Thread: Tricky Bulkhead Repair!

Originally Posted by geodon

Geeze!

Looks like the ally ripped & lead was wiped over it?


Welding? Apart from the difficulty of welding ally, the lead will just run away. But, it could be filled again I suppose.

Comments?

Hello from Brisbane - no expert on welding so can't really comment with any authority.

However, and this may be naive, I thought Series bulkheads were welded steel.................

Cheers,

Yup, all steel.

Cut it out, cut a plate to suit and weld it in.

CC

Well as my youngest daughter is fond of saying: "WELL, DERRR DAD!"

This is a BETTER faux pas than my thinking my RRC has vacuum boosted brakes!!


'92 RRC No Power in Brakes.

Thanks, guys!!

Steel is something my MIG & I can handle!

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As I ground away the paint, I found the bog. Funny, I've not seen lead AND bog on a repair? I soon found out why later.

The nails? I weld then on to pull out metal I can't get behind to push out. I use a claw hammer to grab the heads. In this case, I also used them to correct a twist in the door pillar. Looks like she got hit hard in the door causing a noticeable twist where the top hinge mounts.

Then a straighforward patch; or so I thought!

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As I ground away the welds on the patch, I noticed the "lead" melting away from the pillar. Only it wasn't lead! It was silver solder most likely & it was there because someone had melted it on to the pillar to "repair" the rust!

So another patch & then stitch it and clean up.

Now the door pillar is square on to the front panel so I only need a modest amt of filler mainly to fill in the pits.

Now for the footwells! Does anyone know if they are available with the swages? I've only seen them with plain flat metal.

Originally Posted by geodon

Now for the footwells! Does anyone know if they are available with the swages? I've only seen them with plain flat metal.

i don't know about your side of the world but here in the UK we have Les Cromie (Series 2 Club member) selling these on ebay

Land rover series 2 2a & 3 Right hand footwell | eBay

he does make both footwells and very nicely, i've bought a pair and fitted them into my '65 109 bulkhead (also makes other panels) they're slightly heavier guage than standard, everybody that i've known to use them are impressed with the quality

i don't know if that helps as he's here in the UK but a message to him costs nothing on ebay