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[Avtovaz]

i did the back panel today, i had bought a 2106 one. its different but the parts i want are the same. So first part was to cut the top off the panel as i wanted the bottom part, then graft into it the reversing light from the 2103

 

 

 

 

 

at this point i realised that i had cut it up and there was no strength left to it so i tacked it onto the top part again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not the best but defo do the job. my welder was playing up, turns out at some point i had put a 1mm tip in it and it was not always working then

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

seems very strange to see the car comming into one colour again, hopefully this year itll be welded up!

[Avtovaz]

Did a little bit on the car today, but was interrupted by my mate stuart who was asking if i could weld a few bits on his car for him

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you have 20k for it? i dont, but id love it. so at some point soon it need some front floor patches in it, should not be too much of a job but i need to weld my car !!

 

 

i did some welding though on it, welded the end of the leg

 

 

 

some inner arch work

 

 

 

 

 

primed the quarter too

 

 

 

 

there is still a lot of welding to do but i think am about half way now! 

[Avtovaz]

i fitted the quarter panel today, not much to say about it other than its on!

 

 

 

it didnt fit well around the top of the door so i cut and welded it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it was funny an amazon delivery driver came, and he gave me a parcel for my brother, and he said, wow lada 2103! he was here talking for about 20 mins, told him how the car came from Bg and he was so made up. He hadnt seen one for years, said he couldnt wait to see it about . Hopefully more progress tomorrow, have to use some sun cream tomorrow, i got sunburnt!

[Avtovaz]

not a massive day on the lada today, but did a little. i sold my 1293 engine from my mini and the guy was here for ages!

 

i needed to repair where the quarter goes up by the top edge of the boodlid. i never took a before pic but it was just a bit missing. so i made the part to go in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

just need to cut the height of it to suit, and it matches the other side really well

 

[Avtovaz]

i did a little bit more today, i found the bumper filler plate int eh boot, so i cleaned it up and welded it on

 

 

 

 

 

in the corner of the boot there was a little plate needed and some grinding, so i did that

 

 

 

 

 

 

i decided to fit the bracket for the seat, bit of a trial fit

 

 

 

 

 

seems very strange being sat int eh drivers seat, brings back lots of memories, back pain, arms stretched etc. lol... but it was nice to sit in it. the good thing for me is that the left hand drive car has right hand drive car seats, so the drivers is like never been sat on...

[Baldspeed Racing]

its coming along, starting to look more like a solid shell now. fair play also for the panel fabing up 

[Avtovaz]

thanks baldspeed! it feels like it taking ages, but now in my mind with the steel wheels on it, it looks really good. So i need to push on and get it done.

 

 

Last time working on the car, i got half the seat mount welded in and i ran out of gas. Brother went to collect some for me in the week and now gas sorted... 

 

 

 

 

Big mile stone for me, car turned around!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

previous owner had done some repairs, he cant weld, but had a go. i cant knock him for that, and he has saved me some time etc by cutting bits out. just hope i dont find anything too bad he has done lol

 

 

 

 

this side had the fuel tank in the quarter, so that had to come out. it had fuel in it which was so yellow, and i took the float mech out and it was quite dirty in there. 

 

 

 

 

I cut the quarter off, and started to see how bad it was on this side. actually better than the other in general, but still loads of work

 

 

 

Rot! who cares, i have a welder

 

 

inner arch looks savable too, so that is good

 

 

 

 

 

rust killer!

 

 

 

 

hopefully more work tomorrow.

[Avtovaz]

with the car the other way about now, i have started to look and its not as bad as the other side but still a lot of work. so i started with removing the wing with my plasma.

 

 

 

I think first ill remove the front suspension tower, and sort that out, as that is what i did on the other side. that means i need access to the inner wing so the carbs came off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So now the carbs are off, one of the water ways is in the head by the inlets, and it leaked coolant into the engine, so i took the head off. I need teh cam, sprocket, and a few other bits for the new engine. the new head is back from lane ends, and its had a skim, 8 new valves, pressure checked and is all good now.

 

 

[Avtovaz]

Not a massive update, but still!

 

i put the new block in my car this morning , and took it to work. i go in for 7 and start at 8 so doing some on either my rally car or the lada engine is fine

 

 

 

 

Its a bit light for Russian tank grey, but itll do the job. Ive got parts on teh boot of my car tomorrow to start building it.

[Avtovaz]

i have been doing some on the engine in the mornings at work, if i had the front pulley nut at work i was going to take pics and show how i do the cam timing, but i didnt.

 

 

 

 

 

However, i do have the oil pump

 

this is the pump

 

 

 

it is a gear pump, positive displacement pump, so every turn it will displace a set amount of fluid [in this case the engine oil]

 

This is the housing, it mounts 2 gears, one is driven by a shaft, and one is an idler gear. 

 

 

In the pic you can see a post for a gear to mount on [the idler] and the driven gear is the top one. there is a little groove at the bottom, this is to allow and seepage to go back into the pressure side and to lubricate the gear on the housing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

driven gear with a lubrication grove in its shaft.

 

 

 

the top gear in the pic is the driven, it spins clockwise, oil will come in on the left side up threw the pick up pipe, and as the "fingers" of the gear move apart from the 7 o'clock type position in the pic, the teath move apart and makes draws the oil into the teath, it then goes around the outside of both gears, where on the right side when the gear comes together, its forced out, and into the engine.

 

 

 

 

 

thats the pressure relief valve, you can not compress oil. Oil has to go somewhere, the valves main job is  if there is a problem, it it fails and the flow has no where to go, the pump will explode. You also use it to divide the flow, some to the tank [or sump] some to the engine at a certain threshold.  

 

 

 

all back together but the bolt you can see is stripped, thought it was loose when i opened the pump up, but must have been liek this from the factory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

started to remove the suspension tower today

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

came off much easier than the other side as i knew how to do it.

 

 

[Avtovaz]

now the tower is off, i started to repair the inner wing, and clean up the metal with a gas tourch

 

 

 

 

 

 

i have to admit i got this far and was bored of kneeling down, grinding etc. may leave it for a little while and crack on more with the mini

[Avtovaz]

i primed the inner wing, and did some cutting about

 

 

Rust in the scuttle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it was at this point i felt quite hot as the sun was well out, so i went and did some on the mini as it was in the cooler garage,

[Avtovaz]

didnt get as much as i wanted to today, i was in the mood for it but the sun came out. everywhere in the driveway was shaded apart from where the lada is! So i started doing some, and got too hot. Here is some of the repairs i did.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did repair the inner section with the buldge in it, but i forgot to take a pic before i welded the top box part on.

 

So it was hot, too hot! i cooled down and started on the carbs in the garage. i have ordered an ultrasonic clearer which i hope will do well on the carbs and also im rebuilding the mini now, so everything needs cleaning on that too..

 

 

 

 

 

 

when i got the car, i did start it up, i have no idea how it started. Look at the state of the fuel

 

 

 

 

rebuild kits ordered, so i will be doing this in the week at work i think.  Engine is nearly built, just waiting on a few parts, some of which came today.

[Avtovaz]

small amount of progress, its been either raining, or ive been doing something else. Did some more welding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

while the front is up in the air and the wishbones are off, i did some to them too

 

 

 

 

this is the front pulley, it has a strange timing arrangement for the trigger set up, not sure if ill have to goto 32-1

 

 

 

bit more on the scuttle

 

 

 

 

scuttle and my finger

 

 

 

 

 

i bought an ultrasonic cleaner, and i have stripped and rebuilt the cabs 

 

 

 

 

 

watched andy jones [shrigley tube] on how to put them back together.

[Avtovaz]

did a little more today, welded a rot part on the inner wing and put the suspension tower in