The holes drilled in the cross bearer yesterday I used as a guide to mark the holes in the new flitch plates. I then drilled and deburred them and gave them a coat of etch primer.
Monthly Archives: April 2020
25/4/2020
Yesterday I made and fitted a repair section to the frame rear of the offside rear wheelarch. Today I finished that repair by sanding the profile of the old and new pieces to a good line. Next I drilled the cross bearer below the forward side of the emergency door ready to accept new steel reinforcement flitch plates. In the late afternoon I cut and finished the new flitch plates ready for drilling tomorrow.
23/4/2020
The last few days have been concerned with removing the offside wheel housing and mudwing. I found the timber in the wheelarch framing to be in much better condition than the nearside and it looks savable. Today was spent removing the remains of the steel flitchplates that join the floor bearer to the wheelarch timbers. The floor bearer at this location is in fairly rough condition so I will make larger steel reinforcement plates to extend further into the centre of the body.
Other work over the last few days has been applying primer to the ply sections for boot interior lining.
The timber before removal of the remains of the rotten flitch plate.