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Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 9:25 pm
by Andrew1967
Hi,
The front corner of the roof of my pick up, along with part of the door frame is in a poor state. I have a good repair section, cut years ago from a van to use as a repair.
Question is, is it possible to separate the roller welded roof section from the door frame section without damaging them ?
Alternatively, is it feasible to butt weld the two pieces in together without separating them initially ?
I'll post up a pic of the offending area and the repair piece tomorrow.
Cheers
Andrew
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 5:03 pm
by Andrew1967
Here's the pictures of the offending area and the repair piece.
Any tips or ideas on best way to fit this repair piece. ?
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 6:52 pm
by Frogeye61
Personally I would cut entire section out, cut repair section to fit and butt weld everything.
IMHO
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 3:00 am
by 66S
Hi Andrew,
I'd be inclined to butt weld it across the seam too. I think trying to part it could be fraught with disaster somehow.
Has this rust set in because the restoration has taken soo long?
Al
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 2:54 pm
by Callum
Had to do this repair on my mk2, I did it in one as suggested and butt welded. Just made a jig for the a pillar so the windscreen and door apatures didn't move.
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 6:21 pm
by Andrew1967
Thanks for the answers and I think you have confirmed my thoughts
Al, it seems a lifetime since I started this project but I can confirm that the areas repaired with your body parts are still fine
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:41 pm
by 66S
Ahh, so there is some of my DNA in the UK ??
Al
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:58 pm
by Tupers
I'd also advocate butt welding it in.
I did this one on a Hornet a while back although I made the repair section.
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:42 pm
by pad4
Yep just cut the fkrr out and butt weld a new piece back in
pad (im never doing a full roof again)
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 5:32 pm
by Andrew1967
Thanks Callum and Pad, that's what Im going to do.
I'll post up the results in due course
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 1:48 am
by 69k1100
That repair section looks a little suspect?
Re: Help on tricky roof repair
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 6:08 am
by Andrew1967
69k1100 wrote:That repair section looks a little suspect?
Compared to what I've got on the pick up its superb.
Apart from the slight repair required on the gutter, it's sound, having been blasted both sides.
Unfortunately the days of cutting this section out of a scrap Mk1 or 2 are long since gone, so I've got to work with what I saved years ago
I actually saved the roof/gutter section for my Mk2 Cooper but the pick up is more needy at the moment
