Hi all
A few updates for you over the last week, i picked up a 2nd hand window regulator to replace the bodged one that was in the car, this was a massive £35 so very good value in my opinion...
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Whilst i was in the door I sorted out door lock too, it didn't work properly, this turned out to be a snapped return spring which was laying on top of the lock, i nicked a coil out of the spring and bent it into a hook shape and reattached it, a nice free fix ..
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Also when i took the door card off it was pretty much in half...
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So this was easily repaired with some oversize washers
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I then cleaned all the black sticky stuff off the inside..
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and put everything back together, the window and lock are now working great, I then turned my attention to the rusty wing, I was just going to replace it, however with this being a budget project I thought Id have a go at repairing it 1st , here's the wing before...
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I cut it back to good metal and started making a panel...
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this then turned into this ...
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I welded the 1st "curved section" from the back so there would be minimal dressing needed on the front groove
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the other section I welded from the front as this bit is flatter and has to curve in a different way..
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there was also this hole hiding under the filler..
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I had to weld a plate in from behind as the metal was so thin, there was also a small rust hole a bit further round the arch, this was small enough to weld up ..
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finally this is the wing test fitted back on...
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Its by no means perfect but a lot better than the previous repair, It bolts into the original holes now as least !
It will require some filler, hopefully this will make the repair look nice and tidy, we will see i guess, this will be the next step. on we go, Hopefully another update coming soon