A20 LEE My New Daily..

[Furkz 0]

bet you will be pleased after its covered in crap after a trip to a show....

 

your crazy lee but u know that part already

[Bally 0]

looks like lee will be trailering the rado to shows at this rate!!

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

I've polished mine. I cleaned it with paraffin, sand blasted it with a crappy sand blaster I've got which didn’t have much effect. I then spent about two days attacking it with a dermal. Finally, I spent a day with wire wool and polish. Didn’t come up that well needed to have spent longer dremaling it.

 

Here's the pics, there with cam phone though.

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

Are you using a dremal Lee? Doing around the diff without one is going to hurt.

 

Another pic.

[biggerbigben 0]

nutters.. lol

[biggerbigneil 0]

I like the empty bottle of wine in that pic behind the the gear box lol

[ToffeeRado 0]

I polished mine last winter with everything else

Had a few tranny things color coded tranny mount bracket, clutch thing and a some other things.

[A20 LEE 0]

looks like lee will be trailering the rado to shows at this rate!!

 

You know i'd never do that! Have you ever seen me spending more than 5mins cleaning my engine bay at a show? Now its nearly all chrome i just wipe it over with glass polish. Polished alloy is a different story!! The prep is pretty tedious but once its done the maintainence is a helluva lot easier.

[A20 LEE 0]

Are you using a dremal Lee? Doing around the diff without one is going to hurt.

 

Another pic.

 

In places yes, but not on the flat sections as i don't want to spend time sanding out low areas cause by enthusiastic dremeling :lol:

 

Yours is looking good to me tho.

[A20 LEE 0]

I polished mine last winter with everything else

Had a few tranny things color coded tranny mount bracket, clutch thing and a some other things.

 

 

What can i say but wow!! Awesome job, total respect from me for that work of art.

 

Just noticed your starter motor, is it polished or chromed?

[A20 LEE 0]

nutters.. lol

 

kettle, pot, black matey!! :lol:

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

 

In places yes, but not on the flat sections as i don't want to spend time sanding out low areas cause by enthusiastic dremeling :lol:

 

Yours is looking good to me tho.

 

 

There a fair bit of "enthusiastic dremeling" marks on mine! :lol: I think the cam pics make it look better than it is. I didn’t get any new bolts or bits of shifter, so the end result is hardly visible when looking into the engine bay. There a lot of gubins spoiling the view of the gearbox. To make the most of all the effort you need to get you bolts, shifter, cable ends chromed and if you can sort something with the starter motor and hydraulic clutch to make them look better. I’m sure you’ll be doing all this anyway. :lol: :lol:

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

nutters.. lol

 

 

Now that funny coming from you. Your the biggest nutter here!

[A20 LEE 0]

 

There a fair bit of "enthusiastic dremeling" marks on mine! :lol: I think the cam pics make it look better than it is. I didn’t get any new bolts or bits of shifter, so the end result is hardly visible when looking into the engine bay. There a lot of gubins spoiling the view of the gearbox. To make the most of all the effort you need to get you bolts, shifter, cable ends chromed and if you can sort something with the starter motor and hydraulic clutch to make them look better. I’m sure you’ll be doing all this anyway. :lol: :lol:

 

Don't worry, i'm planning on doing all those parts too as you guessed. Getting there with the gearbox now, should be fully polished by the end of this weekend. Got to start on the bellhousing then, not even looked at it yet. Hope its alot easier!!

 

Got to say its a great help have you and toffeerado posting your gearbox pics on here, its really spurring me on with this horrible job. Never again :!: Well kind of, got the subframe to do yet :(

[biggerbigben 0]

nutters.. lol

 

 

Now that funny coming from you. Your the biggest nutter here!

 

Thought you might pick up on that :)

 

:lol:

[CaiosG60 PWR 0]

Your in luck the bell housing is a little easier. The forward facing flat bits by the starter motor and the bolt hole at the top come up mint. That little gully running along the top of the bell housing comes up nice too.

 

The bit I had trouble with was the curved surface on the back of the box by where the flange would sit. The grime there was really imbedded in the metal. Must have been CV joint grease mixed with road muck.

 

Have you found many casting imperfections? I had two pretty nasty ones on mine.

[A20 LEE 0]

Your in luck the bell housing is a little easier. The forward facing flat bits by the starter motor and the bolt hole at the top come up mint. That little gully running along the top of the bell housing comes up nice too.

 

The bit I had trouble with was the curved surface on the back of the box by where the flange would sit. The grime there was really imbedded in the metal. Must have been CV joint grease mixed with road muck.

 

Have you found many casting imperfections? I had two pretty nasty ones on mine.

 

Found a couple of deep marks (inflicted) on the gearbox case but luckily I don't think you see them once the box is fitted, i'll blame Dinkus for them as I believe it his old gearbox i'm rebuilding which I bought off Mike. Also a few swirl marks but I can probably sand them out. Just looking forward to getting it to the chromers, hopefully before christmas. Dreading the bill for it though!!

[bulldog2.G 0]

:notworthy:

SOOOOooooo much work into your ride! Loved it for a couple of years, now, Lee.

[A20 LEE 0]

:notworthy:

SOOOOooooo much work into your ride! Loved it for a couple of years, now, Lee.

 

Thanks Matt. :D Spotted my next set of wheels today :luvlove:

[A20 LEE 0]

The gearbox in now polished!! Really pleased with it, even got a bit carried away and removed large casting line across the top of the box for a smooth look. Got to mask it up for chroming now and make a start on the bellhousing which I placed next to the gearbox in one of the pics so you can see difference, before and after.

 

CaiosG60 PWR,

 

The underside of the box was very pitted.

[g60greeny 0]

looks good mate,bet there was some hours put in on that!!!

[vwfastg60 0]

lee, you sir are insane!!!! i wouldnt be able to sit and polish a tranny case! looks good and i cant wait to see it in chrome :shock:

[fla 9]

It looks so good already do you really want to (or need to) chrome it?

[Trig 0]

I think Lee would chrome his cornflakes if he could ;) It'll be easier upkeep once its chromed I believe, just needs a wipe over.

[24V Renshaw 0]

Fair play Lee, I got bored just wire brushing the outside of mine :)

Your a nutter.

 

Jay