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Removed left side wheelhouse by drilling out all the spot welds, and a little bit of cutting.
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2008
Rebuilding brakes.
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Front brakes
The backing plate (the flattened edge and the self-adjuster screw slot point towards the rear, so this plate is for the right-hand side), assorted hardware and the self-adjuster screw (thick grooves for the front, thin for the back).
The brake cylinder installed, the bolts holes only align one way with the holes on the backing plates, so it’s not possible to install a right-hand cylinder on a left-hand…
Rebuilding subframe. Upper control arms.
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Installing new bushings.
I don’t have access to a press, so a hammer had to suffice. To install them, start with positioning one bushing in place, then slide the shaft into the inner sleeve, then position the other bushing with the other end of the shaft going into this inner sleeve. I used one the my old bushing shells to hit these new bushings as it was a good fit,…
Rebuilding subframe. Steering center link.
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Rebuilding the steering linkage.
Started by bolting the steering gearbox to the subframe. This is held on by 3 bolts.
Then I found the old tie-rods and assembled the new ones to roughly the same length.
Then attach them to the centre-link.
Last bits to attach to the centre-link are the pitman arm and the idler arm. Once these are on the centre-link it is just…
Painting. Painting. Painting.
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Work in progress.
Should be updated soon……
Degreasing engine bits.
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Work in progress.
Should be updated soon……
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Prepping batch of parts for POR-15 paint.
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The latest batch of parts to be painted. Sadly not the last.
1 – Marine Clean applied by spray bottle. 2 – Jet blast Marine Clean off. 3 – After degreasing.
Forgot about the axle, so time to degrease that.
Nice picture showing the colour of the degreasant being blasted off, obviously works.
Drying after being degreased.
Time to pre-prime with Metal Ready. Again applied…
Removing crank shaft.
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To remove the crank shaft, the crank shaft clamps/bearing caps must be removed.
1 – Bearing cap bolts all loosened. 2 – Gently knock the cap free. 3 – The 5 bearing caps.
Now the crank shaft can simply be lifted up and out.
Now with the engine stripped… you have a very big, very heavy paperweight……
Removing cam shaft.
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With the timing chain, gears and cover all removed (see previous posts) removing the cam shaft is very simple. Just undo the thrust washer and it’ll slide out (carefully).
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