A Conundrum , Why Did I start
That car will be better than it has ever been.
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From: Soham Cambridgeshire
Thanks chaps for the encouragement, much appreciated .
Nine Bolts, I am a fully paid up memeber of "Sheds Are Us.com" and BodgersIncorporated.com
Simon, I am modifying the head lights to pop up JB style have a few goodies on order to fit behind, so watch out when in convoy !
Nine Bolts, I am a fully paid up memeber of "Sheds Are Us.com" and BodgersIncorporated.com
Simon, I am modifying the head lights to pop up JB style have a few goodies on order to fit behind, so watch out when in convoy !
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Joined: Sep 2001
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From: Soham Cambridgeshire
I hate being upside down under car, just gave up for the day raging headache as i have started to remove rust.
Well good news on the off aide rear underneath, also rust has been surface with no pitting of significance and certainly no perforation. The only pitting is on the curved part of the chassis rail towards the front of the wheel arch , even this has cleaned off well. So this side is now mostly ready for degreasing , preparation, and POR15.
The bad news is i think i need to remove the petrol Tank and do a bit of work on that, I can see why Lovegroova had his tank perforate now, lots of rust around the middle joint/seam. So i need to deal with this. Mr Honda failed again , they sprayed the bottom of the tank with under-seal the rest is not much more than primer
More bad news, also found a really badly rusted bit of brake pipe( So much for MOT, but it would have been tricky to see with the subframe in the way) so I will have to sort out a new piece for this, will have to speak to my son and see if he has or can bring a flaring tool home from work, bend up and replace a small section from the centre of the car out to where the hose joins. Again if Mr Honda had only used copper pipe or continued the plastic outer all the way to the point where the pipes enter the plastic duct this would never happen, but i suppose that's what you get with cost engineering.
Tell me; should I keep up this diatribe of info and reports ?
Well good news on the off aide rear underneath, also rust has been surface with no pitting of significance and certainly no perforation. The only pitting is on the curved part of the chassis rail towards the front of the wheel arch , even this has cleaned off well. So this side is now mostly ready for degreasing , preparation, and POR15.
The bad news is i think i need to remove the petrol Tank and do a bit of work on that, I can see why Lovegroova had his tank perforate now, lots of rust around the middle joint/seam. So i need to deal with this. Mr Honda failed again , they sprayed the bottom of the tank with under-seal the rest is not much more than primer
More bad news, also found a really badly rusted bit of brake pipe( So much for MOT, but it would have been tricky to see with the subframe in the way) so I will have to sort out a new piece for this, will have to speak to my son and see if he has or can bring a flaring tool home from work, bend up and replace a small section from the centre of the car out to where the hose joins. Again if Mr Honda had only used copper pipe or continued the plastic outer all the way to the point where the pipes enter the plastic duct this would never happen, but i suppose that's what you get with cost engineering.
Tell me; should I keep up this diatribe of info and reports ?