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[1984mini25]

How's my gearbox?

Currently polishing the gearbox casing with autosol and a toothbrush along with individually naming each nut and bolt.

Why can I not find a 'dolly' anywhere?

*Sniggers *

Edited by 1984mini25, 15 October 2010 - 08:29 PM.

[pikey7]

lol. yeah each of the bolts is getting a name from this years X-factor. So they are all called words which will get caught by the swear filter!!

not really got a lot further i'm afraid... Engine has been put in, but i had someone at milton keynes keep me busy most of the afternoon, and it was too cold after that! Will get started tomorrow before I have to take the screen out of the mayfair :s

have got pipe and slippers organised though! (well, a fag that fell out the packet and into some grease and a pair of old trainers!)

[pikey7]

and dollies...

http://www.contourau...and-dollies.htm

I have one similar to Double Ended Dolly - ST-HT-DDE which seems to do for most. and get a little pein hammer like http://nextday.diy.c...productId=84268 for those little details. (although kris has probably got one somewhere)

[Bean]

Lol, thanks for the sarcasm, Mike - It sure didn't go un-noticed!



Ta for the linkies - I shall take a gander!!


Did a couple of bits on Reggie today, but not very much - My head wasn't really in it today, god knows why!

Photos later.

[pikey7]

lazy

I got your case spotless Will get pics tomorrow (camera on my phone isn't working... long story)

diff time tomorrow Should be fun (once I find my bearing puller...)

[Bean]

Not lazy! Just didn't get there til late, then I was on the phone for a while ... ... then didn't manage to get a huge amount done ... er ... because ... er ...




Besides - I'm looking at him at the moment, thinking 'Where the hell do I start', lol. I figured if I started to strip all the rubbish paint off and tidy up some edges, it'll be clearer to see what I've got to work with.

Tomorrow, I think I'll work on the inner wing again - repair that little section at the back



Nice one on the case!!

How'd the screen go?

[pikey7]

it didn't. got the door gap right instead, and finished wire brushing **somebodys** bits

actually got some of the bits out of the bags from John though!

[Bean]

Those are the emotions (in no order) i went through whilst reading/looking at this since i last vistsed at about page 70

Yaaaayyyy to Reggie for getting a makeover

Woaaahh!! I totally missed this - Sorry Mr Shaw!!

That's pretty much described what I went through when it started, too!

Although, it involved a couple of and too!

Don't worry about him - He'll be OK - I promise!!

and finished wire brushing **somebodys** bits

Cor - That sounds painful!

[Bean]

Well, photos from today:


I started cleaning off the old paint from the inner wing:




Also, wanted to check how my first repair was doing and how well it blended with the original - I'm pretty happy with this bit - The rest I'll chop back out again.




I tidied up the other side, which still had some of the original wing attached:




He looks pretty solid, apart from one hole in the scuttle:



I'm a bit dubious though - If that bit's rotten, then the rest surely isn't far behind. I'll wait 'til I take the closing panels off to make a decision what to do here.


Wish the same could be said for the driver's side -







And, just to make me feel better - I also clamped together the front end panels - Just to see what the rough fit was like:




It doesn't look too bad on both sides:






There's a few high-points and bits slightly out-of-shape which is holding them off - So it's not actually too bad for a first fitting.


(Oh, and I don't know how many of you are following my thread for my house rebuild, too - but when I said everything is covered in brick-dust ... I meant everything ... look at the colour of my driveway, lol)

[pikey7]

just had a spare hour while that terrible tv show was on so....

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all done

[Bean]

Promise that's mine? Lol.


Phhhwwwoooooaaaarrrrr!!!

[pikey7]

yeah. i took the balls out of the bearings so i didn't have to faff about separating things and have the synchros fly apart, and locked up the 4 gears on the mainshaft so the layshaft is there just for looks

on the plus side, we can return half the stuff from john

Edited by pikey7, 16 October 2010 - 07:49 PM.

[Bean]

yeah. i took the balls out of the bearings so i didn't have to faff about separating things and have the synchros fly apart, and locked up the 4 gears on the mainshaft ...

Well, good?






I loooooooooove it!

[Bean]

on the plus side, we can return half the stuff from john

We can?

How come?

[pikey7]

think about it