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Post by durnfordandy on Sept 25, 2011 22:12:45 GMT
Just arrived back home with 77045 17/4 on trailer after a 540 mile round trip. Going to be more of a job than I thought, most of the front end is rotten. Going to take a closer look tomorrow. Not just the frame that needs replacing, but some ali panels too...However all of the glasses are there!
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Post by durnfordandy on May 4, 2012 15:39:44 GMT
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gavin
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Post by gavin on May 4, 2012 18:42:10 GMT
Hi Andy,
Looking Great, I will be starting mine next weekend.
I will be taking off all the Roof Beading first and re-sealing to ensure no future water Ingress, then moving onto taking the Front and Rear off to replace the all the rot to the frames and rebuilding.
Will keep you all posted.
Gavin.
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Post by durnfordandy on May 4, 2012 20:54:19 GMT
I had to go through an extremely laborious process with mine. Most of the frame was so rotten that I couldn't remove the cappings and screws first for fear of the whole thing falling in...there was no strength left in the frame at all. I had to leave all the cappings and screws fitted, (as they were holding the thing together), remove the interior and walls and what was left of the frame leaving just an aluminium shell. I then ground off all the rusty stubs of screws and nails poking through the skin from the inside, bond the new frame to the skin before cutting new slots in the rusty heads of the capping screws so I could remove the ground off screw stubs and cappings before cleaning and refitting with bedding mastic and new stainless screws. I still haven't replaced all the capping strips yet...it's been a long road. If you make good the capping strips first with new screws, when you attempt to remove the rotten frame from the inside, a) you will have new screws attempting to hold the old frame in, and b) when the frame is removed, you will have a load of screws protruding through the skin into the space where the new frame needs to go, preventing you from fitting it...also you can expect loads of corrosion, even perforations in the aluminium skin where it has been next to the wet frame for years. Where this has been the case, I have ground back and treated with phosphoric acid and laid up fibreglass matting on the inside before fitting the new frame. A real labour of love I'm afraid. Your's may not be as bad as mine, but even if it is, don't be put off, anything is possible, it's just time, the cost is negligible. The perforations in the skin is why I'm considering coating the whole roof in Plastidip or some clear acrylic roof sealer (yet to be decided) after painting.
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