Vlad's rides thread

[Holden202T]

Total restro.

to be meticulously completed in the next 10 years!

[vlad01]

Total restro.

to be meticulously completed in the next 10 years!

Thats why I built the whole running gear and suspension first, give the body to Bendigo retro muscle cars, I learned my lesson last time Body and paint work isn't for me. Only paint for me is power train and under body components.

[immortality]

You sound like me, no patience for panel work......

[vlad01]

Finally found a way to get to these suckers. This time around I took off the TB and elbow to ensure I don't bash the firewall and fuck up another TB shaft by bending it. That inevitably gave me the idea of trying to see if I could undo the pipes from the top. I found they are 1/2" and luck I had a 45º angled pipe spanner of 1/2" size. Just managed to crack them open and then used a small shifter to fight a good half turn or so where I could undo the rest with my fingers.

Reason I wanted to undo them is they would interfere with the tunnel when lifting the engine up any more than 50mm.

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Almost ready.

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Just had to take the loom out the firewall. Hello there!

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Easy does it!, used a jack to lift the auto off the cross member at the rear of the box and then slide the whole lot forward.

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Stuffed a rag on the end as it came out the tunnel so no dings or scratches, also one on the rad support so the sump would not damage anything.

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Well there's ya problem lol. You get an idea where all the weight is, heavy bastard auto.

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Looking pretty empty. Pleased to find the battery tray was in good nick, just needs a bit of blasting or something. Thinking of mobile wet blasting but perhaps I will speak to the body shop and see if they already have tools or a service they use.

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[vlad01]

You sound like me, no patience for panel work......

I have plenty of patience but I'm got good enough for what quality level I require, only something 20+ years of experience in panel/spray painting and 100K of equipment can do. I don't have any of that lol

[Holden202T]

stop whinging about autos

[vlad01]

Another contender for crappy welding?

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Anyone ever seen a silver painted factory TC? I certainly haven't and I went over the auto and engine with a fine toothed comb and couldn't fine evidence of the auto even being removed from the car.

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Whats this? mmm dunno? something about 5 link rear ends

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[HQ355]

stop whinging about autos

Where's the like button lol

[psyolent]

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what the fucking fuck is that?

5 link for the win

[vlad01]

About 150g of weld is what, I was wondering why it felt heavier than normal. Also the guts of this muffler was banging about inside just like the rear one I changed last year.

All in the bin! fuck that stock shit off. G is taking my huge pile of stock cast manifold, talks of "if they aint cracked" I've never seen an actual cracked one but I did see first ever in my life one that was welded up last year in the green VP rust bucket and I have scrapped at least 10 pairs before that one, and got another 4-5 pairs laying around with no cracks.