twosmoke300 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I can come and set the welder up for you so you have no excuses if you want Kringle and fatharris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I can come and set the welder up for you so you have no excuses if you wantMeow fatharris and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Not done much today with the exception of replacing the earth clamp on the welder. Did a quick test weld with some scrap metal offcuts and it seems a lot better now. Hopefully the results on the Beat are a bit more positive from now on. Going to start knocking up the final section of the sill outer skin this afternoon, fingers crossed. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk Jim Bell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Picture of the welder - it's seen better days. The mole grips are needed to hold the spool of wire on! When I picked it up, I had a quick check of the wiring and found the previous owner had done some interesting wiring changes to presumably bypass the thermal cutout, which is a bit bloody daft. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk Jim Bell and NorthernMonkey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 When was the last time the wire feed liner or the contact tip were changed? Both of those could cause trouble getting consistent results and not expensive to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 When was the last time the wire feed liner or the contact tip were changed? Both of those could cause trouble getting consistent results and not expensive to do.Certainly not in the time I've owned it which makes it definitely worth looking into Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Welders fine - shit operator I’d say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Contact tips. Wire liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Excuses Mangina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Welders fine - shit operator I’d say100% agree Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 I reckon check your rollers for wear too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 I had a spare shroud and tip so I fitted them. The torch is knackered, ideally I'll get a new welder one day, but this is not that day Anyway, the NS sill is pretty much done. Not pretty, but a skim of filler will sort that, at least it's solid now. I'm sure there's a much easier way to do this fabrication nonsense. To add insult to injury, I picked another hole, this time in the passenger footwell. Disheartened, I inspected the hole in the drivers footwell and it's a lot bigger than I first envisaged. Any tips on getting that bitumen-y floor sound deadening shit off? Limited room to swing a hammer and chisel about. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk somewhatfoolish and Jim Bell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringle Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiepj Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I remember buying a set of those bargain screwdrivers years ago and still got about half of them surviving my abusive use. Mine did not come with a Beat attached though fatharris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I had a spare shroud and tip so I fitted them. The torch is knackered, ideally I'll get a new welder one day, but this is not that day Anyway, the NS sill is pretty much done. Not pretty, but a skim of filler will sort that, at least it's solid now. I'm sure there's a much easier way to do this fabrication nonsense. To add insult to injury, I picked another hole, this time in the passenger footwell. Disheartened, I inspected the hole in the drivers footwell and it's a lot bigger than I first envisaged. Any tips on getting that bitumen-y floor sound deadening shit off? Limited room to swing a hammer and chisel about. Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using TapatalkFuck me, if you can weld with that you're a better man than me !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 It does appear to have had a tough paper round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 More than welcome to borrow my Clarke semi permanently or my good one over xmas mate fatharris and dave j 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 I had a bit of a break for Xmas, but I got back into it today. The underside of the passenger floor pan looked good underneath the seam sealer, but a quick stab with the screwdriver proved otherwise. The section that had rotted away is a triple skinned section, with the floorpan at the bottom. As the joint had bloated with corrosion along 80% of the floor, it was easier to cut it out as one section, which will also aid me in measuring new panels up. As you can see, pretty rotten. This car is kicking me at every step! C Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using Tapatalk somewhatfoolish, Ghosty, Jim Bell and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringle Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Don't worry good Sir, once it is complete you will have the only roadworthy Beat in existence and that will result in £££~RICHES~£££ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Whilst I was doing all this cutting, I noticed a brown spot on some adjacent seam sealer. A bit of scraping turned into a hole, so I elected to cut a bit out to check how bad it was/patch it up. And things just sort of.... escalated from there. Very, very oh dear. This was all because I prodded at a bit of seam sealer. So, tools are down for a minute whilst I work out what, if anything, I can do to repair this. Doesn't help that the drivers side looks potentially worse than this and I haven't even started that side yet. Sigmund Fraud and garethj 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Every time I read this thread and see rotting yellow painted floors, it reminds of how somebody managed to use wob and underseal to hide "little" problems on my MGB roadster. Keep smiling, you'll get there. (Apologies for the picture being sideways, it's the fns bulkhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 That looks like the quality of grot which seems to afflict Cappuccinos too. One minute they look tidy, and the next they are pretty much riddled with ginge. Having said that, it's still well worth fixing, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 That looks like the quality of grot which seems to afflict Cappuccinos too. One minute they look tidy, and the next they are pretty much riddled with ginge. Having said that, it's still well worth fixing, surely?No doubt. Whether or not I possess the skills to do so is a different kettle of fish entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Fuck me, it's like a Japanese Oxford! Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 I got disheartened with this so I put the tools down for a couple of weeks. Today marked the change of that, as I started digging seeker to see how bad it is. Oh joy. This somehow went from bad to worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Pub ? fatharris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 put away the razor blades welding god itll get there - enya had it 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Pub ?Would if I could afford it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 This starting to look rustier than my 1100!Time to strip everything off the car and work on it that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatharris Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 This starting to look rustier than my 1100!Time to strip everything off the car and work on it that way?Wish that I could, I really do, but I simply don't have the space. This garage is considered a large single, and it already has a Mini body shell in it along with all the parts, as well as loads of bits for an MX5, I can't fit any more stuff in to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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