Project: 72 2door <---My first 510!

Post by **Byron510** » 19 Nov 2007 20:51

I found the same rot in my car during restoration.
I thought I'd post these photos so you know what's behind this "filler panel".
It is just a cowl drain - mine was full of line needles, not so good for longevity in the area!
My fix was to cut out the old panel, clean up the area of all rust, paint all surfaces including the backside of the new sheet metal panel, and I used a structural adhesive (automotive, 3M product) to glut the panel back on. I then continued with the restoration of the car.
Some pics.
Byron

mesojdm · Post by **mesojdm** » 19 Nov 2007 21:05

^ mine had some leaves/needles too. When I was welding up the holes they caught on fire, Coundnt see where the smoke was coming from...that small little drainage area

Post by **brknrekord** » 19 Nov 2007 22:43

Thanks for the input gentlemen. Back at it tomorrow.

Post by **hang_510** » 20 Nov 2007 11:47

this is def a bad area for rot!
luckily i got to mine before any moisture had a chance to accumulate.
musta pulled a pound of crap out before it would flush free.

should be a spring cleaning ritual or before the rains

Post by **brknrekord** » 20 Nov 2007 13:03

Definatelly. I didn't even realize it was a drain. I will be dealing with this when I begin work on the firewall.

Post by **brknrekord** » 22 Nov 2007 09:36

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

I am trully thankful for all of my friends and family, for without them, I probably would not be.

Speaking of which...Baker came up and helped me get the motor/trans. in possition yesterday on blocks. Need to design and fab. the trans. mount and the towers for the engine x member.

Edit: removed images. See below for new motor possitioning.

Post by **brknrekord** » 02 Dec 2007 16:03

Back at it again today. Decided to remove the vacuum line plumbing and EGR and Swirl port control solenoids off the back of the head to get the motor farther back. Had to cut the trans tunnel more to move farther rearward.

And the mounts...

Post by **brknrekord** » 21 Jan 2008 16:06

Well, it has been quite some time since I updated my project thread. I didn't get anything done for about six weeks while I was on graveyard shift. As soon as I got off graves, I started in and have built the engine and trans. crossmembers. WOOHOO! Just need to blast and paint or coat them.

I bought the cheap benchtop bender from harbor freight($49) to bend the pieces for the trans. xmember. It works well. The instructions are pretty much nonexistant as far as die placement for different bends. It comes with flat round dies, but no dies for round or square tubing.
Not too terribly happy with the trans. xmember, may redesign it.

Now its back to the front susp.

frank7 · Post by **frank7** » 26 Jan 2008 17:00

hi how are you going to do that i need to do that to my it my 1st 510 swap so i would need help thx..can you put more pic plz thx

frank7 · Post by **frank7** » 26 Jan 2008 17:01

hi how are you going to do that i need to do that to my it my 1st 510 swap so i would need help thx..can you put more pic plz thx

Post by **brknrekord** » 26 Jan 2008 17:07

How am I going to do the front susp.? Or how did I build the engine and trans. xmember?

frank7 · Post by **frank7** » 26 Jan 2008 17:13

the front xmember

Post by **brknrekord** » 26 Jan 2008 17:21

Ok. I'll have a write up by the end of the weekend up for you. Check out S15DET's project aswell, my xmember is somewhat similar, but his goes even farther. Infact, use "search" and find as many as possible to look at.

Post by **brknrekord** » 28 Jan 2008 02:15

Here is the link to the write up:
http://www.the510realm.com/phpBB3/viewt ... f=2&t=8408

Post by **brknrekord** » 13 May 2008 18:01

Its been a long time since I have posted in my project thread, mostly because I didnt work on it for a while, but I have stopped procrastinating and gotten some work done, so here it is:

I built my front LCA's

The 510 Realm

Project: 72 2door <---My first 510!

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