My SE2

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Re: My SE2

by John Owens » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:48 pm

Always liked these in yellow , that looks a real good example :)


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Re: My SE2

by Martin.p » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:51 am

Agree, that does look like a nice example.

Look forward to more pics when you've collected it :)
And anyone else's SE2!?
Feel free to stick them up here :)
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Re: My SE2

by v6 steve » Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:38 pm

my old Se2

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Re: My SE2

by Gargi » Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:22 pm

colour is pretty shine :) nice and easy.
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Re: My SE2

by Martin.p » Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:27 pm

Well, I got car up on my ramps and took the tank off to inspect the top plate. And it's far from great

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Removed exhaust and started inspecting underside.
There is so little rust!!! (For a 20 yr old car)
That it seemed silly to not protect it NOW. Rather than repair it in yrs to come.
So... I stripped the car again :D :D :D

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And I'm so glad I did!! After removing the boot side lining I found the start of the rust from the inside going outwards
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And through the spare wheel well.
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Under the front carpet I
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After a bit of digging

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I orderd a 5L bottle of http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1152738612
And set to protecting the car befor it does rot away
Inside wings where full of crap
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Wings protected on backs
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Plastic covers inside rear wheel arches had been holding muck
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Since the underside of the doors looked in such great condition, it would of been silly to not preserve and protect the inside as well
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And inside the rear panels over rear arch.
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I've also orderd a can of http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1211316469 so I can do all the chasie rails.
Still need to weld up the boot well and hole in floor. But at least she should be good and solid for a few yr's now :)
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Re: My SE2

by KERR_SE9 » Sun Dec 28, 2014 6:30 pm

Top work mate, I could be talking crap but the se2s seem to rot a bit less than others
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Re: My SE2

by KERR_SE9 » Sun Dec 28, 2014 9:13 pm

Wasn't the later ones that were finish built
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Re: My SE2

by craigyboy » Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:15 am

Keep up the good work mate :clap:
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Re: My SE2

by Mark1 » Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:44 am

KERR_SE9 wrote:Wasn't the later ones that were finish built


That last ones were built in Germany, you can tell by the chase number but don't know how.
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Re: My SE2

by Martin.p » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:30 pm

It would seem vin plates that start with W where made in Germany
And vin plates starting Y where made in Finland

http://researchmaniacs.com/VIN/Where-is ... -made.html

Mine starts with W
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Re: My SE2

by Tkeenan2107 » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:36 pm

Thats looking great buddy, good job. As i learnt in the forces its all about the 7 "P's".
I'm gonna find me a reckless woman,
Razor blades and dice in her eyes,
Just a touch of sadness in her fingers,
Thunder and lightening in her thighs.


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Re: My SE2

by Martin.p » Tue Dec 30, 2014 10:08 pm

Today I sorted the rust around the wheel well

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Cut away rot

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I don't have a spot welder. So best alternative was to plug weld where the spots where!
Not the neatest welding I admit. (Especially on right HS as getting wire feed set right/better)

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Then coverd in bilt hamber (like waxoyl) but better :)

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And protected inside also ;)
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Re: My SE2

by KERR_SE9 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 12:19 am

Looking good , so early cars were German built after all
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Re: My SE2

by Martin.p » Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:29 am

Thanks :)

I thought calibra where made in both factory's (Germany & Finland ) at the same time.
I have heard that it seems like some got protected better than other. But it hasn't been proven.

The chap I bought this one of didn't know much about the cars history other than it was a mot failer
He just wanted the engine for a nova. (And the clocks)
I looked up the cars past mot pass/fails and it was driven about 10K a yr until 2008 where it failed on a few things. Got fixed and passed, then only coverd 13miles up till 2013 !!! Where it failed on many things.
Which kind of fits in right where I bought it and the story the chap told me.
So where ever this car sat for 5 yr I'll never know but it lasted well over that time.
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Re: My SE2

by Martin.p » Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:07 pm

Continuing with my war against corosion I bought some cavity wax in a can from the same company that the 5L bottle came from. Only difference being is the can came with a 600mm long wand with a head that 'claimed' 360 degree spray head !?!?!?
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Head of wand

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Feeling sceptical about its claims and despite reading many great reviews, I though how can you really tell it's working (360 degree spray) when it's used in a place that you can't see into!!!??
So a experiment was in order :-)
I took 3 short bits of drainage pipe 4"-5" round. (Only because I didn't have 1 long bit to waste lol)
Cut them length ways.
Taped them back together.
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Note the rectangular hole in the tube is about the same size as the one in the Cill section of the calibra!
And the tube is not far off the size of the Cill section.
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I then sprayed away as I pulled the pipe out from its hole.
Then split open my pretend Cill section
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Pretty bloody impressed I must say!!!
So I went ahead and fed it into the car cills, box sections, rails. Any hole I could lol

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When doing the rear rail I was pleased that the 600mm wand reached all the way to the spring mount.
IThis seems to be a place where they rot first


Also been treating and sorting the tank top
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And bending up new fuel lines from 8mm copper pipe
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