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#150
by
745 turbogreasel
on 30 Aug, 2012 16:37
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Pick n pull half off this weekend.
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#151
by
vw-tim
on 31 Aug, 2012 13:16
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#152
by
theman53
on 31 Aug, 2012 17:15
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I hate you a little for this. I never thought of the heat gun. I used a wire wheel on a grinder, it probably took me 8 hours of work time to get it a good surface to weld to.
Nice work BTW.
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#153
by
CarlosA
on 31 Aug, 2012 19:30
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I saw someone just dumped pellets of dry ice on that stuff and it came out in cracked up pieces with no mess.
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#154
by
theman53
on 31 Aug, 2012 21:08
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Whomever that is, I hate them a little too.
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#155
by
vw-tim
on 01 Sep, 2012 12:14
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haha dont hate just learn for next time
yeah i honestly did both rear sides in about an hour....
im gonna try and get all the upper tar off the fire wire gonna get rid of it all!
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#156
by
vw-tim
on 15 Sep, 2012 22:41
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okay so got a question so i got the engine out and just wanting to clean up the engine bay i figure now is the time to do so i was wanting to just re paint it clean it up some. anyway i was thinking of sand blasting it but have read some stuff not to go with sand because its hazardous and it heats up the metal too much so i was thinking of making this and doing baking soda?
http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/and heres a pic of the bay im gonna remove the steering rack and shift linkage as well just havent gotten there yet.
what do you guys think is best way to do this?
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#157
by
CarlosA
on 18 Sep, 2012 01:51
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#158
by
nathantheengineer
on 18 Sep, 2012 03:40
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Looking at the surface corrosion on the bulhead and up on the top of the inner wing where the outer wing bolts compared to the corrosion on the green front end i would hazard a guess that it has been replaced.
I am not sure that soda blasting will remove surface corrosion unless you have a pro do it, home blast cabinets and single phase compressors would struggle unless you use grit.
I use aluminium grit on delicate parts and it is a great halfway house between the steel shot and soda.
Will you be doing it yourself?
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#159
by
vw-tim
on 27 Sep, 2012 22:16
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so just alittle update here i started sandblasting the engine bay and it works pretty good it just slow process anyway heres a pic i should have this thing blasted in next couple days if i keep at it ha
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#160
by
nathantheengineer
on 28 Sep, 2012 03:53
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That is working well, blasting is a slow job!
Can definitely see that weld on the inner wing now. When was the front end replaced?
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#161
by
vw-tim
on 28 Sep, 2012 13:49
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That is working well, blasting is a slow job!
Can definitely see that weld on the inner wing now. When was the front end replaced?
i have no idea and yeah its a slow job but itll get there eventually ha is there anything i can do about that weld on the wing i was thinking of grinding it down i just want to to be alittle smoother but will that compromise the strength of it? i would like this engine bay to be all smooth and appear to be one solid piece if possible once i paint it and everything ha
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#162
by
Blocksmith
on 29 Sep, 2012 17:50
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i have no idea and yeah its a slow job but itll get there eventually ha is there anything i can do about that weld on the wing i was thinking of grinding it down i just want to to be alittle smoother but will that compromise the strength of it? i would like this engine bay to be all smooth and appear to be one solid piece if possible once i paint it and everything ha
I would grind the weld down very carefully, then apply the necessary bondo to smooth it out. If you don't grind down to the base metal of the weld, then (provided there's good penetration!) it should be fine with a little surface grinding. Check the other side of the weld to make sure there's adequate penetration, then go for it.
Other than that, all I can say is that I wish I had a sandblasting setup myself--looking forward to the final result. Should be good stuff for ya
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#163
by
vw-tim
on 29 Sep, 2012 21:35
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i have no idea and yeah its a slow job but itll get there eventually ha is there anything i can do about that weld on the wing i was thinking of grinding it down i just want to to be alittle smoother but will that compromise the strength of it? i would like this engine bay to be all smooth and appear to be one solid piece if possible once i paint it and everything ha
I would grind the weld down very carefully, then apply the necessary bondo to smooth it out. If you don't grind down to the base metal of the weld, then (provided there's good penetration!) it should be fine with a little surface grinding. Check the other side of the weld to make sure there's adequate penetration, then go for it.
Other than that, all I can say is that I wish I had a sandblasting setup myself--looking forward to the final result. Should be good stuff for ya
good deal ill give it a shot and see how i can clean this up i should be updating with pics this week on progress hopefully if school allows ha
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#164
by
vw-tim
on 05 Oct, 2012 18:15
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