new project chim resto
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as if i havent got enough going on just picked up a chim 400hc that is a one owner car but been stored in not ideal conditions this was my first view of the car when i went to collect it
https://goo.gl/photos/1yftfKQwzqSawsnU7
https://goo.gl/photos/1yftfKQwzqSawsnU7
some more pics of the car before and after cleaning
john
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john
IMG_20170512_145428 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrIMG_20170512_145432 (1) by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrIMG_20170512_151719 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrIMG_20170512_151727 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrIMG_20170512_151424 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickrlatest update wheels are off revealing very corroded wishbones perished brake pipes and very rusty chassis, also removed the seats and all the rotten carpet had to use the wet vac as quite a lot of water remaining in the footwells, ecu is a ball of ally oxide not sure what the insides like but emerald will fix that side of things, seats will clean up but drivers seat being partially under water has corroded through the foam seat sqab wire mesh support so will need attention but progress is being made.
john
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john
DSCN2577 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2578 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2579 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2580 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2581 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickrupdate for week so far, the body is now off and chassis in fabricating shop, top off engine to release the loom easily, roof off which was a nightmare all the fixings rusted badly so no chance of undoing, but all ready to strip the suspension out prior to shotblasting to really see what we have but although the outriggers are the worst i have seen rest looks ok, shocks are shot bounces for ages.
john
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john
DSCN2607 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2606 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2608 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2609 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2610 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2613 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2614 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2615 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2616 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2617 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2618 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2619 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2609 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2612 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrEdited by Engineer1949 on Friday 2nd June 06:23
Edited by Engineer1949 on Friday 2nd June 06:25
more updates body is off and the engine gearbox and final drive are all out and the suspension is all stripped down so chassis will be off to the shotblasters prior to being put on my jig for the remedial work which is mainly replacing the outriggers rad is out the body to be sent off recore next job on the body is strip out the dash which needs a fair bit of attention to the gauges and the dash panels themselves but so far so good also stripped the box off the engine clutch looks good to go again but will take advise
john
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john
DSCN2613 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2618 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2619 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2616 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2614 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2620 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2621 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2622 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2624 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2630 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2625 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2627 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2629 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2631 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2632 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickralso stripped out the drive train and engine on a wedge seperate thread on wedge forum rebuilt a lombardini single cylinder diesel overhauled a jones crane dorset diesel injection system replaced a chim rad sorted non starting chim my old maroon one fitted an electronic ignition to an early midget and a couple of bits no doubt forgotten
john
john
bit more done to car stripped out the dash radio and surrounding switches, just a heap of rust but remarkably all still work other than the radio, steering wheel boss took hell and all to get off but no more to strip out now so all down hill from here, got the heads off and the cam out which needs replacing as two lobes gone and most of the followers showing signs of wear through the case hardening but rest of the lump looks good and clean other that the block badly corroded inside will need pressure testing before spending any money on the engine,a cautionary note to all see the silicone sealant in the oil pick up filter seeing this all to often great for me lots more rebuilds but do if you have to use it be very very sparing kiss of death otherwise.
john
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john
DSCN2640 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2638 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2639 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2641 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2645 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2644 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2646 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2647 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2648 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2649 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2650 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2651 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2652 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2653 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2654 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2655 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2656 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2657 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2658 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2659 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2660 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2661 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2662 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrEdited by Engineer1949 on Friday 16th June 09:14
well nasty job sorted now finished stripping the crank and pistons from the block and removed all the heavily rusted core plugs and hot pressure washed the corrosion out of the water ways dosent look to bad, block away for pressure testing keeping fingers crossed on that one but my gut felling is should be ok tackle the heads next broken studs etc.
john
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DSCN2671 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2670 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2669 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2666 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2672 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2667 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2668 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2673 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2674 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickrprogress on the engine got it cleaned out pressure tested and fitted the new core plugs not spectacular but getting there all the bits have arrived so build up next week.
john
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john
DSCN2678 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2679 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickrlatest update the heat insulation in the engine bay is mostly stripped off the rear seems to be in good order, the wiring has been stripped out of its sheathing to allow me to keep the alternator and starter connections the rest will be replaced with the new emerald loom, i have removed the door cards which wasent to bad to do as it has large speakers making getting your arm in the door somewhat easier to undo the bolts securing the card also tested the window motors which work fine and have stripped just over half of the rotten carpet backing, as an aside has anyone any experience of these carpet sets which one can purchase if so are they any good, plus the engine is now virtually complete all the internals are in heads on so coming along nicely.
john
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john
DSCN2685 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2686 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2688 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2689 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2690 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2691 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2693 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2694 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2695 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2695 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2699 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2698 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2701 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2702 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2703 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickrlatest up date engine is all built up with the trigger wheel and sensor held in my nice newly designed bracket with its new 320cc injectors plus the rest of the rotten carpet has been scraped out and the dash area cleaned up ready for the new loom and new or refurbished instruments in new dash panels ,i have also beadblasted the engine mount brackets then linished them up and sprayed with high build primer.
john
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DSCN2705 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2706 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2707 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2708 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2709 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2711 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2712 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2713 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2714 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2715 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2717 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2718 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickrthe car belongs to the guy who first ordered it so only one owner he has a really good set of pictures of the original build chassis body in undercoat etc. the pic in the background is a reconasonce mosquito flown and painted by leonard peirman my father did 2 tours on mozzys so close to my heart
john
john
latest update basically chassis work new outrigers fabricated and fitted with new seat belt mounts etc. couple of other small repairs the chassis is now at the powder coaters with the rear suspension arms the new fronts from RT should be here soon but also pressure washed needle gunned and primed all the hubs and uprights and started on the calipers to give them a nice coat of black to match the chassis and pressure washed the gearbox and flywheel bottom cover ready to install.
john
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DSCN2720 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2721 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2723 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2722 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2724 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2728 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2729 by Brundall Motorsport, on FlickrDSCN2727 by Brundall Motorsport, on Flickrnot much to say this week rebuilt the engine with its new 329cc injectors and repaired the chassis new outriggers and some other small repairs got it all powder coated which looks great i have stripped the dash out and having a new one made which i am going to machine turn so pics tell a better story
john
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