Sophie's Progress SNEAK PREVIEW

Post by **Onne** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:06 pm

You thought of the woman next door

Post by **RogerRust** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:40 pm

Time for an update, since the last post I have;

Removed all the suspension torsion bars and all.
Cleaned and painted everything.
Rebushed everwhere with poly bushes.
Removed, cleaned and rebuilt the steering rack.
New track rod ends and gaiters.
Replaced front hub bearings and seals.
Upgraded to 9 inch brakes.
Replaced the master cylinder and pipes.
Rebuit the front suspension and brakes.
Cleaned and overhauled the dampers.

All I have to show for it is this picture!

It doesn't look much for 6 weeks of work. Now I can finally put the wheel on roll it out and clean up. Then its time to give the back end the treatment.

Post by **RogerRust** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:25 am

Christmas has come early - my full interior kit has arrived! I'm off to Bull Motiff to collect it today.

Post by **d_harris** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:21 pm

Looks like you have done a heck of a lot roger. Certainly a heck of a lot more than i've done on my trav since last xmas!

Post by **Kevin** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:48 pm

my full interior kit has arrived!

Well what else can I say

Post by **chickenjohn** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:23 pm

[quote="RogerRust"]Time for an update, since the last post I have;

Removed all the suspension torsion bars and all.
Cleaned and painted everything.
Rebushed everwhere with poly bushes.
Removed, cleaned and rebuilt the steering rack.
New track rod ends and gaiters.
Replaced front hub bearings and seals.
Upgraded to 9 inch brakes.
Replaced the master cylinder and pipes.
Rebuit the front suspension and brakes.
Cleaned and overhauled the dampers.

All I have to show for it is this picture!

-snip-quote]
Thats a lot of work, though! Keep it up!, the 9" drums look nice, much better way to go IMHO than discs.

Post by **RogerRust** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 4:19 pm

Ok, its nearly the full monty- err interior - wrong colour roof lining wrong type of sun visors. But the rest looks fab. Biscuit with dark green carpet.

I'm really glad I decided to have the BM carpet in place of the NC it is much nicer and better quality (IMHO).

Most of it will be put away now until Christmas, but I plan on sitting in front of the fire during the long winter evenings recovering my seats and making the parcel shelf.

Post by **RogerRust** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:12 pm

I've just drained the rear axle prior to taking it off. No oil came out at first then there was a rush and it drained out as usual. - I sieved the oil, as you do, and found what look like two teeth.

Oh well looks like a replacement dif.

I'll take the shrapnel with me to the classic car show. there should be more experts than you can shake a half shaft at. And probably the same number of opinions!

Post by **RogerRust** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:33 pm

Here she is;

Still looking slim and lightweight

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:24 pm

G'is the B poses, go on - you KNOW you want to

Post by **Kevin** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:37 am

Getting there though Roger, pretty good when you think how long you have had sophie.

Post by **RogerRust** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:38 pm

Last week I showed Bill two teeth that came out of the rear axle when I drained the oil.

Well I've taken it apart now and the teeth all look fine. The bits in the oil aren't small 8mm x 7mm and tappered with a shiney curved face.
Blowed if I can find any damaged teeth. I guess the previous owner must have changed the diff and missed these bits when/if he cleaned it. I've checked the ends of the half shafts and they look perfect.

Post by **Judge** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:43 pm

They certainly looked like teeth Roger, but I must admit that I was surprised when you said that the oil was 'clean'. As you say, maybe the previous owner missed them, but I don't know how.

Post by **RogerRust** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:45 pm

Here are some pics of the work I've done on the axle and dampers.
Tomorrow I'm going to refit the axle and dampers and if I have time finish the brakes.

I even managed to change the pinion oil seal - I had a spare - had to get the garage to undo the nut with a air rachett, but job done now.

Post by **RogerRust** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:15 pm

Here are some pictures of the body shell and components.

They have only had one topcoat, but I thought they looked so nice I'd put the pictures up for all to see.
The colour match is perfect, but the pics look a bit variable. For those who can't remember it's Porcelain Green.

I think as more like mint choc icecream without the choc! In any case it's good enough to eat.

Now it is time to put her back together.

Post by **coogee** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:37 pm

Looking very nice

Post by SR » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:46 pm

fantastic colour, u done a great job,steve

Post by **RogerRust** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:49 pm

I can't take the credit. I have a little man in the next village who does the spraying.

Post by **wanderinstar** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:09 pm

Very nice. But it's the queerest shade of GREEN I've seen.

Post by **Chadbrook** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:04 am

wonderin where roger lives... January the 7th post and no rain ? think I need to move house... all I want to do is look underneath thingy and take the wheels off a bit... but I dont have a diving suit...