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[308 Sunbird]

What were they thinking with that maroon, or should that be spelt moron, anyway enjoying the thread
and the car is looking mint-well done Brad.

[hanra]

I hoping that these would look ok after I stripped the black paint off...

Wrong... maroon powdercoat underneath the black paint.... They have been blasted prior to powdercoating... Ill need to get them re-plated.

[hanra]

Popped the shocks n springs out last night whilst the K-Frame was still in the car.

Not sure how old these are? Monroe Gas I think?




Slipped the K-Frame and donk out this arv... Had an issue with the outrigger bolts..... They were fitted with the head of the bolt toward the centre of the car, so as the would come out they fouled on the extractors preventing them coming out... pulled the extractors off the the head but still couldnt remove them from the car..... and the bolts still fouled.... Finally got em out with some dicking around. Pretty sure the head of the bolt should be toward the outside of the car and nut is fitted on the inner part?

Edited by hanra, 14 January 2012 - 04:05 PM.

[hanra]

Been pretty busy with work lately 12 hour split shifts 10am till 6:30pm then 8:30pm till 12:30pm... so havnt really had a great deal of time to get anything done... this will be the case for the next month or so pretty much....

But have stripped my calipers down... the pistons were seized badly.. not sure if the calipers/pistons can be resurrected or not...







Scored an undamaged heater box, hit it with the soda blaster to get all the crapy layers of old paint off.. white/black/orange...






Gave my inlet manifold a blast also to clean it up. Noticed a lot of corrosion around a water port blank off... Bit of a blast and I went straight through... nice little hole... Ill have to get that fixed up...






Pulled the K-Frame down today also, going to be a big job stripping all the powder coat of everything, blasting then 2 pac'ing...














Cast code off my block:

Edited by hanra, 04 February 2012 - 11:34 PM.

[hanra]

Got all the bushes pressed out and lower balljoints out using the press at work. Man those lower balljoints are in there tiiiiiight!!!!

I am so sick and tired of stripping off this friggen maroon powder coat... dead set...

[Mort]

Come on Brad not much more to go now.

[hanra]

Hahahahahaha. Yeah I know..... Been doing double shifts at work day/night so havnt been living at home. So gettin nuthin done.....

All the k-frame is in bits, most of it painted. Had to get the k-frame blasted cause it's to big for our stripper tank.


Pulled a few bits off the donk to get cleaned up.

We're dual row timing chains standard??

Edited by hanra, 13 February 2012 - 06:00 PM.

[hanra]

Havnt really got any good updates except the fact that the parts rooms are filing up again.... Ahhh how good is it living on your own!!!!!!!

[hanra]

Its actually back on its rear wheels now. I hope those calipers can be saved.....

[hanra]

Some more stuff... blah blah blah...

Manifold/bellhusing and g/box rear snout have been blasted. They were all red before and looked crap...




Gave my reverse switch a make over also. Its been re-painted black. I dont think this is the correct type for LH SLR 5000 however??




K-Frame is now black....




Have to press in all the suspension rubbers before I paint the upper/lower arms




More black bits...




Stripped the motor down a little to get it ready for painting.




Sump/rocker covers HK Rocket Red

[hanra]

For the HK Rocket Red? It will be on the tin which I can look at tomorrow.

[a9x868]

reverse switch looks ok to me brad
i had mine re-zinc coated but assembled it back to front
so reverse lights were on in neutral and all forward
gears
had to sacrifice one of the sidchrome 9/16,s to get the bastard out
of the tunnel so as not to drop the box
suggest you check your assembley and wiring before it goes in


in as it was a real pain in the ass to fix after

[hanra]

Ah yes. I was planning on setting up the shifter and linkages whilst it's all out of the car. Yeah I'll check the switch at the same time and confirm its closed circut when in reverse.

[308 Sunbird]

Looking great Brad, always enjoy seeing the updates.

[hanra]

Hasnt been anywhere near as many updates as Id like.... Just nooooooooo time lately...

Hoping to have a Kingo Country order arrive before the weekend, left last week.... that should take care of the front end.

HK Rocket Red:




Gearbox to be done Red Oxide Primer:

Edited by hanra, 23 February 2012 - 10:50 AM.

[hanra]

Time will tell!!!!! The motor has had a full rebuild, hence being fitted with REPCO pistons. As far as I know this car has been off the rd for many years so doubt the motor has dont much work... Replacing all the gaskets and seals in the motor/box. If I had more $$$ Id do a full rebuild of them both. But things are tight enough as it is... home ownership by yourself sux....

Edited by hanra, 23 February 2012 - 11:21 AM.

[hanra]

Original Red Oxide versus the spray can Red Oxide.. I think its pretty close.




A box of goodies rolled up from Kingo Country to,




And thanks to my man Dattoman, Ive now got me self an SLR Horn!!!! Pretty effin stoked about that!!!






And I can get rid of my Mallory twin point and fit the correct dizzy!!! Once again thanks to Dattoman!!!

[hanra]

Gettin me horn sorted for some lovin!