solid, I still need to have a look inside them with my china 'endoscope'. I've pulled the carpets out and no rust in the front corners of the footwells. No rust where the bottom of the front panel meets the guards. I've pulled back as much of the rubber/foam sponge from the firewall as I can and there looks like there might be a little bit of rust there. The bad. The front panels are a bit mangled. I'm hoping I can get them back into the right shape. I've got the 2500 to use as a template. The OMG. Wof failure sheet said "check fuel tank for leak". I found the leak! The big hose for the filler neck has a crack at the bottom, so when you turn right with a full tank or just put fuel in it, it leaks petrol INSIDE THE CAR! You can see in the boot and under the rear passenger side seat area has no underseal and the other side does, because the petrol has just washed it away. I have started stripping the car, but I need to keep it drivable/movable and mostly watertight until I can fit it in the garage. That won't be until the house is finished, which apparently might be around the end of Jan, and I can move all my house shit out of the garage.

This bit required much adjustment to make it the right shape. It is a better fit than the rusty one it replaces though. The top part isn't attached, it's just there to test fitment. It also needs work before I can attach it.

Just saw this fulla guy North of Carterton at lunch time. Beeped at him with the effeminate horn on my shitty white corolla. /LING POST

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So... uuuuh, I bought another one. For SFA. It's a 1972 2000TC auto. White, with red interior. I had originally intended to get it just for the front guard and maybe some spares. But from initial inspection, without removing any parts, it seems to be substantially less rusty than mine. The paint condition is really bad. The guy I bought it off said he had sanded it back because some surface rust was coming through, then some rattle can paint chucked on, but the surface rust came back up so it got a WHOLE BUNCH of rust converter all over it. I suspect it is the original paint. I don't have it home yet cause of tow vehicle problems, but my brother it looking after it for me. Hopefully I get it home after xmas. I want to strip it completely to see what the rust situation is then decide if I transfer my plans over to that one and put the yellow one to the side. It's kinda a shame, I've done a bunch of work to the yellow one and there is still a bunch of work left to go. Buut, I will have to wait till my house is finished, APPARENTLY by end of Jan, cause there is no way I can get another Triumph in the garage while I'm living in here and my house stuff is taking up 1/3rd of the space..

o-rings? http://www.nzefi.com/product/fuel-injector-service-kit-nissan-r32-rb20det-rb25de-rb26dett/ Or these guys. http://www.cdlautoparts.co.nz/media/product_range/cedele/EFI Injector Components Catalogue - April 2012.pdf

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OMG you hang wheels off the ends of those spindly things?!

Somehow it took most of today to make this bit. Most of the time was trying to get the curve right. I think this is as close as I can get it without starting all over again. I need to cut out and patch that rusty hole before I can start tacking the sill on. It will need a skim of filler I think...

Then after much fettling I glued it in. And made the bit with the step in it to fill the gap. I made this in two parts otherwise I don't know how I would do the step. I didn't bother grinding the welds down completely, since they won't be seen, I did tidy some of them up a little.

Glued the jacking point in, then proceeded to grind off two of the new spotwelds while trimming to fit the middle sill panel. And the middle sill panel. I got the folds in the right place FIRST TIME!

Made most of the jacking point. I still need to linish the welds a bit. no one will see it... but I will know. And sacrifice a big bolt, or something suitable for the stub thing. Mine is made from 2mm, the original is 1.2 or 1.5. I started off trying to use my bender... it's only rated for 1mm, I did one bend and realised it was damaging the edge of the clamping 'finger'. Dang. So I moved to the vice, a block of wood and a big hammer.

It's only taken me many YEARS, but I finally remembered to get some wingnuts for my boot box while I was at the wingnut shop. Now I can open it without having to find a 10mm spanner.

Wire brush?? Or electrolysis. I had good success trying this on a rusty spade...blade. It's easy, you just need baking soda from paknsave or something, a bucket big enough for the flywheel, another bit of metal to make more rusty and a battery charger.

Only thing I can think of is that the splines had no oil or grease on them and have rusted together. I'd keep going with the bit of wood and a hammer. Maybe get a bigger hammer, but definitely keep the bit of wood.

Glued this bit on. I'll need to make a new jacking point before I can go any further with the sill.

Even being careful, I think I have managed to break the clips on just about every single fucking plug on my 1UZ.

I welded this bit in last night. The welds are a bit shit, I think I had a bad earth on the ground clamp, but didn't realise till I was finished.

AFAIK, it's "Gusseting". Triangles of metal welded in corners to make them stronger. They do the same thing and use the same word in clothing... just with cloth, not metal. "Gazetting", sounds similar... but, I had to look it up, means something like "publish". Don't mean to be a dick or anything. /Spelling nazi

When the two guys pulled my sheet off the stack and put it in the trailer I saw double. I'm like "I think you might have grabbed two sheets there". Guy was like "If there are two, it's your lucky day". Just unloaded now. Must be my lucky day. Two sheets sticky stuck together with whatever oily stuff it is they protect the sheets with. Should have bought a lotto ticket.

I got a sheet of 0.8mm cold rolled, cause @Spencer said it was nicer to weld. I think it was $50 something... I got a few things and didn't get the invoice back.

I found a blog of a guy doing the same sill repairs and he has takes lots of photos which will help me reconstruct areas that had rusted into oblivion. https://rembunator.wordpress.com/2015/02/10/i-care-deeply-an-in-depth-look-at-the-front-end-sill-construction/#jp-carousel-169

Stuck the inner sill panel on. Feels much more solid now.

I made the inner sill panel that closes off that big hole. But I didn't take a photo and now it's got wet paint on it. I also made the flange for the end of the outrigger.

BZZZZT BZZZT BZZZZT It took longer than you would expect to make this patch cause of a bit of a rib in the floor.