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[Ben_O]

 

The landord said that there is a family one side and and the mother of the man of the house lives the other side.

 

No noise after 7pm then! 

 

You could ask the landlord a bit more about the noise complaints, it's no good moving into somehwere where you can't fart in case the neighbours complain. It's not like you're going to get purple paint or G3 splatter all over their drive.....

 

I wonder if the landlord and neighbours would sell their houses to Simon?

[Carlos W]

 

 

The landord said that there is a family one side and and the mother of the man of the house lives the other side.

 

No noise after 7pm then! 

 

You could ask the landlord a bit more about the noise complaints, it's no good moving into somehwere where you can't fart in case the neighbours complain. It's not like you're going to get purple paint or G3 splatter all over their drive.....

 

I wonder if the landlord and neighbours would sell their houses to Simon?

Not sure he's looking for properties on the Isle of Wight.

 

I think the attraction of buying the house next door was he could control who lived there. Then he rented it to me............

[Ben_O]

 Then he rented it to me............

 

you live and learn...

Edited by Ben_O, 07 August 2015 - 09:01 AM.

[Ben_O]

I'm going to order the new boot floor

[Ben_O]

Quite a big update today. I managed to get everything done that i had planned to which is a first!

I had to pack up now as i need to go out at 5 to collect what i hope will be the Mini's savior...

 

Anyway, i started by finishing the welding on the c post seam here.

 

 

I sprayed on some anti splatter spray as i didn't 1st time and ended up with blobs of stray weld stuck to the quarter panel in some difficult to get at areas. This spray is messy buy easier to clean up than splatter!

 

 

Then i welded up the remaining plug holes and linished it back. This was a pain to do on the seam as it's difficult to get power tools in to get them nice and flat. i used a combination of a 1mm cutting disk (don't try this at home kids) a belt sander and a flap disc.

 

 

Then tried the seam trim on.

 

 

Then i cleaned back the paint to see what lurked beneath as it was a bit wobbly. Strangely enough, beneath the filler was sound straight metal

 

 

I then contorted myself into the boot and cleaned the back of the seam up where there was a combination of old seam sealer, burnt paint and all that.

Came up ok.

 

 

Moving on, i flipped the car on it's side and set about sorting the problem with the a panel and flitch panel.

Here is the problem

 

 

So i did this with a 1mm cutting disc to hopefully allow the A panel to sit back in line with the door and face straight on instead of at an angle.

 

 

 

Then used a c clamp to pull the a panel in line and a pair of mole grips to hold the flanges in line and slit the flitch again to remove the excess material.

 

 

 

Once that was done, i welded up the gap.

 

 

Then ground up the welds using both the belt sander and 1mm cutting disc to get this.

 

 

 

and then welded the bottom of the a panel to the door step.

 

 

After a quick linish with the flap disc, things are looking much more healthy.

 

 

So the next job was the outer sill. 

I started by cleaning back the paint on the door step flange with the poly abrasive wheel in the drill

 

 

Then sprayed on some Zinc.

 

 

Whilst that was drying, i grabbed the outer sill and drilled lots of 6mm holes ready for plug welding

 

 

Then sprayed on the zinc and put it on the wall in the sun to dry

 

 

Then laid my hands on loads of clamps and put it in place on the car

 

 

and then checked it was flush with the door step flange which it was.

 

 

and then plug welded it on. 

 

 

It was tricky to do the plug welds to the floor because for some reason, the edge didn't want to sit tight to the floor so i used a combination of large clamps and the shaft of the hammer to hole everything in tight before carefully plug welding them.

It went ok in the end, just took AGES

 

 

Plenty of penetration on the step

 

 

And the floor

 

 

I started running out of time so i set about cleaning up the welds on the front 2/3rds of the sill for now. ill attack the rest tomorrow

 

 

 

Just these few to go and it will be done. I am going to weld up the gaps on the heelboard end too.

 

 

 

Then a very light dusting of zinc over the bare bits and that's a rap

 

 

 

So that's all for today.

 

More tomorrow....

[Carlos W]

Very impressive as always mate.

[Ben_O]

No garage sir??

 

No Problem

 

 

[Carlos W]

Superb

[Ben_O]

Superb

I hope so. I can't wait to see it up. The bloke i got it from said they are VERY impressive.

 

We shall see.......

[Steve220]

Great progress, Ben. Nice to see jobs done properly. Gives me more confidence to start cutting up and welding my car when it comes to the time!

[Ben_O]

Great progress, Ben. Nice to see jobs done properly. Gives me more confidence to start cutting up and welding my car when it comes to the time!

I did rush everything today and probably will for the next few weeks due to a house move and wanting to get as much done as possible before leaving.

I'm still making sure each job is done properly but leaving alot of the final tidying until later down the line and instead, concentrating on just getting it welded up and ground down.

 

Tomorrow should see another big update i hope

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[Carlos W]

 
Tomorrow should see another big update i hope
 
Cheers
 
Ben

Look forward to it

[megamini_jb]

Nice update.

That garage-in-a-box looks great looking at the Web.

[Pearsmn]

Great update on the outer sills, when I take mine off the road I know it will be a mess with cover sills. I am confident with welding but not plating so it's good to see how things should be done.

Great progess

Glad to see you got the garage sorted.

Mart

[Ben_O]

 

 
Tomorrow should see another big update i hope
 
Cheers
 
Ben

Look forward to it

 

Me too. I want to get the roof repair finished tomorrow and hopefully get the rest of the boot floor cut out ready for the new one next week

 

Nice update.

That garage-in-a-box looks great looking at the Web.

They seem really good. I might have to get a couple of welding blankets to hang up in there when i am grinding as i will end up with millions of tiny pin holes.

Just need a shed now and ill be set

 

Great update on the outer sills, when I take mine off the road I know it will be a mess with cover sills. I am confident with welding but not plating so it's good to see how things should be done.

Great progess

Glad to see you got the garage sorted.

Mart

I'm glad you enjoyed the update. If it helps you out then it's mission accomplished for me

I think i can get most of this welded up by next month if i keep at it.

 

Cheers everyone

 

Ben