Evening gents, thought that it may be of interest to keep a resto diary of the cheap 250 Turbo I bought a few weeks ago. There will be quite a few jobs I will be doing that I am sure others will want to know how they do them!
Got the car up on the ramp to have a good look round it and start to get the back axle out for the inevitable sill repairs!
Starting at the front, the wings had the usual rot at the bottom and also have had some poor repairs done round the edge in the past. The usual rust trap plastic bottoms were full of earth and other road debris and came off quite easily. I also took the other main trims off which actually fitted quite well. All bar 2 of the mounts broke off!
The back end of the sills had a bit of bubbling on the outside but nothing major. After a good poke with a screwdriver, there were a few holes but nothing irretrievable! As usual, the V between the inner and outer of the back arch was history! The rot is very localised so should be an easy repair! As can be seen, the main suspension mount bush is getting squeezed with the corrosion so is another reason to drop the back axle! I had a tentative go at loosening the main retaining bolt for the back suspension and both sides freed off easily, the bolts are usually rotten and always sheer. Certainly makes it easier to drop the axle!
Not much metal needs replaced here. The drivers side always seems to be better on these cars for some reason!
The pass side had faired a little worse, the inner has a smallish hole in it (the black dot in the above pic) and the V is gone!
The underside of both back arches felt a bit thin too and the above was the result of some poking with the screw driver. The underside spoiler will have to come off to get in to repair both sides.
One other thing that I had noticed was that the aluminium top mount had disintegrated on the drivers side. The aluminium had completelty gone just leaving the rubber sandwich.
As can be seen, the back end is a bit grotty. There is a lot of galvanic corrosion as usual between the metal and steel of the back axle assembly so all that will come apart and be grit balsted and painted. The car still drove very well apart from an extremely stiff gearchange and crap brakes!
This may explain why the brakes were not very effective. Both back disks were like this, the fronts were just as bad. The back calipers also had pretty extreme plate lift. All disks and pads will be replaced as well as the calipers being refurbed.
Got the car up on the ramp to have a good look round it and start to get the back axle out for the inevitable sill repairs!
Starting at the front, the wings had the usual rot at the bottom and also have had some poor repairs done round the edge in the past. The usual rust trap plastic bottoms were full of earth and other road debris and came off quite easily. I also took the other main trims off which actually fitted quite well. All bar 2 of the mounts broke off!
The back end of the sills had a bit of bubbling on the outside but nothing major. After a good poke with a screwdriver, there were a few holes but nothing irretrievable! As usual, the V between the inner and outer of the back arch was history! The rot is very localised so should be an easy repair! As can be seen, the main suspension mount bush is getting squeezed with the corrosion so is another reason to drop the back axle! I had a tentative go at loosening the main retaining bolt for the back suspension and both sides freed off easily, the bolts are usually rotten and always sheer. Certainly makes it easier to drop the axle!
Not much metal needs replaced here. The drivers side always seems to be better on these cars for some reason!
The pass side had faired a little worse, the inner has a smallish hole in it (the black dot in the above pic) and the V is gone!
The underside of both back arches felt a bit thin too and the above was the result of some poking with the screw driver. The underside spoiler will have to come off to get in to repair both sides.
One other thing that I had noticed was that the aluminium top mount had disintegrated on the drivers side. The aluminium had completelty gone just leaving the rubber sandwich.
As can be seen, the back end is a bit grotty. There is a lot of galvanic corrosion as usual between the metal and steel of the back axle assembly so all that will come apart and be grit balsted and painted. The car still drove very well apart from an extremely stiff gearchange and crap brakes!
This may explain why the brakes were not very effective. Both back disks were like this, the fronts were just as bad. The back calipers also had pretty extreme plate lift. All disks and pads will be replaced as well as the calipers being refurbed.
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