[ScubaSteve]

Slightly annoyed, only managed to fit one side as the bloody passengar side lower arm was slightly bent so wouldnt line up, car it come off must have been accident damaged, or hit a pot hole or something, so got to get yet another lower arm, get it powdercoated and fitted grr, to save any naughty word about im just going to get a new one from ford then i know it will be ok, otherside went on fine and dandy, replaced my droplinks aswell

Here they are all made up pre fitting

[Badger]

Looking good mate!

[ScubaSteve]

[Dave2302]

Lookin' good, matey.

Are those AP's adjustable for bump and rebound ?

Cheers Dave

[ScubaSteve]

no only height

[ScubaSteve]

My rust quest continues this weekend,

Started poking around the sills to find rust, most of it was solid with surface rust, chipped away at the stone chip protection to find fresh metal around the rust



however a couple of places had rusted through forming little holes.



The most concerning being near a seat mount plate point, luckily the plate itself was solid, but the rust and hole definatlely needed attention



Had to remove the seat to get to the other side of it




So guaged all the loose rust out and surrounding edges until i found clean metal, then i applied rust kill paint to all point that were rusty




Then applied epoxy metal putty to the holes, probably not the best method but should at least hold it off from getting worse




Sanded the putty nice and smooth so it blends in and painted over the repairs





Once all that had dried, then went over with underseal paint



Area which has been repaired

This post has been edited by ScubaSteve: 29 August 2010 - 04:33 PM

[ScubaSteve]

done other side today, not quite as bad as drivers side just one small hole



as car was off the ground decided to freshen up my drums

[ludsonline]

That's a really nice looking puma you have there m8... Nice rust repairs... ;-)

[ScubaSteve]

cheers the car its self is doing quite well for rust, theres not much on the car really, so i dread to think the state of some of the ones worse for wear under there

[ScubaSteve]

finished off today by applying stonechip/sealant paint up to and including the chassis rails

[ScubaSteve]

Lower arm saga over! fitted the newly built up one this evening, old one that came off this side was shagged.

Ball joint gaiter split and leaking, and ball joint loose a fcuk



glad i got this sorted in time for combe this weekend

[ScubaSteve]

todays quick job was to spray insde the sills and chassis legs with rust killer/protection stuff.

this bilt hamber dynax s-50 comes highly recommended and comes with a length of penetratation hose and 360 degree spraying nozzle.




Pull back the rubber door seal



Remove the loom clips and in the hole revealed the tube goes



And spray



Oops forgot to put a towel under the sill drain holes



Drips out in a number of places down the sill



didnt get any pics of doing the chassis legs but done them aswell

[ScubaSteve]

Time to fix leaky rocker cover gasket!




















All back and hopefully no leaks!

Up to date Jobs list

Cambelt (done)
New Clutch (done)
Coilovers (done)
New wheels (done)
Rear axle Spacers (done)
300mm brakes (done)
Early brake servo/mc setup swap (done)
Replace rear shoes (done)
Better seats(done)
Induction Kit (done)
New Battery (done)
Custom front wishbones (done)
Replace brake lines, rear and poss front (done)
Rear beam refurb? & bushes
Fuel tank
New steering wheel (cleaned will see how it goes)
Rear arches resprayed and 100% rust free
New droplinks (done)
Widen track to match FRP
Rocker cover gasket (done)
new top mounts

[ScubaSteve]

these turned up today




plan is to remove the beam, paint or powdercoat and fit these

[ScubaSteve]

Parts to be fitted over the next 3 days

[ScubaSteve]

Day 1 of 4 Progress:

[ScubaSteve]

Day 2 Progress

Got beam off



Bushes pretty knackered



Removed ABS loom




Drilling out the rubber innards of the bush with a 50mm hole saw





Sawing through the metal outer sleeve of the bush




Few smacks with a screwdriver



Out




All of them lined up



Now onto the beam refurb, hung it in a tree lol



Needed to strip all the old flaking paint off that id attempted to apply while it was on the car a while ago, so this came out



5 mins later, bubbling



Off it comes



Sanded down the beam and washed afterwards



First coat of hammerite



Whilst that dried i undresealed the boot floor, the beam mounting points and chassis legs up the rear



Another coat of hammerite applied and the poly bushes fitted





And thats the end of day 2!

[ScubaSteve]

today is finished! some pics

Jack came in handy again getting beam up



Assortment of bolts all greased up ready to go in



New spacers compared to old



Fitted



Rear beam all back and bolted up



Could already tell the wheel spacer difference whilst it was jacked up



Some finished shots, car needs a clean, thats tomorrows job, more pics then, front wheels will be getting widened some time in the next week or two









difference is substantial can tell more in real life, drive feels perfect, smooth and precise

This post has been edited by ScubaSteve: 08 October 2010 - 01:01 PM

[t783vkj]

All you need now is some decent tyres.Joking aside, are the refurbed wishbones still up for sale?

This post has been edited by t783vkj: 09 October 2010 - 03:24 PM

[ScubaSteve]

I have some wishbones that arent refurbished yet, il let you know if i can get chance to refurbish them