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[DannyTip]

Be careful where you use stainless fasteners.  They work harden with use meaning they can become brittle.  They are generally not recommended for suspension etc.

[Minidarren83]

Be careful where you use stainless fasteners.  They work harden with use meaning they can become brittle.  They are generally not recommended for suspension etc.

Hi there thanks for the input, comments and criticism is always welcome. My day job is driving petrol tankers that are made of 100% aluminium and due to the increased metallurgic reaction of mild steel and ally stainless bolts are used throughout the entire tank including weight bearing and running gear components and I carry 35 tonne of product with a gross weight of around 43 tonne and have never suffered a failure of a stainless fastener. The bolts I am using are of the correct grade and tensile strength and think strength wise will outlast mild steel that rust and turn brittle anyway how many subframe bolts have you tried to undo and they just simply snap off on the first turn?

Once again thanks for the comments and concern

Darren

[Minidarren83]

Be careful where you use stainless fasteners.  They work harden with use meaning they can become brittle.  They are generally not recommended for suspension etc.

Hi there thanks for the input, comments and criticism is always welcome. My day job is driving petrol tankers that are made of 100% aluminium and due to the increased metallurgic reaction of mild steel and ally stainless bolts are used throughout the entire tank including weight bearing and running gear components and I carry 35 tonne of product with a gross weight of around 43 tonne and have never suffered a failure of a stainless fastener. The bolts I am using are of the correct grade and tensile strength and think strength wise will outlast mild steel that rust and turn brittle anyway how many subframe bolts have you tried to undo and they just simply snap off on the first turn?

Once again thanks for the comments and concern

Darren

[DannyTip]

Excellent work on the mini by the way :)

[Minidarren83]

Cheers dude

[Minidarren83]

Done a bit more today welded in the rest of the rear panel ready for left side de-bumpering





Cheers Darren

[jonny f]

good work darren!

[Minidarren83]

Epic day in the garage today started with a wedathon finishing up the rear panel and de-bumpering then the big grind with my usual finish on the edge if the boot lip



And this is an overall shot if the finished rear panel



Then I started something I wish I never stripping the rear end back to metal hour and a half later and it was all done





No nasty puffs of white dust just turd loads of red paint lol. And with that now ready to rust again I thought I'd best put some non porus etch on there





Three good full coats and ready for filler well pleased about 5 hours though lol

Cheers Darren

[Skortchio]

Slacker

 

I do like the open arch look, I must say!

 

Bumper lip looks nice and neat, shouldn't take much filler to smooth that off   (That's actually a compliment)

[hoody99]

Lookin good seems not long ago I was at the same stage lol

[Minidarren83]

Lookin good seems not long ago I was at the same stage lol

Cheers mate can't wait to be at your stage

[hoody99]

You say that but wait till you get there lol

[carlburt78]

well its been a while had a little break over the christmas period and just found it hard to get the time to make a go on it but had a week off this week and managed to steal today away from doing jobs around the house to work on the mini got 4 straight hours on it and am pleased with the progress so here it is

So i left it last time with the final fitting of the new inner wing and with a couple more clamps i was happy with the fit so marked it all up and drilled 78 holes in it ready for plug welding



and then filled in all the holes this was my first time using the new 0.8mm wire as it was all they had and my new 95% argon mix so after the first few looking like a bag of poo i set the welder up on some scrap and was ready to go again





and then after what seemed like an eternity of cleaning and a little bit of primer it was left looking like this



after cleaning up and flattening this it was fitted back on



a few seam welds up the inside



the front end is now solid as a rock and rot free so i am a very happy chappy. The last two panels to be done on the front end are the scuttle end and closure i had an hour left so made a start on the scuttle end and i need to ask how magnum even get away with selling these it took so much hammer work to get the pillar joint looking ok and it will still need some filler



i tried pulse welding with the new 0.8 wire and its going to take some getting used too blew a couple of holes but it will finish ok



and the pillar joint looks messy but i needed to add more weld to fill the gap from one to many hits of the hammer and punch



thats all for now good bit done today and should get the scuttle cleaned off soon

coments always welcome cheers darren

hi mate your project thread is great ive been studying it for the last hour, thanks for the links to panels you sent me earlier.... can you link me to the rh inner wing please  and let me know how the scuttle ends fitted and where you got them thanks

[Minidarren83]

hi mate your project thread is great ive been studying it for the last hour, thanks for the links to panels you sent me earlier.... can you link me to the rh inner wing please  and let me know how the scuttle ends fitted and where you got them thanks

Hi there mate glad you liked the thread any questions don't hesitate to ask the inner wing came from a member off here but it is this part from minispares

http://www.minispare...Back to search.

I would strongly suggest a full scuttle and genuine one at that but the ends can be fitted with a lot of work and filler ill link you to both ends and the full one

http://www.minispare...|Back to search

A cheaper less well fitting alternative

http://www.minispare...|Back to search

And then the end pieces should you go down the route just search the site for the other side

http://www.minispare...MS.aspx|Back to

And whichever route you take to repair the scuttle you will need one of the closure panels for either side

http://www.minispare...6L.aspx|Back to

Hope this is what you are looking for

Darren

[carlburt78]

 

hi mate your project thread is great ive been studying it for the last hour, thanks for the links to panels you sent me earlier.... can you link me to the rh inner wing please  and let me know how the scuttle ends fitted and where you got them thanks

Hi there mate glad you liked the thread any questions don't hesitate to ask the inner wing came from a member off here but it is this part from minispares

http://www.minispare...Back to search.

I would strongly suggest a full scuttle and genuine one at that but the ends can be fitted with a lot of work and filler ill link you to both ends and the full one

http://www.minispare...|Back to search

A cheaper less well fitting alternative

http://www.minispare...|Back to search

And then the end pieces should you go down the route just search the site for the other side

http://www.minispare...MS.aspx|Back to

And whichever route you take to repair the scuttle you will need one of the closure panels for either side

http://www.minispare...6L.aspx|Back to

Hope this is what you are looking for

Darren

 

thanks mate i have just bought the panels you linked me for the A post repair i didnt buy the full doorstep A post i got the part doorstep one as its alot cheaper thanks again for the links