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Its not just 2k ,all paint systems can enter through your skin and it goes without saying that the skin should be covered and precautions taken .

Bonnet wont line up , I hate cars perfect one side , other side is a banana or water melon or something , she is not feeling the love

ITS SHMEAGIN Hi rusty yer those bonnets are a pain in the BUB to line up

Hmmm , yes , have taken it off and put another one on , fits better , but back at the start now have to get it blasted , fix the rust , do bodywork and prime it

Did you try swearing at it??? If that does'nt work grab a sledge hammer and threaten to use it if it misbehaves!!

Scotty.

I sure did Scotty , just wont go right sent another one off the sandblasters now .







Found these on one of the wrecks that is sitting around the yard , didnt know I had them , bonus
But one of the tubes is busted off , does anyone know if the tubes are screwed in ? or pressed in , will have a go at drilling it out and replacing it .

There is a little grub screw holding them in may need some WD40 or alike
BILLY

Thanks Billy , will soak them in some crc and have a go , seen that there but wasnt sure if it wasn,t just where they cross drilled it for the water to go across to the jet, see what happens

Then if it does'nt work you can give 'em to me!!! I'd never seen a set of original windscreen washer bases before!

Scotty

If I didnt have problems with the bonnet I wouldnt of seen them Was looking at how one of the other bonnets fitted on one of the wrecks and I spotted them , will have to go over them a bit better

OK will do a little update , been rubbing for weeks and Iam over it , 50 years of service as a Ute has left the body worse for wear

Think somebody has been throwing marbles at it , lots of tiny little dents , you can pick them out when it is wet but when it dries they are hard to find , think I will just get over it , is only a sunday cruiser after all .

Am going to throw a few more coats of primer on it and block that back and that will do .

Have got the door gaps sorted , and the bonnet back from the sandblasters so will fix the bit of rust in that and weld up the badge holes and body work .

Plan is to have it painted by the end of the month.





EK 283 , have found the best way to sand this 2 pac primer back is dry with a long block , gets it nice and straight , have started with 240 and then over it again with 320 and then wet sand with 400 and thats where am up to now .
Pic of the block , not cheap but does a bloody good job

Rusty,

The FB windshield washer blocks you have should have the brass pipes pressed in - the grubscrews are only there so that the blocks can be used left or right (i.e. you are right, it is a cross-drilling).

Cheers,
Harv.

ITS SHMEAGAIN Now you no what iv got to put up with every day as it is my job look verey good rusty

Thanks Harv , havent got back to them yet , still wondering where I can get a bit of proper size tube to replace the broken one with , think that is going to be the hardest bit

Thanks Shme , man dont know how you do that everyday ,I must be getting old , I really dont remember it being so hard , I am so over it

Have been doing a tray swap on a F150 this week , have been laying under that and bending over it all day and then bent over sanding the Ute after that , my back is screaming at me

you will find either brass or copper tube in the size you need at any major hobby store.
I have had to make or reconstruct similar wiper jet supply tubes on many cars over the years using this material

Thanks Paul , never thought of hobby suppliers , will check them out , cheers