Project terrano is underway!

[melissachels]

I have been sandblasting alot lately, with just a £20 sandblasting gun I got from lidl last yr & a bag of paving sand mixed with some metal swarf kindly lent to me by friends, oh & a sieve & a bucket :thumb2:sly, a compressor given to me by a friend (broke, but we got it working again) it's slow & intricate but it gets there





Think I need new Drums tho :doh:doh:bow




OH SHINY BIT!!!! :clap

Sorry bout the shaky pics, I shake like i got the DT's all the time

 

[melissachels]

done some more sand blasting 2day

http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Melissa_Mackenna/slideshow/

got some good results :thumb2 I forgot to take a finished pic of the upper arm but I will on thursday when I'm back in :thumb2

 

[R1cho]

gettin there slowly but surely mel :thumbs

 

[melissachels]

gettin there slowly but surely mel :thumbs

very slowly, but I will win this Race :augie

 

[melissachels]

Looky Looky I got a hoopy :drums:



I've actually got 2! loads of shiney new parts & paint.

Still got some sandblasting to finish:hmh (spring brackets) hopefully get that finished 2moro if I can blag some workshop time :hide::naughty

waiting on caliper paint to arrive & gotta get a right good tidy/dusting session before I can paint :bow then I can put all the new bushes in & start building:jump:jump

 

[jims-terrano]

Looking and sounding very exciting. Are you going to fit polly bushes and a body lift at the same time

 

[melissachels]

Looking and sounding very exciting. Are you going to fit polly bushes and a body lift at the same time

cheers

poly bushes I have loads of :naughty think the only ones that aren't poly bushes are the upper wishbone ones. No lift kit tho was just gonna weld it straight to the chassis/body mounts. waiting for some 6mm + plate to beef up the mounts.

do still have this problem to get round tho, its the x member the front diff sits on, one bush is fine the other is dodgy looking

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203273689980529&l=bbfd7bbd47

do have a feista bush & a 406 engine mount that may fit but haven't tried yet

 

[makeitfit]

For future reference Hamerite will work perfectly well for callipers on all but rally cars
I did mine three years back and they're still shiny red :clap

 

[makeitfit]

Have you done the hoops yourself ? I'm just about to start the cage on the Black Pearl,so any tips would be great :thumbs

 

[melissachels]

Have you done the hoops yourself ? I'm just about to start the cage on the Black Pearl,so any tips would be great :thumbs

Not me personally, basically cos I'm shizer with angles exact measuring....can do quadratic equations tho :doh

I was my Mr & step dad that made them, my tools tho :sly & I sourced the steel.:thumb2

I will be doing the brace bars & stuff tho, time is tight atm
Got exams too.

 

[makeitfit]

Good luck with it all

 

[AlexD333]

More pics

 

[melissachels]

More pics

ok heres yesterdays work

Body mount looked ropey so gave it a blast, but all it well


passenger spring mount before



and after

few repairs required



Drivers side after



Sandblasting is Finnallly done :jump


I think i've spent about 70-80hrs just sandblasting :bow soooo glad that over:thumb2

 

[melissachels]

so today I took the front diff x member & top wishbones round to the wee ford specialist today to get the old bushes pushed out & the new ones pushed in.

got a feista axle bush for the xmember since I cannot find one anywhere (even both main stealers!) & if not then it'll be a hunt for something else :bow

I also got 12 pack paint brushes, a magnetic led telescopic magnet, 3 roles of insulating tape, 6 bag off holohoops & twin pack of choc chip cookies from in store for just over a fiver :thumb2





I also started painting

 

[melissachels]

I has been doing more painting

Primered





they're hiding!


1st coat of black


new drums painted


waiting on 2nd coat....I stupidy got the covered in primer after i had done the 1st coat:doh


second coat on drums....really wish I didn't brush paint the primer on tho


second coat of black



1st coat of red


made a wee tent thingy so I could get more done:thumb2


did get the windscreen hoop made up & mr should be doing bits & bobs for me 2day since i'm in college.

Got a feista rear axle bush to fit the front diff xmember just need to keep an eye on it to see how it holds up

need to take one of my calipers to west scotland enginnering to get the bleed nipple out & retapped, still waiting on brake line coming& waiting on upper wishbones to come back from getting new bushes put in

 

[jims-terrano]

What's the small red triangle shaped things, I recognise them but can't place them. Looking good tho.

 

[melissachels]

They're part of the torsion bar set up :thumb2 can't remember exactly where atm tho

put in a couple of hrs after college 2day & got the backing plates painted & the rest of the body mount brackets made up as well as stripped the bearings out the hubs so I can get them painted. I don't think those bearings have ever been changed tho got new ones anyho

 

[melissachels]

Just a wee update had loads going on lately with college & just life in general

made myself some dislocation cones, welds r messy cos i had no gas & i can't get in at them to tidy them, need to get a few more things & do some more painting, still got hoops to assemble & so on so forth.......no where near done :doh

also have to go look for a new unit cos the one we got is just way to expensive for us atm

did scrap an A on my exam tho just a 4 more assessments & my hnc is done along with cima registation makes me a book keeper & part qualified accountant :thumb2

 

[Craig8661]

Looking well on the rebuild

 

[AlexD333]

Getting excited now, can't wait to see it put back together. Do you have an eta if all is well? :naughty