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[turbo76lx]

Bit of an update, had a small side project for my boss in Melbourne which turned into a bigger project fixing a previous dodgy repair.

 

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The front section of the rail had been repaired before and been fully sealed up not letting any water that happened to get into the rail escape out the bottom.

 

So the rail rusted from the inside out. 

 

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When i cut the outside of the rail out i found it had a welded inside of the rail on the inner.

 

 

After removing the inner plate i was left with this.

 

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From this point I cut the inner out and fabricated a new rail and repaired a few more rust patches.

 

Sorry no photos of the finished repairs I was to keen to get this thing out of my shed.

 

Now back to the hatch, not a great deal has has happened except planning and procrastinating but I have started seam welding some of the body.

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 04:04 PM.

[turbo76lx]

Got a few more things done.

 

Checked it see if the power steering lines could be reused, will need to modify the hose on the power steering pump.

 

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Replaced the front wheel bearings.

 

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And started getting some of the suspension parts striped for painting.

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 04:06 PM.

[Holdenbn74]

Love following this thread, keep up the great work 👍👍

[SmacT]

Keep going! Love this build. Nasty rail on the Merc - must have been a surprise for the owner, given how nice the rest of it looks.

[turbo76lx]

Got some of the suspension part painted, need to finish stripping the subframes and other parts which will be painted black.

 

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 04:07 PM.

[Shiney005]

I can't wait to see this car rolling on its own wheels.

[turbo76lx]

 Well today I thought I would touch base with the engineer to see at what stage he wanted to see the car next only to be told by the receptionist that

 

he has recently lost his VASS accreditation. Looks like the $1000 I have spent with him is a total loss and I don't even know if he has any documentation

 

he can give me to pass onto a new engineer when I find one. So now the search for a new engineer start and hopefully find one that is happy with the

 

build so far.  

Edited by turbo76lx, 20 February 2017 - 08:14 PM.

[gtrboyy]

Grr what cnut!!!

 

Without doubt one of best builds on here envious of your skills mate.

[Uncle Chop Chop]

The $1K he spent on that engineer is pittance compared with what he has probably spent on the build. But since it appears to have been constructed properly, there shouldn't be too many issues finding somebody else to complete the paperwork.

[RBTORY]

Give Bonneville consulting a call mate

[MictheAussie]

Does the engineer not owe you $1K as he can no longer provide the service you paid him for? He lost his accreditation and that is no fault of yours. The work he put into the project is now useless.

[turbo76lx]

Give Bonneville consulting a call mate

 

Yes this is who I am looking at using, I am getting Enkelman to supply any documentation he has done on the car thus far and putting together all the details

 

and photos of what I have done and emailing Bonneville next week to see if he is happy with what I have done.

 

Does the engineer not owe you $1K as he can no longer provide the service you paid him for? He lost his accreditation and that is no fault of yours. The work he put into the project is now useless.

 

Enkelman has already stated there is no refund. 

[Uncle Chop Chop]

Does the engineer not owe you $1K as he can no longer provide the service you paid him for? He lost his accreditation and that is no fault of yours. The work he put into the project is now useless.

 

The fee is for work and/or services already provided. Let's say you provided a block to me for hot tanking, bore and hone. I hot tank the block and find the block isn't suitable for a bore and hone. I can still charge you for the hot tank work, as it's a service I agreed to provide at the agreed price.

[orangeLJ]

That's a poor analogy.

It's more akin to going to someone for a rego inspection.

They perform the brake test and inspect the vehicle, but then find out that they have lost their certification and cannot lodge it with the RTA.

But they still take your money because they carried out the check, even though you get no result.

You must now go and pay someone else and they will not take the brake check it inspection from the previous place and have to do their own and charge you again.

[turbo76lx]

Got the rest of the suspension parts painted. Received some paperwork from Andrew Enkelman now just need to put together an email to Bonneville Consulting.

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 04:08 PM.

[turbo76lx]

Added some more strengthening to the shock towers as now these points will have to take the load of the vehicle weight.

 

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 04:10 PM.

[Shiney005]

Any luck with Bonneville Consulting?

[turbo76lx]

I haven't contacted them yet.

[turbo76lx]

Got some suspension and other bolts zinc plated and picked up some inner and outer door handles. 

 

Sent Bonneville Consulting and email tuesday but haven't heard anything back yet.

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 04:11 PM.

[turbo76lx]

Started fitting the back seat, needed to modify the seat base to fit over the skyline tunnel.

 

I used the seat base out of a UC hatch that I brought for spare parts but it may turn into a future project and wont need a

 

back seat. ( S14 front suspension, R32 rear suspension, drift ute, maybe)

 

The wire frame was a bit bent so it had to be straightened and reshaped over the tunnel.

 

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Rigged up a hot wire to cut the foam.

 

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All fitted up, I will probably only register the hatch as a 4 seater as there isn't mush foam left in the middle seat.

 

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Edited by turbo76lx, 21 October 2017 - 04:13 PM.

[Shiney005]

I thought you might enjoy this Glen.

https://youtu.be/BCCxAhOr97k

 

[Bigfella237]

"Brambo" brakes... awesome!