Thread: Sika 227

In the 80s, semi-trailer manufacturer Freighter were using double sided tape to attach the roof sheets to vans. The sheets were 4' wide with two side by side to cover the 8'2½" van. The remaining 2½" being side and central SHS, this required careful alignment of the sheets. The first time this new method was employed, the first sheet was taped flush with edge of the trailer and the second butted up to it, resulting in the second sheet not quite meeting the SHS. Attempted realignment of the sheets resulted in destruction of the sheets.
So John, perhaps 3M have a suitable sticky tape for your application.

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello OKA374,

You got me ... what is a coffin panel on a motor vehicle? A photograph would be good.

Kind regards
Lionel

Assuming it's the engine cover between the seats.

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello OKA374,

You got me ... what is a coffin panel on a motor vehicle? A photograph would be good.

Kind regards
Lionel

This bit, behind the door and in front of the rear body. So called due to its shape, apparently.

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Originally Posted by prelude

if the RHS is rusted, that won't hold so it might be that the adhesive worked well and is still sticking, but only to a bunch of rust that has let go from it's donor

-P

That's what I'm worried about.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

So John, perhaps 3M have a suitable sticky tape for your application.

I would consider that for the roof, but the side panes have no access from behind ( Well, I'm to lazy to pull out all the boards inside ) so a panel bond of some description would be preferred. I am hoping not to have to remove the entire sides, and do it like Peter did. It's going to depend on what I find I guess. Windows have to come out, that's certain.

Not mine, thankfully, but it will give you some idea.

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I didn't get pics of the sections that I'm doing, because some muppet has covered the bottom panels of this one with about a ton of steel checker plate and then taken it to French Island. The bloke doing this job point blank refuses to take the stuff off, as it's probably the only thing holding it together.

An OKA is like a series landy. Everything can be fixed with RIVETS!

Chris

They do say that an OKA is for when you grow out of Defenders.

There would normally be hardly any pop rivets in an Oka from the factory, most of the skins are stuck on with a sika type product and do take some removing.
The biggest problem was that they never did ANY corrosion proofing during or after assembly. Little or no prep before painting either.
All that steel checker plate would make it much heavier than it should be but as your repairer says it might be holding it all together.