well time for an update on progress
i've stripped the front knuckle, hub and rear disc brake setup ready for shotblasting clean and powdercoating
massive thanks to wolze for pressing the hub and bearings out for me aswell as dismantling the rear shoes
as its going to be powder coated he also mentioned it would be a good idea leaving only the outer race of the front bearings in the knuckle
as it leaves the bearing surface untouched from shotblasting etc
next as i'm still doing the fiddly bits underneath the shell
the rear support under the boot floor was quite wide and stopped me attacking the rust and grime under it
so i've highlighted to show how thick it is originally
you'll notice the difference in the width of what i've highlighted in red again
i took the top piece back and shaped it nicely around the welded supports in the middle so it does'nt look out of place
quite happy with the shaping of the corners, it gave me the access i needed to clean up
much better now the rust is gone, you'll notice the pitting because it was quite rusted
but not too bad because otherwise the shotblasting would of blown holes through it
the rear arch more or less done, few awkward bits of sealer left to scrape off
as its too awkward to get any air tools in there
heres the front arch nearly done aswell, the masking tape is covering the factory holes to try and prevent the sand getting in,
even though it still finds a way, it gets everywhere!! !!
brake flexy fixing point looking free of rust aswell now
a few more parts came in for me, all for the fuel tank this time
including fuel pump/sender unit seal and lockring
springnut and bolts to secure the fuel tank in place
and insulators which were'nt on my car when stripping but ordered them anyway when i saw them on ECAT the fords parts system
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you know with the rear anti roll bar brackets? the ones that you cant get any more .... what can you do if one snaps if there not avaliable any more?
