Bit of a different project is this one, ive had the truck booked in on the 5th of this month for shot blasting, and painting, so i thought i would take pictures of the progress

These pictures were taken on saturday the 5th, i basically had to strip everything down, mudgaurds, wingtops catwalks, front bumpers, etc, so the shot blaster can gain access to the rust!!



middway through the strip down, virtually every nut and bolt snapped







plenty of crud to steam clean



a small collection of parts

















nearside almost stripped







front bumper and lower grill removed





Monday 7th, all wheels now removed, and 4 tatty ones fitted to keep it mobile



chassis fully degreased with autosmart Dk 10, i think









proper brakes, never mind your brembo's



thats it for now, getting shot blasted tomorrow, so will try to get some more pics up

 

Will definately be watching this very interesting,,,

 

fat dude,saw your motor up and down m6 i think a few times when i used to drive for lomas distribution.

 

now thats some brakes! will be keeping an eye on this.... good luck

 

Yeah them brakes aint bad i had a set on my push bike

 

great project abit diffrent looking forward to watching this

 

How long before it gets YB'd?

Seriously though, I love big trucks I'll be watching this too. Lets see some pics of the proper diesel engine under that cab

 

I work for a scania dealer, its good to see this getting saved rather than broke
I'll keep an eye on this

 

Wow! size of those brakes!! lol if thats the rears, what the fronts like?

 

Hey mate, i wouldnt sand blast it imo. We did a trailer at work then painted it and had no end of problems with valves going tits up. Ended up changing every valve on the trailer just to get the brakes and extender to work again.

So when we did our big daf we stripped it down and used a needle gun, took longer but was a better soloution in the end.

Jsut a bit of advice as it turned out to be a fuckin expensive spray on the trailer

 

awsome! better than your average cossie rebuild!!

 

i sand blasted one 8years ago an painted it still on road no problem ,he ask me if id do the trailer chassie good it longest thing i ever painted

looking good so far mate

 

Thanks for the comments, i thought it would be nice to do sommat different

to be honest, i am mildly concerned about the down side on shotblasting, but i was looking at the guys work before, and his blasting is spot on

 

Excellent project mate keep us updated


Brian

 

very interesting project

Cant wait for more updates

Just as said before does that sand not mess things up getting into everything?

 

what do you do with all that wires and rubber tubes while blasting?

 

should look good when its painted.cant beat a freshly painted truck we fit windscreens in spirit autologistics fleet and see all the new truck gettin resprayed company colours its mad seeing brand new truck gettin stripped then built up again.

scania 4 series is a great truck to put a screen in.

 

Wiring and airpipes are moved as much as possible, and a steady hand is needed The fella doing it said he always shits himself when he builds the air up in the truck after blasting

Other than a full strip down, i would say about 5% of the chassis will be unreachable, but the cost, and the downtime to do that would be impractical, remember, owner drivers dont make any money.

 

our old double drive foden had its chassis blasted.. no end of trouble, that stuff gets in everywhere! was never the same again!

 

COOL... deffo something different

 

i was at my company's fitters with my scania the other day just saying could i pinch the brakes & turbo for my series one rst pmsl,exelent thread btw!

 

4 series mid lift,is it a 420/470/480/580 topline or r cab. better get the chap who own,s it to get the bumper loom replaced while bumper off ,as would save time/money/problems in the future

Stuartsturbo what depo you at ? are you scania/truk east/kelt truck etc ,might have meet you at loughburgh

cheeRS stu

 

I'm absolutely gobsmacked that a series 4 has so much rust and corrosion on it

 

Graceland they do rust more so wing poles,bumper brackets etc,never the cab,unless had accident repairs,usual cause of rust is vehicle not being washed regular or looked after

cheeRS stu

 

i dont think ive seen one that doesnt rust fella

 

Spose when it's on the road pretty much 24/7 then it's subject to everything the councills drop on them too - Shame really

Although having said that, when I was a PSV fitter a fair few years ago, the Series 3 and 4 Scania chassied buses were solid with the only corrosion on the aluminium panels. Only downside was electrical gremlins galore and overheating due to the radiator being in the back with the engine

Other than the few niggles I always found them very easy to work on and very sraight forward when it came to heavy maintanance (IE, gearbox and engine removals)

 

you've got to love full air brakes

 

i love trucks as my dad is truck driver will be keeping a eye on . nice truck aswell is it 420 ?

 

Fukin hate busses,k and n series,glad your not at it now graceland xpi engine in buses on euro 5 ,with cats and the bus world now has can comunication,and hi tech bns 2 system,remember with 4 series the newest one is 6 yrs old

cheeRS stu

 

I'm glad I aint at it now too Stu - The shit I worked on ranged from old Mk1 and Mk2 nationals, Leyland Lynx's right through to Olympians, MCW Mk2's, Series 3/4 Scania to the newest in the fleet being Volvo B10b, Dennis Dart 6BT and DAF SB220

All fucking crap to work on apart from the Scania

 

cheers dude, it is a 420, but ive had it remapped up to a 500 now

 

ive refurbished a few lorries & trailers in my time used to get the chassis shot blasted you just got to protect the pipes & cables with lots of gaffa tape it is a bitch to clean all the shot out after but nothing that a gun compressor can n ot blow out ,good luck with the resto i hope the shot blaster is as good as you say he is

 

Well, its been a week, and it should have been finished and out on the road!!

Howeverits been painted this afternoon, so i managed to get in the paintbooth to get some pics of the old girl all masked up and shotblasted

sorry for the quality, iphone pics!!



















Had to remove the fifth wheel to gain access to the inner chassis rails











So, it should be painted now, so hopefully more pics to come tomorrow, along with the rebuild, its back in work on wed morning!!

 

Nice one, so what these like to drive with no Trailer? bet they pull like mad with no trailer adding weight lol

 

Reckon those brakes will fit on my fiesta?

 

i always liked lorrys etc theres a few nice 143's 1995 models about my way all painted up they look the nuts to

 

looks good mate.

 

looks cool, will be good to see it finished

 

 

Very interesting topic - never realised this sort of work was carried out on trucks. Will look forward to the next update.