Welding Floor Pans

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Welding floor pans. This is my first welding how to video. It is essential when clamping that you make it both tight and right next to the weld. I have been welding new steel into my 325i sport for the last 6 months.

Then use urethane seam sealer to seam up the weld area front and back after it has been epoxy primed. This is the welder i ve used for 7 years now. When the replacement panels have a spot weld flange i punch 1 4 holes in the panel and plug weld the panels if i ve got more flange i ll use 3 8 holes.

You will need to make sure the top pan is dropped all the way down tight on the base metal of the car. When i started there were not a lot of hd yout. Lots of work but i wanted that extra thickness at the perimeter.

Craig hopkins teaches you how to create a plug weld while installing a floorpan. Here are a few of the volvo s i ve done. We show how to install a reporduction floor pan patch using the national parts depot floor pans for the 1972 f100.

I weld in a new hand formed floor pan in my 1978 ford f150 truck. The floor in the 73 duster we used for this story was marginal. I over lapped my floor pans and trunk floor about 1 1 2 inches and welded them in from both top and bottom.

Https amzn to 2ip7eid auto body hammers basic entry level. Fabrication of a friends car in calgary. Remove old pan once the new pan is reinstalled you may have to gring a little here and there to make the seam fit.