So one more round of welding and grinding. I will have these re-blasted & sprayed with epoxy then use a little filler to smooth out the gaps and call it good.
There was also a small bend I needed to hammer out – before:
After:
Tag Archives: InnerFenders
3-25-2017 – Inner Fender
After a bit of cussing, I have it pretty much welded-up again. The issue was even though the hole was small, the surrounding metal was pretty thin and kept enlarging the hole as I welded it up. A lot of short blasts and cooling off with air. Hope to grind it down tomorrow, but will not be as picky about how smooth I get it and will coat with some evercoat to seal it up. I used my copper backing plate which considerably helped…
Hope to sand it down tomorrow,..
Also need to replace my water trap in my air line as I detected a leak in it today – more cursing… 🙁
3-21-2017 – Inner Fender
Did a little more grinding of the welds. Broke through in one spot, but the rest looks good. That means at least one more go-around of welding and sanding this weekend.
Just a small spot to fix-up…
3-19-2017 – Inner Fender
Broke out the welder today – haven’t used it in a year. Was going to find some scrap metal to practice on first, but couldn’t find the right thickness, so dove right in to the inner fenders, touching-up a couple of spots. Not a single burn-through, so I consider it a success! Next is to re-sand them and hopefully there won’t be any more spots needing touched-up – it gets difficult to spot the areas needing touched-up the more you weld.
Inside:
Outside:
3-18-2017 – Inner Fender
After about a year, I pulled out the inner fender that had a small crack\tear in it that I was welding up. Was able to grind down the welds – there are still a couple of areas I want to touch-up with some welds before I can put them to rest.
Outside where I left off:
Grinding with the stone:
36-grit:
80 grit – you can see some of the areas I want to touch-up to make smooth:
Insdie where I had left off:
This is the grinder I initially used:
36-grit:
80 grit – also has a couple of spots I will touch-up.
Hope to get some more time in tomorrow.
3/6/2016 Update
Spent a little time in the garage this weekend. Tightened the rotisserie bolts and raised off of the jack stands:
Not yet sure if I will re-adjust. Seems to be ok for now.
With the car on the rotisserie, I was able to push it to the side to pull out the welder and work on the inner fender:
Initial weld:
Grinding the weld:
Filling in a few spots:
More grinding:
Flip the inner fender to work on the other side. Burnt through a couple of spots and said a few choice words I can’t repeat here:
Used my copper backer (above) to assist me in filling the holes – not the prettiest, but it will work:
Other side:
Called it a session at this point. Hope to get out there more this next week to finish grinding and any more welding touch-up after that. Hope to roll the shell outside within the next week or two so I can power wash the bottom of the car prior to stripping.
2/29/2016 Update
Made a little progress this week. First an picture of the firewall after cleaning:
Still need to attack the inside of the trunk:
Did some work on the inner fender. The crack needed to be smoothed out with a hammer since it was kind of overlapping.
Still need to weld the crack on the inner fender.
Swapped out the brackets on the rotisserie for the rear (it was mounted on the leaf spring mounts with different brackets). Was nervous that the holes I had drilled out would match the bumper mounting holes – they did – woo-hoo!
Kept everything loose on the rotisserie after I put the car on jack stands.
I ended up using some grease on the bottom bars as they were difficult to slide. I had used the grease on the upright sections already:
Keep in mind, I am doing this myself. I was nervous about bumping the car off the jack stands as I lined things up. I ended up lining the front and back up, center bar in place (still loose), then used the subframe bolts to mount the front of the rotisserie to the subframe mounts:
I also blocked the wheels on the back end:
I had to go get some 3″ bolts (longer than what I had) and used some spare foam to protect the primer as shown below:
I then adjusted the pivot point in front to match the rear which is now higher. I am not sure if I will like this when I go to rotate – might re-adjust when I rotate the body.
I still have to tighten things up before lifting the car. Next steps is to weld the crack on the inner fender and take the car outside to power wash the bottom of the floor.
