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Mar 26, 2022 20:16:18 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Mar 26, 2022 20:16:18 GMT
Thanks David. I must be looking at the roto dipped primer coat then as it is the same colour as inside the rear wings. In places it has lasted quite well. Probably best closest to where the automatic rust proofing dispenser is, at the front!
Andrew, as David said that is a very nice gain of horses! If anybody needed proof of the value of a decent dyno tune up, there it is. Nice work, I bet it goes well now!
Nick
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OKR
Apr 2, 2022 0:30:12 GMT
Post by 1800heap on Apr 2, 2022 0:30:12 GMT
Well I have more or less run out of easy clean up on the floor! I had already decided all the pipes in the floor area have got to be replaced. Brake, fuel and hydro. Got the driver side hydro pipe off and out the way, with some cursing and the removal of the drive shaft spider. The passenger side well! Fortunately I had yet to pull off the passenger side front suspension for repairs. The pipe actually looked OK but while working on the floor with a wire wheel, I bumped it with the wheel and that section then started to bleed hydro fluid. It was actually only by chance that I did the drivers side suspension first, so that is a win. Also a good choice with the pipes. Another win. There is no way the passenger side hydro pipe is coming out in one piece, with the drive shaft in the way. So a bit of a tip. If you are pulling off the passenger side suspension and on your to do list is the passenger side hydro pipe, do it at the same time. More by luck than judgment, that is what I am doing! This is the main reason for the front suspension work! The gusset plate is toast and as you can see below there was no way the bottom housing bolt was going to move. I didn't bother to try and left it in place. It will need to be drilled out I expect. So there you go. Onward and forward. Nick
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Apr 2, 2022 11:42:09 GMT
Post by Penguin45 on Apr 2, 2022 11:42:09 GMT
The bottom bolt. Again. I think that must be a universal problem. Gusset plate is dead easy to make a new one of. I think I upped the thickness to 2mm when I did the one on the Austin.
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Apr 3, 2022 4:04:43 GMT
Post by dave1800 on Apr 3, 2022 4:04:43 GMT
I had that problem on a car that was only five years old. David The bottom bolt. Again. I think that must be a universal problem .....
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Apr 3, 2022 4:11:43 GMT
Post by dave1800 on Apr 3, 2022 4:11:43 GMT
Looks like many more hours of fun ahead. That gusset plate has certainly seen better days! I can understand why some people have resorted to fitting flexible nylon hydro pipes.
David
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Apr 4, 2022 2:54:07 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Apr 4, 2022 2:54:07 GMT
It does look like I am going backwards at the moment David! I have a good gusset plate that I blasted and painted a while ago, so that saves me a job making one. Now I have had a look at the passenger side suspension etc, more was added to my list. A replacement housing due to corrosion near the bottom bolt. I pulled the caliper apart and decided a revamp will be needed, so new stainless pistons and seals will be going on. Both sides. I decided to replace the drive shafts to get rid of the rubber spiders. I have a set of auto type drive shafts. Better reliability hopefully and a bit more S exhaust downpipe clearance. There is a leak on the PAS rack so I might as well pull that out for repair! I will be using copper to replace the hydro pipes but have decided to make a small mod to the location, to help with a future idea. They will go a little higher into the transmission tunnel. Plus I will add a front/back isolation valve and a couple of Schrader ports. I was tempted to put the pipes inside but Abandoned that idea. New front brake pipes and hoses. All in all quite a bit of extra work! Nick Looks like many more hours of fun ahead. That gusset plate has certainly seen better days! I can understand why some people have resorted to fitting flexible nylon hydro pipes. David
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May 25, 2022 6:19:23 GMT
Post by 1800heap on May 25, 2022 6:19:23 GMT
Having just spent the best part of the month with the wrong car in the garage, its good to have some time for a post. Unfortunately my daughters Suzuki Swift decided to pop a head gasket. Being slightly more complicated than the 1800 it has taken a bit of time for me to fix it! On the bright side a new head gasket did fix it, so it could have been worse. I was a bit concerned as the block was not quite as flat as the manual suggested it should be. Unusually the cylinder head was still flat. This was despite running with not enough water for 4 hours to come visit us on the highway. Clearly a reasonably tough engine. Probably lucky she did though as the smell of coolant got me wise to the problem early enough. There was a couple of interesting things that I have never seen before in the flesh. A cam phaser on the inlet cam and torque to yeald (TTY) cylinder head bolts, with an all metal head gasket. It also had shims to set the valve clearance. These were a massive pain in the bum as the correct thickness shims are not easy to get in a hurry. The local Suzuki dealer told me a month to get them from Japan! Not impressed. Fortunately for me I got a tip that they are the same size as Toyota use and a local engineering company had a small selection of them. Less than half the price of Suzuki too. I still had to do some work with a grinding stone to get the clearances in the range. Two of the valves I could not get the exact size I needed. Took me the best part of a day to get them right and keep them flat enough . I had to grind a bigger shim to the required size. See only slightly different You might be able to pick the problem area from this pic. Anyway I did do a small amount of work on OKR before the buzz box got in there! Calipers looked a bit grotty so I ordered a kit of stainless pistons plus seals from the UK. I think that may be the first thing that gets done now the swifty sweep is out of the way! Get back into it with a smaller job I think. Nick
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May 26, 2022 17:09:19 GMT
Post by Penguin45 on May 26, 2022 17:09:19 GMT
I had been led to believe that a head skim was almost compulsory on moderns. Anyway, tea break over, back on your head. C.
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May 31, 2022 5:51:47 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on May 31, 2022 5:51:47 GMT
Yes I thought that was where it was going Chris. The WM says 0.001" max for the head and slightly more for the block of 0.0012". One of the liners was 0.003" low although the rest of the block seemed flat. I took a chance as I decided the fire ring on the gasket would take up a bit extra. Touch wood it seems ok so far. This was the problem area on the old gasket so I am hoping it was a defect from new. If so it may last another 160000km. Time will tell I suppose. Otherwise engine out will be required. Something I am not keen to try out! Correct, some tea break thinking time was required before going ahead! $85 for another set of head bolts plus $175 for another gasket set plus oil and coolant if I was wrong! Nick I had been led to believe that a head skim was almost compulsory on moderns. Anyway, tea break over, back on your head. C.
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Jun 5, 2022 5:04:53 GMT
Post by 1800heap on Jun 5, 2022 5:04:53 GMT
Hmm! I am not liking the look of it. Fat and nasty is the diagnosis! Underseal and rust is not very structural sadly, otherwise it be good as gold! Yep had to go! More fat and nasty looking, peeled up for a look. Yep no metal left underneath so its got to go! Starting to get back to good metal here. Its a tricky spot to get the cutting gear in to that's for sure. I had to resort to a die grinder with a cut off wheel right in the corner. I think that is the extent of it. The very front section nearest the valance looks reasonable so that helps quite a bit. I have still got to cut some more out but I think it should be ok to fix. Nick
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Jun 5, 2022 10:09:06 GMT
Post by dave1800 on Jun 5, 2022 10:09:06 GMT
Hi Nick
You've certainly got your work cut out (sorry for the awful pun). Do you think the underseal actually helped or was the cause of much of the rot by trapping water?
David
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Jun 5, 2022 22:50:19 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Jun 5, 2022 22:50:19 GMT
Just about all worst the rust on this car is where two bits of metal are touching and moisture has wicked into the gap. A good example is above. The strengthening piece for the tie bar mount has rotted in behind where it attaches. The old repair has rotted behind. The outside is ok because the underseal has protected it. This is where I am hoping injecting protection in between will help. Nick Hi Nick You've certainly got your work cut out (sorry for the awful pun). Do you think the underseal actually helped or was the cause of much of the rot by trapping water? David
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Jun 6, 2022 1:59:53 GMT
Post by dave1800 on Jun 6, 2022 1:59:53 GMT
As I have mentioned before somewhere on this forum, I found when using Waxoyl it was helpful to mix it with WD40 (sold in the 1 gallon cans) to try and get it to run into the seams. It did seem to be more much successful than just praying and hoping. Maybe in the hot Queensland sun it is not so difficult to get it to flow. I assume other wax based protection suffers similar limitations.
David
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Jun 6, 2022 5:26:07 GMT
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Post by 1800heap on Jun 6, 2022 5:26:07 GMT
Yes the waxoyl I used back in the day was a bit limited in its spread. Having said that I neglected to waxoyl this front section. You are correct the hotter climate here has helped this time. Also the stuff I am using now is in a spray can so it is much thinner than waxoyl. It wicks in quite well. The stuff I like is available again which is good news too. As you know I have drilled small holes in places to help get it in on the latest repairs. This could be a double edged sword though as it might be a way for water to get in. Hopefully I have sealed them well enough!
Nick
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Jun 6, 2022 5:56:25 GMT
Post by andrewa on Jun 6, 2022 5:56:25 GMT
I was looking forward to you getting the sand blaster out again ... and thinking when it's all done you'll probably invest in a carcoon or similar! I've been using that waxoyl in an aerosol to (hopefully) good effect - it's certainly easy to use and that encourages regular top ups. Nothing much to report on my cars - am just driving them. Hopefully taking Speedster to Devon for some side by side beach racing (salt water and sand - great!) in September but apart from that just local car runs/charity events. Bought house in March and decided to do what I always wanted to do to car...take it back to shell, everything out (wiring, plumbing, doors, roof etc)and start again. I'm the unskilled labour and project manager - I can't say it's fun but it's satisfying some days and the parts are easy to get! Thinking of mini project and quite fancy the old Honda Express - if only for comedy value of 17 stone bloke on one! Keep up the good work! Cheers Andrew
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