Is there no end to this car’s seam sealer?!
Some shots of the engine bay and turrets getting the seam sealer stripped off them for stitch welding per the regulations.
Whilst I was loosing my mind, and partially my hearing, on grinding out that, Gerry was on bracket detail. Drilling out the spot welds on unnecessary brackets and skins. The facelift ones for the tunnel and grab handles are notably heavier, we’ll weigh them tomorrow for a comparison against the first car.
Another day of seam sealer removal. Only a delivery from WheelPro saved me from a mental breakdown.
Awesome job, nice and shiny:
Plenty more to come…
I can’t decide whether this was a Monday morning car or a Friday afternoon car.
Monday morning, “I shall make the best damn MINI the world has ever known!”
Friday afternoon, “beers at lunch, 2 hours to quitting time, ain’t care…”
Either way, there’s bloody seam sealer everywhere on this thing! Gallons of it on the seams, heaviest application I’ve ever seen. Plus random dods here and there to make the sound deadening removal even more of a pain in the arse than usual.
Add in freezing temperatures making ice form inside the airtools and it was a bit of an arduous one.
Whilst I was at that, Gerry got the grinder lit:
Interesting times stripping Sara down, the obvious dash board and trim changes aside, the facelift introduced quite a few body in white changes.
Additional skins up front for mounting grab handles and sun shade:
The seat belt mounts are different and there’s an additional random thread on the floor pan on both sides:
The facelift centre console introduces and additional double skin and threads at the end of the tunnel:
Construction wise, there’s a lot more seam sealer along the sills on the facelift:
Anyways, tonight’s antics got the last of the wiring harness out the car. Sound deadening and heat gun time again:
So, nice 12 hour shift on Sara today, all the interior out and started unclipping the loom. Just the engine bay loom to get removed and it’ll all be out.
Few images showing the stages in the process.
The workshop at close of play tonight:
