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sladey wrote:Thanks Paul - still aiming for '14 CLM thanks. You bringing the 74 Carrera?

Yep. But it still seems like there's loads more to do to get the restoration complete.
But if you can get your car finished, I'd be ashamed if I fail to join you.

Feels like there's a few of us who are driving towards the 8 week deadline

Mark, when was the last time you went to work? You remember that solicitor stuff!

Sorry I should have made that last update more clear - this is work that Neil is doing not me. I did a signature arch a couple of nights ago but Neil is driving forward the sill repairs on this side. I'll be doing something tonight - either cleaning engine tin, fitting the front wing, or doing a signature front arch

And yes I'm back at work now for a rest

Another update

Neil's moving ahead nicely - there's some corrosion to cut out which is slowing him down as it's more fiddly



Repaired


Neil's moved ahead quite a bit from this but haven't taken more photos yet - will take some more later

Spoke to Mike last night and he emailed me a picture of one of my big end bearings


Apparently this is a "bad thing" so new big end bearings on the way

The heads came out of the dishwasher all nice and clean. One of the guides needs a bit of work and some of the exhaust valves have a bit of acne (they appear to have driven a submarine in a previous life) but this shouldn't cause a problem.



My cams have been repro filed and all my rockers refaced - they now look like new



Back to today - finally had chance to do the final "signature" wheel arch. This one has turned out the best so far - mainly because I borrowed one of Neil's hammers


Which is considerably lighter than my own - I must pick one up - here's the arch - I've got a better finish on this one without any filing etc which should make the filling process easier



Oh and I've done a bit more work on the roof - will hopefully have that finished off tomorrow

Hi Mark

Wow keep the momentum going, you’re all making great progress.

I must admit, once you have carried out this kind of repair work on the rusty bits you end up knowing exactly where you need to wash to keep the car clean and rot free, and it’s not on the outside

Kind Regards

Ok, a mixed couple of days....

Saturday Neil did some more rust repairs on the floor finishing with cutting out a central section



Yesterday I did some additional work on the roof. It was low in one part so I helped it into place with a hammer. This in turn caused a bit of cracking, so ground it back


Welded it up


And refilled it


I think I'm just about there now, but will wait to see what Neil says as he's got a better eye than me and I'm getting roof- blind. (And before anyone comments the above is not a finished photo! It's looking pretty good now)

Then started sorting the outer sill - sorting out the indentations that are there because it's a 993 part


After talking to Neil did it differently this time, slicing the corners of the indents and then knocking it out with a dolly


The first one took ages but once I started using a dolly from the back instead of a hammer from the front, they went really quickly

Then came the shitty part of the weekend. When removing the anti roll bar, one of the studs had sheared. I bought a stud extractor to sort this out. I took a load of pics but I won't post them here as there are just too many.

The shortened version:-
Stud extractor didn't work
Welded nut on, when turning it sheared the bolt lower down
Welded washer, nut and another stud on - it sheared the bolt low down
Ground the stud flat, centre punched it and drilled through (two words to type, an hour of pain to do)
Once the hole was big enough started tapping a fresh thread
Going well until it sheared off (the tap) - took it out and welded a nut onto it
Going well again - bit at a time, kept winding it back and forward again. Eventually got it through and kep turning. Went to wind it back and.....
It sheared off - leaving about 1cm showing
Weld on a steel plate, large nut and large bolt and wen to unscrew it....
It sheared off - too low to weld anything to it.
Ground it flat (see 10 lines above - déjà vu or what)
Started drill into the tap. Not quite central in the stud. After a while lost the will to live and came in for tea.

Think I'm going to leave this bit until it goes for the MOT, and I'll get the garage to do it at that time. If you can access it standing up and using your stronger muscles then it might not be so soul destroying, but lying on your side and trying to get pressure through a heavy drill is tiring

Here are some of the welded studs I've gone through


Frustrating because I've got a shitload of other jobs to do and I just wasted about 7 hours on something that I wasn't able to finish.

Hey ho, you've got to have the bad experiences to make the good stuff so rewarding, I suppose.

My favourite thread on DDK.

Many of us enjoy watching "Fast N' Loud", re-runs of "American Hotrod", "Wheeler Dealers", "For the Love of Cars", "Restoration Garage", "Extreme Car Hoarders" and so on....(there are a lot of these programmes aren't there!).....

I'm getting hooked on "Sladey's Garage"...

Great stuff, Mark.

mrk wrote: I'm getting hooked on "Sladey's Garage"...

Should be serialised in Classic Porsche....

....spirited endeavour to say the least!

Keep going Sladey! It's times like this when it feels like a slog and a long way back, but once you start reassembly it will be exciting again!

Cheers - it felt better just typing it out to be honest

Great work Mark, almost tempted to get rid of Bentleys and just use this thread as a reference. Keep it up!

Cheers

Kevin

What ever you do, don't look to see what Andytat has for sale !

The swop wouldn't take too long as he NEVER goes to work it seems to me!
Besides, there's no welding going on in the back, just down the sides.

In primer by the weekend, colour by mid May....

impmad2000 wrote:What ever you do, don't look to see what Andytat has for sale !

Haha it's non varioram though. Anyhow after the current works I'm putting that off for a good few years