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After the first cut was made to size up the patch,
the remaining metal was cut away and another coat of primer went on before
the patch was welded in place. I figured no one would ever see this
hidden area again so I coated it pretty heavy with primer. [Shiny because it was just applied and is still wet.} |
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Once I placed the patch in place and spot welded the
top in place, using a small blade to bring flush the joint, hoping the
bottom would line up and fall into place, I was wrong.
after tacking in the top and slowly working my way
down the side, I realized that it was not working out perfectly. For
some reason, either the patch does not match up or I did not have it aligned
just right, the bottom edge did not match up. |
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With the cut off wheel I made some relief cuts and
slowly worked each tab down to where it meet with the inner cab corner and
clamped it in place. With a body
hammer, bumped it around smoothing out the edges and softening the harder
curves that was created with the relief cuts. |
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After welding it in place, bumping
as I went along, ground it smooth. In
all, it turned out alright. With just a small amount of filler, you
will never notice. |
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Here is the top butt joint with a
few more spot welds. Letting the metal cool between welds. |
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Another issue I had with this corner is the gap that
was left with the existing panel (left side) and the new inner cab corner
(right side.) [Picture of inner cab
corner under the cab.] |
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With a small piece of 18 gauge, metal brake and a
body hammer, I formed a patch for the whole.
Seeing that this patch is under the cab and no one
ever seeing it, I did not worry with a butt joint. Just primed,
clamped and welded. |
