chassis through the cheapo-scope

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Cheapo USB endoscope bought from eBay for less than a tenner, hooked up to laptop. Used to inspect the tops of the main outrigger rails for rot on my Chim. Flaking powdercoat seen but no holes found. The scope will take snapshots as well as video. Found the missing kettle lid too (behind the cooker, not under my car!)



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Just go to eBay and search for "USB endoscope". There's a multitude of them. Take your pick. The one I bought is 5m long (2m would have been fine) and camera diameter is 10mm at it's widest point. 720mp resolution allegedly. I'm able to get this alongside then up and over the outrigger rails. There are also scopes that are 7mm and 5.5mm at the tip. These may be easier to get into tight spaces. They have a fixed focal length and you can't steer them unlike the ones I use at work, but then again what do you expect for around ten quid. I cleaned as much crud out as i could from above the rails before having a look. Frightening how much collects up there.

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NTEL said:

I looked at 12 or so cars before getting my new 450 this week. I inspected all of them with my endoscope. A staggering 6 out of the 12 had holes in the chassis The "best" chassis I seen were on pre 95 cars.

I thought the later Chims had the better factory chassis protection. Just goes to show. Never heard of anyone endoscoping TVRs before buying. Did you get any funny looks?

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rigga said:

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I thought the later Chims had the better factory chassis protection. Just goes to show. Never heard of anyone endoscoping TVRs before buying. Did you get any funny looks?

No its generally known that the later white coloured chassis were inferior to the earlier silver coloured ones.

Thanks. I stand corrected. Unfortunately mine's a later white chassis. Factory powdercoat coming off in great handfulls. Most of it is on my garage floor.