Had enough of this wreckin my head, can get fittings but own a welder and can't make up my mind what to do.
Bolt the boot floor in or weld it in?
Bolt the boot floor in or weld it in?
Colthebrummie
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Do you think you will ever need to get the floor out again?
Col
Col
That's my problem, with me you never know, part of me thinks bolt in means easy out in the future for fuel tank, ease of access to sedimentor bowl, A frame bushes and ball joint and the other bit thinks drill the holes, blaze it in like all the other millions of em around an work underneath it.
Welding would go faster, bolt in gives more opportunity & flexibility down the road.
Colthebrummie
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Then, I'd bolt it inThat's my problem, with me you never know, part of me thinks bolt in means easy out in the future for fuel tank, ease of access to sedimentor bowl, A frame bushes and ball joint and the other bit thinks drill the holes, blaze it in like all the other millions of em around an work underneath it.
Welding would go faster, bolt in gives more opportunity & flexibility down the road.
Col
Will measure it up to be certain but not very close.
Hicap phill
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Bolt it in.
Drill/tap some good fixing points.
As you say it's better for later work.
Drill/tap some good fixing points.
As you say it's better for later work.
1988smithy
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Bolt it, it's a keeper
I found these.
Look to need a couple of small skin pins to secure them but look at the way they have their own "O" ring seals, once they're in place and they'll be good for years and the bolts won't rust in the nuts either so right result
The floor panel sits on a panel lip around it's circumference and is usually spot welded to the front, sides, rear and to the floor support bars that run across it.
I bought a couple of rolls of the closed cell foamed neoprene door seal strip from Lidl ages ago, it's about 3/4" wide so should be plenty wide enough
Sorted! Will be a great upgrade with respect to servicing.I found these.
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Look to need a couple of small skin pins to secure them but look at the way they have their own "O" ring seals, once they're in place and they'll be good for years and the bolts won't rust in the nuts either so right result
The floor panel sits on a panel lip around it's circumference and is usually spot welded to the front, sides, rear and to the floor support bars that run across it.
I bought a couple of rolls of the closed cell foamed neoprene door seal strip from Lidl ages ago, it's about 3/4" wide so should be plenty wide enough
100% a keeper, really hadn't planned on doing this again but needs must and I'll be sure to get in there once I've repaired it all this time and apply a generous underbody wax coating that will creep into all the seams and joints and any residual rust I missed or just can't reach without popping the body off.
You seem like a bit of a boy racer from back in the day with your admission of being an avid reader of Max Power
Don't suppose you know anything about wheel arch rolling?
1988smithy
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Yeah, don't do it with a scaff tube and the car rolling
Closest I got to boy racer was a diesel 306 with chopped springs and a nova 1.4sr with ground hubs to fit cav wheels
Yeah, don't do it with a scaff tube and the car rolling
Closest I got to boy racer was a diesel 306 with chopped springs and a nova 1.4sr with ground hubs to fit cav wheels
I need about 3 inches of coverage over the tyres
Fell asleep on the couch with the babe after giving her a bottle an YouTube had auto played me to this from a This Old Tony vid.
Just wondering how far I could push the roller? I might be being a little over optimistic?
I need about 3 inches of coverage over the tyres
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Fell asleep on the couch with the babe after giving her a bottle an YouTube had auto played me to this from a This Old Tony vid.
Just wondering how far I could push the roller? I might be being a little over optimistic?
Might go if you warm it being alloy?
Gazbo
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I need about 3 inches of coverage over the tyres
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Fell asleep on the couch with the babe after giving her a bottle an YouTube had auto played me to this from a This Old Tony vid.
Just wondering how far I could push the roller? I might be being a little over optimistic?
Because it's aluminium it will stretch a lot easier than the high strength low alloy steel of a modern steel body, so it could work fine for you. The person who thought of that device is pretty clever, it takes a lot of guesswork out of guard flaring.
