ST205 Total Rebuild, Something a bit different |
ST205 Total Rebuild, Something a bit different |
Dec 16, 2012 - 1:28 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 25, '08 From England Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I was certain I started a build thread on here, but for the life of me I can not find it so forgive me if I start again and its old news.
About a year and a half ago my current GT4 failed its yearly inspection (MOT) with rusty sills, they were fixed and it subsequently passed but it set alarm bells ringing in my head that the poor things days were numbered. I decided that I would buy a shell and swap everything onto it. so I hunted for a reasonable shell to start work on. While I was looking, I had to extend my garage. I only had a single car garage so not enough space to work or store stuff. So I decided to extend my garage backwards a bit Work started. and after a few weeks, finished ;0 About the same time a shell turned up, well it was sold as a shell, but it was more or less a complete car minus the engine and gearbox. It was in good condition with no rust, even the interior was in pretty much spot on condition, not that I need much of it I set to wrok more or less straight away First job was to strip everything off the car everything went, all the looms, glass, suspension the works Next job was to remove the sound deadening material it then went outside for a thorough jet wash go get rid of all the years of crap As I was moving the battery to the inside I could remove the battery tray which I did Next up I needed to get to the bottom of the car....this was going to require some ingenuity. -------------------- |
Mar 30, 2014 - 1:26 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 25, '08 From England Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
So, i went with black, looks ok. Will contrast well against the silver of all the braided hoses.
Another box of bits (mostly bolts) arrived back from the electroplaters. should be fun trying to remember where all the bolts go...i give myself about an 80% chance of getting it wrong I also managed a few smaller jobs, put the ignitor assembly back together along with the nice shiny dipstick holed, wiper motor which i finally managed to get the bolts for, and the steering shaft gaiter. it should look nice on the bulkhead Nearly got the front driveshafts finished, just need to locate a replacement vibration damper for the right side drive shaft. The brake stopper polished up well front hubs also came back from the electroplaters. A box of parts ready to be sent off to the electroplaters when i get back rom Florida still nothing of much substance really, just all little jobs that make the big jobs easier. A few weeks of nothing now while I go on my honeymoon should be big progress when I get back as i will be putting the suspension back on etc -------------------- |
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