My First Wheel Arch Repair - Welding Success or Disaster? Mercedes W124 300CE
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Finally time to repair the rusty wheelarch.. and i have a new exhaust for my Mercedes!! Cutting the rust out is one thing but welding thin steel might prove to be a challenge. After this it's almost ready for paint!
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So glad you decided to go ahead with the repairs. You'll be very proud of yourself when it's all said and done. Looking forward to the finished Product 👍
Your enthusiasm and willingness to do the job yourself is commendable . Go Jack Go !
Little tip for welding: first, get an automatic dimming mask. It'll make a world of difference, and second - rather than trying to hold a light in one hand and the welding torch in the other, fasten a light to the front of the welding mask.
Good auto dimming masks. Are under £50 from Machine Mart.
having the basic mask which a background light would be far better for a amateur DIY welder etc even with a dimming mask, good background light is required having an additional light source is abit OTT....
the best tip would be opt for a TIG welding set-up OR a gasless mig welding set-up over the stick welding set-up seen (arc welding).. as you've less control, more heat etc going into the metal then you really need which always results in more mistakes..
on-top of that, being in a better more suitable position to see the entire area being worked on aka would've been better laying down OR propped-up comfortably in the in a lower position with a direct light source onto the working area, rather then being scrunched-up in the wheel arch etc
+1 on the dimmer mask best thing I bought.
I agree with this! The parr weld helmets are VERY good.
Does he realize the mask also protects his face from radiation and UV? UV radiation in a welding arc will burn unprotected skin just like UV radiation in sunlight.
@@mobiledevto Good way of getting your vitamin D in the middle of winter! ;-)
You deserve a medal for perseverance and tenacity, well done to you.
No one deserves that lovely garage as much as you Jack...chapo!
There's Jack's triumphant grin again! Love it. More power to your elbow mate!
Gratitude is key, and we’re grateful for you! Please don’t forget the safety glasses mate.
Shaping up to be "The Car that Jack Built".
Been there done that a few times and get more enjoyment than taking delivery of a new car. Appeals to my creative and artistic "bent" too. So much more satisfying.
You are indeed on a roll Jack and clearly you're enjoying every second. Well done.
Jack, I encouraged you to try doing this right, because I KNEW you could do it! Nice work, and 'your welcome' for the encouragement from across the pond!
You're always fixing something Jack. Well Done my friend!
You did a nice job of the welding Jack considering it was your first repair. Love these old Mercs, so glad you're going ahead with the repairs and respray.
Really proud of you Jack !! Great to see someone get stuck in. Arch repair is brilliant for a first time !!!
Yes, he is really doing very well for being first time!
I agree! Good to see Jack Butt welding the repairs in and doing a good job.
My wheel arch repairs only got as far as my 'Isopon P38/P40 Apprenticeship', so fair play for the welder, you're always learning something new!
Really looking forward to the paint job, & hearing that house values in the area have gone back up £10k to values before the Bismerc arrived 😂
Thanks Jack!
Nice effort Jack. Well done.
Not bad at all for a first time.
100% better than the filler and hole.
Spend a little money on a auto dimming mask & you will find welding suddenly becomes a lot easier.
Well Done Jack.
Huge Respect for taking on the Body Work at Home. The Quickjack makes life so much easier.
Keep at it Brother. Looking forward to seeing more restoration work.
Greetings from Trinidad 🇹🇹
Look at that happy face at the end 😂
Pleased as punch
Love it Jack 👍👍👊
Wow! Well done Jack. Fair play, first attempt 👏👏
Good job mate. Full marks for getting stuck in. That garage looks bloody awesome 👌
I bet your new neighbours love you!
Go Jack 👍🏻
Well done mate. Loving the OE style exhaust. Can wait to see her painted. In my opinion the last era of robust Mercedes
This is moving faster than i thought, nice work pal 👍
Wow that's fab Jack, can't wait to see her painted.
You come across as such a nice guy , love your channel, I would like longer videos but whatever works , all the best keep not going .
Than you Robert!
Nice job! I’m glad that shonky exhaust is no more too! Looking forward to seeing you start the paintwork………
This car is turning out awesome! Nice going Jack!
Yes lovely big garage most garages that are built in this country are useless your not restricted by weather. Great content 👌.
Your enthusiasm is great to watch and quite contagious. I Just wanna start welding stuff!
Weld done Jack for having a go if at first you don’t succeed get the grinder out if you cut it out by accident you can always weld it back I use cornflake boxes to make templates to fabricate parts helps with awkward shapes ,my first helmet came from Aldi it was about £20 it was adequate for what I was doing at the time but gone up market now to a top slot one and doing a lot more welding stay safe protect those eyes 😎👍👨🏻🏭
Some excellent work Jack, but please, please wear some eye protection.
My daughter who is 35 woke up one morning and had lost her sight in one eye. She would give anything to get it back but apparently unlikely to happen.
Your eyesight is so precious.
Well done mate, you have balls I tell u that!
2 words Jack.....WELL DONE!
Brilliant Job, took a while but you got the finish you wanted. Looking forward to the next video on this project 👍👍
So much better for having the garage, and the quick lift looks great bit of kit.
Great job with the welding for a 1st attempt.
Looking forward to the next video.
Keep up the good work👍
You are a brave man doing all that work
Really enjoyed that episode Jack, great work my friend
It’s coming along Jack. Great little garage
This guy is actually achieves results unlike some others I can think of!
Then you have to check out Soup Classic Motoring if you like welding on old cars plus cool stop motion it’s another favorite channel of mine.
Who knew there was a body shop man inside you Jack!
NIce work there! BTW I was at age of 26 when I repaired/welded my first wheel arch, next year I welded a multipoint roll cage to same car :-)
This channel keeps getting better. I enjoy these episodes where you work on your cars.
Small handheld welding mask always worked better for me than a helmet. Also love the safety squints!
I only discovered this channel a few weeks ago but I've been loving the content so far!
That’s great to hear, thank you 🙏
Fairplay the state of that merc lol hats off for taking that on.
Grinder + Safety glass = Ok.
Thanks for video well done cheers
Another cracking video Jack I’m hooked on your style of presenting and your positivity keep it up thank you 😊
Nice work mate. I would never be able to do something like this myself but i took my 4 door w124 to a panel shop to widen the guards to make it look like an E60 AMG/500E and now fits AMG Hammer wheels
I did a patch on my vans sill. Cut out the rust made a plate welded it in(also my first attempt at welding) filled and painted it. Took a week but I’m proud of how it turned out, and so should you be. Looks great.
Good man Jack. Get yourself some magnets to hold your patches in place.
Good one Jack. Do remember to use Acid etch primer on bare metal to ensure proper adhesion. If using body filler no acid etch under it otherwise it reacts with the feather edge.
You can get U-Pol Acid etch in aerosol.
You only need light coat. Heavy coats not recommended. Then normal primer & top coat over the top.
All the best mate.
Mike.
Love watching your videos mate can't wait to see this old Benz back to former glory these are just getting rarer
Well done .. now just take your time with the prep dont rush it ...
Nice Job Jack 👌 I'm pleased your enjoying your garage definitely a good move 👍
Great work on your repair panel Jack
I think that’s brilliant work on the arch you should be pleased with that. Also pleased to see that awful back end exhaust go. It’s an interesting project to follow.
Christ that turned out bloody well WELL DONE
Loving that mini lift - such a handy and safe way of getting under a car.
I looked into those lifts, they're about a 1000 quid....worth it if you're constantly working on cars....like Jack 👌
So impressed, that was a complex repair in 3 dimensions. End result looks great.
Love the can do positive attitude jack, fab content.
It takes some courage to cut and weld in a body! Envy your perseverance!
Nice job! Well done! Tip; with magnets you need fewer hands!
Brilliant welding that brilliant video 👍
Excellent progress Jack
That's not too bad a result Jack, bit more practice you'll get it nice, main thing, the rot is out.
Good work, that new exhaust will give Bismerc back a bit of it's original decorum.
Brave man sir not entirely convinced it’s worthy of the amount of love attention and money ur giving it but hopefully the end result will prove me wrong.
You are transforming into as real fabricator now.
Very nice progress! I'm glad you decided to take on the challenge with Bismerc - for an old Merc enthusiast like me this is super interesting content 👍
I am not particularily into the Bismerc, but I like the craftsmanship and to see how it is done is interesting to me. Like!
Well done. Never welded myself. Still want to learn that. Loved seeing and hearing you explain about those panels.
Great to see you keep the Bismerc from sinking.
So impressed with your welding job. I would be bricking it cutting away the original arch .
Excellent Jack. Best wishes.
Well done Jack.
Impressive work Jack 👍.
Good work. It’s definitely worth doing it properly now rather than bodging it and having to revisit it in a few months.
Love the 300CE's and love your garage too, and the exhaust replacement is a massive improvement. Well done, nice work, looks very professional.👍😎
You did a really good job of that arch espicially considering it's your first time doing it!!
Well done Jack makes me want to bring something down to weld for me🚒😂👍
Loving the video as always Jack, keep up the great work. Please also remember to have an adequate fire extinguisher when welding at home 👍🏼
I've got car lift envy! 🤣 Great job for first time welding, maybe get some magnets to help hold the repair panel in place? I can see you're proud of the work and so you should be! Nice one Jack 👍
I did a Classic Car restoration course in 1990.My teacher was old school used a very small amount of filler to get the correct shape.He used lead loading it's quite a art but not to difficult to master with a lots of practice and very satisfying when the lead doesn't fall off.Last much longer then filler.If that's your first attempt of welding not bad .You will get better with practice.I have been restoring classic for 40 years and a few times I have been to Aand E to have pieces of metal taken out it bloody hurts.So other people have mentioned it wear stafey goggles.Regards Ron
Great job Jack ! This is really nice to see you managing stuff out of your comfort zone, and welding is everything but easy :)
Great video with great repair explanation commentary
Nice work always pleasing when you do something and it goes well and looks good. Winning
For a first attempt you've done well . Just make sure your metal is really clean and always try and cut it so it follows the curve. And weld your new section so it laps on the outside then water can't get between the layers from the inside . I would have cut more of the outer arch away so you could weld the inner arch from the outside as you did with the outer panel . Well done !
Those multiple skins look like a perfect recipe for rust! MB need to send their designers somewhere where cars receive daily salt baths for 5 months out of the year. They might learn a thing or two....
The sense of achievement must be great! I love how you break your comfort zones by taking on all the jobs.
Inspirational. I need to make sill repairs to my Escort but have been putting it off as I thought it was beyond my skill set. Perhaps it’s not after all.
Amazing work Jack, for something you've not done before you nailed it. Loving this car.
Jack, Fitzee you are definitely not but a very very good first effort which you should be proud of. Bring on the painting.
Great content, looking forward to the next video.👍
I've just moved out of town and left a huge double garage for a larger house with a single garage and I'm really missing it ! Guess I've been a bit spoilt. My 19 year old C-class has to sit on the drive, but luckily it's condition is just about perfect
Great work Jack.
Great progress, wish i had a garage to work in... also i know your death wheel has a guard but you really should always wear the safety glasses you never know when a stray bit of metal will bounce off something an take your eye out, take care mate.
Looks great Jack! I'd never attempt to weld a panel, but then I don't even have a welder! I notice some camera flicker - if you haven't already, set your camera to 25 or 50 frames per second rather than 30 or 60fps as is likely the default, and that flickering problem will magically disappear!
Good call on the frame rate there, though as the UK mains frequency is 50Hz isn't it likely to be worse to set the camera to 50Hz?
@@mikeclifton7778 No, the frame rate should be a multiple of the mains frequency to minimise flicker. If you’re in a 60Hz country, try setting your phone’s camera to 25 or 50fps and you’ll see flicker. If the frame rate matches, the camera will sample a frame at the same point in the brightness cycle and so the perceived brightness will be stable. You can test it on any phone camera. I’m sure GoPros work the same. On my Sony mirrorless camera, you have to select either NTSC or PAL and then you either get 24/30/60/120 in NTSC or 24/25/50/100 in PAL. The 24 is because that’s the frame rate standard for cinema where special lighting or natural light would be in use anyway.
Well done, nice work so far and wow that old exhaust 😲
Complete with Fred Dibnah tash at end too good job
Well done Jack! I love how you will give any car repairs ago and it pays off bud 👍 . Can’t wait to see the Bismerc painted it’s a really nice shape, I think it’s going to look a million Dollars 💵
That is amazing, your welding is great for DIY job in your own garage, I doubt even most body shops would bother to do any better, not because they can't but because they could not care ... they would just weld it to stay in place and cover any pin holes with filler. So I would argue your probably do better job of it at home than in professional shop.
I love your videos, you always have a smile and go forwards with optimism! And it’s very easy to get pessimistic about the problems of old cars. You’re an inspiration! 👍
Nice work Jack
Bravo - fabulous progress