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[minimuk]

thank you Graham and Hugh,......what a day today I had on Evy, just wanted to finish the front roof repair.....

a bit more filling and sandin wiv 80-240-600grit
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etch primed
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then I got steering colum and all that out, followed by the wiring loom after taking umpty piccies of the centre-speedo,.....which was seized, but after a 'little play' (1hour) all working again.
Dropped subby while I was at it..

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Finaly a bit more rust

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Edited by minimuk, 24 July 2012 - 06:11 PM.

[alex-95]

Looking great

Edited by alex-95, 24 July 2012 - 05:45 PM.

[hughJ]

I hate sanding with a huge hate! You've certainly been busy. Always more rust to find on a Mini.

Hugh

[minimuk]

after yesterdays interesting find(the rusty bit), I cleaned the engine side bulkhead and toeboard with paint removing disk, wire brushes and parafin.

then used Por Metal Prep to get a 'key 'on the metal;
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and gave it a good coating of POR15
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I does not look that bad,.......appart from the panels not coated, they need replacing, including the end bulkhead crossmember bit

[STREET TWEAKS]

i have one of the lower door frame repair panels for the bottom, you can have it mate but not sure if its n/s or o/s give me a shout ?

Wayne it is the first one. offside which really had it, I will pay you for it as it has cost you b4, pm me yr paypal details and tell me the amount,if you have the one I need. cheers

Go for the repair panel Muk. I made sections to repair mine and the result I suspect would be far neater with the whole panel!! Just my experience.

Graham, I have done those repairs on MUK's doors, certainly challenging and a good learning curb for pannel making and welding, offside no good, and could do wiv a repair iece but the nearside is do-able always looks worse then reality....then again, don't really want to see it in the first place,....defo need new skins 4 sure

PS, guys I feel it is going to be a garage day today, 'miss MUK' is going out 4 a bit,.........

mate not got a paypal and it was only 10 quid . i will give it you no probs after all the help you give me !

[minimuk]

Had a bit of a busy weekend at work so back To Evy today and tmz.....
Off-side bulkhead-crossmember end needs sorting and the panels beind too, so here we go;

started electrolising front subby:
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Bulkhead-crossmember repair
to start:


to follow:


to continue:


and a bit more:
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and to finish for today:
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can't wait for tmz......

Edited by minimuk, 30 July 2012 - 10:12 PM.

[jagman.2003]

Nice repair. Hope you get the rest done today.

[STREET TWEAKS]

see you're workin hard again , l bet it's starting to look good now ?

[grahama]

Electrolysing a subframe, thought only me was that daft. Come up a treat tho.

[minimuk]

Nice repair. Hope you get the rest done today.

well getting that welding bug again,......just never stops.......piccies to follow later

see you're workin hard again , l bet it's starting to look good now ?

Close enough starting to look like a Lady again

Electrolysing a subframe, thought only me was that daft. Come up a treat tho.

Graham, electrolysing I have learned from you, front subby turned today and the first bit looks great

[minimuk]

well guyz, monday,yesterday and today a fab day in the office(garage) love it when a plan comes toghether, when looking at the last pictures, there are e few panels to make and rot to cut out, then you got to think in 3D,........the more complex the better, just like being against a champion Chess Player......

all rot cut out and carefully peeled back the bottum flitch panel lip to remove toe-board cut out;

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in the end flitch panel lip was crap so cut that out to and made new flitch-lip, tacked with toe-board repair piece in position after the bulkhead repair panel was in position, cut cut measure measure.....:

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made bulkhead panel piece to sit behind crossmember-end piece as that area was no-more....;

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what was finished I coated quickly with Por15:



today I finished all the welds especially the toe-board and flitch lip which I seamed and sanded back, then done the inside and seamed on the joints and sanded that back.....Por15 over the lot again(never enough) and trial fitted the crossmember end piece from M-Machine, as you can see I used a broomhandle, used the subby tower bolt holes as template and drilled 4 holes at the correct position then dropped the subby bolts through it and used the excisting nearside bolt holes in the cross-member as reference point to work from
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so the plan tomorrow is to fit the end pice and repair the inner wing stiffener.....

[hughJ]

That is quite a repair to the bulkhead and toeboard! Great. I'll be most interested to see your subframe after the electrolysis. I remember Graham doing it. A fascinationg process.

Hugh

[jagman.2003]

Great work, no more wet feet in the rain?

[minimuk]

That is quite a repair to the bulkhead and toeboard! Great. I'll be most interested to see your subframe after the electrolysis. I remember Graham doing it. A fascinationg process.

Hugh, this just for you, spot the difference.......



Hugh

Great work, no more wet feet in the rain?

Cheers, lets hope so,...but at least it is strong again,....

[minimuk]

few bits done today, made/repaired bulkhead stiffener and welded cross-member end in position the Por15nd it
slowly but surely........

crusty.....

welded repair end

trial fit
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Por15
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