Thought it may be interesting to see some photo's of real faults & damage that can occur to your zed rather than hypothetical conversations, also may be fun to have a guessing game, take a look at the following photo's, and see if you can guess what went wrong.

 

Have loads of these and hopefully will of interest for members to see what really transpires when these varied faults occur.

 

The background to this particular fault is as follows, a rebuilt engine from a small company with in house engineering cnc machining, heads and turbo rebuilding facility.

 

Car was collected from said builder and around 60 miles later the following was discovered after an engine noise was heard and seem to be getting worse, the noise was semi metallic with a scrapping noise in time with engine speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff TT

Sort of, well not the actual cause, a clue is the engine had been changed by the owner recently.

 

Jeff TT

used the wrong bolts and they worked there way loose?

He hadnt fitted a manual engine and left the boss off the crank for the convertor :mac1:. or got the drive plate and convertor bolts mixed up?

Edited January 18, 200916 yr by jimmer

He hadnt fitted a manual engine and left the boss off the crank for the convertor :mac1:.

 

Jimmer is the winnner:bow::bow::bow: CLEVER BOY :D

 

Warning to anyone swapping engines to check compatability, re-tapped torque convertor and a used flex plate along with a crank adaptor ( boss ) sorted it.

 

Jeff TT

Should make a regular feature of this i reckon.Much better than charades :D

Edited January 18, 200916 yr by jimmer
Spelling piss poor.Its late!!

I've gotta say i don't have a clue what you clever folk are on about - but i do find it very entertaining :D

woo hoo at least i got one right!

We need more :)

Should make a regular feature of this i reckon.Much better than charades :D

 

 

Well have loads of them, try this guess the year of this zed based on its condition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff TT.

'93 uk

my god... 99 spec parked on a beach?

Thats not a uk car as i couldnt see any hicas.Its n/a & jap so i will make a wild stab in the dark and say a 91?

I bet its a 1996 driven on saltly roads

Genuine N.Reg :shock::shock:

 

 

Later after much cleaning and coating it looked like this:

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff TT

Genuine N.Reg :shock::shock:

 

 

Later after much cleaning and coating it looked like this:

 

Jeff TT

 

Nice one bud! Bet that took along time!

youve plastered it in under sealant hmmm nice, bet theres loads of dust stuck to it now lol

Will it still not rust under the sealant?

youve plastered it in under sealant hmmm nice, bet theres loads of dust stuck to it now lol

Will it still not rust under the sealant?

 

Most of the rust was removed with a wizzy brush in the air drill what could not be removed was neutraised then the whole underside zinc coated before high pressure final coating which looks like underseal but is an ever fluid gel that skin drys but stays tacky underneth the skin, this way it can self heal small impact damage such as stones etc.

 

 

Jeff TT

Nice one bud! Bet that took along time!

 

Yes it flipping did.......2 days!

 

Jeff TT

Ive got a tub of underseal that i use underneath on spots of rust patches i see, so far there is not much at all if any but i like to keep it that way, i just wire drill till its clean and brush it on do you think that will work?

Ive got a tub of underseal that i use underneath on spots of rust patches i see, so far there is not much at all if any but i like to keep it that way, i just wire drill till its clean and brush it on do you think that will work?

 

Yes absolutely, the above car was an exception given its age and so went over the top to ensure its does not return, if your keeping on top of the small areas thats just fine.

 

One area that gets overlooked is the front member under the radiator, especially if the undertrays are still in place as it hides it, worth a look on a nice day.

 

 

Jeff TT

Yes absolutely, the above car was an exception given its age and so went over the top to ensure its does not return, if your keeping on top of the small areas thats just fine.

 

One area that gets overlooked is the front member under the radiator, especially if the undertrays are still in place as it hides it, worth a look on a nice day.

 

 

Jeff TT

 

Yep i alreayd cleaned that up and gave it a nice coat :D wasnt bad anyway.

Wants some more guys??

 

Jeff TT

yes please :D

this is a good thread !

yep! ps none of mine unless its too late!! lol