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Old 15-06-2008   #1 (Post Link)
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After 2yrs in the garage time to start

A while back i was in a quandry over keeping the 75 or the105.So i made the choice and kept the 75,main reason not many around,plus after driving the 75 and driving a 2000gtv.The 75 is the one for me.Which now brings me up to present,after having a visit from alfaspence and family on route from devon to narrow down the engine issue's i.e swopped airflow meter's,this made a little difference,but alas still prob's.We then checked the timing many thanks to mudhut for his silver shinny big gun this seems ok.So its back to square one . So when alfaspence left for his homward journey i sat down in the garage coffee in one hand and a home made choc chip cookie and debated on my next coarse,so i dug out my folder with all the history of the car and came across 2 pieces of paperwork one was richard longman racing and the other was avon racing,so i contacted them on monday to trace what cams are in the engine.Richard longman told me all it had done was a rolling road test,so this left Avon Racing and bingo a little light was shed on the possible cause.Due to the car being worked on by Someone thay may have knocked the cams out.So Avon racing have said if i get the car up to him they will sort it out and correct the mess caused,which has made me a lot happier i can tell you,he even remembered working on the car and this was 5yrs ago "well impressed"
The cams that are in the car are cloverleaf cams so hopefully in the near future the car will be heading up to Avon Racing if only i had done this in the first place,i would be jollying around in my old75'er.

But this now brings me on to the bodywork,as before i send the car I have some minor rust issue's to sort out.My welding skills are crap and it looks like its getting worse everytime i do some so here are some pic's of what ive done so far
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Re: After 2yrs in the garage time to start

where did you zap it mate? or have you not yet?!

i can't see anything unsightly so you can't be that bad
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Yeah! want to cast my Beady eye over those beads. I absolutely used to love sticking chunks of metal together, even stuff like aluminium, zinc die-cast, and in a different vein, plastics. Great fun, but the moments have to be chosen nowadays, when the shakes are at a low ebb!!:
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Time for a update on the 75,will post pic's later when ive shrunk them a little.ook the rocker cover's off today (again) as to verify the cams they are billet cams and all they have stamped on them is FORZA no numbers plus when the tdc is lined up to mark piston 1 at the top the cam marks are out by 1mm at a guess,maybe less plus with the plugs all black around the electrode shows its running way to rich

until the photo's folks
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get 'em posted dude
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try these 2 for now going to try photobucket

All the sparkplugs are in this condition
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yep all worked.

not heard of Forza before
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I've sent these links to a mate of mine Mark. He might know what this is all about.
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Re: After 2yrs in the garage time to start

Tonight ive got round to tiding up the rear panel where the bumper goes first step:

Was to clean all the rust away then i treated it with a antirust solution.

Then to weld up the holes,grind down to a reasonable finish.

Next step which was done this evening was lead filling takes a little practise) but im getting better at it.What this achieves is to fill any tiny little holes left by the welding(aim to stop rust reforming )when applying filler as this tends to get hot when hardening off which to me would cause moisture in the gaps this is my opinion I could be wrong.then let it cool then sand to a finish.

then for now ive give it a quick coat of primer to protect it till sat when im back from Blackpool.

My next step will be t sand it to show the dips then use a fine grain filler to finish off giving it a perfect flat surface (with luck)
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Here are the Pic's.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/100_3774.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...100_3773-1.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/100_3778.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/100_3775.jpg

http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/100_3763.jpg

my welding
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http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/100_3761.jpg
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/100_3762.jpg
The cause of most of my welding was due to the spool of wire crossing over,this i have solved by putting the spool upsidedown,thus feeding fron underneath instead of from the top
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nice lead loading dude
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Well all you old 75er's done a little more to the old gal since i last posted on here.I was lucky to source some info about Leading after welding,and it seems that what i seen on tv was wrong .So if anyone is interested on how its done i will explain.
The mistake i 1st made was using the wrong lead it must be carbody lead which has more tin in it than plumbers lead so this has been corrected,then when you heat the flux in the area that you are going to lead you have to wipe it off with a damp cloth after this you then give it a rub down with wire wool.At this point you then heat up the area and apply the lead to the area,butnot too much heat as it causes it too run it has to be a soft butter texture,we now can start working in the lead with a metal/wood scraper dipped in Tallow or olive oil.Not what they said on tv which was water later being b*ll*cks.After its cooled then you can file till smooth then finish by sanding(wear a mask)fine dust lead poisoning,and thats it in a nutshell according to the guy who explained it over the phone however its a work of art to do and you waste a far bit of lead.Anyway here's some pic's

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http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/100_3795.jpg

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http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/h...0/100_3792.jpg
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gonna look at your pics when i get home dude...

That veloce you mentioned last night, i think hes a new user on here (see recent heater thread)
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the rear arch went in well mate.
nice work, impressed.
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doesn't look to bad dude, done quite a good job really

with regard to that last picture, (the hole at the leading edge of your sill) BE VERY CAREFUL when repairing that one....

mine had a hole in the exact same place, your nearside wiring runs directly behind that area, plus the sound deadening and carpet....

i don't want you phoning me to say it caught light

check the "gussetts" (triangular ish shape) pieces at the leading edge of your sills too (near that hole) they may look ok, but a quick prod will see 'em through

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my gussets are fine i let you know young man ohhhhhh young man
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my gussets are fine i let you know young man ohhhhhh young man

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