Sparky's winter/spring/summer/autumn work

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Cheers Pilkie

I have applied the second coat in a different colour to ensure I have covered all of it - it is so easy to miss a bit or leave a pin hole when painting it in black. Going to have a go at the engine compartment now.

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Richard
 
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This is great stuff. Respect!

Are you planning any tweeks when it goes back together like extra sound proofing in the transmision tunnel?
 
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richarduk said:
This is great stuff. Respect!

Are you planning any tweeks when it goes back together like extra sound proofing in the transmision tunnel?
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How did you know that?

8)

I have bought one of those self adhesive aluminium backed, sound/heat insulation packs and will be doing the underside of the tunnel with it, as well as the bulkhead in the engine compartment as the original sound proofing there disintegrated when I removed it.

I bought it because the panel stripping removed the anti drum pads inside the rear wings and doors, so I was going to replace them anyway. Doing the the tunnel, and under the rear seats (inside the car) will also help.

I did have a problem with the custom exhaust being too close to the tunnel side which warmed up my feet nicely (not so nicely on a hot day) so it has been modified and the heat reflective sound insulation will also help.

Richard
 
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All back to black now, albeit a bit dusty.
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And starting to put it back together :) - That has to come off again so that I can fire some dinitrol in there but it did feel good actually putting something back on at last.
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Got rid of all the oil and dirt under the bonnet, all underseal gone, all rust rubbed down and treated, all seams sealed and everything primed. Fair bit still to do but it won't be long until bits start getting cleaned up and replaced!!
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I hope I can remember where it all goes :?

Richard
 
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Thats looking heaps better now :D . Keep it up 8)

Reassembly is only diffiicult if you don't mark everything up and then mix all the bits up with other dismantled cars :oops:
 
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excellent work Richard,cant wait to see the finished product,thats a credit to you for wat you have done so far,keep up the good work :D
 
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makes you realise the amount of work involed in putting a concourse car together, and how to exactly recreate a factory finish i remember seeing them at the nec and was blown away ,to take a good car and then strip it to every last nut and bolt takes more than i have , are there any concourse p6's out there , rich
 
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sowen said:
Reassembly is only diffiicult if you don't mark everything up
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Oh dear :shock:

Anyhoo - I have been having a play

I have never been happy with this bit. The hole is the wrong shape and does not have a seal except for a badly shaped boot, sealed down with some dum dum and about eight huge self tappers. The plastic tunnel cover has snapped in half, and the carpet was badly fitted.
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So first job is to make the hole the right shape for a manual (This was an auto) and fit the seal to keep noise down a bit.
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Also lined the tunnel with some noise and heat insulation, got the air powered rivetter working and put the first brake pipe in. I was going to polish up the steel pipes but then found some pitting in one of them so got a set of copper ones instead.
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Then I painted the engine bay satin black, but it needs doing again. I really must take my time with that bit.
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Next step - Dinitrol. I got that out today and found it like treacle in the tin. I take it it has either gone off, or needs warming up first. I will be looking into that soon.

Richard

NB - Thanks Simon, Brian and Rich. I have no intention of making Sparky into a concourse car though, just want it to look nice and last a good while :)
 
Awsome project there Richard!!! Makes me want to do the same to mine but then budget, children & time get in the way! look forward to seeing the finished car :D
 
Richard, here my old P6 I sold a back in 2007, i had to look twice at your first pic ! this one still lives up the road from me.

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That's very nice - why on earth did you sell it?

I am still hopping from foot to foot as to what colour to paint Sparky.

Monza red is by far my favourite colour and I think I was set on this until I saw the pic you have just posted.

:shock: ermm Monza, Lunar, Monza, Lunar??

This may just come down to the toss of a coin.

Richard :?
 
Monza Red looks great but I think the Lunar Gray has a certain dignity in it's appearance though Admiralty Blue with sundym also looks exceptionally classy too.
 
Do it two tone.

Or do one side in monza and the other in lunar.

Or (finally), have two sets of panels, one in each colour and just swap them over when you feel like having a monza or lunar day :LOL: Might get tricky informing the dvla every time though.
 
I'm a fan of the lunar!

(Although P6 is one of very few cars which suits the colour red IMHO...(

Rich.
 
Sparky at a show
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My old car in Monza
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I am thinking, the wheels, the spoilers but the Monza, 8)
 
Last Saturday I tried to do the Dinitrol injection, but the fitting on the gun was different to my compressor and nothing I tried would connect it up, so I had to do some other stuff instead.

I fitted a new lower windscreen seal as the original had a few small chunks missing from it, possibly why the heater had rotted out. Cleaned up and painted the throttle linkage and fitted a new grommet. Cleaned the master cylinder and fitted new seals and fitted it along with most of the brake pipes. They are not exactly right yet, but I will wait until other stuff is fitted before getting them to their correct place.

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T’other side

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Rear top link bushes were ronnied, well one of them was so both have been renewed with Polyflex ones. I couldn’t get rubber ones, until I had finished, and now there is a complete set of top link bushes on ebay!!

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The steering damper cleaned up nicely and I am wondering whether to leave it aluminium or paint it black? Track rod assembly cleaned up just like new in a couple of minutes (I bought myself a bench grinder with a wire brush on it), that will get a coat of Smoothrite, except the threaded bits of course.

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The diff hanger was a bit of a mess, so was duly attacked with a wire brush followed by some rust convertor and a generous coat or three of Smoothrite.

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Had a quick go at some of the bolts when the grinder was on, and they came up every well indeed. Took a while though, not cleaning them, finding one of them when the wire brush caught it and playfully threw it to the other side of the garage.

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Dinitrol tomorrow now, if I get the inclination.

Richard
 
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Your 2 lunar grey cars look different shades .I've seen lunar grey which looks grey/muddy and lunar grey which looks quite bright .I prefer the latter which is what mine is ,unless someone painted it and didn't mix the paint properly
 
DaveHerns said:
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Your 2 lunar grey cars look different shades .I've seen lunar grey which looks grey/muddy and lunar grey which looks quite bright .I prefer the latter which is what mine is ,unless someone painted it and didn't mix the paint properly
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I think... They're both pictures of the same car, just later on?

Richard - I love how you describe a bolt hurtling through a garage full of delicate car, as "Playfully" thrown by the wire brushing tool. :LOL:
 
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