Ok, a mixed couple of days....
Saturday Neil did some more rust repairs on the floor finishing with cutting out a central section
Yesterday I did some additional work on the roof. It was low in one part so I helped it into place with a hammer. This in turn caused a bit of cracking, so ground it back
Welded it up
And refilled it
I think I'm just about there now, but will wait to see what Neil says as he's got a better eye than me and I'm getting roof- blind. (And before anyone comments the above is not a finished photo! It's looking pretty good now)
Then started sorting the outer sill - sorting out the indentations that are there because it's a 993 part
After talking to Neil did it differently this time, slicing the corners of the indents and then knocking it out with a dolly
The first one took ages but once I started using a dolly from the back instead of a hammer from the front, they went really quickly
Then came the shitty part of the weekend. When removing the anti roll bar, one of the studs had sheared. I bought a stud extractor to sort this out. I took a load of pics but I won't post them here as there are just too many.
The shortened version:-
Stud extractor didn't work
Welded nut on, when turning it sheared the bolt lower down
Welded washer, nut and another stud on - it sheared the bolt low down
Ground the stud flat, centre punched it and drilled through (two words to type, an hour of pain to do)
Once the hole was big enough started tapping a fresh thread
Going well until it sheared off (the tap) - took it out and welded a nut onto it
Going well again - bit at a time, kept winding it back and forward again. Eventually got it through and kep turning. Went to wind it back and.....
It sheared off - leaving about 1cm showing
Weld on a steel plate, large nut and large bolt and wen to unscrew it....
It sheared off - too low to weld anything to it.
Ground it flat (see 10 lines above - déjà vu or what)
Started drill into the tap. Not quite central in the stud. After a while lost the will to live and came in for tea.
Think I'm going to leave this bit until it goes for the MOT, and I'll get the garage to do it at that time. If you can access it standing up and using your stronger muscles then it might not be so soul destroying, but lying on your side and trying to get pressure through a heavy drill is tiring
Here are some of the welded studs I've gone through
Frustrating because I've got a shitload of other jobs to do and I just wasted about 7 hours on something that I wasn't able to finish.
Hey ho, you've got to have the bad experiences to make the good stuff so rewarding, I suppose.
