Was that really four years ago!!!! I’m sure times speeding up
Back of the garage
- Thread starter Panky
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Yup four years since I started prodding - I was a couple of years late posting progress on here.
Full hideous story on here
www.morrisminorowners.co.uk
Full hideous story on here
Time For Some Serious Woodwork - Morris Minor Owners
www.morrisminorowners.co.uk
Ah phew - that makes me feel betterer-er
We're back where it all started - again.
Work on Harvey has commenced and I've started with the drivers cab door. He is missing his door check straps and one fateful day the wind caught the door and creased it
I decided to tackle the dents before the door bottom repair as the crease was across where the repair section goes.
I got one of the cheap ebay dent pullers to see if it would work
This is what you get for £18
I thought I'd got a free gift but it was just packing around the glue gun
The dents
First attempt at gluing the plastic things failed as it just fell off. I heated the panel and then attached the glued tab and this time it stuck fast.
Heave ho
And the result after a couple of hours of gluing and pulling ( and much muttering) was....................................a complete waste of time
It looked like it was working and the panel was flexing under the pressure but it just wouldn't pull hard enough to pop the dent before the tabs broke free.
So i decided a more brutal approach was required.
Riv-nuts, a bolts, a claw hammer and a piece of wood
That did the trick
I'm sure that the ebay puller would work on thinner panels but Harvey is just to tough
Work on Harvey has commenced and I've started with the drivers cab door. He is missing his door check straps and one fateful day the wind caught the door and creased it
I decided to tackle the dents before the door bottom repair as the crease was across where the repair section goes.I got one of the cheap ebay dent pullers to see if it would work
This is what you get for £18
I thought I'd got a free gift but it was just packing around the glue gun
The dents
First attempt at gluing the plastic things failed as it just fell off. I heated the panel and then attached the glued tab and this time it stuck fast.
Heave ho
And the result after a couple of hours of gluing and pulling ( and much muttering) was....................................a complete waste of time
It looked like it was working and the panel was flexing under the pressure but it just wouldn't pull hard enough to pop the dent before the tabs broke free.
So i decided a more brutal approach was required.
Riv-nuts, a bolts, a claw hammer and a piece of wood
That did the trick
I'm sure that the ebay puller would work on thinner panels but Harvey is just to tough
That’s the way to do it, cracking work. I need to do similar where the van got run down a wall. What are those things you welded on?
They're M5 riv-nuts (rivet nuts) and seem to be just the right size. I remember PJL did something similar with bolts but the riv-nuts worked for me. I've used the riv-nuts the way they are supposed to be used, on loads of things and had some in so thought I'd try it.
Perfect ta Mr P
Why I’ll filled everything with Dinitrol!
I'm sure Harvey will be most grateful
He'd better be
The door bottom repair is complete and just waiting for some new flap discs to clean the weld up
While I was working on that I had the quarter light frames in the citric acid bucket and I found out the bottom was made of not much
So I made a repair section for the glass frame
All welded and cleaned
I even got the catch freed off, it's been seized since I got him
The main frame isn't too bad and will tackle that tomorrow.
The door bottom repair is complete and just waiting for some new flap discs to clean the weld up
While I was working on that I had the quarter light frames in the citric acid bucket and I found out the bottom was made of not much
So I made a repair section for the glass frame
All welded and cleaned
I even got the catch freed off, it's been seized since I got him
The main frame isn't too bad and will tackle that tomorrow.
I should have done but just tacked and waited tacked and waited tacked and..........................
The seam is fine and should rub down OK with a skim of filler to finish but the panel above has sprung a little, something I address one I've sorted the welding out.
I was looking at getting some Wetrag heat absorbing putty but it seems quite difficult to get hold of and expensive
The seam is fine and should rub down OK with a skim of filler to finish but the panel above has sprung a little, something I address one I've sorted the welding out.
I was looking at getting some Wetrag heat absorbing putty but it seems quite difficult to get hold of and expensive
Door step next
Old inner and outer cut out, there wasn't much left of the inner I cut the lower panel back so the inner step could be easily welded to the inner sill, the lower panel needed a repair in that area too.
Bad bits cut back to reveal a perfect jacking point, I replaced that many moons ago - somewhere on the early pages of this thread
Another little fix needed here
Trial fitting
Door hung to get the step gap right
Inner step prepped
All welded up and the lower panel section repaired and tacked back in. Still needs a bit of work to tidy it up - did I say that I hated bodywork
Old inner and outer cut out, there wasn't much left of the inner
I cut the lower panel back so the inner step could be easily welded to the inner sill, the lower panel needed a repair in that area too.
Bad bits cut back to reveal a perfect jacking point, I replaced that many moons ago - somewhere on the early pages of this thread
Another little fix needed here
Trial fitting
Door hung to get the step gap right
Inner step prepped
All welded up and the lower panel section repaired and tacked back in. Still needs a bit of work to tidy it up - did I say that I hated bodywork
