Roadkill's 1983 Chevy Z28 - (Work Starts on Page 5)

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F Body

#900
July 22, 2008, 02:45:29 AM
Quoting: Roadkill
Obviously not everything requires painting or can be painted at all


I'd have been tempted to paint the reservoir casting gold

But still

55starchief

#901
July 22, 2008, 03:37:23 AM
I would have plated it myself

Roadkill

#902
July 22, 2008, 05:00:31 AM
Quoting: F Body
I'd have been tempted to paint the reservoir casting gold


I didn't see the point . . . looks fine as it is.  It's ally so it's not like it's gonna rust anytime soon.

Quoting: 55starchief
I would have plated it myself


Why ?

Firstly - it would be a MAJOR ball-ache blocking off all the fluid entry points.
Plus, in order to plate you'd have to degrease (hence allow chemicals into places they really shouldn't go) and then acid dip it - ally ?

Also.  I'm on a tight timescale and budget . . . sending a part off and fannying around getting it plated when it's survived fine for 25 years as it is really does seem utterly pointless and a complete waste of time and money.

As it was, it took just 20 minutes (and no money) to clean it up and have it looking as good as new.

ianjpage

#903
July 22, 2008, 05:02:37 AM
looks very good - nice to see bits going back in the engine bay i bet!!!!

Gator

#904
July 22, 2008, 07:37:13 AM
looks friggin great to me

Roadkill

#905
July 22, 2008, 06:18:05 PM
Well . . I took the washer / wiper motor apart today, ready for painting.

Scrubbed it, cleaned it, degreased it and masked it up.

I'm doing it in two parts, basically - plus there's a plastic part that I've just cleaned.

It was a b@stard to get all the grime out of but I think I got there in the end.  Mental note : need more Gunk . . .

Got both parts primered  . . . . will top coat tomorrow . . probably refit thursday.

ianjpage

#906
July 23, 2008, 04:15:18 AM


Quoting: Roadkill
need more Gunk . . .


You want some from costco - we going there friday / saturday ?

Roadkill

#907
July 23, 2008, 04:54:53 AM
Quoting: ianjpage
You want some from costco


Can't afford it, unfortunately.  

Will just have to do the last bits the "old fashioned" way.

ianjpage

#908
July 23, 2008, 05:33:17 AM
ahh fair enough

Roadkill

#909
July 24, 2008, 04:02:10 AM
Quoting: Roadkill
will top coat tomorrow . .


This has been done - to be assembled and (hopefully) fitted tonight.

I also managed to get the removed part of the steering column done, too.

That was a b@stard to clean and even more of a b@stard to mask-up for painting.
Still.  It's done, primered and painted.

Again - hopefully will go back in tonight . . .

Roadkill

#910
July 25, 2008, 03:53:31 AM
Wiper / Washer motor re-assembled (what a B@stid of a job !) - hopefully it works !



Steering column done, and re-fitted, what another B@stid of a job !



Wiper / Washer motor re-fitted - easy job - yay !



It had got too dark to take pics, though, so I'll take some tonight.

That's it . . . I think the engine bay is now ready for the motor.

Next major job, is to pull the car on to the (level) road and POR15 underneath between the two areas I've already done.

Then fit the "cradle" for the aftermarket torque arm . . . I'll also test-fit the trans X-member . . . . then the new S/S brake and fuel lines have gotta go in . . . then the new park-brake cables . . . . .



We'll see what gets done.



At the end of the day I've got about 3 weeks to wait for the parts from the US, albeit I'm away next weekend - I still think I can fit all that in.

Roadkill

#911
July 26, 2008, 05:26:01 AM
Some pictures :

The Wiper / Washer pump / motor before :



And after - not brilliant but I'm happy with it - it was an awkward f*cker to mask and paint :



Assembled - what a b!tch of a job ! :



And fitted, with the steering column . . again, not 100% but good enough, I feel.  Although I will be giving the steering column some more attention . . . :

ianjpage

#912
July 26, 2008, 03:26:08 PM
needs dusting lol

FUBAR

#913
July 26, 2008, 08:19:57 PM
Quoting: Roadkill
Assembled



Needs a small length of Slit-loom that does... I'll bring some tomorrow..
It's the time that we kill that keeps us alive...

Gator

#915
July 27, 2008, 09:43:57 AM
completely unchanged from the 1st gen models

oh the joy

ianjpage

#916
July 27, 2008, 11:31:26 AM
well there is now somme brakes on deans maro....shock horror....

bloody orrible things drum brakes....

FUBAR

#917
July 27, 2008, 03:17:58 PM
Although they now look considerably more shiny!
It's the time that we kill that keeps us alive...

ianjpage

#918
July 27, 2008, 03:55:26 PM
Quoting: FUBAR

Although they now look considerably more shiny!  


MMMM shiny things

Roadkill

#919
July 27, 2008, 04:21:59 PM
While I'm compiling the next (uber) update . . .

Quick thanks to Chris and PhilO for suppling extra man power when pushing the car out and back again - Chris yesterday and PhilO today . . .

Big thanks to Titsy and Ian - Titsy for his assistance with the Brakes and Torque arm today and Ian for general assistance both days and help with the brakes today . . . .

Finally UBER thanks to my Third-Gen home-boy Ryan who assisted in the nasty jobs yesterday and still came back today to get the work done !

My thanks to you all.

Roadkill

#920
July 27, 2008, 04:47:01 PM
So.  Here we go.

Probably the biggest single update in some time in respect of man-hours . . .

The first picture sums up yesterday.  Basically alot of dirty, $hitty work on my part - scraping, brushing and degreasing the floor pan between the front and rear sections (while Fubar stripped out the interior) . . followed by a joint POR15'ing effort.

Nasty work but it had to be done.



Next, today, after test-fitting the Jegster Torque arm cradle we realised that, potentially, adjusting the park-brake cables would be impossible with it in place so fitting and adjusting-up the new 3-piece park-brake cable became a priority.

After some fannying around we got it all sorted.  Of course this also meant rebuilding the rear drums, which - up to this point - were in a drawer in my tool-chest !

No pictures of the shiny Nickel-plated brake parts or the newish hardware or the new slave cylinders BUT here's a picture of the new cables in place . . .

(Ironically, after fitting the cradle we found that it is, actually, possible to adjust the cables . . . however fitting them would've been a definate no-no)



Of course this meant we could then get on and get the Torque arm cradle fitted.  

*The aftermarket Torque arm I went for is much different to the stock one . . it's 2/3's the length and doesn't connect to the transmission - instead it connects to it's own cradle bolted through the floor pan in the trans-tunnel.

This obviously meant alot of test-fitting and marking out to ensure all 12 bolt-holes were drilled in the correct postion but, again, we made it.

Here's the first picture of the trans-tunnel inside . . It's why I had Fubes remove the interior yesterday . . . (Yes, I know you can only see 10 bolt-heads . . the other two are out-of-view)



The last two pictures, here, are obviously the Torque arm and cradle in place, a picture from each end of the car . . . The kit fitted perfectly and I'm very happy with the results and with what was accomplished this weekend.





The final task was to test-fit - or offer-up, basically - the Spohn T56 transmission cross-member to ensure smooth fitting when the engine and trans go-in.
Everything there lined up fine - so all good.

After everyone went home I spent the next hour or so tidying up after the hurricane what had apparently gone through !

Happy days.

Cheers, guys.

Gator

#921
July 27, 2008, 04:57:04 PM
looks ace Dean how did you get the old underseal and crap off was it just graft or did ya use some ...stuff

FUBAR

#922
July 27, 2008, 06:11:06 PM
Quoting: Gator
old underseal and crap off


There wasn't any old underseal, which made life easier

The floorpan & car TBH is in really good condition with only a few areas of surface rust which were cleaned up well enough
It's the time that we kill that keeps us alive...

ianjpage

#923
July 28, 2008, 02:56:12 AM
very pics ..... glad to be of assistance

Roadkill

#924
July 28, 2008, 03:44:40 AM
Quoting: Gator
looks ace Dean how did you get the old underseal and crap off was it just graft or did ya use some ...stuff


Quoting: FUBAR
There wasn't any old underseal, which made life easier


Actually there was some in the wheel-arch area (which was sound) but none on the floor pan area, which as Ryan said, made life easier.

I just manually scraped and wire-brushed any surface rust areas.

Thankfully there were no signs of rust-holes and only one small area under the drivers seat that'll require attention from inside.

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