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[SAL 821X]

Tonight I think I shall fit the cross member as I'm waiting on getting the stonechip and my air mask back.

[SAL 821X]

Mildly productive night about melted the finger print of my index finger, burnt wrist on grinding sparks and scraped most the skin off my knuckle.

In other news got the rest of the old cross member off but its a mess under there floor pans over floor pans... Brilliant!

Thats it till the weekend too bloody cold.

[ChrisCityE]

I did the same knuckle de-skin move last night taking seatbelts out of the rear door pocket on the saloon :/

 

Time for a heater in the garage?

[Minidarren83]

Looking good sal really motoring along now and what's a bit of burnt/lost skin between you and the mini lol

Darren

[SAL 821X]

Cheers guys, I put it down to just getting to know each other.... Much like having a women... costs you a lot and sometimes painful!

 

Thinking about the cross member last night and getting it a lined on my own. When I offered it up to check the fit one of the end tabs was about 2-3mm out. It was difficult to hold it in the right place while the vans on its side.

 

So I was thinking off maybe slinging a ratchet strap round the floor to hold the inner sills in slightly while I weld the tabs on.

 

Does this sound right?

[hoody99]

Would try the doors first bud pulling the sills in may also distort the door gap just a thought I may be wrong

[ryan22_lgm]

The non gen crossmembers are not very good mine was the same just had to tap it over and seam it along. This is a big area of regret on my van I might go genuine still!

[SAL 821X]

Thanks chaps.

 

~The M Machine I have is good it's just millimetres out so it's either that or the van who knows without trying a gen one I guess. Thinking about it some more I'll try a couple of screws to hold it in place first. Your right Hoody hadn't thought that the strap could distort the door frame.

 

Then as you say Ryan knock the tabs over a bit.

[sixtyeight]

Chaps just out of interest.

 

Would some thing like this suit spraying gravitex on the floor?

 

http://www.machinema...affin-spray-gun

 

Just I've got one in the garage thought it might save me the money buying a underseal gun thingy.

 

Should work, can only try!

 

The underseal guns are cheap though and screw straight onto the gravitex bottle for ease of use.

 

you go through it pretty quick so would need to keep topping up the parrafin gun frequently.

[SAL 821X]

Only managed a few bits this weekend gone as a mate came round I hadn't seen in a while to see how I was getting on.

 

Did manage to blast a flap disc over the welds on the passenger side and get some seam sealer on.

 

I've also bought some gravitex so just waiting to get some time to have a play with that.

[hoody99]

Did you get a good gun for it bud I got one from flebay for 6.50 posted al try get you a link

Edit was 6.99 and here's the link

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1439.l2649

Edited by hoody99, 04 December 2013 - 09:07 PM.

[SAL 821X]

Magic cheers hoody.

[hoody99]

No probs bud

[SAL 821X]

No progress on the van at the moment been to busy, I've just sold off my camera kit from when I worked as a photographer many moons ago!!!   Sad day as we had some good times together... haha....

 

Although it does mean I now have just over a grand to sink into the van.... happy days..... spending spree commence!

 

Trouble is it's burning a hole in my wallet and I cannot decide to spend it now or wait till after Christmas? (I finish work next Thursday so delivery is a problem mostly)

 

Having said that I really need to order the front end now so there's a bloody good chunk of it gone straight away.

[SAL 821X]

Also I've decide to leave the cross member until the van is the right way up again. As its on its side at the moment it's a git to try and hold it in position on my own keeps falling on me.

 

Once its the right way up it should be easier to position it.