The steering wheel was badly cracked and in
need of some major repair. This section has had the cracked
pieces removed and has been bead blasted clean to give the
epoxy good grip
After much research on the web for a good
strong epoxy putty for the repair POR Putty was the
strongest and the easiest to work with. You just knead the
two parts together and you have 30-60minutes to work it into
shape.
This is the above picture after the repair. I
found that a file and wet and dry was the best for the final
shape up as the product sets extremely hard
The wheel also had hairline cracks
running all the way around, so I decided to key out sections
with the Dremel tool stabilizing the cracks with epoxy.
I wasn’t in much hurry with this repair and
found myself sitting in front of the Television over several
nights moulding epoxy into the cracks. The steering wheel
was then given a coat of Flexi Primer, then a coat of 2k
Primer Filler and then top coated with High Gloss Black 2k.
It is the first time I have used 2k paint
and the result was fantastic. I do have an Iwata Spray gun
but it was toobig to
play around with on this small Job. So I purchased one of
the minitouch up
guns from PPC in Sydney and was most impressed with itsperformance.
12thJuly
I took a week of work to sand blast the car here are my
friends Paul & Graham helping me lift the car onto a float
All loaded and ready to go !
I had always intended in doing as much as
I could myself and that included sandblasting the chassis.
I may have taken on a bit too much here as I
had problems with the Air supply and it took me two days to
finish.
On the second day I had an accident whilst
stepping off the draw bar on the trailer. I got my jean cuff
caught on the jockey wheel knob and fell to the ground receiving
a compound fracture to my wrist and a night in hospital. This
will slow me right up for next couple of months
My friends all chipped in and got the car
back to my place ready for paint. The blasting came up
great, no distortion. I must have of got all the rust as I
only one had piece that blew through. It was only the size
of a 5 cent coin.
It makes such a big difference once all
the surface rust and paint is removed.
Just like New!
We had to clean the surface with Prepsol
before the second coat as the ilmenite may have had some
silicone in it causing fish eyes or It may have come from
the brake and clutch lines as the previous owner was using
silicon hydraulic fluid.
The next step is to do one more body
panel fit up to make sure it all fits up correctly and then
to paint the chassis back to the original colour (Healey
Blue)
Just thoought I would
would send you a couple of pic's of the Healey Chassis. These shots
are of the tie coat over the Por15. The chassis looks fanatastic and
I can't wait to get some colour on it. Next month I will send you
update 3 for your site.
