Longest Dolomite project ever?
Got on with the front inner membrane this weekend. Took way longer than I hoped.
Cut out the old front bit.
Used the cut piece as a template to go on the new piece.
After I cut this piece down, I realised that this was the wrong side. (I hadn't written nearside on it at that point!)
Cut and welded that all in. There is a squared off bottom to the inner membrane. From the online guides it appears it should go inside and the top on the bottom of the inner sill. However I decided to cut off the bottom of the inner sill as that was past its best. So instead I drilled holes and plug welded to the bottom of the inner sill. I'll have to make a new piece all the way along the bottom for welding the outer sill to
I then deliberated if I wanted to cut out that remaining middle piece. I'd already welded up the bottom but I wasn't completely happy.
So I decided to cut this out. I'm glad I did as the backside was rusty and pitted. You can also see the messy backside of my welding! I'll blame it on the thin pitted steel
Again the cut piece made a handy template. The rear most piece I have lost the bit I cut out when I last tidyed up. So I had to use a paper template to figure out where to cut.
Clamped in
Then an awful lot of welding and grinding.
Also to mention from last time is that I finished the top piece by the door.
Looks alright with the sills and arch panel temporarily in place.
Also removed the rear pillar plastic finishing piece. Took a lot of careful prying to not damage anything doing this. Another rot prone area that I'm thankful isn't too bad. I'll clean up with a wire brush and then maybe weld the hole with copper behind to close it up.
I had hoped to get those piece on this weekend too. Instead I spent a solid two days sorting the above. But I'm slow and it's time consuming to do this.
Currently my shoulders ache pretty bad from laying on my side all weekend. It's going to punish me this week.