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AdeV:
So... not a lot new under the sun, but I did get photos of the newly welded in panels. Damn, but welding to rust hurts (sparks, t-shirt, pain)... I clearly need plenty more practice with the MIG too...

The photos show a panel which rises vertically from the rear of the floorpan, up to form the front of the rear seat base. The rear seat bottom then runs downwards at 45 degrees (roughly), intercepting another panel which runs horizontally backwards from a couple of inches above the floorpan, which then curves up to allow the rear subframe to sit in place. It's a bizzare affair, but it does make a nice strong triangular section. Nice and strong, that is, until the water gets in & can't get out, at which point it starts eating....

Anyway, I cut the floor pan back, made a cardboard template of the area in question, cut the sheet out & welded it in. The first one got some plug welds in the middle for extra pizazz. The second one didn't because, well, I forgot OK. Too keen to play with the power tools....

micktoon:
Ade , you deserve a medal for doing this job mate ...............its making me crindge looking at the rust , it always ends up more than you first think and leads to more ....and more .....and more patches :palm: , one thing for sure you will be a good welder by the time the job is done .
I wish you all the luck and may you find good steel often :thumbup:

Cheers Mick

dawesy:
Looking good. A tip I use for car body is use a lowish current and pulse the trigger. Also although you normally 'push' mig I then to point the wire away from the direction of travel so the wire goes into the pool. Stops it burning away so easy.
Like I say though nice job :)

AdeV:
Thanks again lads - all encouragement is always appreciated....

This weekend was "tackle the rusty chassis rail" weekend.... so, the panel was prepped:

There used to be a flange there where 3 panels all met & were welded together; but the flange had rusted to almost nothing. So, I've decided to simply weld a flat plate over the lot, it'll be seam and plug welded in, so should be plenty strong enough:

Welded in:

Grind back the welds, and blow over with some weld-through primer:

The other side wasn't quite so bad, just a bit frilly around the edges. So a smaller patch was made & welded in:

Then tittivated:

Finally, the outer box strip is formed, and welded into place, before being tarted up with a quick spray of the silvery stuff:

Divided he ad:
Ade. You're a bloody mentalist! :loco: :lol:

You should write a book... Masochism for engineers! :coffee:

Looks like you're well into the job now, I may have to pop over for a visit? :beer: :beer:

Ralph.

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