My Story. Chassis Refurb.
Discussion
iamrtl said:
All nuts and bolts are going stainless and all the bushes, fuel lines and brake lines are being done too
when i get some time i am gonna mark up those pictures of the running gear, numbering the bolts and giving lengths threads etc etc in the hope it might help someone out. For now its on the back burner. Need more hours in the day!
There is a sticky at the top of the forum with all the bolt sizes from when I did my restoration. Could you add anything missing to that please?when i get some time i am gonna mark up those pictures of the running gear, numbering the bolts and giving lengths threads etc etc in the hope it might help someone out. For now its on the back burner. Need more hours in the day!
iamrtl said:
All nuts and bolts are going stainless and all the bushes, fuel lines and brake lines are being done too
when i get some time i am gonna mark up those pictures of the running gear, numbering the bolts and giving lengths threads etc etc in the hope it might help someone out. For now its on the back burner. Need more hours in the day!
Hope your not planning on using stainless bolts for suspension components?when i get some time i am gonna mark up those pictures of the running gear, numbering the bolts and giving lengths threads etc etc in the hope it might help someone out. For now its on the back burner. Need more hours in the day!
Just checking as I don't want you to suffer.
Craig
Supateg said:
iamrtl said:
All nuts and bolts are going stainless and all the bushes, fuel lines and brake lines are being done too
when i get some time i am gonna mark up those pictures of the running gear, numbering the bolts and giving lengths threads etc etc in the hope it might help someone out. For now its on the back burner. Need more hours in the day!
Hope your not planning on using stainless bolts for suspension components?when i get some time i am gonna mark up those pictures of the running gear, numbering the bolts and giving lengths threads etc etc in the hope it might help someone out. For now its on the back burner. Need more hours in the day!
Just checking as I don't want you to suffer.
Craig
Great progress, keep it up and she'll be back on the road sooner rather than later. Did you 'crack' the ball joints off whilst still on the car or do them after you removed the suspension arms? I thought I was making life easier and took the arms off for better access to them. I think it would have been much easier if I had left them in situ and belted the hell out of them on the car! Live and learn...
I am determined to have a go my self at a full refurb when it is required, but I will have to find a local retired mechanic who can offer me a couple of hours advice and supervision a week. No way would I have the know how to do the lot without some hands on help from a pro.
I am determined to have a go my self at a full refurb when it is required, but I will have to find a local retired mechanic who can offer me a couple of hours advice and supervision a week. No way would I have the know how to do the lot without some hands on help from a pro.
Edited by quattrophenia on Wednesday 16th July 17:19
So I am a month into my chassis refurb and a few things are starting to come together. My buddy and I had been discussing colour schemes etc and he said he had a few ideas. I trust him totally and so gave him carte blanche to do what he wanted, we put one of the drive shafts back together this morning and he really has not disappointed me!
Thought you chaps might like to have a look and all.
The only new parts are the gators the rest has all been refurbished.
In case anyone is interested the blue is a flat limited edition Porshe colour the yellow is a pearl Renault colour and the graphite is pearl as well.
more to come over the next week.
Rob
Thought you chaps might like to have a look and all.
The only new parts are the gators the rest has all been refurbished.
In case anyone is interested the blue is a flat limited edition Porshe colour the yellow is a pearl Renault colour and the graphite is pearl as well.
more to come over the next week.
Rob
Slow going at the minute, stripping calipers today only to find that on the front i have one early caliper 4 bolts and one late caliper 6 bolts. What was that comment about bespoke being the factory standard
All parts should be painted by this time next week.
and a little bonus shot for anyone who ever wondered what the inside of the diff looked like. Wonder no more
All parts should be painted by this time next week.
and a little bonus shot for anyone who ever wondered what the inside of the diff looked like. Wonder no more
Rich912 said:
That looks absolutely brilliant, I'm part way through a full refurb at the moment and I hope you don't mind if I borrow that colour scheme. What a fantastic job your painter has done so far. That will be one special chassis when finished.
I'm pretty fortunate in that he's one of my closest friends. By all means use away at it Rich, I would say he'll be well made up.If you want me to get you the actual paint codes let me know.
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