A Little Progress
Got a couple of days off work so took the chance to get a little reconstructive work done.
The day began by separating the front bumper plastic cover with the metal reinforcement, not too bad but two of the wheel arch screws simply wouldn't budge so had to take the angle grinder to them.
Note to self, must remember to wear long sleeves when welding. Nice bit of sunburn on my arms:doh
I'm guessing that my welding skills are not up to some of our experienced members here but I have to say it has got better as I did more but the most important thing for me is not just is the bumper solid but I had a dam good time and really enjoyed the afternoon playing.
First of all, meet Miggy my new friend.
Now this is a before shot but sadly the other side as I just cracked on without taking a photo of before but you get the picture, it was a bit rotten.
Used several strips of metal to repair the inner piece of the bumper end, laid side by side and sometimes over lapping. I took the grinder to the welds to check there were no holes and the weld had actually taken on both sides.
This is the bigger panel that I made in one section, notice how I cut slots to enable the panels to fit around edges. The original was sunk into the reinforce but far easier to have it this way, cut the original section away to get rid of the rust.
By the time I had got to this stage I was tired and wife was home so time to pack away before I could grind the welds down, still some welding to do there. Will see about time tomorrow and may be repair the other side. The rest of the bumper is just surface rust so will take the wire brush attachment on the grinder to it and then treat it all with rust remedy, can't remember the name of it but Paraclar amongst others recommended the brand so bought some. Will then give it all a good coat of Hammerite before putting the plastic cover back on.
One job at a time!!
