it's been a bit quiet in the garage as we've been indoors putting up coving, sealing edges and painting walls and ceiling. all this in the 'back room' that used to be a conservatory. we'll be back to the important stuff of interest soon
neil.
it's been a bit quiet in the garage as we've been indoors putting up coving, sealing edges and painting walls and ceiling. all this in the 'back room' that used to be a conservatory. we'll be back to the important stuff of interest soon
neil.
Picked the right weather for then
G.
Gotta have fun in my old ageeven if I am a grumpy very Ol git.
well the paint dries fastOriginally Posted by BadAC
neil.
got the 2 doors and frames in the back room painted during the week. yesterday we took up about 8 of the floor tiles where we previously tiled round the feet of the kitchen cabinet that was near one corner (removed now). my new chewalt sds drill/jackhammer is the nuts. with the 4ah chewalt batteries it's really powerful and made light work of the tiles and the adhesive underneath. tiling tomorrow then grout them and fit new skirting monday and it's finally done.
neil.
tiling and grouting now done so just the skirting to do tomorrow.
we had a viva magnum rear axle dropped off this morning for a disc brake conversion so we'll sneak that in between bigger jobs.
neil.
Nice too see someone is keeping busy !
Bit warm to be too busy right now. At least the government is getting us some respite by organising the sun to be switched off for a while! They can do anything it seems, except........
Chris
Bumper sticker - This is an historic vehicle and only has three speeds....... if you don't like this one you sure as hell won't like the others.
something and nothing today but...... car related finally. i've been looking up parts for the viva magnum rear disc conversion. after much consideration i've ordered small vauxhall van 264mm solid discs, and ford focus rs/st rear (handbrake) calipers, brackets and pads. the disc size is only possible as the axle came with instructions from me to bring at least one of the actual wheels that'll be used on the car. these are 14" so we'll get away with the bigger diameter discs.
neil.
Last edited by mygasser; 13-08-26 at 11:09 PM.
the last of the parts for the magnum rear disc conversion arrived today. we also moved all the garage side extension materials from under the zephyr so we can get the last few jobs done on it.
neil.
we only went and did some more welding on the zephyr today!
the driver's side outer sill is now connected to the inner sill, almost like it was meant to be that way.
neil.
ps more tomorrow with pics.
today we cut templates, then steel, then..... the wire feed packed in on my bl00dy welder, doh! rally design keep spares though so fingers crossed i can get a new motor tomorrow and sort it.
neil.
we stripped the welder today to check the motor and sure enough it's dead. when unplugged from the circuit board there's power at the prongs on said circuit board when you press the wire feed button inside next to the wire reel so that's good. i got in touch with rally design where it came from several years ago knowing they kept extensive spares stock for this welder and one of the guys dropped a new motor assembly to me on his way home from work.
neil.
I keep[ on popping in too here your updates but there's a lack of pics .....
yeah yeah yeah
we'll rebuild the welder and finish up the o/s inner sill and inner arch/sill end repairs. i'll make sure to add pics..... just for you dear
neil.
the zephyr's structural welding is done, woohoo! i've got to collect a pair of tyres tomorrow so may not do anything on it until thursday now. then it's hook the steering rack to the the cut off zephyr column and sort the access hole in the floor there. this one's nearly done.
neil.
Great progress
thanks, looks a bit messy but we've not even run over it with a wire brush yet let alone a grinder to nib any high spots off the welds. steering's next.
neil.
we got the majority of the steering sorted yesterday. i needed to pop over to rally design to collect uj's and splined shafts. a section of 1 shaft had to be turned down to fit inside the zephyr's inner column, much better/stronger than butt welding to the end. we turned a supension poly bush down to slip tightly between the inner and outer column and made a 'top hat' spacer to sit between the bush and upper uj as a retainer. next with the 2nd uj on the rack splines (after they were shortened 2") so we could measure the intermediate splined shaft. with the 2nd shaft cut to length we welded the splined ends into a sleeve their full length. the top hat and shaft were painted as the last job ready to assemble today. the last part is to trim the jinormous hole in the bulkhead and add a plate with just a small hole for the column. on these old ford's the steering column/box assembly came out through the inside of the car so the hole had to be big enough for the box to fit through. someone has cut a big 'flap' extending down from said hole that was just bent inside the car? we'll sort it and make a tab to weld to the column outer that'll bolt to the new bulkhead section we'll add today.
pics today once it's all wrapped up.
neil.
Last edited by mygasser; 28-08-26 at 11:24 AM.
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