Who wants to work underneath a car in the winter if they dont have too :confused:
Its cold!
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I made these blocks to support the shell, high density foam backed :D
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If you pull these electrical connectors out the clips break
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There are 2 prongs at the back
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Best way to remove them is fit a socket over the prongs
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Dropped the lot
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Under the NS has some slight rust
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Only primer under the diff cooler bracket :rolleyes:
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What a slaphead :wack: I forgot to tell Lynxy to undo the driveshaft nuts before the car was jacked up. Had to resort to stilsons :eek:
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you call that shocking?
christ, i'm glad i don't post pictures of my s13 underneath on here :wack:
good job you're doing it now before it gets any worse.. should last a long time.
pfah, you think that's shocking? wait until you see mine :wack:
I cant wait to read this if its anything like your S13 one! :notworthy
I just wish i had the patience to do this myself.
Looking forward to the write up on this... :)
I need to do my own at some point this summer ... not a job I am looking forward too as enjoying driving it too much :(
if i leave my car on your driveway for long enough, will it be restored?
Pete is really going to be Anal in his restore of the S14a. The S13 was just a quick spruce up :wack: He is planning a proper Job on the S14a for sure.
Bear in mind that the S14a is in absolutley perfect nick, cleanliness and repair, would be a good end point for most peoples project but its the start of Pete's :smash: :smash:
well this morning Pete buggered his ankle up so when i got home from school i got the tools out and carried on with the work. i'm glad to say the diff is out and the subframe is completely stripped :D pics to come soon :sxoc:
Got to love dedicated restorations like this, totally demands respect :notworthy
Lol, thats waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than mine!
Will watch with interest too!:nod:
I don't like using solvent based cleaners on rubber seals & boots etc as it tends to loose its suppleness. I have cleaned the driveshaft boot up with pledge and a toothbrush :D I need to mask them up before shotblasting and painting.
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Very nice dude, what are you going to use to paint the shafts?
Probably this 2K epoxy http://www.rust.co.uk/epoxy-mastic.cfm Followed by 2 coats of 2K black gloss.
I thought of having everything powder coated but the high temps would feck the rubber bushes up :( I don't fancy stripping every bush out so it looks like everything will be wet sprayed.
I have been stripping my S14 recently but i have just gone down the route of removing rust and then slapping a coat of black hammerite on it. I to can't believe the lack of rust protection on these cars and i am surprised that my 95 model has not got the rust worm worse than it has.