Big.Mike Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Has anyone every seen or built a stainless steel bulkhead? What type of steel is a bulkhead made from? Cheers, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Have you seen this series one http://ollr.createaforum.com/general-discussion/back-from-holland/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcock Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 That looks nicely done. I like the web sites motto "The ONLY place for a coil spring is up Zebedee's arse" Although taking over the nürburgring with Defenders might be a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonendersby Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I was looking at the Stainless foot wells from yrm on there site the other week. Is there any advantage attaching stainless foot wells to the standard metal bulkhead? Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I was looking at the Stainless foot wells from yrm on there site the other week. Is there any advantage attaching stainless foot wells to the standard metal bulkhead? Gordon Stops that particular bit rotting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 How do you weld the stainless footwells to the rusty steel bulkhead then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatbloke Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Superglue or blutack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 How do you weld the stainless footwells to the rusty steel bulkhead then? Use 309(L) wire or rods ................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Welding stainless to normal steel is pretty straight forward. Use the right wire/rods and it's almost easier than steel to steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejparrott Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Fair enough, I don't get involved with welding stainless normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Stainless welds fine with a normal MIG although obviously the weld will rust. Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatslicer Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Can you use stainless welding wire? That would stop the weld rusting, but there would still be a bimetallic joint so it would go eventually. Thinking aloud here...... Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heath robinson Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 It bears saying that stainless and ally/galv don't play we'll together. If you plan on having many galvy bits anywhere near the bulkhead/foot wells then you may in the long run be better off going the galv route. For instance, the stainless bolts in my mate's truck went through various bits of ally and galv, and after barely two years, it was nigh-on impossible to undo them, and there was corrosion around any ally that they touched. You can get a gunk that stops this, I think it's called galvanic inhibitor compound or some such, they use it in the marine industry for exactly this. Hope that doesn't just cloudy things up! Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Not being able to undo the stainless bolts is not corrosion, its down to a thing called Galling. The micro-structure (I think that's the right word) of the material locks against the other bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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