Re: Bulkhead repair sections - how long to do?

Aug 04, 2003 1 Replies



> 1.5 days sounds optimistic to me but if the landy is in good

condition



and you're an experienced welder it should be possible.
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> Good luck,

From my own experience with having this job done by a pro bodyshop, I'd suggest that you need to factor in finding a lot more rot than just the obvious corner sections. We had to do some extra fabrication work to get enough decent metal to actually weld to!


And I have to say that the only reason the job was being done in the first palce was because of major rust probs on the body cappings which required the roof off so it made sense to deal with the b/head corners at the same time. On the face of it, they didn't look too bad. Until we went digging.


Managed without taking the d/board out - the w/screen should come out without having to take the roof off.


Have fun!



Mike.


Simmonites, yes. Pretty expensive for what they were. Came as a pair.

Yes

Well, the front bolts and maybe a few side bolts, yes.

Lift if off over the pins, yes.

Yes.

  • Front wings may need to come off to gain adequate access.

As mentioned before, you will probably need to do fairly serious reconstruction behind the rotted area to get something to weld to - have some sheet steel ready with your favorite anti-corrosion weld-thru spray.

Two days work for one side perhaps, maybe three for both? Big job to do properly.

Your alignment will have to be spot on to keep your doors happy if you're fitting new top and bottom sections is all I'll say. Yes, you're as well doing them, but I wouldn't like to say in what order.

Fit new style torx headed bolts to the door hinge bolts, and most certainly buy new captive nuts for the doors so you can just drill the heads off the old ones instead of messing around with huge screwdrivers and giving yourself grief over them.

Measure many times and cut once....

Regards

William MacLeod

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