Success on the pivot shaft:

Some careful sawing and using a vice to hold the puller slowly released the last bits from the pivot shaft.

Yay!

On the other hand, trying to pull the stub axle from its carrier broke my puller:

Oops! I then took the carrier to the local garage where their press quickly persuaded …

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Went to DAX Benelux today to exchange the disassembled calipers for reconditioned ones. I dont actually need them right away, as there is no part finished yet to which i can attach a caliper, but it replaces 4 rusty parts for 4 shiny parts, which feels like progress.

For any part to be ready for anything, the …

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Almost done with disassembling all the donorparts, one wishbone still to be removed, the rest is all done and waiting in line to be electrolysed.

Along the way most time is consumed by things which are stuck, but need to be loosened. Yesterday i spent a whole day grinding a wishbone from its subframe because …

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So, turns out that electrolysis is an art to be mastered. The first attempt did not do very much, very little bubbles and it would take days to clean the part.

Measuring the current showed something in the neighbourhood of 500mA; where I was aiming for someting like 3 to 4 amps. A battery charger didnt make any …

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The donor parts reconditioning is typically the dirty phase of building a kit car (unless you buy the parts reconditioned, but where's the fun in that?). Removing all the crap from the rusty bits isn't the most enjoyable part if you do it 'the classic way'. Simon called it 'therapeutic' if i …
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