Vtecmec's 4th Gen

[macky_6]

When this gets back on the road and drives, i reckon you qualify for 1 million Rep points

[Drax]

amazing work, keep it up and im so looking forward to seeing the finished article - will be a proper show ready beast

[Vtecmec]

Thanks gents for the comments.

I've not been able to get much done over the christmas period, but I did pick up a gearbox from secla (thanks) on new years eve. It'll be a good replacement from the 2.0 box I currently have.

It functions fine but looks a little grubby.





So I degreased it twice…



Then hit it with a wire brush on a drill.





Base coat.



And top coat.

[si import]

great work buddy

[Donald]

Excellent as always

If it's not raining tomorrow I might even go clean something

[Vtecmec]

Cheers guys.

OK, so I'm really keen to see the roads this summer, but if I carry on the way I’ve been going It’ll be September 2017 by the time I’m done.

So I've temporarily de-scoped the project to get on the roads.

The gearbox and front suspension will go into storage until a later date; I’m just going to get it all back together as best I can and as soon as I can.

This way I can use it over the summer, and then over the winter next year remove the engine and front suspension, de-rust paint and refit, well, that’s the plan anyway.

So I finished the gearbox off anyway.



Now, the engine is leaking a bit of oil from the bottom end, so that’ll need doing before going on the road. The leaks are coming from the sump gasket and the oil cooler gasket.

So off with the sump.



Which looks pretty grotty so I cleaned it up and removed the rust. Removing the gasket took a while, it was so far gone that it was no longer pliable and just broke off in sections.






And painted with engine enamel.



Now onto the oil cooler.

Off with the oil filter.



Next remove the 30mm bolt from the centre of the cooler.



And pull the cooler away.



Getting the seal out was tricky and I had to chop it with a blade in the end.



New seal.



And all back in place.



I finished painting some of the front underside bits that I had previously de-rusted.



And then fitted along with the sump.



The old ARB was pretty knackered, so I fitted my refurbed one, with some new droplinks that I also painted.



And in its place.



Now onto the slam panel. A bit of colour.



And some lacquer.



Back on with the vin plate.



And the bonnet catch.



I’d sourced some replacement nostrils which were rusting a little, so they’ve been sorted and painted, but still need some colour at the front.



The floor is almost there, the rear exhaust shield that I had was beyond saving, once derusted there were more holes than metal, so I bought a spanking new one.



Only £20 from Honda.

The floor has moved on a bit too, here you can see some primed and some part cleaned.



Almost there with this bit.



Epoxy mastic.



And seam sealed.



Just needs some stone chip and cavity wax now.

The pressure is on again now, as I’ve just had an offer accepted on a house, so could be moving house pretty soon.

More soon.

[h10ndr]

Nice to see some updates... keep them coming...

[Donald]

Rep for September 2017 well remembered.

Great work as always

[Vtecmec]

Rep for September 2017 well remembered.

Cheers guys.

[nucleustylzlude]

Great work as always.

Can you do my sump too!

Great finish on the slam panel, was that from some aerosol cans?
Also what's that green gunk under the rubber bungs you've reinstalled?

Nice find on that heatshield too.