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JUSEPYS 77 FORD ESCORT PANEL VAN


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Looks like you are going to have a few weekends with a welder and a grinder

 

Looks like someone cut out some rust and didnt bother to weld the new patch in. I would go ahead and strip the whole sill back and cut out anything thats rusted, damaged, or not original and replace it

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Ok so today I started looking at the gearbox. Took the lid off her an.and tipped upside down to drain the old oil out.

I have been doing a whole lot of googling and can't come up with a answer .. Is there such thing as a 1300 box and a 1600 box and how do I tell the difference. Or is there only different gear ratios in boxes and that's how to determine which gearbox to bolt up behind a 1600.

The numbers I get off the box I've got is 70AG-7006DB R34

I hope you get what I mean lol thanks

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Clamp/press a block of copper hard against the back of the join when you are butt welding, especially with the large gaps you have there. The copper absorbs the heat and makes it much harder to blow holes. The weld doesn't stick to the copper. Also real good for welding up small holes.

I use a bit of flattened 15mm copper pipe.

I think you might also be able to use aluminium, but I have never tried.

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Yep, cut it out and do another patch. I use a chunk of 10 mm alloy behind the join, works well. And just keep the magnet on to tack it each side then take it off, magnetic pull can do funny things with the weld puddle. Skip around the patch with good tacks and let it cool well before zapping it again.

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The main thing you need to do is take your time and get it so the patch is a perfect fit with no gap. With a good fitting patch and your welder setup right you don’t really need any backing plates.

also using sheet metal that is the same thickness as the metal your welding too helps

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For some reason I thought that there had to be a little gap so the weld penetrated through and if it expanded with the heat it wouldnt warp the pannel.

Lesson learned... thanks lads !

I'm yet to tackle it again , this weekend looks promising though.

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