So it begins ! Rust Never Sleeps! Drift/Track

[Nato_e30]

Nice one I remember tackling my sunroof cassette managed to get it out and was such a relief when it dropped and t*ated me on the head!

[Nato_e30]

Nice one I remember tackling my sunroof cassette managed to get it out and was such a relief when it dropped and t*ated me on the head!

[mattrs]

as soon as i find my knotted wire wheel ill be onit !

Halfords is your friend... They do an assorted pack.

[BATTS91]

Found mine .

After advice ect . I have come up with this solution .

[BATTS91]

Finished up these brackets for the sunroof today , unsure if im happy tbh quite abit of faffing to get the panel level . Will have to make spacers and adapt how it will bolt down .







Its level but bolting it to the brackets is going to be agg , alot of thought needed tomorrow

[jimbom30cab]

top job mate, can you quote me to do my car please

this could be a whole new career for you!!

[BATTS91]

I wouldnt go that far lol .

And errr be slightly difficult as you own a cabbie dont you ? Lol

[jimbom30cab]

oh yer, sorry got a bit carried away there with some zone lovin !!

[BATTS91]

Haha , thanks tho , took a while to make brackets , time will tell tho .

[BATTS91]

Change of plans with the sunroof . Dont like the brakets at all .

Soo today i received this handy little tool that helped me out alot today .



All sound deadening inside the "cockpit" may you call it is removed .

Then rethinking on the whole sunroof idea , had a look and i worked out how to seperate the two skins on the sunroof panel .

I used the grinder on one spot weld and thought id try hitting the scraper , after about 30-45 mins of carefull faffing about with said scraper and a rubber mallet .





I ended up with this .



And this , which i beleive is also older than me , i dont think my grandad will be best pleased if i continue to break and bend his tools lol (i do replace the broken tools)



Anywho , what i shall be getting is some 4mm stainless wire rope to go all around the panel and tack weld onto the panel, from now on its trial and error . I hope i will be satisfied

Thats all for today folks .

[BATTS91]

Rust never sleeps!

[BATTS91]

Soooo ive been getting a little down and dirty lately cutting out rust and removing shizzle , take a look.

Spare wheel well ,Grinded back the seem sealer and drilled out the spot welds . The only part that seems at all weak is the n/s/r corner of the hole





Then onto the rear valance , im working on all the rust on the drivers side for the mo so i dont have to turn the car around due to space .

cut out the rear valance and part of the rear box or whatever technical term for it is . Rust !



Then this ... Ground it down and a coat of Hammerite rust cure stuff .



Moving on to inside the car !!




quite luckily the points for the throttle peddle seem solid !!









Front drivers jacking point !





before i drilled the spots out for jacking plate .




for now its all shot with some primer until my welder is working or unless i can borrow one for a weekend !

[BATTS91]

I also weighed the sunroof tray and inner skin of sunroof panel , the result was 10kg , so quite abit from the roof !!

also if anyone can suggest tool other than a vice for bending sheet metal thats an average cheap price would be appreciated , i will be getting a joggler tho

also my plans were to go m52 but considering keeping the m50 and saving more to do a turbo conversion on standard management maybe running low boost with holset hx35 or equivalent with a goal of 280- 300 hp .

[Andeep]

Clamp the sheet you want to bend between 2 pieces of right angle steel and tap it over, then planish it. Or buy/make a sheet metal folder

Don't bother using a joggler to make lap welds, do it properly and butt weld in it. Just practise a lot first.

I highly recommend this DVD if you are starting to learn metal fab:
http://www.metalshapingzone.com/

[McGoo]

when im messing with sheet metal i got hold of a girder and use it as an anvil. works well with a hammer and abit of heat. good progress so far

[rob0r]

Impressive work with the sunroof and wheel well, two jobs that seem awful but you made look easy. An interesting project!

[jimbom30cab]

Hi Rob, not heard from you for a while, how's the new M30 project going ?