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That hole in the fuel tank's a bit alarming, wonder how much fuel you've lost over the years through that!
Yeh, have only ever been able to put £20 in before the smell of petrol seeped out. To be fair it wasn't that bad until i attached it with the angle grinder
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Fuel filler neck rust painted
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Stone chipped
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Rust repairs… Thats the floorpan edge and inner sill finished, got the middle sill part at the rear to fabricate and weld in then it should be pretty much ready for the new sill.
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Seat belt mount welded back in
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All painted
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Fuel tank hole welded up and will be sealed inside and out later
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Then i noticed another hole in a fairly common place, so welded that up too
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Thats all until my next couple of days off work next week..
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Sealed the welds on the fuel tank.
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Seam sealed repairs…
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Card template, this was a lot of work to get a decent fit once it was in metal
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POR15 fuel tank sealant
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I'm looking at some now but it gives me 3 options 236ml, 473ml and 946ml and I've no idea how much I need.
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sp8y said
What size tin of the POR15 tank sealant did you buy?
I'm looking at some now but it gives me 3 options 236ml, 473ml and 946ml and I've no idea how much I need.
236ml, fair bit of prep goes into it, you need POR15s marine cleaner and metal ready. poor prep will lead to the paint pealing and blocking fuel lines.
Thanks all for the kind comments. I really like the black with red but I'm considering a colour change, matte black is just too common.
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Had to make up lots of extra bits as the rust extended beyond the sill repair panel…
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Onto the fuel filler
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Had to make up my own repair for the inner arch part…
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Quick skim of filler to stop the rain getting at it
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Thats it up to date as of this evening…
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Tidy work, did you get much distortion on the rear quarter after doing the filler neck outer panel? I've done mine twice and it's still not great so leaving that for the body shop to sort
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Hairyarse said
That brings back some memories, all the repairs I've just done on mine!
Tidy work, did you get much distortion on the rear quarter after doing the filler neck outer panel? I've done mine twice and it's still not great so leaving that for the body shop to sort
Yeh, small amount of distortion, welded really slow and it was going fine, right up until the back of the weld caught fire and i couldn't put it out very quickly. I think that caused a bit of distortion coz the panel was really hot after. Nothing that won't pop out with the right tools…
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