General Seicento rear end overhaul

[razza72]

Hope this is the right place to post this and hopefully some may find it interesting to follow as I’ve enjoyed doing it . I’ve been working on daughters first car for a little while now . first it had a leak which was a nightmare to find but while interior was out we had a big clean up and replaced worn out bits like under carpet etc , also covered it all over floor with soundproofing And filled side walls with soundproofing too . .2nd , there was a knocking at the back end , I jacked it up and it was a bit rusty under there . Found out the shocks and trailing arm bushes were shot , also both coil springs were broken too . So I decided all out and replace what was needed and clean up the rust then undercoat and wax olyed , Once all back together Lanoguard everything. In the Meantime a few little welding bits need to be done but nothing major . i will also be replacing brake pipes from master cylinder to rear brake shoe cylinder and also the handbrake cable .i ended up rpl the whole trailing arm as it was a nightmare trying to get the old bushes out . i hope this has been done right
this is my first time at this lol . I will update as I go along , well I hope I can ! . Not bad job for a postie

 

[The Panda Nut]

Wow. That an impressive job your doing. You willhave a great little car when its all done. Thanks for posting.

 

[razza72]

Wow. That an impressive job your doing. You willhave a great little car when its all done. Thanks for posting.

Thank you , more pictures to follow of progress.

 

[razza72]

Bit more done Surface rust all cleaned up then zinc primer then wax olyed , hopefully the welding will get done in the next week or so

 

[razza72]

Slowly getting there , welding finished, now to clean up and spray.

 

[Ralf S.]

Nice work.. your welding is almost as good as mine..

I'd give the Waxoyl a spray with some Lanoguard or other kind of cavity wax, even though it's onto the surface... just to keep it a bit more moist. Waxoyl tends to dry out then split.


Ralf S.

 

[razza72]

thank you very much for your help , i have enjoyed this . the welding was done by someone that knows lol . I am now teaching myself after he showed me . I have now purchased some lanogaurd which will go on after everything .

 

[razza72]

bit off body work done ,

 

[razza72]

I couldn’t find new bumper brackets , well except silly priced from abroad . So 3D printed some

 

[razza72]

Starting to put it all back together again

 

[razza72]

 

[razza72]