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[minimuk]

looks as if its goin well so far , what do you think is it easyer or harder than you was thinking it was goin to be ???

yep easy as expected, just planning is the biggest part, and asking what if,.....several times before using the cutter, Bracing is also a good move doing this kinda operation

[STREET TWEAKS]

looks as if its goin well so far , what do you think is it easyer or harder than you was thinking it was goin to be ???

yep easy as expected, just planning is the biggest part, and asking what if,.....several times before using the cutter, Bracing is also a good move doing this kinda operation

and thats one big operation ha ha

[minimuk]

Half an hour, that's about a three hour and two cups of coffee job here, guess that's why I am taking so long, lol !!

you are doing a great job at your own speed, and that is what counts, I had a few cuppa's aswell......

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

your fabrication skills are great, but reading this is making me want another project though

keep up the good work mate

[minimuk]

your fabrication skills are great, but reading this is making me want another project though

keep up the good work mate

Go 4 it, you know you want to,.......

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

haha problem being is i cant afford it but yet im still hopefully going to see a mini thats lying in a field on friday that my mate spotted, hopefully its an older mk and then somehow get it haha and just store it until the funds are there

[minimuk]

haha problem being is i cant afford it but yet im still hopefully going to see a mini thats lying in a field on friday that my mate spotted, hopefully its an older mk and then somehow get it haha and just store it until the funds are there

always good to have a back-up project, what field.........

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

to be honest i have no idea, its in a village called saintfield about 15mins drive from where i live so il just have to wait and see what its like

[minimuk]

to be honest i have no idea, its in a village called saintfield about 15mins drive from where i live so il just have to wait and see what its like

good luck, hope it is a treasure!!

[minimuk]

yet another update,....

I made another repair piece as the Blue one, made yesterday was to thin .89mm while the old cut out piece was 1.18mm, so I made one from 1.2mm


lined up next to each other, happy with the shaping


and the final fit before treating with Por15
 gutter repair piece final fit.jpg   63.46K   14 downloads

top window panel stiffener neede repairing, new piece cut-out

like this kinda fettling, will look good after. And am happy that I left the old roof on and not replaced it with a donor roof.

see yuz tmr

[minimuk]

rear roof repair continue,.....

cleaned stiffener surface rust off as much as possible
 beginning roof repair.jpg   78.04K   14 downloads

used 'cleaning fleece disk' and clamped repair pieces in position


tacked them on
 tacked roof repair.jpg   79.31K   9 downloads

welded and sanded with flap disk and finished with fleece disk


Por15 time tmr.....
the cut out gutter will be replaced when offering the rear donor panel, and keep the rest of the origional guttering.

Edited by minimuk, 22 March 2012 - 11:25 PM.

[grahama]

Another great repair in the making, look forward to the rear going on.

Graham

[minimuk]

Another great repair in the making, look forward to the rear going on.

Graham

All in good time Graham, I was welding in the sun today,......just fab..... burned myself a few times just wearing a T-shirt and Shorts....I know Mad!!, I did not Use Por15 today but Zinc primer on the roof stiffener and the welded roof repair.
 roof repair and stiffener zinc primed.jpg   76.14K   12 downloads

start cleaning the rear quarter lip's on doth sides and the window parcel shelf repairs,...

[minimuk]

rear panel prep continiue,........

this morning I have cleaned and zinc primed the rear quarter/panel lips and preped, cut out and repaired parcel shelf,... one step closer


Piccies before, you can see I left a 3 mm sleeve under the gutter, for the new panel to be wellded to, this way it will be easyer to sand back smooth



The parcel shelf repair
, old piece cut out, prepped, offered,tacked,welded and snaded back
 parcel shelf NS repair cut out and prepped.jpg   77.5K   13 downloads

 parcel shelf NS repair tacked.jpg   83.83K   9 downloads
 parcel shelf NS repair sanded.jpg   76.68K   14 downloads

after zinc priming
 NS rear quarter lip and parcelshelf repair zinced.jpg   75.5K   12 downloads
 OS rear quarter lip and parcelshelf repair zinced.jpg   73.15K   11 downloads

that's it for today, invested in an Gunson CO2 tester, always handy to have before MOT. Got Muk an hour retuning session booked, nice sound and set CO2 on 3%

Lawn mowing next

[grahama]

Looks like a very methodical repair going on !! Guess it has to be with such a critical bit which fits everywhere. Looking really good, keep the pics comming.

Graham