Tales of eccentrism motoring 2012 onwards ,rag tag engineering

[Tickman]

Some proper work there.

Well done finding the worn down key on the pulley.

[Jikovron]

8 hours ago, juular said:

Phenomenal work going on there.

Do you rate the zinga? I'm doing the Amazon using copious amounts of it, so far it seems better than electrox.

Its rust prevention capability seems to be amazing , I painted some rusty sheet in the garden and nothing is coming through with just one badly applied coat months later

The downside though seems to be that it doesn't adhere very well so the metal has to be really rough before application to key it on otherwise it behaves like a scratch card 

It does seem to be overpaintable but is said to not be a primer or a paint so I think the primary application is touch up of static galvanized framework in the main 

The main benefit is that it's got an unlimited shelf life !

[juular]

7 minutes ago, Jikovron said:

Its rust prevention capability seems to be amazing , I painted some rusty sheet in the garden and nothing is coming through with just one badly applied coat months later

The downside though seems to be that it doesn't adhere very well so the metal has to be really rough before application to key it on otherwise it behaves like a scratch card 

It does seem to be overpaintable but is said to not be a primer or a paint so I think the primary application is touch up of static galvanized framework in the main 

The main benefit is that it's got an unlimited shelf life !

Same here. I find a going over with the 40 grit belt in the finger sander is about right for getting it to stick really well.

I've used it on my windscreen surround on the 240, covered with high build and then rattlecan basecoat. It seems to have held together really nicely so it looks like it can be used as a primer too.

[Jikovron]

This was a tangential diversion similarly at the time of my covid strike down and probably the precursor to the council getting vexed off their boxes 

This car arrived at the same time as the Skoda in March of 21  with a loose plan that it would divulge parts or be a swap for something else

So the car was a total mess, the A pillars were completely gone and the chassis rails had detached from the inner wings such that the front was mainly held on by the gearbox crossmember!

just to reduce the aesthetic harm I propped it up and popped the roof skin out.

First task was to get into the engine, free off a couple of valves, rebuild the carbs and clean it up.

it amazingly ran very nicely, no smoke and sounded smooth

Carefully picked it apart and everything apart from the front half of the shell found a new home one way or the other

The engine amongst other bits went to Texas in a mere 300kg all up crate, what I didn't realise however was that international shipping calls for special treated timber/plywood not old pallets like the first box I crafted!! Damn things 

[Jikovron]

LOADS of time later 

The skoda has been worked on at the new unit 

This shell was a floppy mess, it sagged on the trailer bringing it down , so had to manipulate it back into shape 

ive always wanted to stiffen up the sill and A pillar to do away with the weak horrible standard solution where the front doors are endlessly sagging

the B pillar got its own pedestal to tie onto and its still got enough flex to work perfectly fine 

and then spend hours tieing abit of B pillar to the A pillar as its the same hinge pattern but thicker metal

rotten tunnel was next up, a local place folded up this for £35 which was an epic bargain, saved loads of time messing about but still had to cut out and weld in all the threaded plates for various things on the tunnel 

Hours later its all welded in, mega strong now as I specified 1.5mm steel