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[minimuk]

nearside bin repair started today had 25minutes this afternoon,
this side is not as 'bad'.....as the offside.

two pictures off the b4 cutting


cut out bottum 2 inches and heelside end then used it as a template, cleaned and old donor panel and copied onto it


If time permits, I will shape the to floor lips and Por15 it ready to be offered.

[minimuk]

every day a little bit,...finished shaping the repair piece and offered it to the base off the bin and attached the heal board for correct measurements, all good so welding on soon......



you are very patient, looking at the snailpace of a tread, hope you enjoy it

[minimuk]

sorry guys posted twice same update......deh

Edited by minimuk, 18 May 2012 - 08:51 PM.

[minimuk]

looking good, nice bit of finish so far.....



Por15 after seaming tmr

[jagman.2003]

Looking good. Hard to get those bins right I found.

[minimuk]

Looking good. Hard to get those bins right I found.

I think you are right there, I suppose proof is in the pudding when the new floor is offered,.......You took measurements from top heal-board (bin end's) to inner roof? If so what where they,.....just comparing what I have.....

[minimuk]

nearside companion bin repair panel welded on sanded back and Por15 coat on both sides, I can now get the subby and heal board and even the boot panel put in position and check the alignement of it all, will get all those bits sorted.....tmr.



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a lot of measuring tomorrow for sure.......

[grahama]

Excellent work on these bins Muk, will seem much better when the boot and heelboard are in and lined up. Simple job of the floor then !!

[minimuk]

Excellent work on these bins Muk, will seem much better when the boot and heelboard are in and lined up. Simple job of the floor then !!

we will see tomorrow, I know the full lenght 1/2 floor panels will have their own challenge as the tunnel is a Mk1/Mk2, and the toe board is,....well.....a bit rusty. Ones those rear bits are sorted I will have a clooser look at those challenges, will have to drop the front subby to have a clooser inspection, pretty pictures to come soon on here......

[minimuk]

As promissed, today was the trial fitting and checking the alignment of the bootfloor to heal-board with subby and bootld,.....what a pallaver that was,.Enjoy.......

Boot area

rear seats

Subby attachment

bootld alignment


All was good, even the 810mm between crossmember and heal-board, appart from the boot-lid hinge panel needs tweeking on both sides outside of the hinges, but I had to walk away from it after 4 hours, left it all on and supported subby with axle stands.
any comments/advise please shout...

Edited by minimuk, 21 May 2012 - 06:53 PM.

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hooo that looks good from the last time i looked well done matey

[minimuk]

hooo that looks good from the last time i looked well done matey

looks good yep, tweeking today and start tack-welding, far from finish though

[minimuk]

with all that pallaver yesterday I had to walk away after a few hours, so this afternoon was the serious part

the Alignment measurements,...... for those who have done this before, probably is a piece of cake, for me it was the first time and accuracy was needed to make sure I was on the right track, I attach the diagram and happy with the result, havent said that there is a 2 mm between the 2 AD measurements, can live with that

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so tomorrow, put the mini spirit level and screw on the heal board after drilling plugweld holes. thank you Jagman......

Edited by minimuk, 22 May 2012 - 10:17 PM.

[jagman.2003]

I like that rear bin repair, I might copy that on one of my future projects.

[minimuk]

I like that rear bin repair, I might copy that on one of my future projects.

to be honest it is not as easy as it looks, a lot of measuring required, panel work is just the easyer bit, but then Por15 makes it look like new though, alignment was an interesting excersize for sure..