Matt H
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I did some more work today 
Now that ll my coursework is out of the way I have time to work on the car again. Not sure if Im happy about it or not  
For anyone wanting to remove arch sealer I found something that obliterates it. It's called a pirhana & its like a hardcore wire brush attatchment for an angle grinder. It was taking me ages to get all the crappy little bits off with the scraper but this thing rips through it with ease. Managed to get 2 of the arches completely finished & they are now ready for priming once I've cleaned them down of all the dust etc
Also rubbed one of the panels down, but that was mainly for fun  Electric sanders kick ass 
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jr
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so you did what i told you to do ages ago then ?
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Matt H
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Don't know, can't remember
Not even looked at the car for about 3 months, so its not like I've been trying other methods 
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Matt H
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Had the camera out so took a few pics
Started drilling the welds out on these bits, tried grinding them off but drilling seems to work better
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Gregor
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brave !
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Matt H
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Not really an update, but these arrived yesterday, assembled them today
Engine crane, stand & load leveller
Can hopefully get the engine out of the blue one fairly soon 
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Robin
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Have you drilled the bit on the exhaust tunnel out yet?
It's a ballache
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Matt H
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Started, done about one & then broke the drill bit
According to Ben a 10mm spot weld drill is needed. Not sure if it's a special shape or not? I've bought a normal 10mm one, don't know where to get a spot weld drill 
You been doing Marcs?
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Robin
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Spot weld drill is like this -
I spent yesterday laying on the floor of broster's car at silly angles drilling them out, and drilling through the floor  Nightmare job, especially when you miss the weld slightly and have to drill it twice
Would have been easier with the dash out though, it was right in the way
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Matt H
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Ooooh!
Where can I order them from?
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deanmcreynolds26
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they compos going on the white one? should look good if they are..
ready for pvs 200?
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Matt H
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And what do you plan to do with the holes?
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Matt H
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Yeah comp mo's going on the white one
I'd like to have it done for PVS 08, but Im in no massive rush to finish it
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Robin
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http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=ORG4AV3O3UYFYCSTHZOCFFA?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=spot+weld
Not cheap, probably better buying them from a car parts shop maybe, or a tool place?
As for the holes, no idea blob of weld in them and grind it flat probably, but if you're careful, you won't drill many holes, it's only when you rush it you do.
You'll want about 3 drill bits though, they blunt quite easily.
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Matt H
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Cheers for that 
Going to drill out the rear seat mounts too, none of that messy grinding like some rough badgers do
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deanmcreynolds26
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at least u got space to work on them both, my conversions happen on the street dad went mad with my XE oil leak on his new monoblock driveway which resulted to hands and knees good old scrubbing
same engine setup as the caribic or any new plans?
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Matt H
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Similar, not decided yet. I'd like to just have some cams & a bit of head work & a decent mapping session. That'll be enough I reckon, LSD going in too
My mate keeps blagging me to get nitrous too Would be fun but I really don't thik it's worth it
[Edited on 15-08-2007 by Matt H]
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Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
Cheers for that
Going to drill out the rear seat mounts too, none of that messy grinding like some rough badgers do
You should wait for tonight's update to broster's thread if you think we were rough with mine
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Matt H
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Oh oh
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Joe
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How much power do you expect from the roof box? Will be good to see this finished one day Matthew.
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Matt H
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Roof box, at least 20 gig
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jr
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welcome to a slower build than mine people
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Matt H
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Shut it you badger
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VegasPhil
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Fucking hell, you still have the Keep Up Corsa!
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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