Saturday 15 December 2012

Engine Removed

After draining the oils from the sump and gearbox it only took me 30 mins to carefully remove the engine. I was quite surprised how easy it was to be honest, with the right preparation and tools of course.


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So after just over five weeks the chassis now has my total attention to tackle the rust. I have been doing a fair bit of research and I have found one or two suitable rust converters that will stabilise the rust and provide a good platform for priming. 

The first job is to remove all the dirt, weather protection, grease and loose rust. Once all the rust has been taken care of the next job will be to replace the irreparable metal work.

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1 comment:

  1. James. Did you send the car for sand blasting? or did you just removed all the dirt, rust? What rust converters did you use before priming? I will have a welder coming over in the next two weeks to fix the panels of the car and then I thought sending it to the sand blaster. The idea of the san blasting is to get all the paint. The car was originally blue but I bought it gray. Yes.....two different paints.

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