Firstly it got dumped in the workshop waiting for the bits it scraped through the test to be sorted.
I attacked the boot floor and the rear inner arch with the grinder and collected this from the drivers side.
IMG_20160518_122321 by
JohnReilly72, on Flickr
I had made a hole to find good metal:
IMG_20160518_122123 by
JohnReilly72, on Flickr
Then I made a patch for the hole:
IMG_20160518_122148 by
JohnReilly72, on Flickr
I did the same on the other side but had to cut more to get solid metal:
IMG_20160518_122200 by
JohnReilly72, on Flickr
I also did the rear of the inner sill where the jacking point is as it was soft and the inner arch had been plated previously but had grown in issues. The bits removed are in the pile above.
Metal got stuck back in, managed to get covered in weld splatter at one point which was unpleasent, this then got covered in some paint but I have no pictures of that (got bored of taking rubbish pictures and just got on with the job)
The MOT had passed the brakes with an imbalance just within the limit at the rear, as Charlie is learning to drive in this I decided to just replace at the rear.
Old picture for reference when doing the job. Shoes cylinders and pipes were replaced at the back. Doing the other side and one of the springs was fitted incorrectly so quite glad it has all been changed.
IMG_20160519_105104 by
JohnReilly72, on Flickr
IMG_20160524_085034 by
JohnReilly72, on Flickr
While I was doing the brakes at the back Charlie was doing the engine service, oil and filter, air filter and plugs and leads were changed. New electronic distributor and new coil also fitted to hopefully sort out the slightly rough running.
Today was test drive day, out and about while adjusting the timing (still probably wrong but the spanner is in the car) the brakes are brilliant and it is now insured for Charlie to drive as of Tuesday when she turns 17.
I will get some pictures hopefully tomorrow when he comes out to play.