Dolly The Autosleeper

yh sucks dont it haha. i am now a bit stuffed lol. i need to cut the old jacking point out and get the new section in position but before i do that i need to secure the rear corner :( but at least i made some progress. i think i can get away with just getting the bits ready and chopping the last of the crud out on the day (which should be any time now) till then i can do a bit of rust converting and drilling holes for the new spot welds. has anyone used Jenolite rust converter?

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
Jenolite is a watered down phosphoric acid, better off with the real thing ;)

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"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
 
yh i know but my m8 gave me a new bottle of it lol. do you know how you use the stuff? and how you know its working? i just had a phone call and now im frantic[:0] dad just called to say "see you tomorrow night m8":) the day is set. welding begins bright and early sun morn :D[^] so much still to do tomorrow [V]

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
Clean it as much as possible then pour some on and work it in with a toothbrush (preferably not the one you,re currently using :D) leave it 10-15 mins, wipe off and re-apply, leave it to go black or grey, wipe off and paint :)

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"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
 
sweet. cheers m8, the instructions on the bottle are poo lol. you make alot more sense ;)

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
Well i have spent all day out there today. rust treating, drilling holes everywhere they are needed.cleaned up all the new metal and put red oxide everywhere except where welding is needed. swept, tidied and evan got the spring hanger in place:) im now exhausted but my dad is here. had a cuppa and showed him round his work. he seems to think getting that side done will be no problem so i did something right :D:D i think the other side may be a next time job [V] but i will have had an intensive welding lesson so i may well tackle it myself :) tomorrow dolly gets her first new metal. so exciting :D:p:p

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took these earlier but alot more has happened since. jenolite seems pretty good. except i had to go over it a couple of times

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
Cracking job Paul, it's coming together nicely. Look forward to seeing the results of the welding session. Of course, the welding is the easy bit, it's the preparation which counts! :)

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'I intend to live forever - so far, so good'
 
cheers m8, i think i did ok. all the holes i drilled lined up nicely. un fortunately the jacking point will only be replaced with an outrigger (no jacking point) as this can be added later (unless we get time of coarse) but the result hopefully will be 1 side rock solid :)

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
Glad to see you're making progress. Looking on the bright side, if you do have a go at welding it can't be any worse than Pankys . Are you still thinking about using the Xantia engine?
 
i dont know, i am very tempted as my zx has a cracking lump in her but she needs some welding doing. but the engine in dolly seems to be brill. so im now considering options. i might use the zx as a practise car for my welding so i can keep her (been a great car). so if thats the case i may stick with the engine in dolly. then if she proves to be no good i may go for a transit diesel or midi diesel. or maybe evan a mazda e2000 petrol lump (fast and pretty much bomb proof) loads to do today but most of the hard stuff is done. im going out to make a small floor section for above the spring hanger and get set up :)

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
quote:
Originally posted by sneddon-van

Looking on the bright side, if you do have a go at welding it can't be any worse than Pankys .


[:0] I'm shocked;)

Good luck with the welding day, you must be half way there by now:)

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I WANT CAKE
 
pics coming m8. we ran into a few issues but 1 side is nearly done :)

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
Well Day 1 is over :D so far we are doing pretty well [8D] we are both knackered now but we only stopped because it got hard working in the dark :(

First weld of the day ;)

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Out came the old Jacking Point :)

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And in went the new 1 :p

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The infamous Dad!

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On goes the outer sill [^]

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In went the floor edging, outrigger and spring hanger :D

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Then a cover plate

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a shot of the welding on the chassis and outrigger :D:p

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And Finally the little box section at the rear, not quite finished yet but all in place and welded strong ;)[8D]

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Thats what we got Today, Another day tomorrow so hoping to finish this side off in the morning and make a start on the other side. dad has know decided he may stay an extra day so if day 3 happens im pretty sure it will see both sides finished :D:D

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
yh we had a great time out there playing with our toys lol. we was hoping to get the side finished today but we needed to do a bit of adapting and working out lol tomorrow we should get it finished and hopefully get the other side started, heres hoping dad can stay for day 3 :)

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
my dad has a pic on his phone of a guy on a usa police bike in full uniform. they guy is a spitting image. evan his own mum thought it was him ;)

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Dolly Commer Is Here http://66.129.69.181/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6833
 
Hi Dad !are you coming commering when its done ?
Good team work!

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