Cary's 73 1.7 Rustoration Thread Options

[cary]

While I'm working on Doug's car and giving Mike a hand Super In Law built a parts hanging tree for the jet washer.

He built it to work in two different levels ...............

[cary]

Black Friday at the shop .......................

Taylor Whitesell stopped by to talk about his project car.
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...1&hl=taylor


We talked about getting him the back half of a front clip. I'll cut it right where the yellow line is. Then he'll need to remove the #4 portion to get a start on what he needs.
We discussed the tools he needs. A couple different spot weld removal techniques.
I need to get him the front clip so they can schedule to get the car media blasted.


And Mike (Warpig) is here working on his car ...............

[cary]

Looking ahead to changing out the jack points on Doug's car I'm going to try and devise a tool plan to drill/cut those top spot welds so it can be changed without cutting a hole in the door jam. There's got to be a way ..............

[mb911]

Looking ahead to changing out the jack points on Doug's car I'm going to try and devise a tool plan to drill/cut those top spot welds so it can be changed without cutting a hole in the door jam. There's got to be a way ..............

Right angle drill adapter?

[JoeDees]

Looking ahead to changing out the jack points on Doug's car I'm going to try and devise a tool plan to drill/cut those top spot welds so it can be changed without cutting a hole in the door jam. There's got to be a way ..............

I got up under there with a cutting and grinder disc on my Dremel and just went really slow and carefully.

[cary]

Right angle drill adapter?

Ben,
That's one of the things I'm looking at. It will need to be either the small Snap On or Milwaukie.

Joe,
I spent a bunch of time staring at all the gadgets at Home Depot yesterday.

The other item I'm thinking of is a longer 3/8" pneumatic sanding belt. The primary issue is the width inside the fender.

[cary]

Finally found some crushed plastic to clean the steering racks Mark's going to be rebuilding. So I decided to tidy up and label all my different buckets of blasting media.

[cary]

1. I think the glass beads leave to open/rough of a finish. You'll need to come by and take a look.
2. I'm thinking plastic beads or soda ............... I'll see what I can come up with.
3. Need to come up with some plastic plugs for the rack openings when its in the blast cabinet. I need to get an idea of how tight the tolerances are.

We'll give the plastic beads a try in the am.

[cary]

Loaded the glass beads into the blaster.
They gave me the finish I was looking for. Doesn't cut into base material too much.


Mark they're ready to be picked up ...........

[altitude411]

Cary, is the difference in the racks an early/late thing ?

*Thanks for the fantastic threads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[76-914]

Right angle drill adapter?

Ben,
That's one of the things I'm looking at. It will need to be either the small Snap On or Milwaukie.

Joe,
I spent a bunch of time staring at all the gadgets at Home Depot yesterday.

The other item I'm thinking of is a longer 3/8" pneumatic sanding belt. The primary issue is the width inside the fender.

The Milwaukie may be a little more tool than you need. Two good features are:1, the head can rotate about it's axis as related to the handle so it can adapt to odd angles; 2, by flipping the head it transforms from hi to lo speed or vice versa. They're big 'n heavy but very well made. I've had mine for 30+ years! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[cary]

Cary, is the difference in the racks an early/late thing ?

*Thanks for the fantastic threads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I was told the left one is a 911 ............. Mark is planning to start a rebuild service on those also.

[mepstein]

Loaded the glass beads into the blaster.
They gave me the finish I was looking for. Doesn't cut into base material too much.

Mark they're ready to be picked up ...........

You need to vapor blast them. They will look like new.

[cary]

The Milwaukie may be a little more tool than you need. Two good features are:1, the head can rotate about it's axis as related to the handle so it can adapt to odd angles; 2, by flipping the head it transforms from hi to lo speed or vice versa. They're big 'n heavy but very well made. I've had mine for 30+ years! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Here's the ones I'm looking at.

http://www.cpomilwaukee.com/milwaukee-2415...iWjsRoC3xjw_wcB

https://store.snapon.com/90-Angle-Drill-Set...t--P634533.aspx

The Milwaukee might be too big. The Snap On might not accept my spot weld cutters.

[76-914]

The Milwaukie may be a little more tool than you need. Two good features are:1, the head can rotate about it's axis as related to the handle so it can adapt to odd angles; 2, by flipping the head it transforms from hi to lo speed or vice versa. They're big 'n heavy but very well made. I've had mine for 30+ years! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Here's the ones I'm looking at.

http://www.cpomilwaukee.com/milwaukee-2415...iWjsRoC3xjw_wcB

https://store.snapon.com/90-Angle-Drill-Set...t--P634533.aspx

The Milwaukee might be too big. The Snap On might not accept my spot weld cutters.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Missed it by a mile, I did! This is the one I was referring to. https://www.milwaukeetool.com/power-tools/corded/3102-6

[cary]

That's what I thought you had. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
I would probably have to remove the entire qtr. panel to use that.

[PlantMan]

Cary, I watched a recent video on YouTube of a guy using a 3/8" belt sander on spot welds. That may be the ticket for this tight area???
You mentioned this earlier.

[cary]

I have one, but I think it will be too short. So I'd need to buy a longer one.
The opening above the jack point wouldn't be wide enough for the gear box.

The one I have is a 13". I bought it to use in the same way you watched in the video. But as time goes on I'm finding more and more uses. Like the circled area in Doug's car. It was brazed rather than spot welded. After getting the cutting wheel in as close as I could without nicking the primary material. I was left with a 3-4mm stub of brazed metal. So I cut that down with the belt sander. Nice and tidy. I also use it to knock the remaining tops off the spot welds after the outer metal is pulled away.



I currently have 2 Astro 13" sanders. One at Rothsport, one at Forest Grove. They work as designed. But just a bit loud for the boys at Rothsport. They'd never done any kind of chassis prep in house before I came on board, it had always been farmed out. So when one of these give up the ghost I'll replace it with a quieter brand for the work at Rothsport. The 13" HF is the same design as my 13" Astros. But the quality just isn't quite high enough. I had one of those first. The belt tensioner came apart pretty quickly.

Here's a couple longer models from Astro.
http://www.astrotools.com/index.php/air-to...lts-80-100.html

[mb911]

Dyna file?

[cary]

I'm thinking this might be the one ....................
The question being, how much width do I have 8-9 inches out from that last inside spot weld? We'll do some measuring on Thursday.



http://www.cpojettools.com/jet-505752-r8-1...default,pd.html

https://www.mcmaster.com/#sanding-belts/=15cgogt