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As an intermezzo , a few pictures of my advetures with the fuel tank . Offcourse , after 16 years of storage , with half a tank of gas , the fuel pump had seized . Took the tank out , then took the fuel pump out . http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/soikedubois/mr2/pomp01_zpsxjibidka.jpg No way ...

http://www.carbodypanels4u.co.uk/nissan/cherry/nissan-cherry-3-door-hatchback-1982-1986 These are the ones . Prices went steep since I bought them . With vat an delivery comes to abt £55 for one panel . That is a 400% increase :shock: Apparantly Hadrian panels is now owned by another company . At th...

There are some pictures in my rear arches repair topic .
Pat

Mine was in storage for 16 years , and apart from a seized fuel pump it was ok .
Replaced the pump , and with some gentle tapping on the injectors it fired right up .

Fuel tank was a mess .
I ll post some pictures how i solved it .

Pat

Btw Paul , do you know if the datsun cherry panels are still available somewhere ?

Yes it certainly is a great find . Making he entire arc from scratch ..... my friend the body man says it can be done , but I certainly couldn't . Anyway , a couple of pictures of the arc to sill connection . One last piece of the repair panel http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/soikedubois/mr2/...

Front section of the right rear arch . Cut out the damaged piece of sheetmetal . The lower section of the inner skin needs to be replaced to . I use electro zinc plated material for this . The zinc burns off during welding but most of it around the seam remains , and still protects the metal . And i...

This is how she looked when I pulled it out of storage . Dry but most definitly not dust free :) http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/soikedubois/mr2/PICT0095_zpssudawrc4.jpg We had to put the car away for a couple of years . Kids , house , etc That was 16 yers ago :shock: Anyway , there still wa...

That's it for now , more to come .

This job took me 10 hours on Satuirday , and 7 more last sunday .

friend of mine , who teaches bodywork advised me to butt weld the new sheetmetal . He urged me not to use any overlapping or spotwelding techniques . As he's an experianced bodyworker , and I'm just an amateur , I gladly accepted his advice . Takes a bit more work to make it all fit prior to welding...

Inner skin also neede some attention . Luckily it's only two small sections . Inner arches are hard to make , as they are a bit of a U shape http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/soikedubois/mr2/100_0079_zpshowodkz3.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/soikedubois/mr2/100_0080_zpsnqbe4bh8.j...

reapairs are done using datsun cherry panels . Altough they are pretty close the mr2 arch , they're still way off and i t's not a "bolt on " fix . Still I'm very pleased to have them , it would have been so much harder to make the entire arch from scratch . Panels cost abt 10£ each 3 , may...

Yesss pictures are working ! Here's the patient before surgery http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/soikedubois/mr2/100_0073_zpsptc9vfhj.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/soikedubois/mr2/100_0074_zpspbqd2gb5.jpg http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t179/soikedubois/mr2/100_0075_zpsb9qssmc...

Paul , any recomendation on what oil to use ?
And howmuch oil the gearbox should have .

I know , with the car level , I'm to fill it till overflow .
But it's somuch easier to pour in the oil with the gerbox on the bench

Pat
Currently doing bodywork , rebuilding the rear arches

Oh and btw , I'm using datsun cherry repair panels . Bought them from hadrian panels a couple of years back . There were at least 5 websites selling them . Sites had names like Crashpanels , repairpanels , car body panels etc . All those sites seem to be gone now , and apparantly so is hadrians . An...

I see ,I guess that's an antispam mesure. Annoying but understandable. My MR2 is a black one by the way . Just a basic car I'm afraid , no airco , no leather ... It does have a power kit and the dreadfull glas sunroof . I finished the right rear arch today . Very pleased with the result . Pictures w...

I finally started working on my rear wheel arches . This is a 1986mr2 , and I've owned it for 28 years . A while back I put it in storage for a few years , you know kids n house etc . Turns out that was 16 years ago #-o Anyway , those rear arches were already bad when I put the car away . In fact th...

Having finished my six speed conversion , here are some random thouhgts / remarks that might be usefull for other builders . Working on gearboxes is fun . Really it is . Fine mechanics , tight fittings .... I love it . When building a six speed variuos special tools will be needed . No point in tryi...

Great Paul , thx a lot .

I'll send you a pm with my personal data etc .

Pat

Setting the diff preload today . I don't have a torque meter , but it can also be done wth a 0- 2.5 N dynamometer . I'm using the stock MK1b diff . Maybe it's worth mentioning that , unless i'm mistaking , the mk1B bearings have to be used , not the c60 's . This is because the mk1b open diff has ot...