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R1cho
15-04-2014, 21:28
found a speed hole today under the air filter :eek:

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so i whacked a wire brush on the angle grinder and gave it a quick clean, must say them angle grinder wire brushes are the biz :cool:

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so i welded in some plate, not my neatest welding but my back was killing (still is) and its done the job needed, then i put some rust converter on it and blacked it up with some chassis paint.

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then i found another speed hole under the gay bs pump :( but thats going to have to wait til the weekend

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AlexD333
15-04-2014, 21:30
Oh crap, at least your tackling them. First jobs looks nice n tidy :thumb2

solarman216
15-04-2014, 21:35
common problem strange the OS does not seem to suffer as badly, well on all the ones I have seen, Rick

makeitfit
15-04-2014, 21:43
looks horribly familiar :o
Nice job though Steve :thumbs
When you get to the bulkhead bit, be VERY careful of possible fire :augie
It's all multi layered behind there and has insulation and allsorts :eek:

R1cho
15-04-2014, 21:43
Oh crap, at least your tackling them. First jobs looks nice n tidy :thumb2

should be tidier than that but couldn't stand for long so had to try and rush it, need to get all the jobs done ready for when daughter has to go for liver transplant which could be anytime, she has blood tests on thursday so we find out more then

R1cho
15-04-2014, 21:46
looks horribly familiar :o
Nice job though Steve :thumbs
When you get to the bulkhead bit, be VERY careful of possible fire :augie
It's all multi layered behind there and has insulation and allsorts :eek:

careful of fire? what you tryin to say :lol :lol :lol

yea i know i have spied all that bloody seam sealer aswell, i have already managed to rope one of the locals into being a spotter for me on saturday as theres a bit under the ns front floorpan to do aswell :eek:

makeitfit
15-04-2014, 21:55
Front floor pan :eek: you been stalking me :p That's exactly where we've been digging tonight :doh Another bloody hole the size of Fred Flintstone's foot when we cut it all out :confused:

R1cho
15-04-2014, 21:56
yes i found it while i was checking out the broken flexi on the downpipe :lol :lol

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exosteve
15-04-2014, 22:00
looking at these pics scare me:eek: my truck is pretty much rust free and im going keep it that way. just the wings really and they got plenty of life left yet:D
my biggest problems are from the motor.:confused:
its got to come out at some point:doh

R1cho
15-04-2014, 22:02
looking at these pics scare me:eek: my truck is pretty much rust free and im going keep it that way. just the wings really and they got plenty of life left yet:D

nowt to be scared of its all part of the fun :lol also them front wings are sneaky little shits, my ns was fine til i put the snork on and then it all just sort of crumbled :lol :lol :lol

exosteve
15-04-2014, 22:15
nowt to be scared of its all part of the fun :lol also them front wings are sneaky little shits, my ns was fine til i put the snork on and then it all just sort of crumbled :lol :lol :lol

its all that beach bumming dun it mate