The GASWAGON (act III)

[Plasticman]

Well ,onwards
last part of the ns, note the burns, this is because i have welded it as close as i can to the outside of the panel to ensure a tight seam and it lines up quite nice after ive altered the thing a bit,also if you dont do this then the seam tends to open a touch and cause issues , it is not the body itself flexing ,just localized movement

rear in the back given a coat of seam sealer

same front end

when they did the repair this was as far back as they could get with the pod as the 16" reinforcing plates were in the way

Hmmmmm

now on this side we have the nice genuine 16" trim but this is a clue

and here complete absence of fixings

cos it was bonded on

will have to make some fittings for this while its away on paint
and again one of my pet hates, bodgers that join panels by welding the outside of the seams,

16" plates removed so i can repair stuff correctly

small issue here

its basicaly good in here, the bones of it are ok and the jp and arm mount is fine as is the outrigger,

now this hose is not secured correctly to the outlet of the airfilter so the potential for crap to bypass the filter is there

now ive had to remove the k&n, talk about doing a job and finding a job....... also as these need cleaning and such it wouldf be nice if it was fitted in a way that would allow easy removal because i tipped a load of dirty water out of it as well as .......

look at the crud in here and the colony
also its there on the other side as in the clean side

while im in here i could do with shifting stuff fwd as i would like 1 1/2 " to fut the battery the correct way round

its not too bad in here

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[lloydy]

That side does look a fair bit better, wonder why just the one side was so badly affected?
K&N wise, can you see why I want to fit the JX one back in. Have to say though, those two pics are pretty shocking where do you reckon the water was getting in? Let alone the bloody spiders!
If your moving the battery tray over and the battery was kept in the same orientation, do you think the jx housing would fit in beside it?

[Plasticman]

dont know, i have a big holdall of bits and i have a spare whatever its called that fits under the snorkel pipe,
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[lloydy]

yes I did leave you a bag o bits..
Still can't get over those pics.. Yuk. Some good news is that I've got the date for the engine swap changed with Simon, 9th July.

[Plasticman]

im going to have aroot in that bag in the morning and see, i will no doubt do this side of stuff after paint, have got steel for lowering kkit doooooooooooooown she will go
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[lloydy]

Low rider

[Plasticman]

yep and it will be a "firm ride "up front

[Plasticman]

Well just confirmed with my painter that we are all ok so theta a possible issue out of the way, cracked into this osr area
now i am doing further works to the engine bay but this will not harm the paint so will do after as time wont permit a nice job now and i aint messing it up ,
but this is the battery tray to inner wheel arch as such or back of arch behind shocker

again not a problem as we are going for space creation later
note the dozens of little spots that were holding the rear arch bit on, hey it did the job and must have a been a right pain to do

off with it all, note the idiot tape on either side

its to assist with
placing stuff in the right line

also seam weld as usual in these areas, its a little like Kevs was but not as bad or else i would have had the load bed sound deadening to remove and make the lot back to the main floor

will run a disc over it for the sake of it, also when these areas are smoother and correct it also helps apply "product"
as in

a small tig job, the outlet from the turbo to cooler was 3 parts as it needed to reduce, so have shortened it and made it neater, i think it would be nice at some point to get a new one made with the correct rib to secure the hose over

got a bit of a wobble on as i go round
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[lloydy]

Good timing! Just thought I'd have a check before popping to the pub..
Nice work on the ally turbo pipe, looks like you cut a bit out the middle then joined back up? That pipe actually held on really well, never popped off. Looks like the swages are still on the ends, so should be good still. I originally wanted them to weld a bead of weld around the ends, but tig doesn't sit proud. As said though, it worked well.
And that is a LOT of spot welds on that arch! Must have took ages!

[max and caddy]

Spiders? Looks like mould to me!

[lloydy]

Yer, I now agree with that.
Does look like kinda spidery though...

[max and caddy]

Looks like "things" we find in the fridge at work....along with the bottled cheese.

[lloydy]

In my youth whole fridges have been thrown away because none of the flat sharers could bear to open it.

[Plasticman]

I'd have thrown the other sharers out and kept the fridge

[lloydy]

I may well have been the culprit............