Hats off to Por-15

Wow is all i can say, this stuff is truly amazing stuff. I'm so glad i didnt stick with a Hammerite finish, this stuff is 1 million times stronger and cosmeticly looks better also.







Just a little cleaning of inside the yoke's for the end caps of the UJ's, and also for the bush's on the wishbones, but jobs a good un, and donner gear is done...phew!!!

More Donor

Well i hope i'm getting to the end of the seriously dirty dirty work now, i feel like i'v been knee deep in old oil and crap forever (all part of the fun)

Today spent a day giving all the running gear a cover of Por-15 Rust prevention paint, prior to the topcoat of a Por-15 Chassie black. I had stripped all the hammerite in the last couple of weeks, and i was amazed at how quickly the bare metal had reacted with the air to give a fine dusting of rust. Confirms my theory as to why i went with an AK kit, as it uses cast Jag running gear, not thin old Ford bits (just my opinion) I fail to see how a solid cast bit of metal (such as the Jag front wishboan would/could ever rot all the way through)



So all the bits were given another rub with a wire brush and this time a clean using "Metal Ready" from Frost.co.uk which is amazinly good stuff. The final drive was also prepped for paint.



Once cleaned they all need to be washed in clean water, I used boiling water as i'v been told it helps them dry quicker, but i also found my other half's hairdyrer also worked well haha.





I mounted most of the donor parts on a board to easy painting, and drying. Then on with the gloves (strongly recomended) and off we go with the paint brush. The initial finish looks a little rough but have been assured that after its left to cure it will become smoother, and this is just a coat to seal the bits so cosmetics doesnt rearly matter.





As you can see above the final drive and donor parts now have their base coat, and tomorrow i'll be finishing in chassie black Por-15, so will cosmeticaly look better and will hopefully be as good as finished prior to fitting to the chassie.

Also below is my Diff internals, after i had drained all the old oil. Crown wheel looks good no missing teeth (unlike me) and generaly a good looking Diff

More Donor Refurb

Ok well time is ticking away and the collection date of Feb is getting closer and closer. So Its about time i finished the running gear and final drive unit. After long and hard thinking i have decided against de-rating the diff, simply because I'm a strong believer in "if it isn't broke, don't fix it." I have spoken to many people regarding this and i can understand physically how it will be affected, but decided not to after speaking with Linda at AK. As she said, they have built hundreds of these kits and they have never needed to de-rate the diff for it to operate correctly. So that's good enough for me. Also it will be cheaper to buy a new diff and de-rate it at a later date should i have any problems... fingers crossed.

This is the diff before any cleaning or inspection.



So I've been stripping off all the hammerite again with the wire wheels, and getting ready to treat with the Por-15 chassie paint from Frost. This is amazing stuff (so i'v heard) so I'll keep you posted and will be taking some pictures also.

Got all my calipers re-con'd by bigred. I'v had these done a while now, but only just got pictures to post on here. I know the colour is a bit bright, however these will hardley ever see the light of day, as the rear disc's are inboard, and the front's behind the alloys. Its also a poly coating so when it comes to service and cleaning apparantly its a little easier. (i'll reserve judgment)



BMW steering column, with steering wheel (needed for the IVA, and key)



One of the most important bits... the V5, this will allow me to keep the age related plate, when i register my Cobra