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« Reply #20 on: June 21, 2017, 08:40:56 PM »
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Whats that dear? - its Origin night again - must be time for to work on my Ute in front of the fire, again while I supervise watching Origin! lol



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« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2017, 10:08:11 PM »
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front end, resplendent with red springs, yellow shocks and stub axles back in the ol girl, now to find those bolts to put the brakes back on !   Tongue




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« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2017, 10:22:31 PM »
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I'm having fun with photobucket tonight - and the forum with the modify button disappearing again for me :-(. Hopefully here are my pics - nope not a happening thing, will try again later .

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« Reply #23 on: August 19, 2017, 09:19:25 AM »
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Got the pics at last!
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« Reply #24 on: August 19, 2017, 10:48:19 AM »
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Great progress given the weather lately. Lots of things come to a standstill for me in winter.
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« Reply #25 on: August 19, 2017, 12:24:14 PM »
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Looking good  Smiley
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« Reply #26 on: August 19, 2017, 07:38:38 PM »
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Great progress given the weather lately. Lots of things come to a standstill for me in winter.

same here, can't do much in the shed in the evenings - too damn chilly! Helped hubby put the disc backing plates on and the steering linkage this arfo, can turn my steering wheel and and the axles move, yay.

Had to go to a donor car -an FB - and get a gearbox inspection cover plate, lucky it fits like it came out of the FC - the plate was missing off my ute when we got her. Been scraping the covering off it - stuff that would have been on the inside is super thick and still a bit gooey/gunky if that makes sense. Taking it off to check for any rust and to apply new protectant and body deadener.

Got nearly all of it off but I'm a bit hesitant to put to much pressure on the edges around the curves, any suggestions on something to get this stuff off - stripper, heat?
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« Reply #27 on: August 20, 2017, 01:06:40 PM »
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Use a heat gun to soften the old sealer and a gasket scrapper to clean it off. Worked well on my sedan especially around the pillars and floor if you have to go that far.
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« Reply #28 on: August 20, 2017, 03:58:07 PM »
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« Reply #29 on: August 20, 2017, 06:56:48 PM »
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thanks all, only a small bit to do so will try heating it up and scraping off.

Still deciding whether to do the whole lot on the inside of the cabin floor, just to be sure of what's underneath, or just let it be and touch up? I am re-doing the underbody for sure.
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« Reply #30 on: September 13, 2017, 06:08:29 PM »
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okay diff is out, about to flip it over to make it easier to take leaf springs off etc. Later model diff is going in.

diff is out by Helen Sheedy, on Flickr
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« Reply #31 on: September 13, 2017, 06:10:45 PM »
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And of course that means I've got more scraping n cleaning n rust converting n rust protection n painting to do while the rear end is out.

diff out cleaning to do by Helen Sheedy, on Flickr
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« Reply #32 on: September 14, 2017, 09:01:43 PM »
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Lookin Good  Grin
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« Reply #33 on: September 23, 2017, 12:56:34 PM »
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Bell housing all clean and prepped for painting.

bell cleaned and prepped for painting by Helen Sheedy, on Flickr

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« Reply #34 on: October 02, 2017, 04:18:14 PM »
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a before (though not showing the dirtiest bit) and after a good clean, getting ready to prep and paint.

before n after by Helen Sheedy, on Flickr
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« Reply #35 on: October 02, 2017, 05:53:08 PM »
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That's an excellent job.
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« Reply #36 on: October 03, 2017, 02:04:11 PM »
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Looks great , you have done so much, keep it up. Grin
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« Reply #37 on: October 03, 2017, 06:07:02 PM »
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Thanks Cam, though I feel like I haven't done much yet - hopeful to get more stuck into her now the weather is warming up and its daylight saving again.

Here's the gearbox all painted up - yeah I know its not holden grey like the engine is, but liked the idea of a hit of colour underneath :-)

gearbox painted by Helen Sheedy, on Flickr

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« Reply #38 on: October 25, 2017, 10:18:06 PM »
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Nice progress. Can't wait to see the next update.
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« Reply #39 on: January 06, 2018, 09:01:15 PM »
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Is there a rubber seal for around the tailgate on a ute?
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