{"id":362,"date":"2013-12-13T10:15:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T10:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/?p=362"},"modified":"2013-12-13T10:15:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T10:15:38","slug":"solvent-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"Solvent Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finished grinding out the seam sealer that&#8217;s reachable at this point. There&#8217;s a few crevices that need more attention but the grinder can&#8217;t get in at them with the brackets in place and need a fresh cup wheel to really attack the corners. The last little bit in the corners needs done by hand with a scraper anyways.<\/p>\n<p>So, time to abuse the leftover sound deadening residue with some solvents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131213-101126.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131213-101126.jpg\" alt=\"20131213-101126.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Safety Note: this should be done with the doors open for ventilation. I know this. I chose not to because it was windy and wet outside. My head is still pounding as I type this 10 hours after finishing!<\/p>\n<p>Gerry got the car up on the ramp and dropped the front subframe and steering rack off as well as the fuel tank. The subframe and rack will be getting a refurb. The tank will be getting cleaned outside and in, then getting a layer of heat shielding tape applied through the exhaust channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131213-101104.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131213-101104.jpg\" alt=\"20131213-101104.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also made a start on grinding back the sealer in the engine bay to enable the seams to be stitch welded. Per the regulations, we&#8217;re allowed to stitch 25mm increments along the seams on the legs\/turrets to help prevent chassis flex popping drive shafts. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131213-101410.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/20131213-101410.jpg\" alt=\"20131213-101410.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cage mounting points should be getting welded in early next week. Still need to remove the remains of the roof liner adhesive from the roof then we&#8217;ll take her outside and jet wash the life out the shell with degreaser before it goes to paint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finished grinding out the seam sealer that&#8217;s reachable at this point. There&#8217;s a few crevices that need more attention but the grinder can&#8217;t get in at them with the brackets in place and need a fresh cup wheel to really attack the corners. The last little bit in the corners needs done by hand with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcnab-racing.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}