kingstonandy Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Right, I think I've sourced some doors, now what I need is something solid to hang them from. I've picked up some stainless corners and (expensive) mild pillars but I can't really tell from looking what's involved in fitting them. Do I need to remove the wings? Screen? Sills? It looks like I'll probably need some new captive nuts and I'll probably fit stainless hinge bolts (Is eBay a good source for these?), is there anything else I'm likely to need? Once the doors come off nipping out for more parts will be a PITA. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 did my bulkhead top corners last summer, removed the front headliner,front screen & front doors complete with hinges. I bought a stainless bolt set from mudstuff must get round to fitting the rest of the bolt kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Warman Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Western, Did you have to remove the wings as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 only if you have to change the door pillars, we welded the corner plates just above the wing top face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonandy Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Can anyone give me a clue how long I might need to allow to do the job? Sounds just about feasible in a weekend or am I deluded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 did mine over a long weekend, so 3 days as we did the foootwells & bulkhead top corners & made our own repair panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 The time it'll take depends on how far the corrosion extends. You can expect to have to clean back a fair way from the holes that you can see now in order to get back to decent metal that you can weld to. To replace the door pillars you will have to remove the wings, which is not a 5-minute job in itself. If rust goes very close to the windscreen frame, then roof lifted and screen off. Inner plastic panels and wiring out of the way too (to prevent a fire). A small rusty hole can become a nightmare once you've cleaned the area off. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusb Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Mine is in a similar state but I reckon I need to do the nearside door pillar as well, and the bits behind the ventilation flaps are rotten. God knows what else I'll find once I start taking the dash off to do the welding. At what point do you replace the entire bulkhead? I'm also sure that mine shouldn't have got an MOT like it is, the hole in the outside of the door pillar happened when I poked it with my finger and I only bought it 2 months ago with a year's MOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 It should have failed the MOT - due to weakening the A-pillar. It's very common for this kind of corrosion to be ignored by the MOT tester though. The trouble with the type of corrosion you have there is that there's also a strengthening frame inside the skin of the bulkhead to support the screen bolts and corner in general, which will also need replacing. In the job I did in the pictures above, I had to make the inner support, repair the outer skin, and then the inner skin - as well as repairing the windscreen channel from the outer corner to the washer jet. You're going to have a right old job repairing that lot Angus Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusb Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Cheers Les, I have the top corner repair panels already, and I have found a replacement door pillar for £35 but the door pillar is surely going to take at least a couple of days on its own and I'll have to have the wing off to do it. I would have thought it's going to take me 3-4 days to do the top corner and the door pillar - how long is a rough estimate to replace the whole bulkhead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I would say allow a couple of days to replace the bulkhead - maybe 3, but it depends on your abilities and unforseen problems. Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonandy Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Sorry Angus, but looking at your pics makes me feel a lot better about my own problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angusb Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Sorry Angus, but looking at your pics makes me feel a lot better about my own problems. No problem Andy, I knew it was knackered when I bought it so I got it really cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey7 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 how do you repair the inside of the bulkhead ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts90 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Inside? Do you mean the internal strengthening which is part of the original pressing or the inner panels? (i.e dash/vent areas) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey7 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 yes scott. the strenghting is ok but its rusted out on the inner panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts90 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Sheet metal and a shed load of patience! As yet no one as far as I'm aware supplies an "inner" repair panel. YRM do extended footwells which take the panels up to just under the vent panel...in most cases this replaces a lot of the usual rot spots. The internal area around the screen brackets and onto the vent apertures are down to yourself to make repair panels, time consuming but not impossible. If the bulkhead is severely corroded trying to keep things aligned is the biggest issue as the more you chop out the greater the chance for things twisting. Pretty sure Pegasus parts have a video of the jig they use to fabricate accurate bulkheads, I think Ashtree have a similar set up too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey7 Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 I wonder if they could be cut off an old bulkhead and attached. maybe a series 3. Iv seen a few at a cheep price might look into sizes. Maybe yrm could start fabricating them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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