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[Scholes2012]

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The Engine that's been sat in the garden under a tarpaulin for a year, not as bad as i remember but didn't want to look! Bad times.

[Sir Cheat]

Ouch, How much you pay for that? Whats been done to it..

[Scholes2012]

Ouch, How much you pay for that? Whats been done to it..

I'm not saying how much i paid! but it's a standard Metro 1275, don't know the mileage, not reconditioned , just degreased with new gaskets, lets just say i could have reconditioned the engine and gearbox for what i paid, thought it would be a quick way to get a nice looking engine, but wish i'd rebuilt one myself.

[Scholes2012]

The cheque has cleared for London 2 Brighton so best pull my finger out !

[CobraV8]

get yourself a tube of Autosol and polish the alloy bits, replace the coil and condenser - bung some new oil into the motor and crank it over and see how you go.

[Scholes2012]

get yourself a tube of Autosol and polish the alloy bits, replace the coil and condenser - bung some new oil into the motor and crank it over and see how you go.

Yeah that was the plan, best to put a new coil on anyway. Was going to strip the carb and do a bit of Vizard tinkering anyway.

Started to drill the subframe....

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Broke the drill bit and lost some teeth on the 1st hole (was drilling the pilot hole and when it broke thru, the large bit dug it at full speed)
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Some of the holes look different sizes because i'm using a step drill for the smaller hole. Large hole is 27mm (1" 1/16')
small hole is 18mm at 30mm centres.

Edited by Scholes2012, 03 March 2010 - 11:23 PM.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Looking good mate!

[Scholes2012]

Been drilling again...
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The metal is a lot thicker than the swagger could manage really, so heated the area with a blow torch then assembled the swagger quickly and formed the radius.

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Not really happy with the distortion on the edge, looking at it now i should have drilled the hole's further into the corner but thought this would be hard to bend, shall see what it look's like when it's finished.

Edited by Scholes2012, 16 March 2010 - 07:09 PM.

[Scholes2012]

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Cleaned up the hub's with degreaser (left it white spirit's for about a week) and a wire wheel on a bench grinder, got into the hard to reach area's with a small wire brush in a pillar drill, new bearings, new ball joints that i lapped in with fine valve paste by putting the taper in the drill and holding onto the domed nut (Did wear gloves Heath and safety).

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Gave them a coat of silver Hammerite, but will be finishing them in black. (when i painted the 1st hub i couldn't see where
i'd all ready painted)

Edited by Scholes2012, 10 April 2010 - 12:48 AM.

[Scholes2012]

Been busy on the front subframe again...
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made a plate so that i can use a trolley jack to lift the car, without bending the subframe!

[shorty]

isn't checker board alluminium quite flexible though. or have you put it on to spread the load of the jack?

[Scholes2012]

isn't checker board alluminium quite flexible though. or have you put it on to spread the load of the jack?

If you look at the subframe on the left hand side you may just see that i welded a 1.5mm plate to strengthen the area 1st
then used 6mm Alu plate, that should do it i think, i will be using a wood block too, but when you get tyres done they don't seem to care where they put the jack, so thought i'd give them a clue

Edited by Scholes2012, 23 March 2010 - 10:03 PM.

[Scholes2012]

Got the subframes back from powder coating on Friday, didn't go as mad as i wanted with lightening the front one, but want to make sure it get's through the MOT, a few piccy's.

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Very pleased with how smooth the towers came out.

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Fix the plates on with stainless bolts.
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Tried to match the blue with the silicon hose's for the water.
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All the suspension will be yellow to match the SPAX, looks a bit florescent but it's just the light?

[mighty mini jack]

The bits are looking good dude, nice work.

[Scholes2012]

Cheers.

Edited by Scholes2012, 25 August 2010 - 09:03 PM.