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post Nov 9 2021, 05:43 PM
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After a considerable amount of bending and cutting, I was able to get a patch into the hole complete with flanges for welding

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post Nov 9 2021, 05:48 PM
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Went to get my sheet metal punch and realized it is still in Colorado, so had to put the holes in the flange the old fasioned way.

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post Nov 9 2021, 05:51 PM
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Then welded it in place, a nice solid repair, just a bit of touch up to do to smooth things out a bit more.

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post Nov 9 2021, 05:52 PM
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Went on to finish filling the holes in the trunk floor and finished grinding them flat.

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post Nov 9 2021, 05:54 PM
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At the end of the day, I actually got to cross three things off the white board, finally some progress..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

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post Nov 9 2021, 08:22 PM
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The white board tells all!
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post Nov 10 2021, 08:12 AM
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QUOTE(bkrantz @ Nov 9 2021, 08:22 PM) *

The white board tells all!


I have to say, it makes it nice to be able to keep track of what needs to be done, and it really feels great when you get to cross something off the list.
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post Nov 10 2021, 08:18 AM
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QUOTE(Puebloswatcop @ Nov 10 2021, 08:12 AM) *

QUOTE(bkrantz @ Nov 9 2021, 08:22 PM) *

The white board tells all!


I have to say, it makes it nice to be able to keep track of what needs to be done, and it really feels great when you get to cross something off the list.


True words! I have an excel list to follow my project and it helps with motivation to see the progress !

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post Nov 12 2021, 04:55 PM
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Work was cut short yesterday due to a power outage....Sucks when the power goes out, can't weld, grind or cut..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

So today I did more underbody work.

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post Nov 12 2021, 04:58 PM
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Removed the two body plugs from the frunk, and then the two from the front floor of the passenger compartment floor...

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post Nov 12 2021, 05:03 PM
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Then addressed the weld between the front floor and the replacement rear floor. Since when I put this in I was laying on my back doing the welding, I was concerned that some areas of the seam might have ened up without good penetration. So I figured I would just grind the entire seam flat and re-weld it. Good thing I did, as there were several cold welds in it so there were definite cracks. Here it is after re-welding and re-grinding, no crack, no holes.

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post Nov 12 2021, 05:07 PM
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I also decided that since I have to seam seal the rear half of the floor, I would go ahead and remove not only the undercoating, but the seam sealer as well. After blasting the body, I will go ahead and put new seam sealer throughout. I spent about half the day chipping off undercoating and the seam sealer.

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post Nov 12 2021, 05:12 PM
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During my initial inspection of the bottom of the body I also found that the two front jacking donuts have huge amounts of wear, not sure how this happens? Used as tie downs? So these will be replaced as will the entire rear jacking points, since they had some rust issues.

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post Nov 12 2021, 05:16 PM
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So, by the end of the day, the car is about 5 pounds lighter from all of the missing seam sealer and under coating thats missing. Now I just have to figure out how to remove the other four pounds of the sealer from the body plugs...LOL (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

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post Nov 13 2021, 06:14 PM
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Today I decided to tackle some of the issues in the engine compartment. The hell hole has some repairs done already, but still needs some finishing work. The good thing is what appears to be rust is actually some kind of adhesive, the bad thing is i cant find anything that seems to remove it.

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Started grinding down the repair welds

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post Nov 13 2021, 06:20 PM
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The passenger side trunk hinge pivot was cracked so I decided to go ahead and remove it. I have a set of Pivots from J West Engineering that I plan to install.

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post Nov 13 2021, 06:26 PM
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On the drivers side there is a large hole where the pivot was removed and a bolt was used as the pivot by the PO. Also there is quite a bit of hammer and dolly work to be done to finish fixing damage from a previous accident. I plan on doing that when I cut that fender for the flare.

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post Nov 13 2021, 06:28 PM
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On the drivers side there is a ton of that adhesive. I may just have to wait and see if it comes out during media blasting.

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post Nov 13 2021, 06:30 PM
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But hey, on the plus side, the original VW Emission sticker is still there.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)

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post Nov 13 2021, 06:32 PM
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Finished removing all of the seam sealer from the passenger side floor seam

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