Well, four hours spent in the garage today as well.
I welded in the new piece of framerail:
And after I ground down the welds and sloshed a good amount of etch primer on the pieces:
It came out better than I had expected really
I had a bit of a hassle on the front inside, where the panel gaps was a bit too much, so I burned some holes.
I filled the holes with weld, and then ground them down.
Some small holes appeared, but I just welded them shut, and continued until I had a continuous and smooth surface to look at
And then I started on the rear quarter panel.
I've been dreading this bit for a long time, because of the fairly complex layout of the area.
It started off looking like this:
So with a bit of cutting I then had this:
I started scraping off the foam, and water started running from it!
You'd think that spending three to four years off the road in a warm and dry garage has dried out all moist? He11 no!
You can see the wet area on the left middle of the picture.
How do I get rid of that foam curse word?
I hadn't exactly envisioned opening up the complete quarter panel this time.
And, If I remove all the spot welds and all that very carefully I still would have a b1tch of a time getting the plates loose from the foam. Maybe even damaging/bending them to get them off.
They are on there really good.
I had to bend the pieces I cut out now to get them free.
Eventually I cut the hole this big:
As you can see I found an area where the steel appeared to be healthy, to the left in the shot.
So, to simplify everything, and not create more work for myself I think I'll maybe leave it like it is, and only replace the rusted metal to the right.
I'm not sure what to do. Any good suggestions?
Stupid Ford-engineers that used foam instead of other means of sound dampening!
But, this is my last update for two weeks as me and the fiancée are going on a vacation trip this Friday.
I hope you all will behave while I'm gone, and don't do anything stupid
Send me some motivation if you have to spare
Time spent: 4 hours
Total time spent this year: 74 hours.
I welded in the new piece of framerail:
And after I ground down the welds and sloshed a good amount of etch primer on the pieces:
It came out better than I had expected really
I had a bit of a hassle on the front inside, where the panel gaps was a bit too much, so I burned some holes.
I filled the holes with weld, and then ground them down.
Some small holes appeared, but I just welded them shut, and continued until I had a continuous and smooth surface to look at
And then I started on the rear quarter panel.
I've been dreading this bit for a long time, because of the fairly complex layout of the area.
It started off looking like this:
So with a bit of cutting I then had this:
I started scraping off the foam, and water started running from it!
You'd think that spending three to four years off the road in a warm and dry garage has dried out all moist? He11 no!
You can see the wet area on the left middle of the picture.
How do I get rid of that foam curse word?
I hadn't exactly envisioned opening up the complete quarter panel this time.
And, If I remove all the spot welds and all that very carefully I still would have a b1tch of a time getting the plates loose from the foam. Maybe even damaging/bending them to get them off.
They are on there really good.
I had to bend the pieces I cut out now to get them free.
Eventually I cut the hole this big:
As you can see I found an area where the steel appeared to be healthy, to the left in the shot.
So, to simplify everything, and not create more work for myself I think I'll maybe leave it like it is, and only replace the rusted metal to the right.
I'm not sure what to do. Any good suggestions?
Stupid Ford-engineers that used foam instead of other means of sound dampening!
But, this is my last update for two weeks as me and the fiancée are going on a vacation trip this Friday.
I hope you all will behave while I'm gone, and don't do anything stupid
Send me some motivation if you have to spare
Time spent: 4 hours
Total time spent this year: 74 hours.