samc88
Drivels spiritual representative
Thanks for the nice comments, glad its useful for someone
Right the fuel tank has also been refitted to the chassis and the dash was given a coat of black. This will get some soundproofing fitted before going back on.
We've also been working on the bulkhead. I know that footwells are a common thing that need replacing on old land rover so it may be beneficial to someone if I put the photos on here of how we did it.
The old footwell showing the rust that needs to be cut out
The chassis was covered with a dust sheet to protect it when we were grinding
Masking tape was used to mark where we were cutting out. Before cutting, it is important to measure everything using datum points to make sure you can cut the new footwell accurately.
The part of the old footwell was cut out using a cutting disk in a grinder
The old part of the foot well that was removed
The new footwell, this was red oxided inside as it helps make scribe marks more clear
The old footwell piece was placed in the new one and was scribed around to give us the basic outline shape to cut out, this gives the basic shape and leaves metal for adjustment later, especially if you mark out the piece oversize to this.
Masking tape was placed along these lines to make it clearer where we were cutting. Arrows were drawn on the tape so we knew which side to cut and avoid any mistakes by cutting undersize
The new part was then cut out of the footwell
It was then offered up and because we had cut it oversize, needed adjustment to fit. Its better to cut oversize as you can trim it to give a good fit. Eventually we got it to fit like this
The other footwell was pretty solid with only the corner having corroded. This was duly cut out
Instead of cutting the metal out of the new passenger side footwell, we found an offcut of the other one and this was trimmed to fit.
So tomorrow we shall have a go at the welding
Right the fuel tank has also been refitted to the chassis and the dash was given a coat of black. This will get some soundproofing fitted before going back on.
We've also been working on the bulkhead. I know that footwells are a common thing that need replacing on old land rover so it may be beneficial to someone if I put the photos on here of how we did it.
The old footwell showing the rust that needs to be cut out
The chassis was covered with a dust sheet to protect it when we were grinding
Masking tape was used to mark where we were cutting out. Before cutting, it is important to measure everything using datum points to make sure you can cut the new footwell accurately.
The part of the old footwell was cut out using a cutting disk in a grinder
The old part of the foot well that was removed
The new footwell, this was red oxided inside as it helps make scribe marks more clear
The old footwell piece was placed in the new one and was scribed around to give us the basic outline shape to cut out, this gives the basic shape and leaves metal for adjustment later, especially if you mark out the piece oversize to this.
Masking tape was placed along these lines to make it clearer where we were cutting. Arrows were drawn on the tape so we knew which side to cut and avoid any mistakes by cutting undersize
The new part was then cut out of the footwell
It was then offered up and because we had cut it oversize, needed adjustment to fit. Its better to cut oversize as you can trim it to give a good fit. Eventually we got it to fit like this
The other footwell was pretty solid with only the corner having corroded. This was duly cut out
Instead of cutting the metal out of the new passenger side footwell, we found an offcut of the other one and this was trimmed to fit.
So tomorrow we shall have a go at the welding