KillaJoules
Active Member
Glad to see I didn't hold you up too much. Did you get home for dinner on time?
jai_landrover
Well-Known Member
Looking good Stu!!
KJ sorry I've not replied on you pm busy isn't the word!!
Who's going to the pub Weds night then??
KJ sorry I've not replied on you pm busy isn't the word!!
Who's going to the pub Weds night then??
KillaJoules
Active Member
I'll be there Jai, I should be bringing Stu if I can drag him away from the RRC. hopefully Djdommyp too, its his last night at college, so with luck he should be finished and out quickly.
stutab
Well-Known Member
Pub yes :beer2:
Lunch time update
Welded the floor up
Nice and straight
Welded the fuel tunnel but bit patchy so out with the chemical metal before pic taken
More chem metal
Took the wings if the donor and dropped them off at the courier.
Well lunch over, tea drank :tea: so back to it, rear body mounts then fingers crossed the welding is finished
Lunch time update
Welded the floor up
Nice and straight
Welded the fuel tunnel but bit patchy so out with the chemical metal before pic taken
More chem metal
Took the wings if the donor and dropped them off at the courier.
Well lunch over, tea drank :tea: so back to it, rear body mounts then fingers crossed the welding is finished
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stutab
Well-Known Member
Hmmm now where was I oh ye :tea:
So I investigated the rear body mounts,
Left one looks ok but will cut out anyway
Well got a template anyway
Bit thicker, take longer to rust
32mm hole drilled in each
Old set of mounts in either side to line up the body and chassis before welding
Dropped the body back down onto new plates
Good reason for using old ones, the arc set them on fire :flame:
And thats it the welding is
:bounce:
:drum: 
raise: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :mil77:
So I started cleaning of the roof so I can put it on before I lift the body off for a bit more strength.
Fould this
One of the previous owners decided it would be a good idea to paint the roof with either underseal or bitumin. I would like to meet this person to tell him how wonderful I think his idea was, A1, total brainwave and a revolution in car painting, should be sent out to all manufacturers and implemented straight away :fencing::fighting::hurt::violent::violent::violent::mil86::mil21::mil52::5brant::censored::censored::censored:
So spent 2 hours with sand paper and white spirit rubbing it down like wet and dry. Luckily it was only around the sunroof and down the edges, everywhere else it had flaked off and fetched the paint off with it.............
Ha ho, back on it tomorrow.
oh ye :tea:So I investigated the rear body mounts,
Left one looks ok but will cut out anyway
Well got a template anyway
Bit thicker, take longer to rust
32mm hole drilled in each
Old set of mounts in either side to line up the body and chassis before welding
Dropped the body back down onto new plates
Good reason for using old ones, the arc set them on fire :flame:
And thats it
the welding is FINISHED
:bounce:
:drum: raise: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :5bparty: :mil77:So I started cleaning of the roof so I can put it on before I lift the body off for a bit more strength.
Fould this
One of the previous owners decided it would be a good idea to paint the roof with either underseal or bitumin. I would like to meet this person to tell him how wonderful I think his idea was, A1, total brainwave and a revolution in car painting, should be sent out to all manufacturers and implemented straight away :fencing::fighting::hurt::violent::violent::violent::mil86::mil21::mil52::5brant::censored::censored::censored:
So spent 2 hours with sand paper and white spirit rubbing it down like wet and dry. Luckily it was only around the sunroof and down the edges, everywhere else it had flaked off and fetched the paint off with it.............
Ha ho, back on it tomorrow.
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Rustystuff
Active Member
Hmmm now where was I
And that's it
FINISHED
:bounce:
So I started cleaning of the roof so I can put it on before I lift the body off for a bit more strength.
Fould this
One of the previous owners decided it would be a good idea to paint the roof with either underseal or bitumin. I would like to meet this person to tell him how wonderful I think his idea was, A1, total brainwave and a revolution in car painting, should be sent out to all manufacturers and implemented straight away :fencing::fighting::hurt::violent::violent::violent::mil86::mil21::mil52::5brant::censored::censored::censored:
So spent 2 hours with sand paper and white spirit rubbing it down like wet and dry. Luckily it was only around the sunroof and down the edges, everywhere else it had flaked off and fetched the paint off with it.............
Ha ho, back on it tomorrow.
Congratulations... it must be a relief.. Could the black **** on the roof perhaps have been old adhesive for vinyl ?
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
Nice wish I had know a blow torch and scraper would of got it of real quick the heat hardens the glue for scraping and if it was bitumen from underNeath would of softened it for scraping never mind good job
stutab
Well-Known Member
Na, don't worry you didn't hold me up to much, the bloke came for the bonnet after you left so didn't leave the yard till 5.50, had to be in St Albans at 6
Don't think it was vinyl roof, there is body colour paint on it and the previous owner did say he painted the roof but it didn't stick.
Nice wish I had know a blow torch and scraper would of got it of real quick the heat hardens the glue for scraping and if it was bitumen from underNeath would of softened it for scraping never mind good job
The only thing that would shift it was white spirits, industrial steam cleaner at 150c and full pressure didn't shift it.
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
I strip cars for a living to be blastedNa, don't worry you didn't hold me up to much, the bloke came for the bonnet after you left so didn't leave the yard till 5.50, had to be in St Albans at 6
Don't think it was vinyl roof, there is body colour paint on it and the previous owner did say he painted the roof but it didn't stick.
The only thing that would shift it was white spirits, industrial steam cleaner at 150c and full pressure didn't shift it.
The glue is sticky and clogs sanders ect by burning with a torch it burns the glue allowing it to lose it elasticity thus you would be able to scrape then sand it
If it were bitumen you would heat from underneath thus allowing it to not go gooey and soften allowing you to scrape it
stutab
Well-Known Member
I strip cars for a living to be blasted
The glue is sticky and clogs sanders ect by burning with a torch it burns the glue allowing it to lose it elasticity thus you would be able to scrape then sand it
If it were bitumen you would heat from underneath thus allowing it to not go gooey and soften allowing you to scrape it
Ok, point taken, if I find any more then I will do that. Does it distort the metal at all???
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
No as long as you don't generate the heat in one particular spot for too long do a area at a time
I'm not in the business to distort we have rare expensive cars here and our restorers wouldn't return although if its ally your to be extremely Carefull
Grit Valve
2000 4.6 Vouge
Cool you doing a fantastic job there keep it up .
How you getting paint of with ally we get the bulk off with a chemical neo paint stripper for ally so there is no distortion through blasting and when the bulk is off we give it a gentle blast at about 20 psi on a shallow angle
You could sand the last bit
Ps you can use the stripper on the glue sometime too depending on what type it's a case of trial on some glues
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stutab
Well-Known Member
Sorry no lunch time update today, been busy though.
Washed the roof down with white spirit ready for painting.
While I was waiting for that to evaporate off I sand blasted some suspension mounts that I found on a Disco Cheers Killajoules and djdommyp
Well time for my first ever attempt at spraying with a compressor, No pic of it etch primed I am afraid but this is it after 2 coats of etch and 4 coats of Gloss Black
Need some wet and dry to flatten and then a polish and hopefully will be all shiny
So quick tidy up of the workshop and got the forklift out, had some help from one of the tenants for this next bit
So its meant to be getting better not worse, oh well best get the engine out of the way
Chassis looks in very good order, even found some original paint in places
I was a bit premature with the partying though, need to repair the front body mounts so will be getting the welder out again soon
Guessing the baring has gone in the steering as well
So day of cleaning the chassis and the shell tomorrow. Might even get the engine and gearbox back in by friday
Washed the roof down with white spirit ready for painting.
While I was waiting for that to evaporate off I sand blasted some suspension mounts that I found on a Disco
Cheers Killajoules and djdommyp
Well time for my first ever attempt at spraying with a compressor, No pic of it etch primed I am afraid but this is it after 2 coats of etch and 4 coats of Gloss Black
Need some wet and dry to flatten and then a polish and hopefully will be all shiny
So quick tidy up of the workshop and got the forklift out, had some help from one of the tenants for this next bit
So its meant to be getting better not worse, oh well best get the engine out of the way
Chassis looks in very good order, even found some original paint in places
I was a bit premature with the partying though, need to repair the front body mounts so will be getting the welder out again soon
Guessing the baring has gone in the steering as well
So day of cleaning the chassis and the shell tomorrow. Might even get the engine and gearbox back in by friday
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KillaJoules
Active Member
Some productive work there stu. You'll be ready for your fish and chips tomorrow
stutab
Well-Known Member
Firstly I will start with some part porn :jaw:
Got them out to seam seal, Did loads of that this morning.
Then took some bits off the chassis ready for painting, Hope that the bolts are a hint to what the inside of the chassis is like
And behind the self leveler
Took the towbar off, its just a coincidence that the gas is there the bolts came out easy honest :flame:
(They had to be cherry hot then hit with a big amma to come out)
So out with the chassis for a steam clean
For all you disco owners look away now
There is still paint on the chassis
Manufacturers mark maybe??
Even the axles are painted
Cleaned off and primed the shell
Then primed the chassis
With the chassis dry enough to move, i took advantage of it having nothing on it and a forklift holding it up I changed the turret rings and steering damper
Right, pub tonight, sprogs new school visit in the morning and the wife wants to go showjumping in the afternoon, will I get anything done? Fookin hope so.
Got them out to seam seal, Did loads of that this morning.
Then took some bits off the chassis ready for painting, Hope that the bolts are a hint to what the inside of the chassis is like
And behind the self leveler
Took the towbar off, its just a coincidence that the gas is there
the bolts came out easy honest :flame:
(They had to be cherry hot then hit with a big amma to come out)
So out with the chassis for a steam clean
For all you disco owners look away now
There is still paint on the chassis
Manufacturers mark maybe??
Even the axles are painted
Cleaned off and primed the shell
Then primed the chassis
With the chassis dry enough to move, i took advantage of it having nothing on it and a forklift holding it up I changed the turret rings and steering damper
Right, pub tonight, sprogs new school visit in the morning and the wife wants to go showjumping in the afternoon, will I get anything done? Fookin hope so.
Rustystuff
Active Member
Firstly I will start with some part porn :jaw:
Got them out to seam seal .
Stirling work there Stu... Can I ask if you got the inner wheel arch and light box as a complete assembly ? Mine now resemble what's left on your workshop floor ! How it all stays where it is I'll never now !! Cheers.
