The resurrection of Tufftee - Part Deux :o

I might have to use wedges or leave it till we ()) weld it, as it needs to be in that position until welded and sill & Bulkhead fitted.

I think it'll need jacked up at that floor cross member to weld the floor sections and then the A&B posts jacked up to weld in the box section sill, if we can relieve the pressure off the sill and floor then hopefully it will all weld in square.

How did you get on with the blasting and de-rusting of the floor section?

dieseldog69 said:

I think it'll need jacked up at that floor cross member to weld the floor sections and then the A&B posts jacked up to weld in the box section sill, if we can relieve the pressure off the sill and floor then hopefully it will all weld in square.

How did you get on with the blasting and de-rusting of the floor section?

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erm

been wallpaper stripping and hospititilling

The Mad Hat Man said:

erm

been wallpaper stripping and hospititilling

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Slacker

If I didn't know better I'd have thought you'd gone back to work full time

dieseldog69 said:

Slacker

If I didn't know better I'd have thought you'd gone back to work full time

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i would do..... for a rest

gotta make that stiffener too.

The Mad Hat Man said:

gotta make that stiffener too.

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I assume all suggestions are welcome?

Haha

NS Floor stiffener in place... It can be seen that, because the stiffener was not in place before this panel was welded in, there are an assortment of non-uniform gaps between the floor and stiffener


and the floor height adjustment . by packing the top of the chassis under the bolt with a 1/2" steel spacer, I can raise and lower the floor by adjusting the screw.

A bit more today....... shot blasted, kurusted, primered and top coated bits.

Minor hiccups this week....

Anyone ever seen this before......


"Stress"?? cracking of NS Bulkhead body mount

@dieseldog69
I think it is obvious what the problem is with the NS sill alignment......

Following pics show that the A & B posts are vertical, but the Sill is cocked in at the bottom, as we thought......

A post


B Post


A post showing (badly) misalignment of sill


B post showing (badly) misalignment of sill


Close up of B post misalignment


it appears to be about 7 degrees out from vertical

The Mad Hat Man said:

Minor hiccups this week....

Anyone ever seen this before......

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Yeah, last night at about 7:30

I wonder if anyone has a big azz set of Stilsons with jaws +60mm?

Would be able to get a good purchase and if they were say 18" plus we'd get sensible leverage on it too

dieseldog69 said:

I wonder if anyone has a big azz set of Stilsons with jaws +60mm?

Would be able to get a good purchase and if they were say 18" plus we'd get sensible leverage on it too

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ere! that'l mark my paintwork .

Thought about that and decided that we could slip a bit of old inner tube in the jaws

will try and find my large G cramp..... or a ratsh|t strap over to the OS

A few pics of the work done today on the NS Bulkhead body mount.....

Stress crack as found


Stress crack cleaned up and ends marked


Stress crack opened up for welding


Holes drilled at ends to top crack propagation (RH one might be a bit low)


Body mount showing residue of inner wing


Body mount having inner wing residue removed and cleaned up.


Next stop shot blasting to remove rust and prep for welding/ painting

Nice, looking good there MHM, I recon we'll be welding on Friday

Did you trim off a bit of that inner strengthening plate so I can fit a bigger piece to cover that crack and some?

no i havent yet - i was concentrating on the outside.