Progress Pics - Dormobile X-Over

[mike202]

Gradually coming together piece by piece!

awesome work

 

[gninnam]

Great work, nice and tidy! arty0021:

How come you didn't paint / spray / rust-proof the inner box-section whilst you had the rectangle at the top cut-off? :msn4:

Cheers for the comments

I had treated the area many weeks back already.
Once everything is sorted i will also give it a good cavity wax. :mrgreen:

 

[gninnam]

Gradually coming together piece by piece!

awesome work

Thanks Mike.
To be honest I was hoping to have it MOTed by now but life gets in the way but it will be done soon....

:|

 

[woz]

Good work. Dam weather and the winter has only just arrived :msn4:

Woz

 

[gninnam]

Yes Woz. Damn the weather

Nothing will be done today as went out last night and stayed at a friends house.

 

[gninnam]

A few hours yesterday and today.
Wanted to sort the area where the fire panel goes as I had to butcher the area around there, where the electric cables go through so I can put the panel on top of the chassis that the battery tray connects to.
Fabricated a piece to go in. Not brill but a start...

Then put it up withe the lower panel in. Decided to cut a retangular hole to feed the wires through. Will create 2 halves with the holes cut in and then screwed down. Thats the plan anyway.

Once cut got thd old spray cans out and dusted everything down with some etch primer and top coat.

Outside.

The other bits...

Started to weld it in but ran out of welding wire

A bit more done then :mrgreen:

 

[kevinhall]

Doing a great job, keep it up

 

[gvee]

I still don't get he square hole..?
I am not a smart man

 

[gninnam]

What don't you get?
The rectangular hole is bigger than the round hole so I can push the cable plus all the thinks still attached to it through.
The plan would be to create a larger rectangular piece of metal and cut the relevant correct sized holes in it, cut it in 2 then these can be screwed down (allowing easier fettering etc).

Does that make sense??

 

[gvee]

Ahhh, so you'll still use grommets on the final bits?
Starting to cotton on now

 

[gninnam]

Yep - still be nice and snug but easier to remove/add too etc :mrgreen:

 

[davechorlton]

Love this thread

After paying people to weld bits here and there at huge cost, and then every time I look at my van finding another bit of rot I have decided to take the plunge and take her off the road, and have just dropped the engine out to look at the engine bay etc. My van is rotten in exactly the same places...A crossover dormobile in the same colour as yours, and rotten in same areas!

I will be referring back to this thread frequently I am sure for ideas. Keep up the good work!

Dave

 

[gninnam]

Cheers Dave

Will try and help - just ask

 

[gninnam]

Minor update.

Noticed some rust blisters on the root near the gutter and thought I would better look at what was lurking underneath:

Ground them back and not as bad as I thought it would be:

Painting some rust converter on them - later on today will dust with some paint and have a proper fettle next spring/summer when the weather is a bit warmer

Cheers

 

[cunning plan]

Nice work!

How did you fill that tiny hole?

I have a tiny hole in my roof that I am not sure how I am going to repair without taking the headlining out, which has taken months (on and off) to install :?

 

[gninnam]

I haven't filled any holes - it was mainly surface rust so just put rust converter over the top!

There is a very small hole so next year I will will probably use JB weld or something like that

 

[gninnam]

The rust inhibitor dried:

Some masking

Then....

 

[gninnam]

Primed it and put a top coat on but the weather has started to turn with a few spots of rain and the light is failing so...............

Hopefully keep the rust at bay over winter :roll:

Cheers

 

[gninnam]

Wasn't going to do this but thought what the heck:

Has a tarpaulin underneath it as it doesn't stop water ingress (it is 9 years old!!)

 

[gninnam]

A mini update.
Due to work, life and everything else not managed to do much regarding the body work

Started to clean the gearbox up with plenty of elbow grease and starting to look more presentable.
A few pics of before and during:

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(WARNING - Shaky picture...)

(WARNING - Shaky picture...)

Hope to finish it off this weekend - then ready for a lick of paint and new oil.

Cheers