Thepowerofdiesel - Project 165

Nice work so far, welcome!

 

doesnt look bad at all! :cheers

 

Yeah, minimal scoring on bearings, crank and even bores :thumbsup:

 

all i have to say is: WOW





and also, do i see another dave emerging??

 

omg...that's heavy, same as my st165 I guess.. I gave up on her as I don't know how to weld myself . Hope you don't give up

 

doesnt look too bad, all fixable! BTW, how much was blasting?

 

OMG, I have seen some some serious work before but this is amazing, I also havn't seen an empty shell like that since I worked at Ford building them.

The head came up sweet, did you pull the valves out and how did you clean the pistons and head etc... ?

Keep those pics coming :munch

 

Cheap enough!

 

What is the name of that cleaner? is is a hot dip?

 

wow holy shit. when you're done with this you'll have a 'brand-new' classic!

 

Well, not quite...
the problem esp on so called "rust free" cars is that ther'e rusting from the inside out and you can't see it until it breaks through.
I had to scrap my lid the other week and my roof has cancer as well.
I was hoping to cut the lid open and show you guys but someone stole it for scrap.

I'm going beserk with fish oil and lanolin wax atm, where there aren't holes I drill holes just to get inside the beams

Are you planning on doing something similar?
I'm wary of waxing as it doesn't penetrate the rust that's already there (which is pretty much everywhere)
The fish oil seems to be doing an outstanding job of neutralising and sealing the rust I treated 3yrs ago

Do you have a secret weapon?
I'm serious about that cleaner - wow

 

This is an awesome project. I'm looking forward for your progress!

 

Great work mate I like what see but as stig said rust work's itself from the inside out it's true the only thing I can suggest for you
would be to cut all rusted part's out and weld new plate's after that you will have to use rust proof product on those welded plate's and other joint's.
Another thing that we do is use seam sealer over the joint's after that I also always do rubberizing on the inside floor panel and bottom under the fender's etc.It make's your car more sound proof and less rattle's more comfy and it will hold the rust from coming back for at least 10year's. But back it's going to come just one of those thing's.
I got love the cleaning product that you have used. Hope to see picture's as you progress with it good luck

 

I was also curious about this "traffic film remover" used for cleaning those engine bits, so I asked Mother Google: http://www.traffic-film-remover.co.uk/tfr-facts-and-faqs.html