M100 project diary.

marko · Post by **marko** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:39 am

my "beat up" m100 arrived today and i'm quite happy with what i've found so far

1st off it works 100% despite the seller saying only one channel worked and it sounds lovely with solid bass and plenty of it! maybe the last owner had other issues with his system but there is evidance that a bit of heat was going on inside (check out the rail caps

).

so, my shopping list consists of new caps all round and a new heatsink unless anyone has any ideas how i can repair the sink? i've straightened the odd bend out before on these amps and they're made of strong stuff!!

as for sheet metal, i have a brand new LE cover to go on it and the rest is quite sound and responded well to a good t-cut so will leave this alone for now.

MINI COOP · Post by **MINI COOP** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:59 am

I hope that your project is going to work, I actualy have no doubt about it

succes!!

martinkruit · Post by **martinkruit** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:25 am

What kind off "NEW" heatsink are you thinking about?

can you buy the same one from PG?

1moreamp · Post by **1moreamp** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:43 am

Phil at Pg might have a sink but I would doubt it due to age, but who knows maybe a call is in order to rule out my suspicion about availability....

I know I have a sink, but its part of a M-100 i was thinking about restoring... So marko you want to sell your M-100

marko · Post by **marko** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:11 pm

cecil, sell me your m100 sink, you know it makes sence

@martin, when i said new i meant, well, 2nd hand or anything really! i'm gonna have a go at straightening it 1st though, i have nothing to loose after all and it'll be painted white after to match route 66....

thingy · Post by **thingy** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:47 pm

what about getting a new one milled or something?

marko · Post by **marko** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:07 am

thingy wrote:what about getting a new one milled or something?

that would be very complex and expensive to make, i'm wondering wether some heat on the sink would make it pliable to bend back in place and wether it can be welded easy?

...or just find one of those shrouds for the sink and cover it up

thingy · Post by **thingy** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:10 am

A body repair shop maybe?

marko · Post by **marko** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:15 am

i trained in body repair as a youth so shaping and painting the sink is the least of my worries, i just need a way on initially bending them back in place and they are tough as old boots, ever tried straitening one!!

wondered if a small hand held blow torch would be upto the job?

marko · Post by **marko** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:05 am

so i decided to repair the heatsink...

1st i straightened the fins as best i could using 2 chisels in a push-pull fasion! then i used some metal epoxy resin stuff just for extra strength where the gouges were follwed by a light skin of regular body filler. then some primer and stopper. it's now looking half decent in full primer with just a bit more stopper to apply to make it nice.

gridracer · Post by **gridracer** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:13 am

wow excellent job that will look great when finished.

Post by **Wakeup** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:15 am

OMG....Marko you never cease to amaze me at your work! Thats just an amazing job!

Whoo whoo!! Grats on that fine job!

Keep us informed and updated!

Post by **mr tibbs** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:28 am

That looks great!! Will it hold up to the heat?

ydnap · Post by **ydnap** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:46 am

Rule Britannia.

marko · Post by **marko** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:49 am

mr tibbs wrote:That looks great!! Will it hold up to the heat?

dunno, but it'll look good in my collection

seriously though i don't think it'll effect it unless i it's abused and mounted upside down or something silly!

martinkruit · Post by **martinkruit** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:49 pm

Nice work

Post by **stipud** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:44 pm

Holy crap... that doesn't look bad at all. Nice one!

Post by **bdubs767** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:47 pm

thats freakign amazing

great job

thingy · Post by **thingy** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:25 am

MINI COOP · Post by **MINI COOP** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:18 am

nice job

a verry cheap m100

fordtough1 · Post by **fordtough1** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 4:56 am

Impressive!

ydnap · Post by **ydnap** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:16 am

Marko.

Just to let you know mate there is a paint out there by Dupli color (IIRC) called anodizer. And, Im pretty sure they do it in gold.

You need to put down a silver base and then add the anodizer layer (its spray on).

I did my Hyundai logos with the blue and its really convincing

ydnap · Post by **ydnap** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:18 am

mr tibbs wrote:That looks great!! Will it hold up to the heat?

It'll be fine. I mean look how much he has had to use compared to what is left of the sink (like 99.9999% alu).

However, I would use a high heat clearcoat. The paint will hold but it will go brittle as I found out with my MPS, and will chip easy if you even so much as fart near it.

ydnap · Post by **ydnap** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:27 am

Oh for the yanks among us, T-cut is buffing compound

marko · Post by **marko** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 5:58 am

here's the finished article, was painted with radiator enamel so likes lots of heat! i found "wicks" own brand to be a damn good match for pg products and even has that slight blue tint that you get with the route66 if you know what i mean?