Thread: Rust

Originally Posted by Boony73

Found a rust hole the size of a 50 cent peice during the annual rego check after a bit of clean up it is a fair bit bigger, is there repair sections available for the passenger foot well area?

Just buy some sheet steel and make it yourself. That is what a panel beater would do.

Or perhaps buy a sheet of Lexan and a tube of Sikka... how good would that be for wheel placement
Can I quietly suggest while you are cutting rust to check your chassis to body mounts
Especially the ones just inboard of your fred flinstone modification.

S

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Just buy some sheet steel and make it yourself. That is what a panel beater would do.

I have some sheet I was just being lazy

Or perhaps buy a sheet of Lexan and a tube of Sikka... how good would that be for wheel placement
Can I quietly suggest while you are cutting rust to check your chassis to body mounts
Especially the ones just inboard of your fred flinstone modification.

I gave that mount a good looking over on the weekend as well as the sill and surrounds and it is all good as far as I can tell, I did find some more on the RH sill in front of the rear tyre I haven't had a chance to clean it up to see how bad it is.

Mind you I have nothing on this poor bloke

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That little dink in the folded seam is the nemesis in a disco floor pan

A whiles back I tried to tell the D1 list that hard used D1s fail there body mounts regularly

Peoples said I was a dreamer. Your photo is the tip off a failing floor pan / body mount

Get your biggest ugliest mate to jump up and down on the body above that mount and watch the happy happy joy joy.

D1 body to chassis mounts are a weak spot. Chase em fix em chase em fix em. Or just ignore them and pretend

Steve

D1 floor is the same as RRC floor isn't it? Paddocks have RRC footwell sections for £32+VAT.

I agree with Isuzurover, DIY.

You realise that any replacement panels/sheet metal has to be fully seam welded, not pop- riveted like yours is, have you got a MIG welder? Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tank

You realise that any replacement panels/sheet metal has to be fully seam welded, not pop- riveted like yours is, have you got a MIG welder? Regards Frank.

Hi frank
I don't know where you are seeing the pop rivets as I haven't started the repair yet, I will most likely start this weekend. I don't have a mig welder but I do have a arc welder with a lift tig function (it is a uni-mig 140), I'm still working out which method I'm going to use. Either way I will have to learn to either mig-welding, I have done a little bit in the past or tig welding, no experience to speak of but I have 15+ years of soldering on aircraft components plus a friend who is a welder willing to show me the ropes.