Thread: Spot welds and fuel tank mounting

Originally Posted by Bundy

Hi all

I have finally made a start on my 1955 series 1 86". The chassis has been done and now it's time to put the puzzle back together.

What do people do with broken spot welds in aluminium, for example, the seat locker lid strengthening pieces are broken away at the ends on mine and there are other parts throughout the vehicle with similar problems?

I can get access to a tig and a spot welder but have never used either.

The other question I have is the fuel tank bolted directly to the chassis outriggers or are there rubber pieces?

I never took the tank out and even though I have the parts book 4107 pages 163, 164, 165, 166 are badly damaged and I can't use any of it.
If anybody has an electronic copy of those pages I would sure appreciate it.

Regards Paul

Hi there Paul,
If you need some seat box lids or any other 86" panels, give "master chief" on here a PM. He lives near Bathurst and has heaps of second hand panels that you could choose from. Is heaps easier than repairing them.

Re repairing panels where required, I glued mine using strengthening gussets in descrete locations. Attached is how I strengthened the radiator support panel. It may not be how the purest would do it, but it worked for me to repair a few small cracks and strengthen it to avoid future cracking. I have also repaired a few small tears in the seat box this way.

Cheers,
Chris

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

Hi there Paul,
If you need some seat box lids or any other 86" panels, give "master chief" on here a PM. He lives near Bathurst and has heaps of second hand panels that you could choose from. Is heaps easier than repairing them.

Re repairing panels where required, I glued mine using strengthening gussets in descrete locations. Attached is how I strengthened the radiator support panel. It may not be how the purest would do it, but it worked for me to repair a few small cracks and strengthen it to avoid future cracking. I have also repaired a few small tears in the seat box this way.

Cheers,
Chris

Chris,
do you know if M/C has an 80" stuff?