Sooty 2.0 - Autozam AZ-3 B5ZE - rear bumper respray
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Funky interior pics:
My refurbed subframe with wytbushings/polybushes has been installed complete with disc conversion. I HATE drum brakes! Had to swap over the v6 handbrake cables too. Gave them a clean up too. Loads of things have been painted with POR-15 and hammerite.
Waiting for a replacement DS caliper to arrive, my bleed nipple sheared, then tried using an extractor which also sheared off :(
I'll have to put up pics of my under side soon, looking good… :)
I've also phoned up about windscreen replacement £120 new plus vat (plus fitting I guess). £60 for a transplant from the old car. First I have to tackle the roof welding.
So you have a hole, here's what you do:
fill it with bog roll to catch moisture and encourage rust
pile in filler several cm thick
paint
Good job:
Smiley face haha:
Plan is to cut donor section out of old car and weld in. Should be exciting lol
And my other treat isn't so bad, the previous owner who did this needs to be banned from car work!
Looks easy enough to patch in.Got a nice new bottle of pureshield argon ready for action. Need to pick up some mild steel welding rods and get TIGing.
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Oh you bastard…
I want that HVAC panel, you dropping the AC?
Either way, looks fooking sweet, and nice work already.
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Lol sorry!
Ac haven't decided. I'll see how much I use it. Don't even know if it works yet!
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@94f1cda4d5=Marco:
Lol sorry!
I'll let you off :P
Good luck with the project bud, I picked up one of the new AC sets on ebay last year for £80. Going to be nice having a 100% new AC system installed. :)
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Ah nice! I resisted. Maybe should have haha.
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Might be selling mine, depends on if I want to install it :)
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Disclaimer - I had nothing to do with that botch job on the roof :shock:
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that"s a nice one,Marco.i had one years ago from IRL and loved it soo much,til somebody drove into side and wrecked it complitely.mine was 1992.
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@0104344c75=edymikis:
that"s a nice one,Marco.i had one years ago from IRL and loved it soo much,til somebody drove into side and wrecked it complitely.mine was 1992.
Ouch.. That looks painful.
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Flip unlucky Edy.
Lol Jason we know you're innocent…
I've started the patching in of said roof today.
Will hopefully finish that tomorrow. I've currently got it tacked in place. TIG welders are awesome :-)
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That is very tidy job :respect:
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What did you use to cut that out with, some dentistry tools!!?? looks too neat :bowdown:
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@a8adf0d4d4=youdirtyfox:
What did you use to cut that out with, some dentistry tools!!?? looks too neat :bowdown:
Looks like it to me.. :shock:
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Haha dremel and about 30 cutting discs. So so tedious.
But not as tedious as the welding!
Etch primed after metal filler
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Holy.. that's some good work!
Wern't you going to fill the hole?
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Cheers :cheers:
Nope the aerial stays for now! Just wanted to replace all the damaged section. There was rust trying to settle in, so out it came.
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Did a bit more sand fill prime today. Still got more to go. Getting those edges flat but curved is the worst bit.
Anyway, whilst waiting between drying I familiarised myself with the engine more.
B6S7 Cams
B551-7 Head
Looks like a BP valve cover… yet smaller!
B6 Pattern exhaust studs
Heads look pretty clean, mileage seems believable! I'm going to change the valve cover gasket after I clean up the valve cover. I'm impressed by the chromed bolts as standard! Next up oil change.
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I did find a whole history somewhere online of the AZ-3 will try to find it, mazda decided to put the B6 head on an older 1.5 block but gave it a larger induction system and modded a whole load of other parts in the head and called it the B6ZE and its only available on autozam AZ-3's :cheers:
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B6ZE was developed for the Miata I thought and a 1600?!
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Where do you find these things DJ!? That'd be cool to read :-)
B5ZE I think he means.
