Well today is Sunday - Where The Hell Did The Weekend Go?
OK - Reply Business First.
Mad Hat Man,
Yep I will try that. Although the welder is 9 years old, the thing is hardly used and literally like new. thanks for the tip
Mr Noisy,
I did cut back to good thck metal and at times on some thinner stuff it seemed OK. Today was a lot better. Tx
Now for todays events.
Firstly I had a friends birthday party to go to last night. It was his 40th and despite him being on here I wont embarrase him by saying his name. Any how It was a great night and to prove my dedication to the Disco - The GreenHornet not the dancing kind at the party, although man I lit up the dance floor with the missus. They played Madness and Abba and YMCA and all the classics that you love to dance and act a prat to...... anyhow where woz a? Yes thats it the Disco - So I never had a drink as I needed to have a clear head for today. Unfortunately my stepson was very ill bless him and the missus kept me awake all night - not in the good way either
getting up and down to him as he was throwing up every half hour.
Anyhow the work today -
First up i did some patching of the bulkhead. This rot was caused by poor welding of the previous owner and also the shoddy seams from Land Rover
Man they had such a 'It'll Do' approach sometimes. Today the welder behaved itself and on the inner wing works today I went through a reel and a half of wire. (I am using 07kg reels at the moment) as you can see the welder behaved himself to a large degree and the little stop starts are me spot welding then bending the patch panel and then welding some more. As you can see I used the weld through primer which worked fine today since I discovery you have to have sprayed it on good clean metal first.
Once all the patches were done i then started to position the front body mount. This is a different mount as I could only get the 300 series panels. BTW are the wings different from a 200 to a 300 AND what fixings do I need for the trim and indicators - Any pictures anyone please)
I then positioned the light panel and the inner wing followed by the upright and wing brace. All done with clamps and mole grips first to ensure it all fits.
Once I was happy I then stitched welded where I didnt need too much strength and seam welded everywhere else.
This was quickly followed by seam sealer to make sure the panels wont rot out from the edges again and then some zine primer to aid against rust. On top of this I will put tetrosyl '?' and then some black paint for niceness
I finished off the day by painting the rear legs of the chassis around the tank area to see if it will cover OK and boy does it look nice!!
Now then during the week, as it is dark, I may be stripping the brakes off and cleaning them up. Fitting new pipework and pads. Also dependant on rigging a light up, I will also hopefully be painting the areas around the suspension ready for all the new items which need to grace the new rustless (well a lot less than before) Disco.
I just need to think about the boot area now. I am going to chequer plate and make the rear section removalble so I can get easy access to the tank. Also I will be making an area to the side of the chassis, near where the silencer once sat (More on that later
) so I can mount an air tank for tyre inflation and air lockers (Once I can afford them). This way I dont have to have a compressor running in the car all the time. Although I am looking at running a compressor pump from the engine
All in all a good day and I even had the new grill on it which looks nice
BUT
I actually do prefer the 200 front end on a modified Disco
But what can you do.
I hope the pictures are fun to see and that I am giving you an interesting read.