Back Half of the Frame Gets Done

I’ve run out of doors, and have no space in the garage for any more panels. It also looked like a warzone, so I decided to tidy up a bit and clean the frame off in preperation for fitting the axle. I pulled the plastic sheet off the engine, and put all the boxes that were sat between the rails out on the drive. It was raining on and off, so I put the sheet on the boxes and a coat over the motor. It washed a load of the dust off anyway. After a few hours with the grinders I had the majority of the rear two thirds cleaned. FrameFront.jpg I did the underneath with a wire brush to get the worst of the dirt off, and I’ll hopefully tip the frame on it’s side when the motor comes out again and paint it then. I gave it a quick sand, and cleaned it all off with thinners. At this point I vacced up and blew it all clean ready to paint. I used the clarke gun again, with the pressure set higher than last time, and a bit more thinners. I sprayed two quite heavy coats on, and it only ran where I put loads on to try and fill inside a bracket. Gave it twenty minutes or so to harden up a bit, and then tried to push it back in. God knows how I did it last time, as it nearly killed me pushing it. I ended up having to lever against the wheels, as I just couldn’t get it up the little ramp. The sooner the axle is on, the better. FrameEtched.jpg

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