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Post by salcomine on May 29, 2017 0:00:18 GMT
Getting time for crabs. Just got the front end of the green/blue/turquoise?? one up on Jacks to look underneath and I'm not mortified, so thats good. Pictures later.
Thanks
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Post by salcomine on Jun 2, 2017 2:36:31 GMT
 Engine bay  rad side wall  interior I removed the carpets and tried pretty hard to poke holes but couldn't find anything thin enough to break through. The carpets are pretty thoroughly rotten, basically peeled apart   Right side bottom sill this was about as much damage as I could do with a screwdriver. Looks like there is some damage where the sill joins at the bottom   Left side bottom sill I was a little more gentle poking at this side  Left tie rod housing  Right tie rod housing  Hopefully decent place top put the jacks, seemed the meaty enough  The car was undercoated and it seems to have worked as the only major rust I have found so far is where the coating was damaged. This weekend I think I'll check out the rear body work then maybe starting to clean off some of the undercoating. Thanks |
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Post by Penguin45 on Jun 2, 2017 11:00:21 GMT
Hello Mr S. Doesn't look all that bad. Lifting on the front chassis legs and rear displacer housing is the way to do it. Looking at the bottom flange of the sills, you can see what happens when it gets lifted there. You do need to sort the sills out properly, they are the main structural members of the monocoque and add huge strength to the car, so safety critical.  This is the cross section through the sill, you can see how the lower flanges work and also that there is a centre membrane. If you want to see what's involved with the actual replacement of the sills, pick almost any thread below! Cheers, Chris. |
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Post by salcomine on Jun 4, 2017 1:23:43 GMT
I have read your threads about sill replacement. It seems pretty straightforward, atleast until I see what's underneath. Getting the new sill seems to be the hardest part for me. For yours did our fab up the new sills?
Thanks
Robyn
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Post by Penguin45 on Jun 11, 2017 11:15:36 GMT
Hi Robyn.
My own cars I managed to pick up sills via friends and eBay. The repair work I've done for forum members has been done with genuine panels which they have sourced from Ray House. He operates a "collection only" policy, so if you wanted to go that way we'd have to find someone fairly local to pick them up and ship them on to you.
There was a guy called Ben Rogers on Newfoundland who advertised spares in the LOCI magazine for many years. Whether he has anything left or not, I've no idea! irishrover1[AT]sympatico[DOT]ca was the last email address I had for him.
That said, the main section of the sill is straight with a series of folds longitudinally, so it should be possible to get them folded up. I suspect that a huge amount of patience would be required!
Chris.
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