Your wish is my command!
Welded in all the panels this morning but also had to patch a rusty and thin spot above them in the corner (went through with the media blaster). Quite difficult to cut it all out up there, but my trusty air saw came to the rescue again!
I had to peel back the cargo area panel in the front corner and hold it up with a screwdriver so I could weld it.
Any panels I won't have access to when it is all finished I etch primed and painted red (avoiding any flanges I need to spot weld soon) to prevent corossion inside
I had to cut a good corner out to get access a few days ago
This now needs closing off, so I made up a panel with a step/joddle and an overlap to try these new modern adhesives that some manufacturers use to bond panels on. Supposedly stronger than welding and seal the joints at the same time.
Heres the panel
and heres the glue
Heres the new corner panel in place
Lets see how strong it is in a few days.
I used the same adhesive to bond a 1.6mm reinforcement panel to the top of the frame mount hole but will still tack it into place tomorrow to prevent shear fractures (twist).
Compere the view now to what it was a few days ago
Bit better!
Andy.
Welded in all the panels this morning but also had to patch a rusty and thin spot above them in the corner (went through with the media blaster). Quite difficult to cut it all out up there, but my trusty air saw came to the rescue again!
I had to peel back the cargo area panel in the front corner and hold it up with a screwdriver so I could weld it.
Any panels I won't have access to when it is all finished I etch primed and painted red (avoiding any flanges I need to spot weld soon) to prevent corossion inside
I had to cut a good corner out to get access a few days ago
This now needs closing off, so I made up a panel with a step/joddle and an overlap to try these new modern adhesives that some manufacturers use to bond panels on. Supposedly stronger than welding and seal the joints at the same time.
Heres the panel
and heres the glue
Heres the new corner panel in place
Lets see how strong it is in a few days.
I used the same adhesive to bond a 1.6mm reinforcement panel to the top of the frame mount hole but will still tack it into place tomorrow to prevent shear fractures (twist).
Compere the view now to what it was a few days ago
Bit better!
Andy.
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