BBP rear axle conversion on the 73 Dart sport
Update on my progress:
I welded a brace on the front and back of each of the spring mounts. These were made from 1/4" X 2" hot rolled mild steel bar stock about 3" long, and welded in place using my Lincoln WeldPAk 155 MIG welder set at Voltage E and wire speed 10 (basically WOT!) using .030" wire.
After I cleaned off the housing with a wire brush and then wiped it off with thinner. Then painted them with Eastwood's Rust encapsulator. It was pretty cold around here today (high of 33 degrees), so I made due with the facilities I had. I stored all of the items to be painted in the storage room in my house overnight, along with the can of paint. Then I heated the garage with my propane torpedo heater for over an hour while I performed other preparations (cover the car, 318 spare engine, etc) . Then I spread out a few left over furniture boxes on the floor space available (as you can see, some of this is actually under the car!). Anyway with the paint thinned by 20% with MEK and using an HVLP gravity feed spray gun I managed to get the rear housing , backing plates, rear drums, and a bunch of old steel barbell weights (for my son the wrestler) painted without generating much overspray. Since I was down low most all of the overspray just fell on the cardboard on the floor.
The Eastwood Rust Encapsulator worked well. It sprayed well and dried to a matte finish that looks good. Time will show how well it lasts with the little prep work I used on this job.
Next installment should show the final assembly.
Bob
Update on my progress:
I welded a brace on the front and back of each of the spring mounts. These were made from 1/4" X 2" hot rolled mild steel bar stock about 3" long, and welded in place using my Lincoln WeldPAk 155 MIG welder set at Voltage E and wire speed 10 (basically WOT!) using .030" wire.
After I cleaned off the housing with a wire brush and then wiped it off with thinner. Then painted them with Eastwood's Rust encapsulator. It was pretty cold around here today (high of 33 degrees), so I made due with the facilities I had. I stored all of the items to be painted in the storage room in my house overnight, along with the can of paint. Then I heated the garage with my propane torpedo heater for over an hour while I performed other preparations (cover the car, 318 spare engine, etc) . Then I spread out a few left over furniture boxes on the floor space available (as you can see, some of this is actually under the car!). Anyway with the paint thinned by 20% with MEK and using an HVLP gravity feed spray gun I managed to get the rear housing , backing plates, rear drums, and a bunch of old steel barbell weights (for my son the wrestler) painted without generating much overspray. Since I was down low most all of the overspray just fell on the cardboard on the floor.
The Eastwood Rust Encapsulator worked well. It sprayed well and dried to a matte finish that looks good. Time will show how well it lasts with the little prep work I used on this job.
Next installment should show the final assembly.
Bob