Vin6409 engine rebuild

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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:07 pm

:thumbsup: Thanks guys, yes far more crap than I envisaged but that's par for the course with these cars I suppose :doh: :)
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby eric » Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:19 pm

I wouldn't worry when you get it down to that level you will always be seeing blood and guts. I am sure in the factory many of them didn't look too great either yet alone after 40 years.
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:10 pm

The rear towing hooks were filled with rust sandwich, I think I'll be using that word alot now lol
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:13 pm

Some more previous repair patches
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:32 pm

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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:43 pm

Decided to remake the dog bone rather than repair the old one
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby mec » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:09 pm

There's something very familiar about all this ;)
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby eric » Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:01 am

Deja Vu :)
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:44 pm

:lol: I thought it might jog a few memories alright!, becoming a trend :doh:
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:50 pm

Onto one of the biggest rust sections yet, the doubler plate on both sides of the rear ' y '. Thought the drivers side at first would only need to be replaced but on further inspection passenger side wasn't far behind. So both were re fabricated.
The sandwich filling had extended behind the trailing arm bracket mounts and the rear turrets for the gearbox mounts.

Starting to see progress turning a corner a wee bit and keep spirits up for Nicky ;)

Seeing the work skill and fabrication up close really makes it clear how hard it is and the time it takes :shock:
Hats off to Alex and anyone else that has/ done this type of work :jzd:
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