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robertst - 11/4/07 at 04:14 PM

weeks worth of elbow grease rendered this:

restored gearbox

and this

Restored Gearbox 2

it looks so good... next up: THE ENGINE!

cadebytiger - 11/4/07 at 04:17 PM

wow that looks like new!!

Hellfire - 11/4/07 at 04:23 PM

You been cleaning floors and then with the money you earned, went and bought a new one? Seems such a shame to go and bolt it to a old boat anchor... () (Please read with tongue firmly implanted into cheek with squinty eyes whilst eating Pies and Peas...

Steve

PS Nice job!!!

[Edited on 11-4-07 by Hellfire]

tks - 11/4/07 at 04:25 PM

impressive!!

Tks

MkIndy7 - 11/4/07 at 04:26 PM

Beautiful...

Ours looked like that once

We were told we ought to get a perspex bonnet made lol

Danozeman - 11/4/07 at 05:30 PM

Mine looks like that only black. I just painted over the crap

Looks good mate. Did u strip it and shot blast it or just scrub scrub scrub??

speedyxjs - 11/4/07 at 05:36 PM

Nice job good luck with the block.

zzr1100rick2 - 11/4/07 at 05:49 PM

what i want to know is WHY ?

mackei23b - 11/4/07 at 07:11 PM

Good effort, well done!

blueshift - 11/4/07 at 07:36 PM

quote:
Originally posted by zzr1100rick2
what i want to know is WHY ?

Because you know it's there of course!

We take pride in building our cars, I take care over what I do and it pleases me to make things shiny and restored before putting them together.

Simon - 11/4/07 at 07:44 PM

I can see the first transparent tranny tunnel coming up

ATB

Simon

robertst - 11/4/07 at 07:56 PM

thanks for the replies, i too was thinking it wont be seen so why the effort? but then again it just makes me think i have something that is restored back to almost new condition. plus the crud is very intrusive when handling the gearbox, you just make a mess of everything and this stuff simply does not come off..

Danozeman:
it was an arduous task, mostly using a pallet to scrape all the crud off, then using a screwdriver and then loads and loads of kitchen roll soaked with petrol and that did the job.. then just a bit of paint and presto!...

loads of elbow grease and scrub, scrub, scrub... funny i discovered the incredible degreasing qualities of petrol with this job...

[Edited on 11/4/07 by robertst]

[Edited on 11/4/07 by robertst]

02GF74 - 12/4/07 at 07:27 AM

... or seeming dipping it into a bucket of vinegar overnight....

nice job by the way.

DarrenW - 12/4/07 at 10:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
You been cleaning floors and then with the money you earned, went and bought a new one? Seems such a shame to go and bolt it to a old boat anchor... () (Please read with tongue firmly implanted into cheek with squinty eyes whilst eating Pies and Peas...

Steve

PS Nice job!!!

[Edited on 11-4-07 by Hellfire]

I was thinking something similar and i have a Pinto!!!!! Just wait until the first time the engine decides to be awkwards and spits its dummy (read - black engine oil) out.

Make sure your sump seal is good and breather system is tip top, otherwise it may be a labour of love keeping it as clean as that. it does look good though. Are you fitting clear transmission tunnel sides? (Not recommended BTW)

NS Dev - 12/4/07 at 11:48 AM

Why?

The answer is its nice to do a job better than merely necessary.

That's why my cars progress so slowly, as similarly everything tends to get done three times as I think of better ways to do stuff.

My only criticism (sorry, I'm ducking for cover now!) is that I really dislike painting mechanical parts in silver paint. It looks ok for a short while but then quickly looks scabby with age.

For stuff like cast iron gearboxes, if you want a concourse job, you can't beat a bead blast followed by zinc plate and passivate, and its not that expensive. Obviously means stripping to bare casings etc but then I also don't tend to paint stuff unless it was a bare casting at the time.

I guess this stems from years of watching "maintainance" at the steel mill, where planned maintainance of machines involved slapping a coat of paint on them and then wondering why the bearings failed the next week, strangely the little paint elves didn't cure that!

nice job though all the same!

[Edited on 12/4/07 by NS Dev]

robertst - 12/4/07 at 08:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev

My only criticism (sorry, I'm ducking for cover now!) is that I really dislike painting mechanical parts in silver paint. It looks ok for a short while but then quickly looks scabby with age.

i was thinking of also painting the engine silver. i agree it looks scabby but i have discovered this paint which i love because its not plain, its like a sort of grainy, sandy finish, and is really rough and durable, so the part you paint actually looks like its just new, and not painted.

i love this new paint so much i'm going to repaint the chassis with it as it is VERY durable and the hammerite it has now makes the chassis look like the dogs dinner.

AdamR - 12/4/07 at 09:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by robertst
i have discovered this paint which i love because its not plain, its like a sort of grainy, sandy finish, and is really rough and durable, so the part you paint actually looks like its just new, and not painted.

Looks awesome. Is it high-temp proof? What's it called and where can I get it?

Simon W - 20/5/07 at 04:58 PM

quote:
i love this new paint so much

What is the paint called?

flak monkey - 20/5/07 at 07:07 PM

That looks very nice

I think cleaning stuff up and making it look nice really finishes the car off. Hence why my pinto looks very clean along with all my other donor bits, otherwise it just looks like you stripped an old banger and dropped the bits in without a care.

I pressure washed my gearbox, took about an hour, came up like new. (And yes I did make sure I didnt get any water in it ) Then I painted it black with engine paint, mainly just to stop it going rusty.

David

t.j. - 21/5/07 at 08:56 AM

At the upper picture are no mounting-holes????

Or need i glasses?