Type49 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Posted June 7, 2021 Quick tidy up and etch prime. That's me done for tonight. Hopefully this is the last welding I'll be doing on the shell. 9 Quote
Type49 Posted June 24, 2021 Author Posted June 24, 2021 Overdue update... I finished welding the panhard rod bracket on the diff, tidied up the other two link brackets and shock brackets and have sent the housing away to get sand blasted. Hopefully the panelbeater will be along this weekend to make some progress on the bodywork. 5 Quote
Type49 Posted June 24, 2021 Author Posted June 24, 2021 These also turned up yesterday. Group 4 wheel studs. I will be converting the rear axles to accept these. 5 Quote
Type49 Posted June 29, 2021 Author Posted June 29, 2021 So the axle housing came back yesterday from the sandblasters. Had to make sure I was happy with it so I could get a couple of good coats of etch primer onto it before it rusted before my eyes. Gotta love this time of year for painting 6 Quote
Type49 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Posted July 5, 2021 Have modified the axles to accept the Group 4 studs. Have tried a trick i heard from a good friend of mine for treating the axles with dry ice, we will see how this works... Quote
Type49 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Posted July 5, 2021 Diff head has been given the once over (steel plate type LSD 4.9 Ratio) bearings all good, pre-load checked, seals replaced. Once painted i will assemble the rear axle. Just need to rebuild the calipers... 8 Quote
Type49 Posted July 18, 2021 Author Posted July 18, 2021 Axle all assembled with new bearings. 6 Quote
Type49 Posted July 18, 2021 Author Posted July 18, 2021 Rear brake calipers stripped and sent for blue zinc treatment. 7 Quote
Type49 Posted July 18, 2021 Author Posted July 18, 2021 While the rear axle has been getting rebuilt, the panelbeater has been around and stripped both rear quarters and rear panel. 1 Quote
Popular Post Type49 Posted July 19, 2021 Author Popular Post Posted July 19, 2021 So these turned up today fresh from the platers... turned out way better than I expected. 15 Quote
Popular Post Type49 Posted July 22, 2021 Author Popular Post Posted July 22, 2021 Assembled the calipers and mounted them to the axle. Almost complete. 10 Quote
Type49 Posted August 11, 2021 Author Posted August 11, 2021 With the rear axle all done it was time to move onto the gearbox 2 Quote
Type49 Posted August 11, 2021 Author Posted August 11, 2021 Stripped the gearbox down, note the RS2000 tailshaft housing which puts the gear lever through the original position in the tunnel . The gear kit is a TranX one and checked out all ok. 3 Quote
Type49 Posted August 15, 2021 Author Posted August 15, 2021 With the body in bare metal, it was time to treat it to some Brunox to kill any surface rust that was lurking beneath the old paint and filler 5 Quote
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