fbekholden.com

Next - work my way down the sill. First to the B Pillar. Hoping to not find any surprises like the other side. Paint stripper, wrapped in plastic to try and stop it evaporating. Scrape and repeat 3 times to get all the bog out. Would have used a disk in the grinder but trying to keep the dust to a minimum. Final go over with a wire wheel and the dremel in the tight spots reveals this. Sill has been joined - you can see it on the RHS and running along the top. Attacked it with my sharpened screw driver revealing a couple spots of rust under the sill and a couple small holes along the top. Filled as much as I could with weld. Grind welds and flap disk got me this. I've got at least half a sill.

Did a bit more welding on that A Pillar. Thought I did ok. Then I looked at the photo. Still got a couple small holes at the top. Be out the again tomorrow. Should have made a patch!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You're going well Scott. I'm interested in that circular hole cut in the top of the sill. Metal seems to be thicker than normal or is it an illusion?

It’s one of the 4 holes in the top of the sill. 2 each side of the B pillar Illusion maybe? Although I’ve never looked at another sill so really not sure.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

funkyscooter wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:55 pm It’s one of the 4 holes in the top of the sill. 2 each side of the B pillar

Most likely used for rustproofing the sills back in the day.

Good onya for having a go Brett
At least you have some experience in knowing what future issues can be welded up versus cut it out and drop a patch in. All part of the learning.

Regards
Stephen

Had a bit of time so finished stripping the passenger sill

Only two small holes to weld up.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Scott, looks like you have a good solid body there. Nice to see some bright shiny steel

looks like the rust protection holes have done their job on the sills mate , you gotta be happy with that

Yeah, shame about the other side
Scott

funkyscooter wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:44 pm Yeah, shame about the other side
Scott

look on the bright side, its halved the amount of work you need to do on the sills

Has a closer look at the sills. Just a few small spots that I could poke my sharpened screwdriver though. This is directly under the B-Pillar, between the ribbed plate that joins the B-Pillar to the inner sill. Attacked with a carbide burr in the dremel. I had a few more marked but they must have just been surface rust. Stuck a bit of wire up into the 3 that opened up and had a scratch around. Small amount of rust but seems solid. The ribbed plate is solid.
So out with the fish oil. Used this little pipette to squirt a decent amount around. Left a tray under to catch the mess that runs back out.

Next, time to build a patch to replace the weld job I did on the A-Pillar. See full details here http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 23&t=23749. Pretty happy with how it turned out.

Better weld up first then fish oil i reckon. Those holes will blow out when you try and fill them up but worth a go. If you widen them out with a dremel or even drill bit you may find several join up requiring a patch. When you think you have it all fill the sill up with fish oil and see where it leaks through. If not too bad you can cauterise the leaks before painting the outside.

Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk

Jeez a pipette? That will take a while to fill the whole sill. Shutz gun with flexible hose and 360 deg nozzle works well.

Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk