Well I know it's been few and far between, but nice actually having a dry day to get cracking. First thing to address was that rotten cross brace.
We'll talk about the oil leaks later !
Comparing against the new powder coated one!
I was just about to redo the offside brake pipe with an inline Union, then stopped myself as I only have vice mounted flaring tool and I don't think I'd get enough torque using it hand held, so bottled it
so, ordered me one of these which I know a few of you have used, so I'll have another go when I get that..
soooo about that leak
Thinking on the plus side, it stops things from rusting !.... so with my good friends Gunk and brake cleaner I set to work.
subframe and steering rack came up really nicely. Especially those power steering labels !
I was tempted to put the new brace on, but I'm sure I'll find some more to clean under there...
so turning to the upper side, the engine bay is really letting the side down. Whole thing needs a really good tidy up.
Started with the strut towers
got the angle grinder onto the rusty areas back to bare metal, then it was a dose of Kurust
I'll let that do it's thing, then it's a couple of coats of Tristar Color Fiji Green
For the engine itself, I have a fair idea what to do about the black cover, but what are your thoughts on the aluminium oxidisation? I thought of going over it with hand held sandpaper but felt a bit extreme ?
www.sewtrim.co.uk
. ..I know you were tempted !
