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Thanks pal

Feels good, only 3 years in the making! Life saver, appreciate it Rich!

Haha you’re getting there now though! I’m hopefully going to get some time over the next couple of days to do my welding jobs, then I can start building mine back up!

I've snapped that many bolts round the back end of my scooby I've had to deploy a new tactic. been cutting the floor inside the car cutting the threads of and drilling out from above, it's actually loads easier 🤣

I read quite a few nightmare stories like this while researching the torque specs for it all. My worst nightmare is snapping one of the welded nuts in the chassis

It never totally sets/dries, it stays waxy/slightly sticky. If you have a compressor, then I recommend using Tetra underbody seal that I used in my latest video - you can also apply that with a brush though

With pleasure, a mustang would be the dream project!

Definitely wish I went that route 😂 it didn’t come off very easily at all!

@@slothgarage lol 😂 yeah I think I had to use white spirit if I recall ha! Looks a great finish like!

Much better than the waxoyl in terms of finish. Time will tell whether it holds up though. How did yours hold up on the other car?

Held up fine, no cracking, shrinkage or breaking away and been on 3 years!

If only I knew! It was a right pain but thanks at least I know for next time now

I know, I feel like I’m making some progress now. Things can start going back on once the brake lines are done. Appreciate the comment!

Can’t wait!

I’m down. Let’s see if I can get it done in time 🤞

It’s an Impreza, but it should be very similar, if not the same, on all year and models of Impreza and foresters

I’m working on two videos at the minute, so hopefully in the next week or two

Have you checked the whole unit to see if there’s any major holes/gaps anywhere that the water might be getting in? It might be worth putting silicone round the holes/gaps if you find anything obvious

I’ll have to have a hunt down for one. Shame there isn’t as detailed as what BMW have.. theirs are really good. Thank for the comment 😁

Hi rich, I’ll check them out. I might have a thread tap kit laying around somewhere. I didn’t think about putting anti seize on the bolts, so I’ll get some ordered. Thanks for all the tips and advice 😅

@@slothgarage just make sure the taps are the right pitch, you’ll be able to compare the taps to the bolts to check.

We need some anti seize apparently if you have any spare?

@@slothgarage I don't I'm afraid

Yeah I had some delivered not too long ago, so that’s on my to do list after the arches are welded

There is a couple of different models, here is where you can figure the differences. bavrest.com/2/post/2014/01/bmw-e30-si-board.html

@@slothgarage yes late model lithium battery SI board so maybe even easier than your video as less solder to deal with. Thanks

I think there is a relay you could wire up to the fuel pump.

I knew it wasn’t space keeping blocks of wood 😂 yeah a lot of folk seem to opt for removing the motor instead and I can see why now lol. Thankfully, it wasn’t too difficult to pull gearbox back out and get that last flywheel bolt in, so onto the next job now!

Ha I bet you couldn’t believe it when you noticed that bolt missing , think I’d have had to go drink many beers 😂. I had a sulk the other day as I’ve found some corrosion in the rear arches where the sill is, so have to dig my welder out and repair that now ffs 🤦. How’s your welding coming along, are you winning?

No I couldn’t believe, but it’s a good job because I found a random bolt in the gearbox that must have fell in from when we was shaking the box into place. It would have no doubt took the whole block and box out lol. I know the feeling, I keep finding little rust patches all over, I’m just trying not to get carried away again. The left sill is about done now so I’ll show that in the next video. It’s much better than the first attempt I must admit, so after a bit of cleaning up, it’s on to the arches. Had to replace the gas bottle though, so my pocket has taken a bit of a hit this month.

Hopefully yours isn’t as major as this as it’s made it a lot more difficult compared to say just doing a little patch. If you’ve got all the equipment then just give it ago off the car, welding is just one of those things than takes time to master.. we’ve got a long way to go but the other side is coming along nicely. We still need to clean up the side in the video though

Looking on the forums, people seem to suggest anywhere from 30-60k miles (so roughly 50-100km, but mine was original and the car had nearly 150k. Might be worth taking a look underneath and checking the date, but if you’ve owned the car a while, you might as well just replace it.

Try www.realoem.com it’s best way to find any part numbers.

Definitely an improvement

Yeah I know it could do with being done properly, but i don’t have the time to kill now. It hasn’t helped that it’s been sat on damp ground/grass for almost 3 years. I’ve since took it all back and started again, this time with a slightly different approach and products in hopes it does a better job. The goal now is to get it running and rolling on its own steam asap and then just enjoy the car for what it is while it lasts

It was a degreaser called jizer by swarfega

Funny you mention it as I plan to use Tetrosyl shutz this time around. I’m not sure how much I’ll need but, you can get a 1 litre can with the gun attachment for £22 - I already have compressor back from the unit days so that saves some money. The forums suggest I should be adding another layer onto of the primer before undersealing though. What do you think?

@@slothgarage I'm not sure about another layer, (i spray wood for a job) but I sprayed my new sills with primer then shultz 2 years ago and they look good but the car still hasn't moved since😂 1 litre goes a long way and you have to spray thinners through straight after or buy a new gun every time like i do.

Yeah I’m hoping they’ll just blend in with everything. I probably should have gone down the route of spraying with a compressor though

Hopefully there’s some useful stuff to take away from the videos, but I’m still learning as I go. It would be nice to tear down a 93 you know, and by the time I’ve finished mine, I might actually have an idea of what I’m doing! I’m based in Derbyshire, but lived in Notts for a while so yeah quite close

@@slothgarage Yeh I've learnt loads tbh. Subaru have barely changed anything on the models. If you ever get a new garage give me a shout and we'll work something out. Cheers

Or if you ever want any cash work I'd pay you to take mine apart, I could then sort all the rust and then I could pay you to come back and refit. Just a thought, I can tell you're busy but if you fancied it give us a shout. (It's on axel stands in a dry barn near Bingham) Nice one.