Paint the Cavities Inside
Before welding any cavities, they need to be rust-proofed. I use a zinc primer. It can be welded. After that i will paint with an urethane paint. While uploading the images to the last 2 posts, i was looking at the background and i felt like an investigative dog 🙂
Front Beam – Shape Missing Part
I shaped the missing (cut by me) part of the front crossbeam. Next i will paint the cavities inside and i am ready to finish the welding on the bottom.
The Welding Continues
It’s getting better all the time …my welding. Slowly, but constantly. I own another issue: “measure twice (even better 3 times), cut once”. My friend who jokes all the time says “i already cut it 3 times and it’s short again” 🙂 Floor (Vertical) Left Side I flipped the car…
Clean and Grease the Windshield Wipers Engine
There is nothing interesting here. Just disassemble, clean, grease the bushing bearings and check/change the brushes.
Board clock “Luch”
I bought a soviet russian on-board clock for Lada. It is not exactly the same as in my favorite Lada 2106, but it’s OK. Lada 2103 to 2107 board clock (numbers on the dial 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12): The one i bought from eBay (numbers on the dial:…
Micromeeting Near the Airport
One of the Montreal’s Trabants met the only Montreal’s Tatra for a short observation of the taking off planes near the Montreal’s airport. I came without my Trabant, because it has no ability to move at the current point 🙂 We meet, because a german man had a trip to…
Zinc Primer and Paint for the Floor
I bought zinc primer and paint for the underside of the floor. I need to prime and paint all the cavities (inside and outside) that i am welding now – the rocker panels. I hope that these are good quality paints, because of the crude climate in Quebec.
Restore the carburetor (28H1-1)
Regenerate Economy Carburetor Videos I found 4 videos in a playlist about the 28H1-1 carburetor restoration: I used the automatic subtitles and followed the videos. They did a perfect job for me. Thank you, Pappenreiter. The Result Gaskets I bought the 17 pieces set from TrabantWelt.DE and all the jets…
First (not very good) Weldings
Did i say “not very good”? This is actually ugly, disappointing and a shame to show! But… c’est la vie – we can not be perfect in every way. And i knew: the first try should be on separate sheet metal until i get something acceptable, but i started directly…
Floor Inside (the rustproofing points)
I almost prepared the floor from inside for primer/painting. The holes for rustproofing are visible on the next pictures (some were cut on the spots for patching). Front Side Middle Side Back Side More info about these holes in Butt Welding Lesson. In general the floor is in very good…