wanted - cargo floor cut

[Diddymen]

I'm after a cargo floor cut (the area above the fuel tank)

as some idiot has cut an acces for the fuel sender in the wrong place

any one breaking a bus?

 

[ozziedog]

Hey is that the LB Diddyman ?? I`ve got just a few little bits left as it`s been hacked to pieces but you may get enough from what`s left of my donor :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Where are you ?? anywhere near Bristol ?? If you are, then come and have a look . If it`s any good you can have some, but you`ll have to cut it out yourself as I`m working away on and off for a while. Can supply electric though :mrgreen: Let me know if you`re coming, give me a bell Sunday morning ..07723 069 937 and talk me through the piece you need.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,, :mrgreen:

 

[gvee]

I have a big chunk (1ft by 4ft at a guess).
Where are you based?

 

[Diddymen]

Thanks for getting back to me guys

Yes I am Diddymen from the LB ......where have all my posts gone from over here?

Im based near Portsmouth, your all a little too far away from me for just popping over - would you be able to post (obviously I'll cover the costs)

I was after 2 bits to hedge my bets really, the size I was after...

here is how it looked before which I was really pleased with

Untill some one pointed out it was in the wrong place for and early sender so I had to chop a bit more out

....feel free to take the piss :lol:

So I wanted to start again from scratch.

I'd be interested in both bits ozziedog & gvee

 

[gvee]

Is 30cm x 20cm the size of the before hole or after? Basically; what size cut are you after?
I also assume you just want the "top skin" so to speak? My body cut currently has the strengtheners, foam and a slice of the sound-deadening plate (the bit with all the circular holes that rivets to the inside of the engine bay) too. Obviously if you don't want these I will cut them off to save on postage costs.

Cheers,
George

 

[Diddymen]

Hi George,

yes, I dont need the strengtheners etc, just the 'skin'

2 bits 20 x 30cm (in the orentation shown in the pic) are the size of the cut I need (before trimming to size) just to make sure I've got some thing big enough.

One bit will be to make a 'landing' piece (the blue bit in the first pic) that the 'lid' will sit on - I'm going to chop off the original 'landing' bit and remake it. The second bit will be for a new 'lid' to sit on top of the 'landing' piece.

hope that made sense as Im not always good at describing things!

thanks

Dale

 

[gvee]

I gotcha!
Will slap a tape measure up against my cut tomorrow and see what's what.

 

[Diddymen]

thanks mate,

I could get away with bits a little smaller as long as I can get the cuts to match the ridges if that makes sense, I need to make the cuts for the landing bits along the upper parts of the ridges for.

Heres the exact sizes I made originally that I'm going to re make to

so for the 'landing' panel I need a bit slightly bigger say, 25cm wide (across the ridges) and 17cm along the ridges (going in the direction of the ridges) So I can weld it under the hole in the cargo floor.

thanks again

 

[gvee]

Site wasn't loading when I tried last night :roll:

Well the good news is that I have more than enough for what you need.
The bad news is that I don't know whether I can easily remove the strengtheners and what not from the underside which means the easiest option is to cut a big whole slap in the centre of the bodycut (i.e. between the struts).

I will bring out the grinder tomorrow morning and have a bash at it and give you a better response then!

 

[sparkywig]

I have a big chunk.

That's not what we've heard....

 

[Diddymen]

I have a big chunk.

That's not what we've heard....

....sniggers :lol:

Well the good news is that I have more than enough for what you need.
The bad news is that I don't know whether I can easily remove the strengtheners and what not from the underside which means the easiest option is to cut a big whole slap in the centre of the bodycut (i.e. between the struts).

quote]

thanks mate, its much appreciated

if it makes it easier for you, you could just chop the sides of the strengtheners off and leave a flat strip of it left to the floor. I can chop the rest off and tidy it up no problems......or failing that cutting between struts sounds do-able

 

[gvee]

Sorry dude, not forgotten about this, just have been kept away from the bus for the past few days. Will get on it this weekend for you

 

[Diddymen]

thanks mate

 

[gvee]

Sorted the cut this morning: 43cm x 76cm is what I'm left with (the 76 is across the ridges).

By my reckoning if I give you a third of that (giving you 43cm x 25cm) that should cover it, right?
I can cut that piece in half again (lengthways this time!) to bring postage down a bit if you want.

How does £15 + postage sound? (Let me know if you think that's unreasonable!)

 

[Diddymen]

Thanks George,

PM sent