Big Stripdown and Weld thread 300tdi

[Bennehboy]

Christ I bet you got a bit of a sweat on doing that today! Keep up the great work!

 

[puddlejumper]

Nowt wrong with that welding that a quick grind and polish with a flapper disc wont put right!!!

 

[Chrisw8]

it was kin melting !!!

got some questions about front shocks .........

I think i'll start a new thread for them.

 

[TezzDemon]

What welder are you using if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Chrisw8]

Hi Tezz

It's a clarke 151te. Bought it on vat free day.

Ok, today's update.

Big plate welded in and little one on A pillar .

Not too bad welding. Puddle welds were a bit puddly. Lol



Quick first coat of Bonda primer before weekend rain.

 

[Chrisw8]

Just noticed I didn't drill the rain hole !!!

 

[TezzDemon]

Cheers chief

 

[Chrisw8]

Cut a bit more out in between rain ....




What's this triangular piece for , and do I need to remove it if I replace my sills with box section ???

 

[haigy]

That is the sill end plate.if i was vox section the sill i wouldnt efit this.id cut it back and plate off the end of box section.

After a small patch on my sill this weekend has left me wishing id av just box sectioned them

 

[Chrisw8]

Thanks for info haigy.

so I cut the end marked red, and then weld it to the box section marked blue ??

or get rid of it altogether ??

 

[Chrisw8]

photo .....D'oh

 

[Saltlick]

You don't want to remove it completely- it protects the body mount on the inner sill from catching all of the crape thrown up from the wheels. There should also be a smaller one behind it that is right up against the mount.

 

[Saltlick]

I made a pair of these, and the one next to the body mount is in my post crash repairs thread if you want a look - it doesn't need to be complicated thankfully

 

[Roders1]

I made some that looked similar'ish when I changed sills, as it gives floor pan a bit of support and also stops vibration. Cracking thread by the way.

 

[haigy]

Yeah thats the 1 chris id just plate the end then fab up a piece to cover the mount like being said now. If the 1 thats on it at min os good enough cut it off then reweld it in place to your box section sill.

 

[haigy]

Youl have 1 at the back aswell doing the same job as front but this 1 can be welded to rear of mount to protect it and in to rear arch.

 

[Chrisw8]

Thanks for info haigy.

It'll be a while yet. I'm thinking in this order
1 rear crossmember and hole in chassis/mount (to try and keep everything square)
2 sills
3 behind quarter panels
3a 'bottom of 'c' pillars
4 rear wheel arches
5 hole in chassis, when I get boot floor out.
6 new length where middle row seats bolt to
7 boot
8 replace tail door hinges
9 Front suspension
10 new inner wing

Or do you think I should I do 3 before 2 ??

I'm keeping inner wing till last as I don't want to buy it yet in case I give up !!

 

[Chrisw8]

Today's update....in between showers, again !!!

Finished cutting out rotten bits in footwell.

Scraped off that rubber stuff that's glued to the floor, gave all the rusty looking bits the 'hammer' test

Cleaned up and gave floor a dose of fertan.

 

[haigy]

Thats not to bad other than the hole. Where you from chris

 

[Chrisw8]

im in Newport .south wales.