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My day in pictures
I'd recently waxoiled the chassis rail and then noticed a bit of waxoil oozing out of a scabby bit on the chassis rail - well I couldn't leave it like that!!!
I'd already hit it hard with a zip wheel when I was cleaning up the underside and it didn't turn to dust but it obviously wasn't as sound as I thought.......
Chop chop
Glad I did - had to go a fair way over till I got to good steel
Grind grind - shiney steel
I'd had me cornflakes so the box came in handy - make a card template
Transfer to 1.5 mm steel
Cut, sand, hammer and splash a bit of weld thro primer on it
Same with the chassis rail that remained
Had a few hard drive failures over the years - recently liberated a few magnets out of the dead ones - make great fixings for butt welding - even better when you can find more than one of them - bloody mini in the garage seems to have eaten them all
Don't try to weld near one does weird s**t to the arc!!
I know it looks a bit "gappy" but with multiple curves I find it easier to weld it in where it touches and then go round beating it into the shape that closes up the gaps - works well with chassis sections - not so well with bodywork!!!
Yes it did catch fire - but I was ready for it - I knew that the wax oil would flame up quite nicely
First piece in
Grind it back
Cornflake box and scissors I have plenty so knock the next bit up (holes are for a few puddle welds - spot welds with a MIG) My Portamig was appreciating the break as it's not been on power 5 out of 12 for a while - minis don't like anything more than 15 amps
Splash a bit of weld thro on it
Hit it with the sparkly stick
Upside down welding - yeah that's my strong point - NOT
Grind it back (just the weld so as not to thin the metal)
Bit of Red (Pink) Oxide - I remembered to drill a new drain hole
Am I happy with that......
Well a blind man on a galloping horse would be so
Slap some chassis black on it then
There I did it - I posted pics of my not so invisible repair and "functional" welding - who'd have thunk it!!!
Subframe can go back up tommorrow and then I can tackle the Sills and rear quarter and boot floor.....
The joys of owning a 90's Vauxhall/Opel/Lotus
I'd recently waxoiled the chassis rail and then noticed a bit of waxoil oozing out of a scabby bit on the chassis rail - well I couldn't leave it like that!!!
I'd already hit it hard with a zip wheel when I was cleaning up the underside and it didn't turn to dust but it obviously wasn't as sound as I thought.......
Chop chop
Glad I did - had to go a fair way over till I got to good steel
Grind grind - shiney steel
I'd had me cornflakes so the box came in handy - make a card template
Transfer to 1.5 mm steel
Cut, sand, hammer and splash a bit of weld thro primer on it
Same with the chassis rail that remained
Had a few hard drive failures over the years - recently liberated a few magnets out of the dead ones - make great fixings for butt welding - even better when you can find more than one of them - bloody mini in the garage seems to have eaten them all
Don't try to weld near one does weird s**t to the arc!!
I know it looks a bit "gappy" but with multiple curves I find it easier to weld it in where it touches and then go round beating it into the shape that closes up the gaps - works well with chassis sections - not so well with bodywork!!!
Yes it did catch fire - but I was ready for it - I knew that the wax oil would flame up quite nicely
First piece in
Grind it back
Cornflake box and scissors I have plenty so knock the next bit up (holes are for a few puddle welds - spot welds with a MIG) My Portamig was appreciating the break as it's not been on power 5 out of 12 for a while - minis don't like anything more than 15 amps
Splash a bit of weld thro on it
Hit it with the sparkly stick
Upside down welding - yeah that's my strong point - NOT
Grind it back (just the weld so as not to thin the metal)
Bit of Red (Pink) Oxide - I remembered to drill a new drain hole
Am I happy with that......
Well a blind man on a galloping horse would be so
Slap some chassis black on it then
There I did it - I posted pics of my not so invisible repair and "functional" welding - who'd have thunk it!!!
Subframe can go back up tommorrow and then I can tackle the Sills and rear quarter and boot floor.....
The joys of owning a 90's Vauxhall/Opel/Lotus
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