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[toryman76]

haha! Bit of tension there Heath?? LOL! yes beer was mentioned, so if anyone is interested in helping me out there will be beer involved!

LXChev366  Posted on Feb 8 2007, 01:36 PM
  The correct tool is called a pipe spanner.. like a ring spanner but with a small section of the ring missing.. just big enough to go over the pipe and then onto the nut part of the pipe fitting. They usually come double ended.. ie 3/8 7/16 or metric 10/12 mm.

Yes i have one of those. I was more referring to how to remove the brake lines without making a mess, ie. spewing brake fluid everywhere.

Oh and more pics of some more rust to come... will post them soon.

Cheers Leigh

[makka]

riddels creek hey, I pass through there a fair bit on the train, Im originally from Bendigo but was living in melbs all last year while I was at uni.
Speaking of Beer, I reckon its Beer o'clock!

[toryman76]

makka ive probably seen you on the train then because i travelled from here every day to go to uni at rmit all last year... will be doing the same again this year... oh boy its fun, NOT!

Speaking of Beer, I reckon its Beer o'clock!

Couldnt have said it better!

[toryman76]

ok just went up and took some quick snaps of what i have found today... boy am i glad the other two toranas i have for parts dont have rust in these areas!!

Drivers Side


Pass. Side


Inside of Pass.


Battery Tray


Battery Tray

[makka]

makka ive probably seen you on the train then because i travelled from here every day to go to uni at rmit all last year... will be doing the same again this year... oh boy its fun, NOT!

Speaking of Beer, I reckon its Beer o'clock!

Couldnt have said it better!

haha, whats the chances of that! I was at RMIT too! what were you doing there?

[toryman76]

crazy! i study automotive engineering... first year passed and starting second year this year. yourself?

[makka]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I was first year Mech eng!

[Heath]

lolerskates. Hopefully next I'll be hearing that Makka was one of Toryman76's bullying victims

[MRLXSS]

You may have even met him b4! He would have been the Drunk guy with a No.3 Shirt on!



Makka would be the one in the middle!





*no i am not No.2 ........ are you?

Edited by 253ToranaSS, 08 February 2007 - 04:38 PM.

[toryman76]

as shitter quality as that foto is the dude on the right does look familiar! man what a small world! were you friends with Casey??

LOL! no bullying going on there...

[makka]

as shitter quality as that foto is the dude on the right does look familiar! man what a small world! were you friends with Casey??

LOL! no bullying going on there...

yep, was mates with Casey, my name is Cohen.
who are you?

Heath, just you wait till I see you next! gonna flush your head in the toilet! haha

[Heath]

bwahahahaahahahahhaahahhaha!!!

[MRLXSS]

Chuck some snags on the barbie, get a slab of beer... You've got Heath, Matty and Makka, me and plenty more!

Did someone say Makka? No thanks

ROFL I'll be there!

No beer for baby heathy though.... he is only 16

[Heath]

I'm out.

[toryman76]

double post

Edited by toryman76, 08 February 2007 - 08:04 PM.

[toryman76]

lol! and heath goes running with his tail between his legs! just kidding mate! My name is Leigh, Cohen, good to see someone else doing eng that loves torrys!!!

So whos interested in coming round this wk end (sat) and helping with rust repairs? anyone? or any wk end?

Im definately no panel beater and i dont have a welder either...

[toryman76]

oh and i should mention that i have two other donor cars here for the rust repairs. Out of both the cars i have one of them has the right section rust free in order to be cut out and welded in.

The only bits that i dont have are the windscreen channel sections but i havent removed the windscreens yet.

So basically to fix all the rust all we would have to do is go to either one of the donor cars, cut out the required piece and weld it in... no fabrication needed... that i know of anyway!!

Cheers

[toryman76]

just a quick update after spending most of today in the shed. have removed both front guards, bonnet and hinges, dash, and the rear seat. i have cleaned most of the goo used on the guards and started wire wheeling the surface rust. heres a few pics:






mmm mmm! more rust... had to expect that one though, behind the hinges.

Also is there any interest in the 173 6cyl. that is in it? i will hopefully be removing it soon so if anyone is interested let me know as you can still hear it running at the moment. Motor runs beautifully, has done about 300,000 k's without a rebuild (that i know of) but still runs like a charm.

Cheers Leigh

[toryman76]

thanks LXChev366. i asked my mate whos a mechanic and that is exactly what h told me also.

Cheers

[makka]

I sold the 173 and trimatic that came out of my LH for $100, I tyhink I did very well getting that much for it!

how long are you looking at taking to get the car done? is it going to be a long term project?

[toryman76]

yeah id be wrapped if i could get something like that for it!

well with the amount of time required for uni (and im sure your well aware how time consuming it is!!) this will be a long term project, with my only spare time most likely being saturdays and holidays, theres also money constraints (i dont exactly have a high paying job... stupid supermarkets!!) so i will be really happy if i can get it up and running with in the next 18 months or so.

Leigh

Edited by toryman76, 11 February 2007 - 02:37 PM.

[toryman76]

today i pulled out the rear window and the rust just keeps on rearing its ugly damn head!! this time i have found what i hope is the worst of it (fingers crossed!).

here it is... in the rear windscreen channel. heath is yours as bad as this, and if so what are you going to do to get it fixed?






toryman76

[MRLXSS]

looks like you are doing a pretty good job on your own there! remember its 99% preparation. We will have to oragnise a weekend in a few weeks to catch up

[toryman76]

cheers mate. yeah i know, thats exactly how i see it. basically at the moment i am just trying to hunt down all the cancer and try and get on top of it, ie slow the corrosion process down so that when i can get the stuff cut out its hopefully not as bad.

yeah definately gotta organise something! real keen to meet some of you guys from here and start the learning process!! drop me a pm if you like when you think you might be free, preferably Saturdays for me.

Cheers

Edited by toryman76, 13 February 2007 - 09:45 PM.