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 frenzix
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| posted on April 7th, 2005 at 07:21 PM |
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splitty floor repairs
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
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| posted on April 7th, 2005 at 08:05 PM |
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GET A SPOT WELD REMOVING DRILL BIT
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| posted on April 7th, 2005 at 08:08 PM |
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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
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| posted on April 7th, 2005 at 08:08 PM |
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I got one
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| posted on April 7th, 2005 at 08:09 PM |
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How do you find the spot welds on the actual floor section? Easy on the edge...
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| posted on April 8th, 2005 at 02:18 PM |
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I have seen pictures on http://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
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frenzix
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| posted on April 8th, 2005 at 05:32 PM |
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the floor is all rat shite, seriously you wont want any!!
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| posted on April 8th, 2005 at 05:51 PM |
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do you need rust filings?
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splitbusaustralia
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| posted on April 12th, 2005 at 04:10 PM |
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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]
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