So, another day, another pile of bondo dust. After yesterday's surprise, I didn't have high expectations for the other side, and I wasn't disappointed.
This side started good, the weld was pretty much the same as the other side, minus the holes. But as I got closer to the bottom, things got way worse than yesterday.
The bottom of the door opening had over an inch of body filler, the sheetmetal had almost been folded back, and they had just built up the body line with bondo.
Here it is before I started...
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
And once I started to strip away the bodyfiller in one spot...
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
And about half an hour later, after I stripped it off.
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
A nice close up of the 1/2" gap between the panels that they had just filled with bondo.
While I was at it, I decided to see what was behind the filler I could see on the bed side. More quality work...
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
And I hit the passenger side upper back panel, where I could tell it had some filler..
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
Now that is all covered in some primer, I will probably wait to spray the color until I get it actually running.
I did make some progress on that part, I ran the hard lines for the fuel up to the pressure regulator (I had it, might as well use it). Hopefully I don't end up moving it after I get the battery situation sorted out.
I had an idea when I was making dinner tonight, but I still need to measure it out. The issue with the Jegs bracket is the mounting holes are too far apart, since the bolts go on the outside. I might be able to cut this one up, and make it work. We will see.
While I was under there, I noticed that the POR15 that I let run down in the corners covered most of the metal, but I will probably try to get the rest. I also saw what was left of the rusted parts they didn't cut out.
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
And I saw this when I was cleaning up for the night. Kind of neat.
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Shawn Wallbridge, on Flickr
Oh, and one lesson learned, don't leave your phone laying around while your welding. I had a small piece of slag land on my screen, and it cracked all the way across
Hopefully the parts that I am waiting on arrive this week, and maybe I can get a couple hours in the garage one night to finish some wiring I still need to finish.