Which one?! The middle one on the sliding door side is the one that'll be interesting! The others shouldn't put up too much of a fight.
Nice work so far, and nice workshop space you've got there, also looks like you've started with a fairly good bus!
I'm replacing the brake cable guide tubes as they were pretty nasty. My local fabrication shop has some suitable tubing, but it's in stainless steel. Is there any compelling reason why I shouldn't fit stainless? Obviously I'll need to change my MIG wire (gas is CO2/Argon so should be fine), but wasn't sure if I was missing a trick?
dont need to change anything just weld as normal as your welding to steel any way Then Treat As Normal
The middle sill on the slider think I've sussed out mine and will be tacking it in today ☺ Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
A little more from this week. The loom is now fixed in place through the front cross member (a real pain getting the welding torch into position doing this one, but looks ok!): And onto the rear cross member, all clamped into place (I may’ve got carried away buying clamps as I’ve got a decent collection now): And welded in (feel pretty comfortable with plug welds now): Before I can get the Near side inner sill in there are a few bits of surrounding metal that need some attention (access would be tricky with the inner sill in): Rot cut out, and inner sill clamped into place to give a reference point to work out where to bend the repair panel: Repair panel made up in the vice (and checked against the replacement floor): And all welded in (I’lll repair the bit in front of it at a later point, I’ll be able to do that bit with the sill in). Ignore the beautifully rotten middle sill in the last picture!:
Thanks for all the positive comments and likes people. I've never done anything like this before, but must be doing something right! If anything looks wrong though please shout out!
Great welding for somebody who has never done it before, wish I was as good as that, I have welding jealousy!
My parents are down this week so took them down the workshop to show them how things are progressing. Think they were shocked but impressed at how far I'd gone with it! Inner sill and jacking points on Near Side to do this weekend!
A bit more from this week. Drilled and prepped the jacking points and inner sill (used my new air punch for the holes; a great time saver!) Lots of clamps to hold everything in place: And weld away: End result. All N/S jacking points plug welded to the top hats and chassis, seam welded to the cross members, and inner sill welded to top hats: I’ve also bent and fitted a new N/S brake cable guide tube (the old one snapped in half when I removed the rear outrigger). The replacement is stainless steel so shouldn’t rust out. I got the guys at my local metal fabricators (Elite Fabrication & Welding) to flange the end of the tube when I picked it up so it looks just like the factory tube.
Your doing a great job there iv been sandblasting the underside of mine as well, doing it myself and your right its messy especially as mine is outside under a tarpaulin there is grit everywhere. Keep up the good work
Thanks mate. Yes sandblasting creates an impressive amount of mess! Good on you for doing it yourself.
Got the engine bay to do tomorrow, its on a roll over jig at the minute but going to transfer it over to a rotisserie jig the same as yours soon to give me better access to the underside Sent from my SM-T310 using Tapatalk
A little from this evening’s effort to fabricate a repair for the Rear torsion bar chassis area. Rot and previous rubbish welding chopped out: Repair panel made up. What a pig to do! The combination of a curved section and slight bend to the panel made this quite tricky to get right. There is also a dip in the panel on one side as it approaches the torsion bar. For that bit I had to weld an extra piece to the panel (I could’ve made the panel bigger and just bent it, but I’d already cut it down to size).Should do the job. Trial fitted to the chassis, Heres the dipped section (sorry about the image quality). It’s not a perfect match for the original but should be a neat repair: Got some paint on it tonight so should be able to mastic it tomorrow night and weld in Friday. Hoping to get the O/S outriggers in soon once these repairs are done.
That looks great fella ,how many pairs of grips do you own ,I thought I had a few but no competition ,you win ! Just read your resto tonight ,it's looking great ,keep it going bud.
