Steve, that's impressive work. What are you using to cut metal and what type of blade?
Thanks much.
Thanks much.
Getting near the good pieces left on her 164B
You may have seen my note about daughter wrecking her 164B in Feb snow event. She is still mending her C7 fracture with a neck brace.
http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/974901-post20.html
You may not believe it but car still started up fine when I attached a new battery as one in car was slung across the highway when the tree tore off the left rear C-pillar and battery box, etc.
Slowly I am working forward from shortened rear end the trees tore off to the good parts left up front of rear seats.
I dropped rear cross member, gas tank, brake and fuel lines and removed mid muffler today and then sawed off about 4 feet of floor pan from from rear cross member to rear passenger foot well.
Slowly I move forward toward something I can reuse.
http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/974901-post20.html
You may not believe it but car still started up fine when I attached a new battery as one in car was slung across the highway when the tree tore off the left rear C-pillar and battery box, etc.
Slowly I am working forward from shortened rear end the trees tore off to the good parts left up front of rear seats.
I dropped rear cross member, gas tank, brake and fuel lines and removed mid muffler today and then sawed off about 4 feet of floor pan from from rear cross member to rear passenger foot well.
Slowly I move forward toward something I can reuse.
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Bearing down on the good pieces now!
Got some time to work on salvaging today, so removed hood, fenders, bumper, and windshield remains
Not all the way there yet but closer.
Got some time to work on salvaging today, so removed hood, fenders, bumper, and windshield remains
Not all the way there yet but closer.
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I need the training and the space so easier to rid myself of pieces instead of full monty body. My little trailer only hauls away so much at a time.
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Now I can see the power plant and sub frame
My Dewalt saw-zall chopped off front clip today. there is a method to my madness.
I plan to leave entire engine, tranny subframe and steering rack and suspension as a complete unit and just remove rest of body and dash away from it.
I hope to disconnect Fuel Injection and engine wiring and pull a/c evaporator and hoses loose from fire wall along with new blower motor and heater core.
I plan to save dash as it has new stepper motor assembly and the infamous brass ring on air drum.
I noticed timing belt has 28K on it now since I did heads, water pump, tensioner, etc.
I write date and mileage of belt change, etc on timing belt cover.
We got 50,000 miles out of this car before daughter had her wreck.
You might notice on right side that I have a 24v radiator in this car so I used a GTV6 coolant hose tee off lower radiator hose outlet to hook return hose from coolant tank and heater core under alternator and had to run long lead from thermal switch over top of radiator.
Another reason you can never have to many spare parts when keeping an Alfa rolling.
My Dewalt saw-zall chopped off front clip today. there is a method to my madness.
I plan to leave entire engine, tranny subframe and steering rack and suspension as a complete unit and just remove rest of body and dash away from it.
I hope to disconnect Fuel Injection and engine wiring and pull a/c evaporator and hoses loose from fire wall along with new blower motor and heater core.
I plan to save dash as it has new stepper motor assembly and the infamous brass ring on air drum.
I noticed timing belt has 28K on it now since I did heads, water pump, tensioner, etc.
I write date and mileage of belt change, etc on timing belt cover.
We got 50,000 miles out of this car before daughter had her wreck.
You might notice on right side that I have a 24v radiator in this car so I used a GTV6 coolant hose tee off lower radiator hose outlet to hook return hose from coolant tank and heater core under alternator and had to run long lead from thermal switch over top of radiator.
Another reason you can never have to many spare parts when keeping an Alfa rolling.
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With summer coming you might just spend it all on the beer and snack pauses. All that work makes one thirsty.
How does that piece of trim that runs the whole length of the air vents near the windshield come out? Mine came cracked in the middle and the ends are lifting up. When I go over cobble, the ends rattle against the glass. It will take a while to find a replacement at wrecker's yard.
It just pops out. I managed to save the one from Sara's car as it hadn't any cracking in it.With summer coming you might just spend it all on the beer and snack pauses. All that work makes one thirsty.
How does that piece of trim that runs the whole length of the air vents near the windshield come out? Mine came cracked in the middle and the ends are lifting up. When I go over cobble, the ends rattle against the glass. It will take a while to find a replacement at wrecker's yard.
We keep a dashmat on it to keep the sun off it so I guess that helped.
Maybe you can make a V6 engine test stand out of the the rest?
Charles
Charles
That and a top gear stile coffee table with a shiny v6 under it.Maybe you can make a V6 engine test stand out of the the rest?
Charles
Just so it doesn't take more space in the garage, of course...
Alfa 164 Dash Mat
Hard to get a good pix with windshield.
Here are some pix of velour mat I have install. Some in my car and some on dash of cut up car with out windshield.
Hard to get a good pix with windshield.
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