| Walter4 |
Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:12 pm |
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I am hoping for a sanity check since I'm making things up as I go along in this project. What started out as me thinking I could just patch the floor pans had mushroomed into something more (paint, putty and caulk sure seem to be able to hide rust) as I've been wire brushing.
I'm going to have to replace a sizable part of the back half of the floor pan as well as part of the rear quarter and aa chunk of the door pillar. I was hoping to avoid replacing the heater channel, hoping I could just patch it here and there. I keep reading that I'm supposed to save as much "good" metal as possible.
Then I finished my work today (pictures below).
I discovered that there are no spot welds holding the front of the channel to the front wheel well (looks like there was some prior repair). I also now know why the defroster flow was always so anemic.
Anyway, after reading and researching I think I should move forward like this:
- patch bottom of A pillar and then jack up the pillar to get the door aligned so I can brace it and remove it
- replace the whole heater channel
- replace the rear pan up to about the emergency brake (to save the "good"metal).
Most people seem to say pans first, channels second to keep things lined up. Others say the other way around. The pan is in better shape than the channel; so I'm thinking that things will line up better if I do channel first. |
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| Dwayne1m |
Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:38 pm |
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| I feel you are going about it the right way. To me it doesn't make a difference if you do floors or heater channels first, just don't do them at the same time. Just my way of thinking. |
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| RLFD213 |
Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:52 pm |
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| Do the floors first, then cut out the channels. Put the channels on the floors and then set the body down on it and weld away. |
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