Build Mouldy Mario gets defoliated.

[Pauciflora]

Howdy Mudders,

I had a bit of fun today. I've got this ancient flat belt lathe. It's not really accurate enough to do any serious turning on. But, it's good for polishing stuff. The handbrake drum was pretty rusty, and I couldn't work out how I was going to the get into it with the wire wheel. Ah.......the old lathe. It worked a treat.

 

[Pauciflora]

Tonight, I prepped the handbrake drum and a few up bits from the gearbox and got them into undercoat. I also cleaned up the clutch fork. Which doesn't appear to come painted from the factory. I like the look of new cast iron and I noticed a VHT paint colour called just that, 'Cast Iron'. So I tried that out. I'll wait until I get it into the sunlight before passing judgement.

 

[Pauciflora]

I also started work on prepping the gearbox for paint. I stood the gearbox up in the spare bell housing. I'll bolt this down onto this old timber trolley and use as a stand for paint and while rebuild the transfer case. Cheers, Ben

 

[Pauciflora]

Hey Guys, A quick update. I spent sometime this afternoon wire wheeling the gearbox. I also rubbed back the sump with some 600 grit and then gave them a good wipe down with prep-wash. Undercoated the gearbox and let that dry. I then mixed up some saturn black 2-pac. I'm very happy with the outcome. Especially, the sump. It looked like a dogs breakfast after falling off the wire hanger the first time I painted it. Cheers, Ben

 

[Pauciflora]

The sump.

 

[Zimmi]

Had a bit of catching up on this build, nice work man it's coming along nicely.

 

[cult45]

Satin looks mint PF!! Keep it up! We'll be in Jindabyne around April, maybe we can catch up!

 

[Pauciflora]

G'day Cult, I'm just back from holidays, so I apologise for not getting back to you earlier. Jindabyne in May in could work for me. I'm pretty keen to brush up on my fly fishing skills. Will your trip be work or social? Do you remember the 2006, film by the same name (Jindabyne). Starring Gabriel Byrne and if memory serves me correctly also starring Land Cruiser tray!! Cheers, Ben

 

[Pauciflora]

G'day All, A very quick update. School is about to go back after the Chrismas break and things are starting to return to normal. I've spent the last couple of nights in the shed polishing my nuts with a wire wheel.................for want of a better expression. Hopefully, I'll get these and a bunch of other bits and pieces to the metal platers during the week. Cheers, Ben

 

[Pauciflora]

G'day All, Well, I've been putting the hours out in the shed. I reckon i've stood in front of the wire wheel on the grinder for a couple of hours each night for the last week or so. Tonight, I got the last of the bolts, nuts, oil lines and fuel lines cleaned up. Hopefully, I'll get this stuff to the metal platers tomorrow. A couple of before wire wheeling images......

 

[Indestructible 47]

top notch as usual! you'll be pulling bits of wire form your pants for the next 3 weeks....

 

[Pauciflora]

And a couple of images post wire wheeling. It wasn't that boring. Every so often the wire wheel would catch a nut or bolt and shoot it across the shed like a rifle round and I'd have to spent 10 or 15 minutes crawling around on my hands and knees looking for it...............tremendous fun!

 

[Pauciflora]

top notch as usual! you'll be pulling bits of wire form your pants for the next 3 weeks....

That is too funny. ..........I'm also pulling bits wire of my ears, teeth, socks and shirts!

 

[73fj]

That's dedication to your art right there

 

[cult45]

G'day Cult, I'm just back from holidays, so I apologise for not getting back to you earlier. Jindabyne in May in could work for me. I'm pretty keen to brush up on my fly fishing skills. Will your trip be work or social? Do you remember the 2006, film by the same name (Jindabyne). Starring Gabriel Byrne and if memory serves me correctly also starring Land Cruiser tray!! Cheers, Ben

Hey mate. It'll be a social trip, though if it's pretty I might do some scouting while I'm there. I didn't see the film, but am surprised GB made it down under! The 47 is looking mint. Especially that bell housing!

 

[Pauciflora]

top notch as usual! you'll be pulling bits of wire form your pants for the next 3 weeks....

G'day Indestructable, Thanks for the compliments mate. The problem will be putting it back together..............something I've always struggled with.

 

[Pauciflora]

Hey All, Not much to report. Some of the hardware I've had plated is starting to filter back. I also started work on the rocker cover. If I get a chance during the week I'll drop it and the inlet manifold down to the hydro-blaster.

 

[Pauciflora]

Hey all, I picked up the rest of my hardware from the metal on Friday and on Saturday morning picked up some of the aluminium components that I had hydro-blasted. Some obligatory 'before-and-after' images of the alternator.

 

[Pauciflora]

I got the alternator back together. I can't be sure it will work. But, I don't appear to have any bits left over......which has to be a good sign.

 

[Pauciflora]

I've also started to bolt a few things back onto the engine block.