Nimminz' LSD GLT Daily - Part1

[Evoman]

a considerate man! haha How strong do you think wedling the two halfs is?

[Nimminz]

dunno, probably not as strong as it would be had i not cut it but reckon it will do. Still need to do a bit more welding round the box section that comes up.

Adding the turn buckle is gonna be the hard bit now :/

[Nimminz]

got the bar part mostly done:





All works and is pretty strong considering it still needs re-enforcing where the threaded bar meets the box section.

Tomorrow will be a measuring, welding, checking, drilling, test fitting, more drilling and fingers crossed paint day
Thursday should then be final fitting. I may be ordering some new rear dampers soon too as i'm pretty sure passenger side is a lot lower at the back than the driver's

Thanks for looking,
Matt

[jon-ovlov]

Fab work Matt! (get it? "fab"? ) Wicked stuff dude. Powder coating or just a spray job? Should work a treat!

[volvosneverdie]

Fab work Matt! (get it? "fab"? )

[Nimminz]

Cheers, powdercoating?! surely that would cost money? haha rattle can all the way, wilco's finest satin black . Got some nice SS bolts to mount my fan relay onto the brace (rather than the orange bracket on the bulkhead. And the threads won't get sprayed so will look nice i think silver and black. Was gonna do it white but its the engine bay, try as i might it would never keep clean.

[jon-ovlov]

cool. black and forget about it paint. good call, white would be waaay to mucky too quick. it would with m
e anyway!!

[Nimminz]

Not done anything more on the brace, was too hot to be welding and grinding today. Got my new (old) CB radio fitted though









Mounted the aerial further to the front so i could run the cable sraighter and earth the antenna mount without breaking any paint

Works better than the modern one i had before and looks a zillion times cooler

[Nimminz]

Replaced the rear shocks today







Car feels much better now, cornering has greatly improved and pulling away off the lights, even without any 'enthusiasm' is much more comfortable.

Want the front doing next

Did a bit on the strut brace last week, or the week before, i forget. Been busy working for me dad to get some cash for more volvo bits



Just got the holes to drill and the short bars to chop down about 15mm and its all good Will tidy it up blocking the holes etc. and maybe some extra bracing inside the angles

Next thing that has gone on the car is the gear lever support bracket weld has broke off. Going to take the top apart and weld it from above, one day lol



Thanks for looking,
Matt

[Evoman]

after I've sort my intermitant fault, my fucked springs, andthen timing belt and water pump, I will get new rear shocks too

Looking goood!

[Nimminz]

Cheers

haha aye People ask me when its getting lowered and i give them a long list of stuff that needs doing first. No fun in having a car that works ALL the time

[Evoman]

yes, but mine never works atm soon ish I will treat my self to some -40mm 250lb springs and new rear shock, maybe some bushes too

[Nimminz]

Yeah that way of thinking came under test for me today when i lost all the gears except 4th and 2nd (after removing the gear lever surround) lol

I'd do both shocks if you can, i always like to replace stuff in pairs if it's something like that. Aye i've ordered some new polybushes for the front of mine off Dai

[Evoman]

haa, it was a typo , plybushes? lush! lol

[Nimminz]

ah right lol. just front wishbone buses at the minuite as they need replacing.