Anyone handy with a welder

[Chriscooke]

While attempting to fit my spats I noticed a small rust bubble which I attacked with a scraper. Turn out I have a bloody great hole at the base of the rear wheel arch.

Is anyone able to give me a hand fabricating and welding a plate in? I'd normally get my dad to do it but he's not too well at the moment:(

I'll upload some pics in a min.

[Chriscooke]

Pictures


Nearside
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd253/chriscooke200sx/19052010654.jpg

Offside
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd253/chriscooke200sx/19052010655.jpg

Doesn't look like too hard a job if you know what your doing. I may actually have to learn how to weld:o

[big-al]

would love to help but i end up cutting all that rot out hahaha

[Chriscooke]

would love to help but i end up cutting all that rot out hahaha

Fury muff!

[Garysx]

Welcome to the rust club mate:nod:

[Chriscooke]

Welcome to the rust club mate:nod:

I knew I shouldn'y of started digging:annoyed: :)

[Channie]

Which bit do you want made up?

[sprout]

Have a REALLY good dig round there whilst your at it - check out my project thread for exactly the same issues pretty much, I found a fair amount. Worth sticking a screwdriver in and seeing what is still solid.

[Chriscooke]

Which bit do you want made up?

The base of the wing and the upright section in the first pic, and the upright section in the second pic if it's needed.

Will be offering beer tokens to anyone that can help :)


Have a REALLY good dig round there whilst your at it - check out my project thread for exactly the same issues pretty much, I found a fair amount. Worth sticking a screwdriver in and seeing what is still solid.

The area is pretty good now. Some more metal may need cuting out but not a lot from what I can see. I've had a pretty good dig around and got the rust proofing off until I found good metal. It seems as if it's only one section thats gone on each side. It's prob due to the car having mudflaps on from new :(

[Garysx]

Mate, if you lived closer and i wasnt doing mine i'd give you a hand as i know how much of a pain it is.

[Chriscooke]

Cheers mate :) I'm going to start learning how to weld tomorrow so I may well be able to do it myself soon..... maybe :o

[Chris]

Cheers mate :) I'm going to start learning how to weld tomorrow so I may well be able to do it myself soon..... maybe :o

Get on with it you great big jessy :whip: Nobody was born with the ability to weld so get practising :smash::smash::smash:

[Chriscooke]

Get on with it you great big jessy :whip: Nobody was born with the ability to weld so get practising :smash::smash::smash:

Fair point :D My old man is teaching me how to arc weld first tho which is obviously useless on these cars. Mig will be the second lesson I guess:) He's half tempted to buy a tig also so I might end up giving that a go also...

[Chris]

Fair point :D My old man is teaching me how to arc weld first tho which is obviously useless on these cars. Mig will be the second lesson I guess:) He's half tempted to buy a tig also so I might end up giving that a go also...The old man is obviously a wise old man :notworthy:notworthy After learning arc mig will be a walk in the park :nod:

[Chriscooke]

The old man is obviously a wise old man :notworthy:notworthy After learning arc mig will be a walk in the park :nod:

He's a top man :nod: :notworthy:

[crouchy]

i would check the other side on the inner sill, where mine has gone to save ballache in the future :wack:

[Chriscooke]

i would check the other side on the inner sill, where mine has gone to save ballache in the future :wack:

Inner sill as in the back of this sill in the wheel arch?? I expact thats gone too if I'm honest:(

Unless the mudflaps really did cause all of the issues..

[Chris]

Inner sill as in the back of this sill in the wheel arch?? I expact thats gone too if I'm honest:(

Unless the mudflaps really did cause all of the issues.. Inner sill as within 30cm of the front of the rear subframe mounting points , Well worth taking a hammer to :nod:

[crouchy]

glad i hammered mine well not glad as i found holes, but it could be worse and spread all the way down the inside and then up into the cabin :(

[Chriscooke]

Will have a look:nod: The sills themselves had a little surface rust where the skirts were mounted but are ok besides that. Next time I work under the car I'll have a dig around and see what other horror storys I find :cry:

[Swiftmini]

ohhh welcome to my world bahaha

[Chriscooke]

ohhh welcome to my world bahaha

Evil laugh :(

Was always going to happen tho :)