Another update:
I have had several parts of the engine soaking in the Acid for a couple of days now and it seems to be doing a good job of removing the corrosion, I left the parts soaking overnight then ive been giving them a wire brushing to remove the loose rust then have left them soaking again.
Following on from a Land Rover bonnet closing onto my head in the wind yesterday
i suddenly found myself no longer wanting to play landys so i decided to continue stripping a few bits off the Moggie. I have now removed both the front wings and had a good poke around with the door pillars, the passanger side seems in remarkably good condition, appearing only to require a couple of small repairs.
The drivers side wing was hiding slightly more corrosion but nothing that i find too worrying
, a replacement hinge pillar cover and a couple of minor (Geddit
) repairs inside the pillar should see it solid again...
I also took the opportunity to remove the old rotten carpet and the front seats, the floors look to be in really rather good condition all thngs concidered, it appears only to have corroded in the usual place, just above the crossmember.
Apart from the carpet being rather manky the interior is in really good condition, the seats are all in very good condition with the only noticable damage being to a small section of the piping round the drivers seat, unfortunatly like a oops I typed a naughty word i managed to break the interior light whilst "fiddling" with switches ect.
What a knob... and also the plastic clips for the sun visors have gone brittle and have broken. other than that its all in really good nick
Unfortunatly someone in the past has bodged on a pair of undersills meaning that i couldnt get the bolts for the sill finisher and the cover panel off to assess the condition of the sills, i will have to take a grinder to the bolts some time today to see how bad things are behind the repairs.
It would also appear the woodwork isnt quite as good as i first thought it was, i was originally intending to replace a few bits of the timber and salvage as much as possible but it probably wouldnt have looked right having new and old next to eachother, i have decided to replace the whole lot with new as it will look neater and be better than having to partially strip the car to replace the salvaged bits in a few years time, need to sell a kidney or somthing
Once the car is completely stripped down i intend to get the shell shot blasted before repairing it to help show up any weak points, once its repaired i will probably get it hot zinc sprayed to add a bit of protection, in an ideal world it would be nice to have the shell "hot dipped" but sadly i think the distortion would be far to bigger risk
My first Minor used to do that; whenever it got to a thousand mile change it would stick and make a clicking noise, and used to drive along thumping the dashboard above it to try and free it up!