Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606

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RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - JB3 - 03-21-2013

man this is coming along splendidly. I love the shifter solution. I think for my van, ill be installing a center mount parking brake as well, I hate the pedal parking brake.
I gotta catch up with you. Big Grin

x3 on that green. Reminds me of a mopar

I think you should do the same flat black style racing stripe with the diesel info kinda similar! Smile

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - erling66 - 04-13-2013

I have just started the job to remove all paint and rust Smile

But behind the fenders there are some type of plastic like rust protection that are very difficult to remove. Sandblasting doesn't help. Does anyone have some advise? maybe some liquid that will melt it?

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - JB3 - 04-13-2013

(04-13-2013, 09:06 AM)erling66 I have just started the job to remove all paint and rust But behind the fenders there are some type of plastic like rust protection that are very difficult to remove. Sandblasting doesn't help. Does anyone have some advise? maybe some liquid that will melt it?

Id get a chemical mask and try a heat gun, see if it loosens it up enough to scrape off.

Id suggest paint remover, but my experience has been that paint remover is really good for 1-3 layers of paint at a time, and some kind of thick undercoating it would probably take longer than just wire wheeling it all off.

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - HaavardPYA - 04-17-2013

The white thick stuff there is a bit tricky to get of. Cleaned may Granada for that stuff, and it took a while. Paint remover does not help. Little bit easyer with heat. Best is to sharpen up some flat metal about 3cm wide and weld it to a screwdriver and use it as a scrape. Make sure its stiff enough.
I would advise you to only remove it around where the rust is and let the rest be. Weld the rust and put new "bodyskydd" over there again. Its not dangerous to paint over it.

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - Ksteen2 - 04-26-2013

how's the mighty Ford doing?

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - erling66 - 05-16-2013

I have started to remove the rust and sand blast it. As usual you discover 5 times more rust than you thought(or hoped for) Confused

Here is a hole I found in the front corner:

and now it is gone Smile

The welding is not perfect but if you want to do that, it will take forever Dodgy

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - Simpler=Better - 05-16-2013

Looks great to me Smile

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - erling66 - 05-18-2013

Finally some real progress Smile

The engine bay has been primed with 2 k epoxy primer. First I removed all the nasty putty Ford used and sandblasted everything, then welded the rust holes. Sandblasted the welded spots and then it was time for primer.

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - mantahead - 05-18-2013

looking good Erling.

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - Ksteen2 - 05-21-2013

nice, it will soon be done then? Wink

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - JB3 - 10-24-2013

any recent updates?

question on the parking brake, was that original to the van center mounted like that?
Looking at that again, I love that solution with the shifter above the assembly like that.

I wish I could do the same with my arrangement, but most of the mechanism is below the floor on mine.

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - erling66 - 10-25-2013

(10-24-2013, 11:58 AM)JB3 any recent updates?

question on the parking brake, was that original to the van center mounted like that?
Looking at that again, I love that solution with the shifter above the assembly like that.

I wish I could do the same with my arrangement, but most of the mechanism is below the floor on mine.

Hi
No update Confused

I have been working on a daily driver project with a 604 turbo, It is not such a big job so hopefully it will be finished in a month and then I can work on the Transit again Smile

The Parking brake is original, it is a nice arrangement, you can even lock the rear wheels whit it when driving Big Grin

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - Gearbound - 01-10-2014

Any more updates on the mean green machine?

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - erling66 - 01-10-2014

(01-10-2014, 06:52 AM)Gearbound Any more updates on the mean green machine?

Hi
Well I bought another Green Ford (taunus) this summer and decided to put a OM604 in it with a big turbo, so the Transit has been on hold for a while. I will make a thread for the new project soon

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - Sotvisp - 01-11-2014

How does the car runs tru the car inspect system (bilprovning på Svenska ) is it easier to fix in Norway ??
Just curious ..

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - erling66 - 01-11-2014

(01-11-2014, 10:27 AM)Sotvisp How does the car runs tru the car inspect system (bilprovning på Svenska ) is it easier to fix in Norway ??
Just curious ..

I am curious too Tongue

but everything is possible (but not easy) if you really want it to pass. A friend of mine has a VW transporter with a 1200hp twin turbo V8 Chevy that passed the inspection.

RE: Ford Transit 1980 with a supercharged Mercedes 606 - Ksteen2 - 10-30-2014

the norwegian car inspection (vegvesen) is verry strict.. they would not aprove a OM606 in my W123 :/