I bought an 8mm spot weld drill bit through Frost not so long ago, but it's always been fairly poor at removing any of the spot welds on the car I've tried, so in the end I've given up and sourced this Wieländer and Schill 10mm bit... what a difference in terms of cutting power... Continue Reading →
Work on the car continues. Last night I cut a section out of the chassis rail to confirm the thickness (SWG16 / 1.6mm) and then popped out this morning before work to get a square metre of zintec of the correct thickness. I can't help thinking that anyone who believes that their 106 is rust... Continue Reading →
Repair panel welded in: Ground down and seam welds added in: Definitely a big learning curve ahead on this welding in repairs business! Next section for repair: The drawn cut lines were a bit freehand! Chopped: I'm not surprised it was rusty there was about 1mm of seam sealer between the panels in places so... Continue Reading →
So last back in 2008 when I first had the car I did some tidying up of the inner wing and essentially buried some pretty ropey metal work in filler. Today it was time to reveal the true extent of the rot! On a positive note the repair job had held up pretty well in... Continue Reading →
Colin Satchell and Sandy Brown have developed a long lever rose-jointed quick shift kit for the 106. This is it: Affectionately known in 106 circles as the SatchShift kit, Colin sent it on the 10th December and it'd then been jammed in the Christmas post. It's nicely made down to the grease nipples on the... Continue Reading →
The final silicon hoses arrived for the engine from BakerBM. These connect the block to the bulkhead connectors that feed the heater matrix. I'm also nearly ready to get welding. The PortaMig is here, just waiting on some consumables and leather protective gear to get started.
Yesterday before creating a dust storm in the garage I sanded the POR15 Chassis Coat Black topcoat of the gearbox mounting bracket down and repainted it as I wasn't happy with the finish. Covered it up with a big tuppaware plastic box and left it to dry. I'm satisfied with the outcome - not bad... Continue Reading →
Cracked on tonight and starting to find the problems I knew were lurking! I had found some problem rot in the offside wheel arch that I knew would need attention, but tonight I uncovered the extent of the problem. At least I am getting rid of all the black crappy paint that had been coated... Continue Reading →
Finally made it out to the garage to do some proper work on the car for the first time in two weeks. It was baltic out there and too cold for painting, so it was time to get the weapons of mass destruction fired up. I've had these two sections marked out for the chop... Continue Reading →
Few nice bits and pieces arrived over the last few days including the first part of some goodies from Streamline Carbon. I'll post some pics up of those at a later date. The race battery is now here and saves 5.5kg over the standard battery - more when the brackets and clamps that go with... Continue Reading →
Engine and box are now out. The engine bay needs a fair bit of tidying up to remove bits and pieces like hoses, gear linkages and lines but the big jobs are now done. I will do some asking around to see if I can find some recommendations for a good powder coater locally and... Continue Reading →
Dropped the rear beam off the car tonight: Means I can tidy up some of the underfloor area that has been hard to reach. Stripped off all the brake compensator and lines and brackets: The beam is now ready to ship to IMAxle so wil get on the case with that next week. I have... Continue Reading →
Rallye Project 