Small component repairs like the heater, air flap and wipers always interesting for those of us who still have these jobs to do and benefit from seeing the issues which you find along the way
Good job! Plenty strong enough, but if you are going to drill to inject, use the side my friend. Anything on top would attract ingress. I like the episode, having chased a rust bubble into needing to fabricate a part floor......you have my sympathy.
Many thanks. I take your point about injecting from the side. I have the same to do on the O/S rail.......not so corroded though, I may be able to cut in small sections. Cheers David
@@davidbaugh 20mm hole, then fit a 20mm blanking grommet, easy to get from electrical suppliers or DIY store I think you can still get 10mm blanking grommets as well
Its much nicer watching you work than doing my own 😂 Luckily those Rovers are made of thick metal so hopefully thats slowed down the corrosion Also good to see you using a spirit level to keep it all aligned And those magnetic welding clamps are awesome, bought a few myself, for single handee work they are a godsend
Thanks. I'm quite enjoying the work.. I need to get myself a few more clamps, some smaller magnetic type and C-clamps. I'm finding the more I do the more kit I wish I had. The Bumper Iron bracket is made of 3mm plate and the original is a U shape and one piece of metal, which I'll never bend with the kit I have so I may make it from 3 pieces....need to think about that one..
@@davidbaugh you could buy a small gas oxygen set and heat it enough to bend, or find a local metal fabricators or forge, and bung them some cash to bend it
I am surprised that you haven't elected to fold as much metal as possible rather than welding individual plates since folds are stronger and easier than welding plates
I did consider folding to make the bottom/side section, however I haven't the facilities to do that at the moment. The Bumper Iron Support Bracket is made from folded 3mm sheet which I am going to try to fabricate as one piece if I can. I have been looking at metal folding brakes recently, but a bench mounted unit would not bend 3mm. I have seen a technique where you score into the sheet at the bend line then use a brake. Watch this space.....
@@davidbaugh I have used the score method with 3-5mm using an angle grinder that then means that you will need to run a weld along the score line but this is easy on the bench and achieves a neat finish. I've never needed a press break and have used a stout vice with maybe a couple of pieces of angle to extend the jaws. Heat and a good set of hammers works wonders.
Small component repairs like the heater, air flap and wipers always interesting for those of us who still have these jobs to do and benefit from seeing the issues which you find along the way
Thanks, I've got a few of those type of jobs coming..
Great video, thanks for creating and sharing. 👌👍
Thanks, much appreciated.
Yes I was thinking of that while watching, I would drill it on the side.
Good job! Plenty strong enough, but if you are going to drill to inject, use the side my friend. Anything on top would attract ingress. I like the episode, having chased a rust bubble into needing to fabricate a part floor......you have my sympathy.
Many thanks. I take your point about injecting from the side.
I have the same to do on the O/S rail.......not so corroded though, I may be able to cut in small sections. Cheers David
@@davidbaugh 20mm hole, then fit a 20mm blanking grommet, easy to get from electrical suppliers or DIY store
I think you can still get 10mm blanking grommets as well
Its much nicer watching you work than doing my own 😂
Luckily those Rovers are made of thick metal so hopefully thats slowed down the corrosion
Also good to see you using a spirit level to keep it all aligned
And those magnetic welding clamps are awesome, bought a few myself, for single handee work they are a godsend
Thanks. I'm quite enjoying the work..
I need to get myself a few more clamps, some smaller magnetic type and C-clamps. I'm finding the more I do the more kit I wish I had.
The Bumper Iron bracket is made of 3mm plate and the original is a U shape and one piece of metal, which I'll never bend with the kit I have so I may make it from 3 pieces....need to think about that one..
@@davidbaugh you could buy a small gas oxygen set and heat it enough to bend, or find a local metal fabricators or forge, and bung them some cash to bend it
Great job. Not pretty ay but looks strong and does the job.
Thanks, I'll be making it look a little better.
Probably better than mine. Lol
I am surprised that you haven't elected to fold as much metal as possible rather than welding individual plates since folds are stronger and easier than welding plates
I did consider folding to make the bottom/side section, however I haven't the facilities to do that at the moment.
The Bumper Iron Support Bracket is made from folded 3mm sheet which I am going to try to fabricate as one piece if I can.
I have been looking at metal folding brakes recently, but a bench mounted unit would not bend 3mm.
I have seen a technique where you score into the sheet at the bend line then use a brake.
Watch this space.....
@@davidbaugh I have used the score method with 3-5mm using an angle grinder that then means that you will need to run a weld along the score line but this is easy on the bench and achieves a neat finish. I've never needed a press break and have used a stout vice with maybe a couple of pieces of angle to extend the jaws. Heat and a good set of hammers works wonders.
14 gauge - is 80thou - 2mm !