December 5th 2012
There are four spot welds on the rear edge that my spot weld cutter makes quick work of.
Two more on the bottom....
I cut and fabbed a small patch panel, epoxy primed the back side and began the slow process of tacking it along the seams slowly moving around to reduce warpage.
December 7th 2012
December 17th 2012
Been a bit of a delay in updates. Had a couple other small projects to do.
I attacked the door hinges, the bushings were worn and allowing the doors to sag. They are BIG doors! Above is a top door hinge, fairly easy to remove the pin and worn out bushings.
Top left is the upper hinge reassembled and nice and tight. The center and right pictures are a lower hinge. Not only do I need to replace the hinge pin but also the door check, thats the part that holds the door open.
Once the spring was removed the hinge pin was removed. On this side the pin that holds the roller for the door check was badly frozen into the hinge. I had to cut it in half to remove it. All put back together on the right!
Hard to see, but all cleaned, painted and reinstalled. They work great!