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Post by Kenr on Jan 13, 2012 23:32:08 GMT
Cheers Guys. Matt there was no question of Goldie being a short stay car. We are quite happy together thank you lol+++.
New generator arrived today and will be put to good use over the weekend. Going by the size and weight of the thing it'll cope with the compressor and welder hopefully.
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Post by Kenr on Jan 28, 2012 18:06:30 GMT
Minimal Daf'fing done today as DIY was required at home I fired up the new generator and plugged in the grinder and all was well. I moved onto the drill/brass wire brush and gave the petrol tank a light going over whilst I was down there. After a few seconds there was some seepage. I switched everything off and saw that there was literally a fine jet of petrol escaping from the bottom of the tank. The skin of the tank must have been very thin indeed at that very point as I was being very gentle. Luckily I have more petrol cans than cars and was able to drain the tank into 3 and a bit cans. I tried to stem the leak by screwing in a small self-tapper but no joy. The tank is now empty and the area clean and dry. I will repair it with some tank repair stuff and see how that goes. In a way I am pleased that it went all leaky in the garage instead of somewhere miles away from home. It will all be cleaned up and rust killed, etc, etc. No great drama. My first petrol tank leak!
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Post by 33grinder on Jan 28, 2012 22:15:18 GMT
Sorry to hear that Ken. As Matt and I have found, sometimes it's best to just leave alone when it comes to petrol tanks! We've got quite a few spares knocking around at Central though if needs be.
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Post by Kenr on Jan 28, 2012 23:17:44 GMT
No worries mate, it isn't too problematic. I will be attempting the repair tomorrow and will let you know how I get on.
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Post by Kenr on Jan 29, 2012 14:20:10 GMT
I popped over to the garage for 2 hours today and carried on from yesterday with regards to the repair of the petrol tank. I bought a tube of Leak Seal from Halfrauds and have used that. I will look at the result next Sunday as time was short today. I carried on removing paint, rust and copious amounts of filler from Goldie's lower rear 1/4 panels. The o/s was in better shape with only 3 or 4 little finger nail sized holes but the n/s side was much worse. It really is quite frilly. The preferred option would be to replace the panel and this will be done at some point, but temp repairs will suffice until:
i. I can get a panel ii. Everything else is done iii. It's bloody warmer (yes, I know I am the one in a short sleeved shirt 365 days of the year but I am getting older I suppose)
I am not shocked at the condition of the panel as that rear end is a bit of a rot spot looking at how it is constructed. The drain slots are easily clogged up and I doubt many folk would spend time cleaning them out religiously. It is an area to keep an eye on though. The amount of dirt that came out when I was wire wheeling was quite amazing. I should get an extra 1 mph out of Goldie now.
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Post by 33grinder on Jan 29, 2012 19:11:17 GMT
Well, we've got the lower rear end of a 46 and a whole rear quarter NOS panel Ken, so there's no need to bodge with more filler (unless you really want to...). 'Ave a word with Matt.
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Post by macplaxton on Jan 29, 2012 19:25:50 GMT
Bit of a shame to cut a lower rear quarter section off a whole rear wing though.
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Post by 33grinder on Jan 29, 2012 21:10:28 GMT
Fair does Rich but they do all tend to rot in the same places. Still, I was only making a point to Ken, I know we've got sections which will keep the NOS quarter panel from being chopped.
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Post by Kenr on Feb 11, 2012 15:48:57 GMT
Well I was finally able to spend a bit more time with Goldie today as the thermometer climbed to a heady 2 deg C! Forgot about the wind chill factor! I actually lost the feeling in my fingers at one point despite a heater blowing out lovely hot air. The piccies will speak for themselves: The amount of additional rusty flakes that came out of the o/s section was quite interesting. I decided to clean up by the number plate bracket as the metal plate had over the years effectively acted like a scraper. Not good. The number plates despite being original will be replaced by acrylic ones to try and minimise any further damage. There is a shallow dent about 6" long on the rear panel (below the number plate). This will be sorted. I was going to leave it alone but I may as well do it along with everything else. Just wish it would warm up properly. Oh, I finished off repairing the petrol tank. A light coat of rust killer and then some black smoothrite.
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Post by 33grinder on Feb 11, 2012 16:42:04 GMT
Nice to see some more progress there Ken. Sorry to see the condition of that rear quarter, guess it needs some metal letting in there...
Is the tank saga over? Is it still leaking or holding fuel now?
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