Vin6409 engine rebuild

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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby Rissy » Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:38 am

I bought something along the lines of this stuff when I was refurbing my clamps and replacing my hose sections (something definitely worth considering!). You don’t need it to be thick (otherwise it’s a real struggle to screw up the clamp on to the pipe again. Separates and insulates nicely.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124106583345
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May 1981 vin#1458
"LEX" - Officially used in Britain's Greatest Machines (80's episode) with Chris Barrie.
Grey Wheels
Grooved, flapped Bonnet
Black Leather Interior
Chassis: #1073
Engine: #2839

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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Tue Jul 06, 2021 3:08 pm

Thanks rissy, that looks the ticket!

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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:59 pm

It's been a while since my last update :oops:

Anyways things took longer to get sorted with the re tapping of the chassis. Had to practice on some holes first to get confidence up but managed to get through them all eventully.

I did manage to break an m8 tap while doing one of the trailing arm bracket holes, thought I was buggered but thankfully there was just enough gap to get a needle nose onto the broken end and unwind it back out. :doh:

Some of the holes were challenging especially the inside of the center housing tunnel brackets for accumulator etc. Found that the tap handle tool was rather bulky and not getting a free turn in alot of the holes cause of its bulkyness.
managed to get my hands on some flexible extensions and a tap socket holder set which made things alot easier.

The upper rear link arms 1/2" 20tpi threads were left to last and caused me another type of headache. The tap tool handles wouldn't turn on the tight space again and the tap socket was too wide to go through the guide hole. So was only able to thread the first 1/3 of the hole.

In the end I found a deep narrow 1/4" socket set I had and found the 9mm socket fitted very snugly on the end of the tap and also through the pilot hole to allow the tap to go all the way into the hole cavity as needed .
It was tight but not enough to stop it spinning while overcoming the resistance of creating the threads.

So got my mate at work to weld the tap the socket and it worked!.

Fianlly all the threads were done!
That tool is in now in my permanent specialty delorean tool section lol!
Sorry I forgot to take a pic of it in action I'll post one up when I get a chance..
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:16 pm

The chassis was finally ready to go to paint.
I used sacrifical bolts to plug the threads and gave it a clean and degrease to make sure the residue from the re tapping etc was removed.
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:25 pm

I got the call totell me the painting was done and it ws ready to collect.

Exciting and nervous times to say the least wondering how it would turn out with the colour we chose but have to say myself and Ian are very happy with it over all. :)

First pics of it when collecting it
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:36 pm

Some more pics of it back home
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:45 pm

With the chassis back got a little momentum going managed to get some other stuff done.
Got the brake calipers back from the powdercoaters.
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 9:47 pm

Got the rear hubs and other chassis stuff back from vapour blasting aswell
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby cis6409 » Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:01 pm

Forgot to post pics of the suspension arms with the chassis pictures. Got them painted black while the Chassis was getting done..
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Re: Vin6409 engine rebuild

Postby mec » Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:26 pm

Mate !!! That is some seriously awesome progress !!! Well done !!!
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