My Story. Chassis Refurb.

[Tanguero]

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?

[iamrtl]

Nice one that will deffo be helpfull and yep i'll add anything I think of that isnt in it.

cheers for the heads up to!

[Supateg]

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?
Just checking as I don't want you to suffer.

Craig

[Jhonno]

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?
Just checking as I don't want you to suffer.

Craig

Was just thinking that..

[Byker28i]

I changed my starter motor as well as it was easy to get to and the old one was starting to slow.

[iamrtl]

Just back on after a few days unplugged.

Why shouldnt I be using stainless for the suspension, I hadnt planned on it necessarily but would be good to know why I shouldnt even consider it.

[Jhonno]

They snap alot easier is the short version..

[iamrtl]

Good enough for me. Thanks guys!

[caduceus]

Ahhh this takes me back to when I did mine. Will be following this thread. Good luck with the resto.

[quattrophenia]

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.

Edited by quattrophenia on Wednesday 16th July 17:19

[iamrtl]

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

[RFC1]

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[anonymous-user]

Who'd have thought driveshafts could be so sexy!

[pmessling]

Makes the spare ones I've refurbished in black look rubbish now.

[iamrtl]

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

[Rich912]

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.

[iamrtl]

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.

[Rich912]

If you could get the paint codes that would be great. Oh and feel free to post up any more pics of other part, just for inspiration of course.

Rich

[Jon12345]

Great colours, never even consider that type of scheme before. I have bought a load of POR15 gloss black to paint my axle bu this has given me second thoughts

[cerdad]

i have my diff out,its red rust, what did your painter use to de rust it to get the paint to stick?