185 replies to this topic

[tedmcedd]

love the wheels!!!

please tell me the wood is going back on, with the yokon grey that would look immense!!

Ed

[Mart!]

of course i'll keep the wood!

i'll switch the hoosiers for yokos A032Rs. now i just have to find some arches... would GP5 EUROs fit over them?

[LunaMini]

Looking good! Nice to see another Estate Rebuild! Just got mine back from the bodyshop so now the fun starts putting it all back together! I think it will look lovely in Grey, just make sure the chrome around the wood doesn't blend in too much!

Good Luck with the rest of the rebuild!

x

[Mart!]

engine out!



subframe out!





aiming to send it to the bodyshop by next week-end!

[Mart!]

who needs a hoist?

[tedmcedd]

please tell me thats photoshopped...!

[Mart!]

and thats BEFORE i removed the oil

got good progress done last night, removed both master cyls and the pedal box and started bringing the engine bay to bare metal. not sure how to separate the steering column from the rack - brute force and ignorance?

[less is more]

at bottom of column remove pinch bolt, get large flat bladed screw driver, place driver into clamp where you have just removed pinch bolt and twist driver to open the gap a little, then just pull upwards
if you hav'nt already also remove top column bolt the one that shears off.
hope this helps Andy.

[Mart!]

thanks Andy, that worked perfectly!

the only thing left to remove is the rear view mirror and my hula dancer air freshener.



got my new arches in the mail today, AvonBar's W&P style arches. i'll need to modify them to fit the rear. anybody has pics of those arches on a LWB mini?

[analogue_radio]

thanks Andy, that worked perfectly!

the only thing left to remove is the rear view mirror and my hula dancer air freshener.

Sounds tricky, is that covered in Haynes?

[Mart!]

lol, i believe it is, chapter 9•7 right after "how to empty the ashtray"

ok, got some progress today. modified one wing to fit the wider wheels by cutting right above the lip from the highest point all the way down to the front. then again a second time from the top to about 4cm forward, then i welded back the lip. currently just tack welded, the entire thing will be finished by the body guy. Now the perfectly new arches will not fit - not that they did fit before.

[Mart!]

fiberglassed the lip in new position...



Not 100% there yet but much better fit!

[Mart!]

final:




now for the rear...

[tedmcedd]

nice job! cant wait to see colour on it!!

[Mart!]

nice job! cant wait to see colour on it!!

me too!!!!

still working on the arches, the avonbar w&p style rear arches follow the valance line all the way underneath the car - but the estate's valance doesnt go as far so a lot of modification was needed to make them follow the right line.

had to remove the dynamat xtreme from the entire floor, which wasnt so bad - i thought it would be way harder especially since the search i did on the internet on "how to remove dynamat xtreme" revealed that most thought it was imposible to do. took me about half an hour... just need to yank hard, dont try to prevent the aluminium from separating from the black goo, make yourself a ball of goo, press it on the goo you want to remove, and yank hard and quick. if you pull to slowly the goo will just stretch and half will stay on the car. key word - hard and quick.

should be able to send it to the paintshop this week - i hope the body guy will let me help him so i can learn something...

Edited by Mart!, 01 February 2009 - 07:07 PM.