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Heeltoe914
post Feb 28 2009, 09:35 PM
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Looking good keep up the good work. Looking forward to the eng. swap part if I can come out and offer tips on fabing anything let me know.
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post Feb 28 2009, 10:16 PM
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any help, or pointers would be greatly appreciated! i'll be sure to let you know when we begin mounting the engine and fabbing up the mounts.
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post Feb 28 2009, 11:26 PM
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QUOTE(Heeltoe914 @ Feb 28 2009, 07:35 PM) *

Looking good keep up the good work. Looking forward to the eng. swap part if I can come out and offer tips on fabing anything let me know.


Thanks Leamon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Also would you happen to have a spare side shift engine bar, shifter, shift linkages and bar, side shift transmission we could buy off of ya? Feel free to drop by, we're gonna be working on the car tomorrow.
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post Mar 1 2009, 02:50 AM
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nice work! keep it up. =o) It's good to see some progress being made.
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post Mar 2 2009, 01:32 AM
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did some more work on the 914, cut out some left over bits of the battery tray, and cut out a chunk of the hell hole. jasco'ed grinded, then soap water, then dried, then used some rust converter on the entire cabin. probably come back next weekend and por15 everything.

my prelude can fly.
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or not.
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took off my fujitsubo exhaust and put the stock back on.
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post Mar 2 2009, 06:27 PM
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I can't see the pics yet (stupid work blocks some stuff) but I will cehck it out when I get home. Where are you guys working on this? I could come by and check it out, give you some pointers, some test rides in my suby conversion to get the motivation going a little more (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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post Mar 2 2009, 10:33 PM
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We're working on the car at James' house in Rosemead, mainly we can only work on the weekends when he comes home from school @ UCR.

A ride in your suby conversion would be awesome! I'll PM you my cell.
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post Mar 6 2009, 11:25 PM
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tonight me and my uncle welded up the hole in the cabin, first time using the welder, welds look pretty crappy, but it will do, theres no light leaking through to the other side.

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post Mar 8 2009, 10:36 PM
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post Mar 10 2009, 03:24 AM
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What James forgot to mention was that there was welding done in the following circled areas & then Por-15'd the entire floor pan and firewall (prep'd with Duplicolor rust fix):
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Next weekend, i plan to weld up the sidemarker holes, and patch up the spot where the battery tray use to be (deleted battery tray).
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post Mar 12 2009, 03:37 AM
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Can't wait to work on the car this Friday. Might have a few extra helping hands (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Mar 12 2009, 04:31 AM
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is VOX's name James? re: post #47
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post Mar 12 2009, 01:04 PM
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QUOTE(RJMII @ Mar 12 2009, 03:31 AM) *

is VOX's name James? re: post #47


Yeah, repost #47?
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post Mar 13 2009, 09:07 PM
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So today i got an early start on the car and proceeded to weld up the sidemarker holes and antenna hole. ***Note this is my first time welding*** Here's some pictures of my progress:

1. I jasco'd (paint remover) the surrounding area.
(IMG:http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/danlo830/CIMG1039.jpg)
2. Then took a wire wheel and brushed off the paint down to bare metal.
(IMG:http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/danlo830/CIMG1040.jpg)
3. Cut out a circular piece of 22 gauge sheet metal.
(IMG:http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/danlo830/CIMG1043.jpg)
4. Used a C-clamp to hold the piece in place.
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5. Tack welded, filled up the hole, and then took a grinder to clean up the welds.
(IMG:http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/danlo830/CIMG1045.jpg)
To finish up the patch we're gonna bondo the area and get it down as thin as possible for a smooth surface.

Here's pics of the other side and the antenna hole that was patched.
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Lastly, we cut out the rusted area where the battery tray use to be. Then took some cardboard and cut out two pieces that fit the area cut out and then welded it in place. We weren't able to grind down the welds since our grinding disk was worn down.
Before:
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post Mar 13 2009, 09:27 PM
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Flux-core welding? Nice work Dan
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post Mar 13 2009, 11:24 PM
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QUOTE(sendjonathanmail @ Mar 13 2009, 08:27 PM) *

Flux-core welding? Nice work Dan


Thanks! Yeah it's flux-core (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) i wanna try gas n tig welding now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Mar 14 2009, 03:38 PM
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so im looking at the front trunk and the rain gutters along the edge of the hood is all rusted quite badly. how would you guys reccomend fixing this? should i cut out the gutters then weld in new bent pieces or should i treat the rust with a rust converter and then weld a new piece on top of it, to keep its shape. any ideas?
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post Mar 15 2009, 11:41 AM
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I patched some of my rain gutters and they ended up looking pretty rough
because it is hard to grind them smooth enough to blend in.

I cut out some other sections and made new gutters and welded them on. Those
looked better. Try to keep the area you need to weld small and your repairs
will look better.

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post Mar 15 2009, 12:02 PM
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QUOTE(FourBlades @ Mar 15 2009, 10:41 AM) *

I patched some of my rain gutters and they ended up looking pretty rough
because it is hard to grind them smooth enough to blend in.

I cut out some other sections and made new gutters and welded them on. Those
looked better. Try to keep the area you need to weld small and your repairs
will look better.

John


Very helpful advice. Yeah there's quite a few sections that have rust through and we'll use the cut out section and weld in new metal technique.

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post Mar 21 2009, 12:15 AM
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and onto the jackstands we go.

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