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penthink
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 Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:42 pm Post subject: Floor Pan Replacement! |
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Finally, got it done. Angus needed a new floor pan. Years of snowy, salty heels draining on his floor finally got to him. So we found some inexpensive floor pans for sale in the classifieds and put them in. Not too bad a job for those considering it.
Angus awaiting his operation, 5 am.
The culprit: A 3" hole in his floor board...
First step, cut out the old junk, make room for new pan:
And then, weld in new. Or better yet, have talented friend weld in new...
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VDubTech
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Looks damn good Mike!! When am I going to see that thing rollin into my driveway?
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penthink
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You got a baby room? I got one on the way sometime in the next couple weeks. 
It would give the wife and I a chance to sleep and you and your fiancee could get up and feed him/her.
Ha!
Why don't you come over to Maine this summer? Damn man, I've been to your place about 100 times!
And bring some parts with you! 
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VDubTech
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You got a baby room? I got one on the way sometime in the next couple weeks.
It would give the wife and I a chance to sleep and you and your fiancee could get up and feed him/her.
Ha!
Why don't you come over to Maine this summer? Damn man, I've been to your place about 100 times!
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Don't make me show up at your door....congrats on the new addition....must be something in the water, a few of my friends have little bundles of joy on the way too....
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Looks awesome. I'll be doing some surgery to my bus also as soon as the weather breaks. Will winter ever end??!! 
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Thanks Geno,
One thing to keep in mind if you're doing floor pans is that the Germans loved spot welds. In this one pan, there were something like 20 of them where the pan sits on the frame. Get yourself a coal chisel or if you have a compressor, a pneumatic chisel. That helped a lot. And wrap the wiring that goes under the floor pan in a damp towel. It catches on fire reeeeaally easily. Ask me how I know... 
mike
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How did that Porter Cable air shears work for you? I imagine it only works in between all the spot welds and frame? Was it easy to manuver or a bit bulky?
I also have a 72 which I will be doing the same thing with and would like to know if I should pick up one of those for the job.
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How did that Porter Cable air shears work for you? I imagine it only works in between all the spot welds and frame? Was it easy to manuver or a bit bulky?
I also have a 72 which I will be doing the same thing with and would like to know if I should pick up one of those for the job.
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Absolutely DO NOT buy them. They are for shit. they didn't work at all. If you have a compressor, my advice is to buy a set of little cutoff wheels. They aren't expensive ($15? I think...).
I used the cutoff wheels with my die grinder and that did a great job. And an air chisel, as stated. The only thing I didn't have that would have been helpful was a true grinder. That I didn't have.
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Great job!
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