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[Ben_O]

I have just had another play with the inner wing. I started by chopping the bottom bit off.

 

 

Which has allowed me to move the flitch in more

 

 

But it still needs to go over as you can see by me holding the A panel in place

 

 

I'm not sure if it needs to go in or if the sill/step needs to come out or both??

 

I took this measurement from seal lip to seal lip. Can anyone confirm that it's right please?

 

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[Petrol]

Mine is exactly 50" Ben

 

Pete

[Ben_O]

Mine is exactly 50" Ben

 

Pete

Ah so it's pretty damn close for a guess!

That means that the inner wing has got to go over more.

 

That's excellent!

 

Thanks Pete.

 

Ben

[Ben_O]

I decided i'm finally going to weld on the hinge post today but i needed to build it up more times to be certain i was happy with the positioning.

 

I started by putting the hinge post, inner wing and door back on along with the Apex panel to gauge the door height and position.

 

Hinge holes all lined up

 

 

And door on

 

This gap is a tad wide so i will have to attend to that later

 

 

This one is ok though. pretty close anyway. I might reduce it slightly later

 

 

So happy with that, i screwed the inner wing to the hinge post to keep it all in place and removed the panels.

 

Then i popped a plug weld in the top

 

 

 

And then one in the bottom

 

 

Followed by a slug here

 

 

Then i built it all up again to check everything was still good before i finish the welding here.

 

The hinge holes line up spot on now

 

 

 

 

And this is the gaps.

 

 

 

I'm quite pleased with that. 

 

It's all stripped back down now and i plan to go back out there later and finish the plug welding on the Hinge post.

 

Ben

[Carlos W]

Loving your work Ben

[Ben_O]

Loving your work Ben

Thankyou mate!

[Ben_O]

well the hinge post is in and finished now. didn't take long at all.

 

I began by cleaning the zinc primer off of the plug holes to get a better weld

 

 

And then started the task of plugging them all up

 

 

 

 

Then a few more slugs inside the post

 

 

Then a tickle with the grinder. I had a thick grinding stone in for this

 

 

With the bulk removed, i went over it with a cutting disc as this gives greater control and then went over the whole lot with a fine flap disc followed by a quick polish with a filment brush

 

 

 

 

And the same goes for inside the post. It is important to remove any burnt paint from welding before going over with more.

 

 

 

 

And then a splash of Zinc

 

 

 

And finished!

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[RossKnight]

Really impressed benjo

[Ben_O]

Really impressed benjo

Thankyou matey. It is going quite well at the mo.

 

There is just so much more work involved in sorting just that corner, far more than i imagined that's for sure!

[alchall]

Looks spot on!

I've taken a lesson from this and ordered wings and front panel so I can clamp everything up before committing to welding the inner wings in place!

[Jared Mk3]

Awesome job of that. I really like threads like this - they give one an opportunity to do a job properly.

[Minidarren83]

Looking good Ben same repairs as I did makes me wish I had welding left to do

[carthorse]

After Reading the whole thread from start to finish over the last couple of nights I think it's a massive credit to you that your only a few mm out after the amount of metal you've replaced! That door / A panel gaps as good as anything that came out of the factory apart from one little section.
I aspire to have the both the skill and patience to finish welds to your standard

[big-jay]

Brilliant Ben,

Your welding looks spot on, such a tidy repair !

[Ben_O]

Cheers Guys. Much appreciated. I'm hoping to do all the prep today so i can get the inner wing on.

 

And Carthorse, the measurement Pete helped me with is now exactly 50" after some fettling 

 

Ill not worry about the door gaps too much right now as i need to replace the door skin so ill get them spot on once the new skin is on.

 

Cheers

 

Ben