Back to work after a rest through the holidays. I left off with a lot unfinished seam and plug weld heads that I had to finally face when I returned. I normally like to stay up with that as it goes but I got lazy about that towards the end so that work accumulated. First few sessions spent carefully grinding all of those down smooth to catch back up.
Then it was back to prepping the rear pan for final installation. Punching in the plug weld holes along the edges...there is a lot them.
Perimeter cleaned of primer and this piece is finally ready to go in for the last time. The strengthening rib at the center had to be heated and pecked down a touch for some needed clearance with the heater control tube conduit.
Rear pan in for the final time.
Welds all along the rear kick panel repairs were some of those loose ends that had to be tied up before this section could go in.
Perimeter repairs are now officially complete with the floor repair well on its way to completion. Set screwing it in next in anticipation for plug welding.
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Justin
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Rear pan fitment continued:
About this far on the first try before it wedged out. A few rounds fine trimming coming up.
Cautiously trimmed a sliver at a time to maintain a tight fit against the walls. Excess was removed from the wider of the two sides to help center the floor a fraction more.
After about 4 tries the rear pan was finally home. This is my third floor and so far I've never had to contend with a tunnel in my way during fitment. A blessing and a curse I suppose as the tunnel required removal for additional repairs. These conduits weren't too bad to work around.
relief shapes centered in the frame as closely as possible.
Some weight added to the center of the floor to reinforce the gentle bow towards the middle as I begin adding screws to lock in the final position.
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JustinLast edited by JTR70; 10-22-2021, 08:43 PM.
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Begin rear pan fitment:
New section tacked and in process of final form fitment tight against the reinforcement flange.
A bit more welding and clean up yet to go but technically my flange repair duties are complete.
and with that I can begin locating the rear pan for best fit.
Same process as the front, leading edge of the flanges etched in
Then the width of the flange back measured for the initial cut line.
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More front floor pan:
Went down both sides plug welding the screw holes first to ensure the pan stays tight against the flange.
Moving to the inside next to finish out the rest of the plugs.
Finished out the lateral runs with my panel spotter to complete the welding details. Lose ends being tied up a section at a time.
Bounced back to the last of my perimeter repairs and cleaned out the remains of this lower kick panel.
Torch heat used to destroy the remaining rust and scale along the reinforcement flange.
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