Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute

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Finally found good metalImage


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Clay,

Strewth. Just aft of the idler arm. That's a lot of subframe to cut out. But I see you've already made a jig to suit. I was going to suggest (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) that the ute body was a ready-made jig.

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I'm rolling my eyes reading this Clay :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: , as I'm expecting similar challenges as I pull mine apart. Keep up the good work mate.

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I'm rolling my eyes reading this Clay :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: , as I'm expecting similar challenges as I pull mine apart. Keep up the good work mate.

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Best practice would probably be to do it on the car, which is currently three feet in the air. I’m still resisting taking the front x member off at this stage. Bu then again I wasn’t going to take the motor out. Ten bolts later.....ImageThese old mounts are on the piss. Image They are 30mm too tall. Image Thinking......Image Mounts have to come off.


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Errol62 wrote: Sun Oct 28, 2018 4:40 pm Image
Clay, I like the patio you've built to keep your spare motors out of the weather :wink:
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Thanks John
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While the donor part is marinating in citric acid I started on the passenger side front dumb iron. Image Amazing how much crap is still in there after all the hosing and blasting. I even found some nylon rope fibres around the subframe bolts. The front toe and driver side dumb iron look okay. The passenger side end of the dumb iron needs replacing so might just take it off so I can get access to driver side to clean out.


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Replacement inner leg came up very clean Image


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fresh!
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How u know I’m getting good penetration is when I start blowing apart good 20 gauge steel. Image This is my jig set up. Image


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Me lil crane comes to the rescue again. Image


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As usual plenty grinding to do but pretty solid. ImageImage


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Don’t laugh at my welding. Save it for when I get my paint brush out. 8) 8)


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You’re still ploughing through the work Clay.

Good stuff 👍

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