Dr Hoo\'s TurboII restoration

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Not at all, basically the same mods as mine, but to a far less extreme degree

[Dr Hoo]

Got a little bit more done, but not as much as I\'d hoped.
 
Some of my "retail therapy" arrived the other day:
 

 
Some POR15 paint, which I\'ve never used before, but the general feeling on the net is that its the dogs danglies, and my polyurethane bush kit http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=11%2E18101
 
I removed the fuel filler pipe and as per sods law the mounting bolts sheared. This isn\'t the easiest place in the world to get into, but I bored them out using a small rightangle drill.
 

 
 
With the filler assembly off, I removed the clamp ring for a small experiment.
 

 
Having never used electrolysis to remove rust before I thought I\'d give it a go.
So you need one battery charger, a plastic bucket, 5 litres of water, 500g of washing soda and a piece of sacrificial steel (not stainless). The negative goes to the rusty item, and the positive to the sacrificial piece.
 

 
Mix up the water and washing soda and drop in the metal work, although make sure it doesn\'t touch. Turn on the charger and leave for 12 hours.
 

 
 
When you take it out the rust just flakes away. Give it a good scrub with a wire brush and ...Hey Presto!
 

 
I must say I was quite impressed.
 
 
 
However I wasn\'t really impressed with this though:
 

 
 
When I removed the underseal and paint from the spare wheel well there was some heavy surface rust. To make matters worse the bottom of the wheel well was like a tea bag, so it looks like I will be doing some welding after all : :reallymad
 

 
 
 
I\'ve also hit a small snag so I\'m hoping someone with more experience can chip in.
When removing the hub from the trailing arm on the passenger side of the car, the large washer was on the front side of the lug, and with a bit of a wiggle the hub came off no problem.
 

 
 
However, On the drivers side the washer is on the rear of the lug which means I now have zero "wiggle factor" so I can\'t get the bolt bush over the sholder of the lug (Does that sound as clear as mud.)
 

 
I know the bolt bush hasn\'t moved, because it\'s the same as the passenger side. The only difference I can see is the placement of the large washer which doesn\'t give you enough movement to slip the bush over the lug.
 
Any ideas?...or am I just being really stupid :o

[Dr Hoo]

Got a little bit more done, but not as much as I\'d hoped.
 
Some of my "retail therapy" arrived the other day:
 

 
Some POR15 paint, which I\'ve never used before, but the general feeling on the net is that its the dogs danglies, and my polyurethane bush kit http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=11%2E18101
 
I removed the fuel filler pipe and as per sods law the mounting bolts sheared. This isn\'t the easiest place in the world to get into, but I bored them out using a small rightangle drill.
 

 
 
With the filler assembly off, I removed the clamp ring for a small experiment.
 

 
Having never used electrolysis to remove rust before I thought I\'d give it a go.
So you need one battery charger, a plastic bucket, 5 litres of water, 500g of washing soda and a piece of sacrificial steel (not stainless). The negative goes to the rusty item, and the positive to the sacrificial piece.
 

 
Mix up the water and washing soda and drop in the metal work, although make sure it doesn\'t touch. Turn on the charger and leave for 12 hours.
 

 
 
When you take it out the rust just flakes away. Give it a good scrub with a wire brush and ...Hey Presto!
 

 
I must say I was quite impressed.
 
 
 
However I wasn\'t really impressed with this though:
 

 
 
When I removed the underseal and paint from the spare wheel well there was some heavy surface rust. To make matters worse the bottom of the wheel well was like a tea bag, so it looks like I will be doing some welding after all : :reallymad
 

 
 
 
I\'ve also hit a small snag so I\'m hoping someone with more experience can chip in.
When removing the hub from the trailing arm on the passenger side of the car, the large washer was on the front side of the lug, and with a bit of a wiggle the hub came off no problem.
 

 
 
However, On the drivers side the washer is on the rear of the lug which means I now have zero "wiggle factor" so I can\'t get the bolt bush over the sholder of the lug (Does that sound as clear as mud.)
 

 
I know the bolt bush hasn\'t moved, because it\'s the same as the passenger side. The only difference I can see is the placement of the large washer which doesn\'t give you enough movement to slip the bush over the lug.
 
Any ideas?...or am I just being really stupid :o

[Dr Hoo]

Any chance of removing this double post?
 
Dunno what happened
 
:cheers