toastedpickles Saab 900 lpt build

toastedpickles

just the lights, the temp gauge and fuel gauge are a bit wonky too but its down to bad earthing points on the board

toastedpickles

So ten days ago this month last year "ol blue" as its become fondly know around the area landed off the back of a trailer and the fun and learning began! I've learned a shocking amount in general, and I'm glad of it, and I'm thankful for al the help you guys have given me through out this build so far so here's to the next year!

toastedpickles

Getting the finger out and getting stuck in now, pulled out the interior today



However the passenger side was a tad wet water seemed to get in from somewhere at some stage but not anymore



Out with the carpets, and sound deadening foam, which was soaked gona wash the carpet tomorrow



The inside is pretty solid! There was 4 areas of concern, two were dealt with a bit of waxyoil





This had rotted so a dab of por-15 and that was that stopped



And then there's this fcuker



That'l be cut out at some stage soon and a plate welded in

Tomorrows fun and games, sorting the interior electrics!

toastedpickles

Carried on with stripping the interior today, more rust chasing, the majority of it is now gone apart from the few pieces below, on the bumpers and the left driveshaft tunnel, I'm gona leave it this way for the next month or so, while i get gauges, switches and the like, makes life easier up front to plumb them all in!



So after i pulled out the rear seats this is what we have



So i went investigating for rust, seen this on the body and thought nothing of it



So i took the side panel off and noticed some bad rust under the silver backing, so i peeled it away and this greeted me



and peeled a bit more...and some more, and a little more for good measure, until the full extent was unveiled

fcuk



Cutting this out for sure!

The other bad piece



I can probably get away with rust killer on it and some fiberglass mat, we shall see
After this i layed on a few coats of zinc primer and I'm going to let it sit overnight and go over it with matt black or something, no one is going to see it when its all back together!





Ordered a brake switch for it also, so hpoefully that will sort my lack of brake lights

toastedpickles

Done a little bit with the 900 too today

We finally have brake lights! Made a small adjustment to the bracket and it works like a charm



I also got a fully working washer system now too its the small things!

toyotaavensis

Nice to see the blue lines being used for the screenwash.

toastedpickles

toyotaavensis wrote: »

Nice to see the blue lines being used for the screenwash.

Yeah they fitted perfectly, so i figured why not!

toastedpickles

Been doing a little bit of tidying up on this lately, the bad rot has been taken care of, and today i got this a full boost gauge kit for 20 euro, happy out



gona throw it in tomorrow or whenever i get a chance

toastedpickles

A temporary fix while I find something decent to mount it in, it's growing on me though

YbFocus

He'll have an a pillar pod next. . . :pac: