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 ColumBUS
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| posted on November 7th, 2005 at 05:43 PM |
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undoing destruction - welding up a windowed panelvan
has anyone ever done this? i have a welder, but no experience (practising) on automotive work. is it easy and is there any structural problems within
the door i should worry about? also what material (metal type, thickness) should i use to fill the hole? any help appreciated.
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 kombi_kid
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| posted on November 8th, 2005 at 02:18 PM |
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cause its a large surface warping is the problem here dude i would pay someone to do it!!
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rhys
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Twokombies
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| posted on November 8th, 2005 at 08:14 PM |
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just leave it alone. it is a piece of history as it is. practice welding up the floor or the battery tray which are away outa site!
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kombi_kid
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| posted on November 9th, 2005 at 08:07 AM |
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unfortunately in getting my dual cab fix u find too many shitty jobs that have been done to kombi's!! all up my work on my kombi will be about $2000
worth but atleast its done PROPERLY unlike everyone else who has had a go at it!!
just remember that ur floor and battery tray are important area's (structual etc) so they should be done properly!!
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rhys
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YIOughta
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| posted on November 9th, 2005 at 08:13 AM |
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If you still want to go ahead - have a look at the Metwiz site, and a bloke on DSK is doing just that atm! the welds have to be a series of spot welds
to avoid heat warping, but it looks like a prick of a job, and i would be worried about all the pin holes between the welds, sucking moisture and
rusting...you would have to be pretty bloody confident in your welding me thinks - but get an old panel cut a hole in it and give is a go!? or buy
some '60's venitian blinds and camp it up
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kombi_kid
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| posted on November 11th, 2005 at 07:57 PM |
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or if u can find someone who still does lead wiping and spot weld it in and lead wipe of it? food for thought
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rhys
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 helbus
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| posted on November 11th, 2005 at 10:25 PM |
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It is not easy. It can be done though. You would need about ten years of panel welding experience to have a chance at not ruining it.
I had to weld two cars together to make a limo and that took a year and a half!
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| posted on November 12th, 2005 at 05:26 PM |
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get a donor panel and pick the seams and replace the complete side.
M
23 windows ...8 too many!
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t2
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| posted on November 12th, 2005 at 09:07 PM |
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you can do it , just practice on similar guage steel and take your time make sure that your welder is set correctly make sure the steel is as clean as
you can get it (no paint grease etc) and practice, if you take your time and dont heat up the areas to much you will be fine, if you do get to much
heat into a spot a good idea would be to have a cool damp rag near you to put on the area to help it cool down , the most important thing is not to
be impatient learn how to use the welder get the feel of it and take your time , anyone who has welded anything had to start somewhere i say give it
ago.
there is no point owning a welder if you dont use it ,like i said get similar guage steel and practice enough untill you feel confident then give it
ago , if you get slightly thicker guage steel for the replacement strike the arc on that then feed across onto the body steel where its thinner just
dont weld for long periods trying to avoid burning holes in the body. i would also pratice welding at the same angles the bus is on ,so if its on the
side of the bus practise on the scrap steel sitting the same way ,its different to welding overhead flat on the deck etc
at least at the end you learnt something new
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| posted on November 13th, 2005 at 01:31 PM |
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buy an intact panel.....
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| posted on November 21st, 2005 at 05:17 PM |
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if u have lump of copper behind the weld, this absorbes the heat but doesnt stick to the weld. works well i have a copper mallet, its good because it
has a handle which can be handy
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| posted on November 21st, 2005 at 07:00 PM |
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and when are we going to see pics of this van or do i have to wait for the next club meeting
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ColumBUS
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| posted on November 21st, 2005 at 07:21 PM |
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when i can find a camera, and the ability to resize pictures to 50kb... so probably next club meeting
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