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Everything in that area is integral to the structure, lots of internal stiffening etc.

Jacking points are definitely not a walk in the park, whatever your welding skills, its more to do with metal fabrication and understanding what the structure was like before (... it rusted away).. welding when you can't even get the torch near the job, nor see it, is not comparable much else

Agreed....I had to chop out the amazingly good metal and chuck it away so I could get to the rusty no longer there metal...turned out ok but took ten times longer than expected and like Clive says is like nowt else, and im no stranger to rust!

I didn't particularly enjoy doing the n/s swingarm mount and sill end reconstruction on ours last year. You need to be able to perform good, heavy-ish vertical and overhead MIG welding and have the kit that will deliver a stable arc at the currents required, never mind the basic fabrication skills and the ability to set out the job i.e establish reliable datums to complete the task.
Cheap toy welders with throwaway gas bottles or flux-cored wire won't cut it, you'll just end up with a load of pigeon poo with no structural strength.

P.S. I'll be tackling the front n/s later in the year as that's been crushed and subsequently gone to weetabix unless I just cut out the whole thing and make some rock-slider sills from heavier sections

unless I just cut out the whole thing and make some rock-slider sills from heavier sections

worth considering

Fitted new shield gasket.
New rubbers on turbo return.
Running well! Yay

15 days?

I was well p'd off today, LIfted the door step rubbers (common rot area) and the o/s had a rust hole about the size of a £2 coin, chopped it out and welded ok. But it's no longer a "rust free/never welded" van!! Guess I'll have another pint of Pedigree and move on

Yuk! Marstons Pedigree, headache gear IMHO

Try something with a better pedigree than Marston's Pedigree next time...

Proper German beer whenever you can get it, no preservatives (protected by law out there!) means plenty of drinking pleasure and no "head-full-o-lead" in the morning.

That would be the old ' reinheitsgebot '!!!


Thinking maybe Doom Bar would be a more apt brew for a Syncro owner ??

Yes, the Doombar was on good form at the Wyndham Arms Kentisbeare, for our Thursday night meet meal, Jes and myself put a couple away ... a lovely pint to be sure

This thread about coopers van seems to of lost its way a smidgen...where's cooper?

silverbullet wrote:Proper German beer whenever you can get it, no preservatives (protected by law out there!) means plenty of drinking pleasure and no "head-full-o-lead" in the morning.

Sorry but I have to disagree - German beers do give you a big headache, you obviously aren't drinking enough ya lightweight.

Did you say cooper or copper?

Losing MY way a bit here too, too much Doombar and SloeGin last week maybe..

max and caddy wrote:This thread about coopers van seems to of lost its way a smidgen...where's cooper?

Yep this is a hijack good and proper! Nice and quiet though...