RobMk6 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 jus seen this thread and had a read through it, I do feel however that your wasting your time, please see the following pic you posted...... http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/17102010693.jpg all that work, and you have a flat tyre its ruined No, seriously though, been reading through this and looks like pretty good work seeing as like you said, an amateur, what welder are you using? God I miss doing repairs like this, I always end up with things that need welding above my head or I'm laid on the floor doing it, resulting in slag and hot $hit down my neck and shoulders etc Theres been a good amount of work done there fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Cheers. I'm using a Clarke EN90 mig. It's a good hobby welder, does the job well on cars. And my welding has got better as I've gone along, not fantastic yet, but it does a job. I've put loads of work into this, it's nearly there now. I've got a load more pictures to post once I fire the desktop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMk6 Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 Aye a welder like that is pretty much perfect for body work etc, mine is a proper industrial jobbie, 120amp minimum, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) Here are a load more pictures, not in any particular order though. The seatbelt mount on the driver sill was less than 100% (less than 50% in all honesty), so I made a new plate up, bigger than the existing one so that it covers the slightly rust bit where the old mount was. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/P1000979.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/P1000980.jpg This was the easy on sill repair after painting and drilling for the sill cover http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/P1000990.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/P1000991.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/P1000988.jpg I had a couple of patches of rust in the rear wheel arches that would have probably failed the MOT next year, so I thought I would sort them now while Im in the swing of things http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/c1df7e23.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/07b64f6f.jpg This did need doing because it was a mudguard type thing that was right in front of the body mount. For a start, it stopped the body mount from being exposed, and it was about 2 inches from the body mount, so fell into the "excessive corrosion within 30 cm of body/chassis mount" MOT failure reason. I forgot the before pic, here is the afters, showing a very neat little repair panel I made to fit. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/09192697.jpg These were the body mounts that support the rear cross member on the back of the chassis. The eagle eyed amont you will notice that I didnt have to cut anything to get one of them out. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/ec1374ee.jpg The replaced mounts look like this http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/dbce697a.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/28d9609a.jpg There was a very worn rear shock bush, which are cheap to buy, but when a pair of shocks with all required bushes (and the top ones fitted) are £35 delivered, it made more sense to get a new pair. They were really easy to fit, it probably took longer to jack the car up and remove the wheel than it did to fit the shock. So nice and shiny new part fitted http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/abe11f0a.jpg Here is one of the seatbases that I wire wheeled and painted. Both of the seat bases had some rust coming through, so a bit of a refurb made a big difference to how they look http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/P1000993.jpg This is whats left from a mk2 mondeo front wing I was using to make most of the repair panels http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/1ffd3f95.jpg So, this is where we are today http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/ea68fbec.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/643f9c12.jpg Ive put all the interior back in, cleaned all the carpets, I still need to replace the rear passenger compartment carpet though. The stereo doesnt work so I need to investigate that, and after I bought a new battery for it, it started and ran like a slightly clattery dream. Oh, and I got this for it: http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/Discovery/fe689e8f.jpg Edited January 15, 2011 by Trig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Result! pass with flying colours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 WOOOOWWWW, Mr Trig!!! i think something has just clicked!!! i used to live with you!!! Castle Irwel? Gaz? Marcus? John the rapist? Stig? Bailey? etc you had the bottom flat to the left as you went in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 WOOOOWWWW, Mr Trig!!! i think something has just clicked!!! i used to live with you!!! ......GAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 WOOOOWWWW, Mr Trig!!! i think something has just clicked!!! i used to live with you!!! ......GAY! yeahhh, thats the one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Result! pass with flying colours? Not exactly. I put it in between Christmas and new year, when it failed on the front radius arm bushes, a corroded brake pipe, the longitudinal brake pipe had come lose and they thought there was a fuel leak on injector 4 (which was just residue from bleeding the system. Everything else was alright though. WOOOOWWWW, Mr Trig!!! i think something has just clicked!!! i used to live with you!!! Castle Irwel? Gaz? Marcus? John the rapist? Stig? Bailey? etc you had the bottom flat to the left as you went in? Afraid not Marcus. I think we have met before though, at the Old Evo manchester meets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcus Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 hmm, thats weired. one of my old housemates has just posted the MOT cert. on Facebook - thats how i linked it! thats a bit weired, as its exactly the same photo :S never mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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