Hi peoples,
About to cutout the floor of my 65 panel van, never done it before.. what problems did you come across, and any tips?
Cheers, Tim
frenzix Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,742 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
splitty floor repairs
david Custom Title Time!
1,013 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·
t2 stop taking life so serious
1,102 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
i agree , i did mine with a grinder dont recomend doing that a drill designed for drilling out these welds would be ideal
gravity wont get you high
byronbus dsk
4,204 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
I got one
byronbus dsk
4,204 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
How do you find the spot welds on the actual floor section? Easy on the edge...
nicko Officially Full-On Dubber
389 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·
I have seen pictures on www.metwiz.com in the archives and he usually cuts the floor either side of the I beams or top hats and then air chissels the bits off the I beams or drills the spot welds out. Is your floor really that bad? If you do cut it out I would be interested in some of the off cuts. Got any photos
Nicko
Nicko
frenzix Son of Jim - Creator of Good
2,742 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
the floor is all rat shite, seriously you wont want any!!
byronbus dsk
4,204 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
do you need rust filings?
splitbusaustralia Wolfsburg Wizard
487 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
There's two sorts of sections under a cargo floor
I beam sections and 'top hat' sections - have a look
you can see what I mean... the spot welds are very tough
- not yer pop apart type...
You can air chisel the floor off the I beam sections
OK, but you're better drilling out the spot welds on
the top hat sections - air chiseling just chops em up big time...
I would do another run of cargo floor repair panels if there
was enough interest. Need to do 30 pieces to make a run worthwhile (and I think Roy at ClassicVW (Pacific) is
also importing the LHD brazilian cargo floors....)
regards
RobK
[Edited on 12-4-2005 by splitbusaustralia]
I beam sections and 'top hat' sections - have a look
you can see what I mean... the spot welds are very tough
- not yer pop apart type...
You can air chisel the floor off the I beam sections
OK, but you're better drilling out the spot welds on
the top hat sections - air chiseling just chops em up big time...
I would do another run of cargo floor repair panels if there
was enough interest. Need to do 30 pieces to make a run worthwhile (and I think Roy at ClassicVW (Pacific) is
also importing the LHD brazilian cargo floors....)
regards
RobK
[Edited on 12-4-2005 by splitbusaustralia]