ditto

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Just an update.

The car came back from the body shop with a lot more rust than either the body guy or I imagined. At the end of the day, we negotiated a new, higher price to weld metal back into the newly discovered problem areas and fix it for good.

Now, about that epoxy that holds the rockers in place...

Two weeks ago I was replacing the shocks with Bilsteins.

I used my floor jack with a wooden block under the jack points and a bottle jack beneath the suspension to adjust as necessary to ease of replacement.

While working on the rear passenger side jack, at some point I bumped the floor jack while the weight was supported by the stands/bottle jack. This caused the floor jack to move off the jack point.

As I finished up, I lifted the car by the now incorrectly aligned floor jack. For a couple of minutes, the weight of that side of the car was completely supported by the new rocker panel and not the jack point.

There's a small dent in the rocker as the result of my carelessness, but the "weld" held up as there's no signs of cracking. I think it's safe to say that the epoxy works as advertised and I wouldn't be hesitant to use it anywhere else.

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1974 240D "Boldie" 170K.- New timing chain/freshly rebuilt IP/replaced valve seals/injectors/upgraded stereo/new Bilsteins with Yokohamas/fresh paint and rocker panels plus lots of welds.

Good to know - thanks for saying so.

Did you take any pictures of the repairs?

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
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1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I'd be interested in that also.

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Good bump jmk!

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I haven't forgotten about you guys.

Between rebuilding the injection pump and installing a new stereo I haven't been able to back it out of the garage during breaks in the wintry weather to get some decent pics.

The body shop will have to go over some spots as well as give it a final buff. So it might be a few months yet before I can get some detail shots.

This will have to do for now.

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1974 240D "Boldie" 170K.- New timing chain/freshly rebuilt IP/replaced valve seals/injectors/upgraded stereo/new Bilsteins with Yokohamas/fresh paint and rocker panels plus lots of welds.

looking good! nice work.

Well not to be pushy about those pictures or anything bipolardave...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!