After twenty two months off the road :ohmy: my Zed is once more on the road :clap::clap:

 

I took it off the road in July 2009, as it was going to fail the MOT on excess corrosion - holes in the floor and rotten sills :no:

 

I've had to open up the sills on both sides (front to rear), cut out the rust (outer and inner sills) plus some of the floor and fabricate/buy new panels. The rear arches, both inner and outer, needed replaced.

The area around the fuel filler was completely shot, so that all needed cut out and replaced. The rear lower quarters were also rotten and required replacing and then a couple of small holes in the front inner wing and the rear panel - phew!

 

After that was done......I found out that the front calipers had seized :crying:

New seals from Bigg Red, braided hoses from DTA and a new metal brake pipe later - MOT time.

Failed.....the brake master cylinder packed in :cursing:

A replacement master cylinder from Zerocooldel's breaker :bow: then a retest :sweatdrop: .................Passed :dance::dance:

 

She looks a wee bit rough just now but that's the next project.

 

I wouldn't have been able to do all of this without help from Ossian, he gave me a loan of his MIG welding outfit and his help, advice and encouragement kept me going when I was at my wit's end - Thank You Robert.

Thanks also to Berrica, for regassing me and ensuring that work went on!

 

Not all Zeds have to be scrapped when the tinworm strikes, I'm lucky, in that I had a garage, the equipment, the time, the friends and the determination to keep the car on the road.

 

Photos to follow - hopefully.

 

Apologies for the long post - Andy

I'm just going through this with my Z now, hope it doesn't take me 22 months :( started taking the rear bumper off tonight and am cringing at the little rusty bits I'm finding, we'll see just how bad the rear end is tomorrow when I finally get it off. I'm already well aware of the sills being rotten, thankfully the floorpan seems to have been continually under-sealed and has survived without any problems.

It sounds like a plan!! ;)

 

Has your car been on the road at all recently? It's just that my Boy reckonned he saw a black Zed in Cairneyhill a wee while ago.

 

Sunday evening, I went out for a wee drive and came back through Cairneyhill - was it then maybe? If not - it was someone else.

I'm just going through this with my Z now, hope it doesn't take me 22 months :( started taking the rear bumper off tonight and am cringing at the little rusty bits I'm finding, we'll see just how bad the rear end is tomorrow when I finally get it off. I'm already well aware of the sills being rotten, thankfully the floorpan seems to have been continually under-sealed and has survived without any problems.

 

Check up behind your fuel filler neck and just in front of your rear wheels, both areas on mine were extremely corroded - as was the filler neck itself.

 

I remember when I removed the rear bumper :scared: to be suddenly confronted with even more rust :crying:

 

Unfortunately, almost everywhere I looked - I found severe rust - I hope that you have better luck.

Cheers - Andy