I am have not taken any pictures due to it being boring so here goes.
On my last MOT back last year at Snodhurst i was told by Kelly that i needed to look at the chassis, it seems the powder coating as come away and I have a lot of rust forming near mounting points.
So after some chats with various people and help from Tony T I gave it a go.
So first to get the car high enough to able me to get underneath it, luck I have a neighbour who works in the heavy haulage and got me some 8 x 8 x 36 inches long bits of wood, stacked these up and sat the car on top, the car is 28 inches of the floor, this allows me to work under the car on a trolley with plenty of room.
So next job was to drill out all the pop rivets of the p clips that held brake linings in place, then to drill all the rivets out that help the side panels on, they wrap around under the car, this was a long and boring job, then disconnect the brake linings that went through the side panels so this will allow me to move the side panels a little bit more to reveal more of the chassis, if you know what i mean.
Now to remove the old powder coating on the top chassis rails was ok it was the lower chassis that was bad.
4 small flappy discs later and a lot of aching arms the job was half done. I chose POR 15 to paint the chassis with and got to be honest its bloody good stuff, I wasn't to worried what it looks like as most of the chassis is hidden but its gone on really well.
Today I finished the painting so hopefully just got to put everything back together, all the p clips, the side panels, fuel pump and the rear wings.
Hopefully this is not to boring of a read for you all.
I have something else up my sleeve as well but Ill cover that when I start the upgrade
- however, I hope those stacks of wood are stable? Getting the car up high is always a pain but I personally wouldn't trust anything that wasn't designed for the job ie. a proper lift.
