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Hello,
After a few spot welds and other festivities paint driveshaft and manufacturing brake hose, I attacked reassembly bearing pivots, oil seal bottom bowl half shafts and doors rockets:
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The fun continues!
Sincerely,
Petit caillou.
Coming along nicely Pierre, do you see light at end of tunnel yet??
I like your detail to work.
Hi Petit Caillou, Nice one - can I ask you a quick one please, I am rebuilding my MQ 160 Datsun Safari from the ground up too. Everything is stripped to the last bolt & nut, I am thinking of cold galvanising the chassis (paint brushing it on), after sanding it down to bare metal, what do you advise, I see you just painted it? Thanks and well done on the rebuild, it looks great. Rgds
Hi, me again, looking at your pics again, I was wondering, if you know if the MQ 160 and your Y60 chassis are exactly the same and will your front & rear axles complete fit my MQ 160 chassis? Thanks for your help friend
Prophet1 - they are differant you should have leaf springs on your truck. The y60 has spring towers - trailing arms etc - aslo the gear box & transfer are differnt. - it would be easier to do a body swap - but still a lot of work.
Anything can be doen dependant of parts you mechanical abilty and local vehicle rules.
Piere get job - the truck had a lot of age damage to begin with.
Hi prophet1,Quote:
Originally Posted by prophet1
Thank you for your message,
You have severals choise for the chassis.
you can remove the rust from the wire brush, spend a rust converter and paint,
You can do sand the frame, then apply a special metal paint
You can do sand the frame, apply an anti-corrosion epoxy powder + in the oven 450 degrees for 20 minutes, then an epoxy powder (for color cover) and then put in the oven 450 degrees for 20 minutes. (that's what I did for mine)
You can do the sanding frame and apply a cold galvanizing, galvanizing should be in a perfectly degreased metal. In general galvanizing requires Adobe crossing the room in baths. Hot dip galvanizing is not recommended because the temperature is about 800 ° and thermal deformation are important.
Best regards,
Petit caillou.
Hi Petit, love reading your thread. Am always a fan of build threads with lots of pictures. I'm just curious, what do you do for a living? You're a very knowledgable person with lots of good ideas!
Hi Parksy,Quote:
Originally Posted by Parksy
I work in the French administration, communication and as webmaster, also in employee safety (safety shoes, work clothes, fire escape procedure ...)
I'm curious by nature and I am interested in this big puzzle 3D.
Best regards
Petit caillou.
Hello.
Fantastic build, I'm doing the same, but without the skill or knowledge :)