ok...I'm about to cut out the old floor in the cargo area in a 66 bus, whats the best way,like where to start and the best tools for the job?:vader
Rob
robnjo Veteran Volks Folk
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taking out the cargo floor
robnjo Veteran Volks Folk
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........axe?........chain saw?.........?
Anthiron The Baja Rejuvenation Begins
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scissors:thumb
62/60 model bug eye baja bug, (Full Build in Progress)
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1974 Chevrolet Luv
1970 MK2 Ford Cortina GT
1979 Yamaha RX125 Two Stroke tracker project.
2004 Harley Davidson Sportster XL Custom
speedster356 Plastic not Classic Racing
1,624 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
4" grinder with a good stack of cutoff discs.
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Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals....................Except the Weasel.
Speedster-WISD Nats 05 14.4s @ 89 MPH
Jet cruiser-Coogee 22-09-05 900 deg C @ 110,000 rpm
Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals....................Except the Weasel.
splitbusaustralia Wolfsburg Wizard
487 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Metal chisel (with long handle welded to it) or air chisel. Drill (yuk) and 3mm bits or 'torpedo' bits gor taking out spot welds...
Method of removal depends what you want to save underneath. Its easy enough to break the spot welds where the floors connected to the I beams underneath by chiselling (look underneath for which are the I beams).
But if the 'top hat' sections (shaped like a top hat) underneath are good and you want to save them you have to drill the ALL the spot welds where the floor is connected to them. Just trying to chisel the floor off these will rip up the top of the top hat sections underneath.
LOTSA drilling but patience and time is a virtue. Care and time now saves you more pain later!
I just start at one side and roll it up like a carpet. It'll be a full days work+.
enjoy!
RobK
Method of removal depends what you want to save underneath. Its easy enough to break the spot welds where the floors connected to the I beams underneath by chiselling (look underneath for which are the I beams).
But if the 'top hat' sections (shaped like a top hat) underneath are good and you want to save them you have to drill the ALL the spot welds where the floor is connected to them. Just trying to chisel the floor off these will rip up the top of the top hat sections underneath.
LOTSA drilling but patience and time is a virtue. Care and time now saves you more pain later!
I just start at one side and roll it up like a carpet. It'll be a full days work+.
enjoy!
RobK
robnjo Veteran Volks Folk
2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
thanks Rob, will take my time as underneath is good except for the outrigers. where should I cut along front and the back(near motor)?
Rob
Rob
splitbusaustralia Wolfsburg Wizard
487 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Cut through just behind the bulkhead panel in the front. Go easy and cut 1mm deep because there's a top hat directly beneath it.
At the rear cut directly in front of the rear wheels wells. You can carry that line across the floor if the little bit of floor behind that is still good - saves you releasing that little bit from the heater pipes. If that bit is rusty too, cut along the sides of the rear whell wells and then across at the very rear of the cargo floor (you also have to release it from the heater pipes....)
RobK
At the rear cut directly in front of the rear wheels wells. You can carry that line across the floor if the little bit of floor behind that is still good - saves you releasing that little bit from the heater pipes. If that bit is rusty too, cut along the sides of the rear whell wells and then across at the very rear of the cargo floor (you also have to release it from the heater pipes....)
RobK
robnjo Veteran Volks Folk
2,082 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
thanks for that ,I was starting to s#!t my pants just looking at the heater pipes.