19-Sep-2006

Had the chassis, suspension components, axle and petrol tank shot blasted today. The shot blasting went ok apart from a few more badly corroded sections were discovered in the chassis. Once it has been painted in etch primer these will have to be repaired. The major problem or discovery of the day was that the axle is badly corroded it now has a number of holes in it. This means I now have to come up with a plan to fix this. It will also have to be stripped to remove all the sand that will be inside. The petrol tank also developed one hole but considering how rusty the inside is it could have been much worse.
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