Originally Posted by just startn
(Post 10671939)
Dude, scraping undercoating is the worst thing i have ever endured in my life. sucks sucks sucks. I scrapped it with a p-knife then wire wheeled it. Gosh it took so much time. will never ever ever do it again. Ill make a kerosene power washer before i scrape on that shit ever again. fml...it sucks.
Originally Posted by GregW
(Post 10672502)
One of the shops I worked at years ago had a Kerosene fired pressure washer. If you cranked it up to hot the undercoating and quite a bit of the paint would just fall right off. Bigtime mess on the floor tho. I will own one of those pressure washers some day. Man they kick ass. But at ~$2k new its gonna be a while.
Originally Posted by silverfdturbo6port
(Post 10672507)
love the humor and actually your motivating me to get my rx5 going lol accept here in my town we have a place that media blasts trailers and big stuff so i will strip the car down and have the whole car done
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10672903)
The only issue with that is that it needs to be epoxy-primed as soon as it is blasted. Otherwise, the panels will begin rusting immediately. That's one of the reasons I'm doing it a little at a time. You can see how much the floor has surface rusted since I blasted. Won't be an issue for POR-15, but would be for almost any other paint system. Not something I'd want to deal with on the body. |
http://foxed.ca/rx7manual/manuals/RX...ng,%201976.pdf
According to this wiring diagram, that box is a emission control unit. The other little one seems to be the wiper relay. Somehow you make it entertaining to scrape undercoating off a car. Normally, I'd be skipping though the video, skimming through the talking and working. With these, I actually watch the whole thing. Great updates and great jokes to keep people into it. :lol: |
Originally Posted by g14novak
(Post 10673286)
Somehow you make it entertaining to scrape undercoating off a car. Normally, I'd be skipping though the video, skimming through the talking and working. With these, I actually watch the whole thing. Great updates and great jokes to keep people into it. :lol: |
Originally Posted by silverfdturbo6port
(Post 10673264)
it depends on where you live and how dry it is.
Originally Posted by g14novak
(Post 10673286)
http://foxed.ca/rx7manual/manuals/RX...ng,%201976.pdf
According to this wiring diagram, that box is a emission control unit. The other little one seems to be the wiper relay. Somehow you make it entertaining to scrape undercoating off a car. Normally, I'd be skipping though the video, skimming through the talking and working. With these, I actually watch the whole thing. Great updates and great jokes to keep people into it. :lol:
Originally Posted by silverfdturbo6port
(Post 10673897)
same here it was good to see what i will be tearing into. I have lots of rust to deal with also :( but i have 4 rx5 cosmos as parts cars to choose my parts and panels thank god
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I don't often venture into the Old School Section, but I'm glad I did a couple weeks ago. Since then I've caught up with the Cosmo Sport restoration thread that I lost track of ages ago, and I've now watched all of your videos from start to where you are now on your Cosmo RX-5 restoration. By the way, my son (six months old) loves them. It must be the sound of power tools, plus he loves the intro.
You are very thorough Aaron, and I expect that will show through in the finished project. I've enjoyed watching all of the videos and have even picked up a few tips and ideas that will help me in my RX-7 TII restoration. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing the progress. |
need updates
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What, updates, already? :)
A lot has been keeping me away from the shop lately but when I have been able to get there, I've been just doing sheet metal. Having the floor still looking like Swiss Cheese is bothering me so I've been fixing it up a little. I'll likely just bank all that footage and do a whole floor episode. On the plus side, I've basically discovered all the rust at this point. |
Just got lost in this thread for an hour, way cool stuff, figured it applied so here it is.
http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23323 |
Originally Posted by GregW
(Post 10688925)
Just got lost in this thread for an hour, way cool stuff, figured it applied so here it is.
http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23323 |
Originally Posted by GregW
(Post 10688925)
Just got lost in this thread for an hour, way cool stuff, figured it applied so here it is.
http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23323 Thanks for the link! It's always nice to see the work of someone who actually knows what they are doing with sheet metal (unlike myself, who just bungles through it). |
Originally Posted by GregW
(Post 10688925)
Just got lost in this thread for an hour, way cool stuff, figured it applied so here it is.
http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23323 |
So I read that thread. At least he had the luxury of being able to buy patch panels! Plus of course many years of prior experience.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10690146)
So I read that thread. At least he had the luxury of being able to buy patch panels! Plus of course many years of prior experience.
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That Flop guy is pretty famous on The HAMB. He's done some amazing work.
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Originally Posted by just startn
(Post 10690462)
yea, buying the patch panel always makes it go so much smoother. Now think if you had to make all the character lines and shit. Wish they mad panels for 7's, would make my life a hell of alot easier
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Aaron, thanks so much for the videos...I'm learning a ton watching them!!
One quick question, I'm looking at getting a parts washer to begin cleaning up parts on my 93 as I tear it apart. I've noticed that you can get water/non-water based solvent. What kind of stuff are you using in your parts washer? Do you know if the water based stuff is any good? Thanks! Justin |
Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10692311)
Most of the RX-7 sheet metal is still available at Mazda, in my experience. Bought quarters, fenders, rockers and a few other bits here and there. Actually now that you mention it, I should buy new rear quarters for my 2nd gen, just so I have them when I'm ready to fix the rust.
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Originally Posted by DOHC Vobra
(Post 10692673)
Aaron, thanks so much for the videos...I'm learning a ton watching them!!
One quick question, I'm looking at getting a parts washer to begin cleaning up parts on my 93 as I tear it apart. I've noticed that you can get water/non-water based solvent. What kind of stuff are you using in your parts washer? Do you know if the water based stuff is any good? Thanks! Justin |
Originally Posted by DOHC Vobra
(Post 10692673)
Aaron, thanks so much for the videos...I'm learning a ton watching them!!
One quick question, I'm looking at getting a parts washer to begin cleaning up parts on my 93 as I tear it apart. I've noticed that you can get water/non-water based solvent. What kind of stuff are you using in your parts washer? Do you know if the water based stuff is any good?
Originally Posted by just startn
(Post 10693980)
I tried to buy quarters, door skins, whole doors for the vert.... Local mazda dealer said theres no such thing anymore. I took it as your a fucking idiot...called malloy mazda, they tried every possible way to find the parts i need and no go.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10695554)
Weird. I wonder if it's a 'vert issue? Did you have part numbers?
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You can find the body and chassis parts catalogs here:
http://www.mazdaspeeddevelopment.com...s/rx7pubs.html A very valuable resource when ordering sheet metal as it has the parts for every stamping on the car. How much of it is still available, I don't know. But I've had good luck ordering common parts like rockers, fenders and quarters. Granted that was about 10 years ago when I painted the RX-7. |
Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
(Post 10695554)
I use a solvent called "Dunk" that is non-water based. It smells a lot like kerosene and comes in a 4 litre jug. It is water soluable so it is easy to wash the part off afterwards. Honestly, all of the water based cleaners I have tried suck. The heavy solvents are what's needed to remove years of baked on crud. The follow it up with a degreaser like Super Clean cut with water, and then finally a scrub with regular old dish soap and water.
Justin |
ok aaron, its been practically a month.
your fans are starting to jeer. |
Yeah, Aaron. More videos please!
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