welding a 300tdi

wtbcneil · Sep 7, 2010

hello chaps
i have a hole on my n/s rear wheel arch the bit you see when you open the door my question is do i have to replace the whole panel as acoording to the manual i have to take the complete rear panel off or can i just cut awaythe rusty bit and replace it as needed
thanks

battenberg · Sep 7, 2010

hows about a photo?

robint · Sep 7, 2010

when i done mine i welded a plate top and bottom just to make sure the doopy fooking mot tester could,nt fail it ........ mind it took some fabricating to keep it the same shape as what was there on the top

Dewin · Sep 7, 2010

battenberg said:
hows about a photo?

Bet ya he's on about here.....

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dan_vtec · Sep 7, 2010

Dewin said:
Bet ya he's on about here.....

id cut that out and put a piece in, but depends on how good you are with fabricating etc i suppose.

oil dripper · Sep 7, 2010

bugger fabricating

Inner Wheel Arch - Please Select L H or Right Hand - MWC4841 40

wtbcneil · Sep 7, 2010

Dewin
spot on mate exactly the same even the colour no thats scary
thanks
neil

wtbcneil · Sep 7, 2010

i was just going to buy the complete wheel arch part and use the bit i needed

paul_c · Sep 7, 2010

Scrape the paint off (wire brush) and see how far the corrosion has gone - the paint looks like its bubbled up and the corroded metal area is about 10x the size of the hole. (This is fairly normal).

dan_vtec · Sep 7, 2010

oil dripper said:
bugger fabricating
Inner Wheel Arch - Please Select L H or Right Hand - MWC4841 40

could buy 3 8x4's of tin for that lol

GRATCH · Sep 7, 2010

Drill out spot welds,

Cut off where necessary,

Weld new panel on,

Job done, no fookin about fabricating.

nrgserv · Sep 7, 2010

clean it up to find out how bad it really is

bit rough with this one- (and dont have pics of it..) tack weld small lump of 18 guage under hole then fill top full of mig wire. grind back and paint.

aint pretty underneath and pink was the only colour i had to hand.....
obviously with a bit more time....

alexdon · Sep 8, 2010

nrgserv said:
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clean it up to find out how bad it really is

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bit rough with this one- (and dont have pics of it..) tack weld small lump of 18 guage under hole then fill top full of mig wire. grind back and paint.

aint pretty underneath and pink was the only colour i had to hand.....
obviously with a bit more time....

That's not a hole

, these are holes

nrgserv · Sep 8, 2010

alexdon said:
That's not a hole, these are holes

now these are holes.....

[JP] · Sep 8, 2010

nop.. these are holes..was on my old disco.

Mr Noisy · Sep 8, 2010

Shoulda taken pics when I was doing mine :screaming_bug_eye_f

nrgserv · Sep 9, 2010

more holes

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