Thread: doing the bulkhead!!!!

Originally Posted by lardy

Interestingly enough i have had the last bolt on the clutch pedal box thread itself the bastard grrrrr! so now i have to work out a way to remove it.
It's the n/s top one.
Would you guys (if anyone reads this) cut it low toward the retained nut and then drill it out, and replace the knackered part out with nuts bolts and washers ?

With regards this I did cut it square to the retained nut and drillied it out, the nut was removed as it was buggered on the thread and was replaced with a nyloc bolt and washer deal.

Upon the replacement of the windscreen and surround i took the opportunity to place some non drying windscreen sealer between the windscreen and bulkhead, this
will have more waterproofing possibilities as it is soft.To the rear closer to the bulkhead i put some metal to metal sealer just to give it extra hold (may well be me being over zealous but)
I then put the new foam in, was going to leave it out as i believe it causes more issues than it solves, plus when i was working for defence i noted some had it some did not.
I have purchased some genuine Sikaflex in black (and plan to paint that in drab olive green) not sure if the upper seal was good due to windscreen removal,I stuck it round the windscreen surround to roof area en-mass, also i applied a fair amount to the outside of the foam strip lower window, it may look slightly unsightly but won't notice so much when painted in, it has a 5mm over lap onto the panels and should aid some waterproofing properties to the bulkhead,I also ran it inside where i could acess it particularly on the end.
I reckon this and the amount of this product i used should preserve the bulkhead for a good time.

Wurth Australia Pty Ltd - Catalogue the aerosol bottom of the page.
Now this gear is chemically based and I know the dinky's out there swear by fish oil, but until you see this stuff work you don't know how much of a good investment it is.
Reasoning behind buying it in aerosol version is the gun is $400 on it's own and as i doubt that I can justify that with the amount of use even with the chassis every two years.
I think i paid $22.65 a can and one can will easily do the bulkhead, it truly is amazing to watch the stuff get under the seams and creases of even the closest fitting panel.
They will offer you the probe for $7.65 but I believe you will do good enough with the straw that comes with the can as it is the ideal bore for the job and is free- also the probe is more for the chassis.
I am of the mind set not wanting to do the bulkhead again in a hurry I may get to work with more wurths wax around the windscreen clamps and door fixings, for the inconvenience of a little bit of unslightly clear chemical wax against great protection I RECKON IT'S WORTH IT !
They also produce sound deadening pads which i fitted to the rear roof under the headling and the off-cuts went to the rear panels of the 130 around the rear window and behind the seats, it's qualities are that it stops some of the drumming and firms up the panels they do two types the thin silver coated one i used for the roof and rear panels, the self adhesive open foam i will add to the bonnet.
Here are the links :Wurth Australia Pty Ltd - Catalogue
Hope this helps well back to it I have some painting to do ...forgot to say putting panels in after using enamel (celloulose paint) you can damage the paint (again the beauty of drab olive it's not rocket science to match in and is easy to apply even a spaz like me did it ) fixing panels as it takes 4-6 weeks to go hard although it is quite resilliant from the get go two pack has hardeners in it .