fiestaturbo.com

[knuckles]

Finally got round to getting on the pc this weekend. Jay has been busy i see

After cutting off the part down the scrap yard, jay trimmed it to shape and joggled the edges and fitted it in, its welded, ground up and has had a skim of filler (chemical metal filler first) which will be roughted down then std body filler to finish.









Jay being the pikey that he is ran out of gas for the welder due to welding someones exhaust the other day, so in proper pikey style, he used a old Co2 extinguisher which was missings its nozzle and top handle, he made a new handle up quick so the G clamp would keep it on/open, the regulator fitted on fine, and away he went welding again.




He is f**cked if the car catches fire

i belive the next bit to be done will be sorting of the lower back panel (preping for fitting), but after the joints that have
been skimmed, have been sorted out, then its onto the passanger side

[niracka]

Jay,....come on I'm not that much of a baby

[Excursion]

Nice work

[jayrs]

ive emailed the pics to clark mate, its best he posts them as its his thread, plus there be hosted from his photobucket accoutn not mine, so he can add/remove pics as he wants then

[jayrs]

Jay,....come on I'm not that much of a baby

im being kind

it was pikey, but hey, the extinguisher was usless anyway so now its usful
i got some more gas on order now anyway, and i got plenty of extinguishers anyway so its all good, not that its gunna catch fire anyway

i wanna add, the lower back panel was offered up before this repair section was clamped in place, so the lower back panle will fit up just fine
just gotta get shot of that crappy back box now clark

[niracka]

Loving that!!!!!!!!

hmm lots and lots of little spots. Hate welding real thin stuff like that takes ages and sooo easy to make a big fuckoff hole lol

[jayrs]

yeah its a pain in the arse, and if you turn the power down to much you dont get good penetration, but its not been too bad, i had a few blow through on the inner arch as it was butt welded, and the wire feed kewpt jamming, well stuttering out, but with the new torch its been fine, touch wood

[niracka]

Yea The plants we use at my work are a pain in the arse too as when you turn the feed down it changed the amps and then alters itself again so your constantly fiddling with it to get a decent set up on it.

[jayrs]

even though the welder i got is at least 21 years old, it does the same which i didnt know utill i found a online manual
i got it set right now with the new torch so its all good

[niracka]

Kool glad that new torch is doing you well mate. Does look like its very good quality.

[jayrs]

it is mate considering the cost, its better than i expected tbh

[knuckles]

nothing wrong with that back box

just needs re aligning so it dont hit the bumper /valance

[jayrs]

fu.ck off, its $hit! i'll take it off but i aint putting it back on! you can do better than that, its gunna let the car down mate

[jonyb4]

great work guys

jay, leave the missus and that finger alone!

[jayrs]

i'll have yo know the missis likes the finger

not the way your thinking you dirty fcuker, but im always flicking the bird to her, i even take a pic with her phone of the finger and set it as there phone wall paper from time to time, just to remind her i lover her

[jonyb4]

dirty baxtered

[jayrs]

[- Danny Boy -]

Loving the fire extinguisher, never thought about that when I have run out of co2 while welding before lol. Love it!

[niracka]

get an argon/co2 mix next time its much better

[knuckles]

fu.ck off, its $hit! i'll take it off but i aint putting it back on! you can do better than that, its gunna let the car down mate

What is s**t about it ?
stainless steel aint it

[jayrs]

danny, works a treat mate

get an argon/co2 mix next time its much better

i dont get my gas from BOC fella, other wise i would be using argashield.
i wont say where i get my bottles of co2 from on the forum

[jayrs]

fu.ck off, its $hit! i'll take it off but i aint putting it back on! you can do better than that, its gunna let the car down mate

What is s**t about it ?
stainless steel aint it

its crap

[knuckles]

[jayrs]

, you need a better one mate imo

[niracka]

fair play jay. We got alrgoshield light heavy and uiniversal at work but just use universal for everything unless we get some real thick stuff to weld but usually just stick weld it then.

Ollie

[jayrs]

its good stuff aint it, but the cost of rent on the bottle, handling charge and the gas dont make it worth while for me mate, i could get a bottle for for some beer tokens im there.
if you ever get home and take your shoes off and find you accidently have a full bottle in there let me know

[niracka]

lol yea will post it standard parcel mate. Only weigh about 30odd kg

[jayrs]

thats cool mate thats cool, just tell the woman at post office its 5kg and she a weak ass b1tch

[knuckles]

I will let the pictures do the talking !







I am amazed how good the drivers rear quarter has came out. Jay has told me it is near enough ready for painting now he has got the right shape back. I certainly give it the Thumbs up



Windscreen out !




This little horror was hiding under the rubber
Good job i got a new scuttle going on !



Jay nicely removed my fuel tank - was quite a nice surprise until the pikey told me he nicked the petrol for his escort







He then took the passenger side skirt off , then did some digging ...
marked up where he will cut ready for complete quarter panel. I dread to think how bad the passenger side rear inner panel will be like

More to come i suspect in the next few days.

[jayrs]

damn right i put the petrol in the escort, only cos i didnt have a container to put it in to keep for ya

rear quarter on drivers side is done for now, when 2k primer is in the gun i'll give the rear quarter a coat or 2, its high build too mate so will fill any little scratches etc


change of plan as i said on phone, ill get this rear quarter ready to go on then ill do the lower back panel, as this lower bit is ment to go over the sides, not behind as it should so i need to sort the ends to make it fit behind as it should


looking forward to getting this panel off though, but im not lookign forward to all them sport weld if i break another sport weld cutter bit, your gunna have to buy me some more

[Smo]

You're doing a lovely job, Jay

[Dave G fsi]

Brilliant work there, keep it up!

[jayrs]

cheers guys

update would of been sooner but i only had last monday on the car as i was busy in the week.



i got about 80 spot welds to cut out tomorrow thats wil a spot weld cutter btw, not a drill bit

[jonyb4]

great stuff guys

white blu tac! i shame they dont make yellow ones eh clark?


bloody hidden rust

that rear pass arch is a little bugger too, hard to concentrate on it with that little man hiding in your filler hole though, jay evict him!
lil s**t aint paid his taxes!


jay ya little pikey

[jayrs]

dont worry jony, he will be gone later.

yeah its gone a fair bit, to be expected tbh bit its all good, inner arch has to be gone anyway and i expected to have to do repairs on the inner panel too anyway so its all good.

im guessing you talking about the petrol joney....pikey, no, wastefull, no, little upset clark couldnt of left me more in his tank, yep