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I think whenever I get the wheel wells, suspension mounts and rockers done, that's going to feel like a bit step. It stresses me out a lot as there is (in my mind at least) a lot of room for misaligning something or having it look wrong. Once that part is finished, the rest is more a lot of little things that can easily be broken down into smaller tasks.
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car) |
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Luckily most of my welds will be hidden or hard to see, which helps me feel a little better. I will have a weld on the very visible part of the fender on both sides as well as one area farther back on one fender that I have to make a patch (dent that rusted a little ... POR15 really held that at bay for 10 years though, didn't advance at all). So those welds I'm a little more worried, even though they'll be ground. I did do the corner of a fender last year and it actually came out really nice despite the welds looking awful. I didn't quite get it even with my filler job, but can redo that before I go to paint the car.
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For some areas I'll definitely go for new sheet metal (I already did for a couple spots in the front wheel well and floor) but I'm concerned about areas that have a very specific and multi-directional bend, like where the inner wheel well tucks under the outer wheel well. I'll certainly try. The parts car is a 93 300E wagon. I originally bought it to use the rocker panels, but it turned out there is rust on part of one. When I found out I could order them, I just did that. The body is mostly really nice, aside from one dented fender. It's beautiful green. The engine wouldn't run, even after a rebuilt head. I got the car from Hogweed here on the forums. It has a lot of good parts and is a mostly complete car.
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P.S. I washed my wagon this afternoon and realized (again) there is no way I can sell it... |
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Cleaning a clear path and space in the garage is almost as daunting as the repairs I'm doing, haha. Hoping to have some more time soon, though.
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That's what frustrates me about the wagon ... the nagging feeling there might be something fixable. It did sit for a fairly long time now, so it would be more than an engine to get it back on the road. I knew this would happen when I tried to get a parts car ... it breaks my heart. I mean I realize it's not a sentient being, but still. Gatorblue is going to have to be the tough one since some of the parts are his.
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Some stuff I did over the weekend. Pulled out the subframe. When I did the bushings and linkage about 7 years ago I took forever to get the subframe out, I thought I could never do the job. So I guess it's some progress that now it was pretty easy and I got it out in a day. I also wire wheeled some undercoating to find where the rust ended and was glad to find clean metal eventually. Today I didn't have much time but I played around with a hvac housing I've had sitting around for ages, hoping to figure it out before I do the evap on my car. It confirmed I really do not want to do that job, but it seems silly to not refresh the possibly leaking evap when at least half the labor is already done. I'm also attaching a picture of the other side rear jackport, which is the worst but I did find clean metal when I got inboard a bit, so I know what I have to rebuild.
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car) |
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Bodhi, I've done small sheet metal repairs on the rockers of these cars and w210s a few times. I've acquired a "free" 87 300D I traded a lot of my time for in return for the car. I had it on a lift yesterday and discovered some substantial rocker rust. I was going to replace quite a bit of the rocker due to rust with a spare outerskin i have. Did you reinforce anything on the rocker? Or recommend it? I saw a previous post of yours about rocker repair.
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But, in terms of bracing, what I've been hearing from everyone I ask is, there is no need to brace as long as the inner sill is really solid, and you are only removing the outer sill. I got nervous anyway (as always), so I ended up welding braces in the doorways, which on hindsight I'm not sure are the least bit purposeful. I just put them about halfway up the A/B/C pillars between A-B and B-C. I just welded on angle iron and will grind it off later.
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car) |
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Bodhi. What are you using for photo hosting now that the photobucket has gone nuts?
- Peter.
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Working on rebuilding the inner rocker and wheel well now, kind of a puzzle. I cut one piece out of a parts chunk, next piece I'm going to try to make. Sometimes it's an easier fit from a parts car, but it's double worst part of the work (disassembly, cleaning off coating, cutting/drilling, cleaning off more coating). I bought a set of shrinker-stretchers which I'm looking forward to playing with but don't have a bench to bolt them to. As usual I'm moving super slow, put it on hold a while because I went to England for a week (and drove a nice little 6-speed diesel on the "wrong" side of the road, a fun challenge!).
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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles 1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles 2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles 2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles 1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles 1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car) |
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grind a way all paint not weld try paint and ,try to get panel thigt .add seam sealer before paint
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