Thread: Little Miss Adventure

Originally Posted by Shonky

Let me know when.




Dulux Over Haul.

After doing the firewall on the 90, a series one for you will be a piece of ****!

lets hope so because we have decided to defiantly remove it...

I'm trying to find a firewall now but looks like I could be buying a repair kit from the UK.....which I think with UK postage is going to set me back around 350/400 bux that's just for the two footwells and the two side bits that make up the top hinge bolt location near the flaps..

we just need to finish removing axles and stuff so we can put the wheels back on to move it around enough to get a crane in to whip out the engine.

You could almost certainly find a whole good firewall for that money!

I'm pleased to say that the previous own is watching this thread for the progress....

the cracks in the firewall were there when they got there car in 1972...and have not gotten any worse as the car was always garaged...

the only work done on the car was new water pump/hoses etc and i think he said the roter? was overhauled and new plugs. there was also some repair to the spring hanger that had rubbed on the chassis (which I knew about)...

the bushes are couple of years old as are shocks and springs

I think you could easily repair that firewall, just get onto it with a wirewheel on the drill strip it back to bare metal around the bad bits and see what the paint is hiding, that little crack would weld up and clean up no worries.

no much progress but like I said it would be slow

I took off the grill and radiator support thingy...and also removed the radiator.
Going to take radiator at some stage to a shop to be looked at it, as it has a fairly large surface area of damaged fins where it looked like the metal fan blades may have contacted it, but I'm more worried about the two holes that seem to penetrate the radiator near the bottom.

The radiator was not loosing coolant so the holes haven't damaged anything major I don't think...the radiator looks like it may of had bolts through it there that sort of size whole (around M8 size).

Now someone's going to tell me its supposed to be like that aren't you and that it was an option



going to get some degresser tomorrow and soak all around the front of the block and the diff....as I noticed a large build up of crud so something is leaking oil somewhere.

you can see the build up on these pics





Sorry about the crappy picture quality....even with two halogens heating up the place still wasn't enough light to get sharp shots

so here are some degreased pics and what a colourful little engine it is..reds and creams and yellows the diff is also red which surprised me totally wasn't expecting that












I also cleared all the junk out of the tray...



as you can see it has rusted down the end...this is the cross member end



I can imagine what this piece of Gal sheet might be hiding looking at this little hole



also I asked about metal and the biggest size you could get in sheet in another thread, and I remember someone saying dont get smaller pieces and weld as it will buckle and warp.

I noticed on the tray that it was not flat and seemed to have lots of bumps and uneven parts...so I looked closer and sure enough small pieces welded together.



so all this will be cut out and I'm hoping I can get a sheet big enough to lay it straight in and have it welded up all in one go

now just need to organise a engine pulling BBQ ....dates anyone?

8/9 May?

April is a write off for me...