Stuee's 101 Rebuild

Just a quick update, my dad picked up the first batch of my galvanised parts for me today that include the chassis, 5 rims, front bumper, and a few other miscellaneous bits. He'll be bringing it around tomorrow so I will post up pictures then. Had a look on the way home though and it looks great. Impressive to see everything so shiny :p

Only problem with my new job is that the hours are longer now so cant really do anything after work any more, but I do have every second Friday off to work on the beast uninterrupted!!

Pictures as promised:

Unloading operation - just me and my dad getting it off the trailer with the help of an engine crane:
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Sitting in place waiting to have a good scrub down prior to painting (hopefully Sunday next week):
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That is looking very very good.

Got my first RDO with my new job tomorrow. Main thing I'm hoping to get done is get the tyres fitted to the newly galved rims. This will make it a lot easier to move the axles around as they are extremely heavy. Hopefully I will have time to finish wire brushing the axles and springs ready for painting on Sunday. Saturday is 4wding.

Only problem is its been raining quite a bit over here lately which is making it difficult to work on everything as I lack an enclosed workshop :(

On a more positive note, current plan is to have the chassis rolling within a month which will give me a bit of space back and make it easier to work on. Will then look at mounting the engine and gearbox to get them off the ground and make it look like I've actually made progress. Much nicer looking out at a shiny chassis now though :D

Just a thought, have you considered painting the chassis black with something like POR-15 after the galvanising?

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Just a thought, have you considered painting the chassis black with something like POR-15 after the galvanising?

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Actually just forked out for a KBS chassis kit and Black Top paint to go over the top of the bits that will see sunlight. Got put onto this by a mate and very impressed with the finish of it. On top of this I will wax/oil the inside of the chassis once done. Should hopefully be able to watch everything rot around the chassis when done :p

I'm so impressed with that chassis, when you've finished, want to do mine?

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Originally Posted by stuee

Saturday is 4wding.

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Well you need to get a wriggle on if it is going to be ready on time :D.

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Originally Posted by garrycol

Well you need to get a wriggle on if it is going to be ready on time :D.

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:eek: Still got my other money pit I can go play in :D

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I'm so impressed with that chassis, when you've finished, want to do mine?

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Not much to it when you buy a completely stripped down vehicle, although I felt getting the chassis on and off the trailer with two people was a piece of art :p Kudos must go to the previous owner for much of the repairs, I really just had to complete a few bits and then drop it off to the galvaniser. The biggest problem was identifying any leftover bitumen coating as it doesn't get removed during any part of the process. Its also a pain to remove from tight places. I'm told an oxy can burn it off but I didnt have one available.

Fero Galv here in Perth did the galv work for me. They did a fantastic job, I've been very happy with the finished product.
Welcome to Fero

Doesn't feel like I achieved much this weekend. Missed out on 4wding by 45 minutes, mainly thanks to a work dinner the night before... Also didn't get around to any painting as the prep work is taking a lot longer than I anticipated. Reflecting on the weekends progress I think I should have borrowed a trailer and taken the the diffs to be sand blasted. Going over with a wire brush wheel has been hard work and its not been reaching a lot of the hard to reach spots. Paint stripper and a pressure washer really only helped remove the loose stuff which I'm hoping should be okay.

Also the outer bush shells in the leaf springs are harder than I expected to remove :mad:

Some pics. Diffs after cleaning, and leaves after rubber bush removal:
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Best finish I have been able to achieve in hard to reach spots:
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