 Replacing rear floor pan, without a rotisserie? |
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| MrHyde |
 Mar 20 2011, 05:47 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None  |
Has anyone here replaced the rear floor pan without the use of a rotisserie?? I dont have room in my garage for a rotisserie and I've been scratching my head a bit on how to keep the car up with enough room for me to crawl under it and weld... The car is completely stripped and sitting on a dolly right now. This dolly is about the same size as the whole floor pan however and I cant get at the rear pan to replace/repair it..
Has anyone here done this ?? and if so, do you have any pics of how you did it ? Thanks a bunch, |
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| McMark |
Mar 20 2011, 05:55 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Done it. Hated it. Don't wanna do it again.
I used big jack stands and just held it up. |
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| MrHyde |
Mar 20 2011, 06:21 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 13-October 10 From: Ontario, Canada Member No.: 12,268 Region Association: None |
I'm not looking forward to that either.. Laying on my back trying to weld. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
I'm leaning towards just getting some bigger jack stands to keep it up. I can get 6 ton Jack stands with a max height of 23". The dolly is currently 20" high, so that might do the trick. 2 on the front part of the floor pan/rockers and 2 on the rear outer suspension mount.. Sound about right ? |
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| gendent |
Mar 20 2011, 07:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 30-March 10 From: Lewison ID Member No.: 11,528 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I am about to do the same thing, however i have someone here who is going to do it for me. If I can get it done in the next two weeks I will get pictures and post here as he does not have a rotisserie and will be doing it with jack stands. This fella had a hot rod shop here and I have seen amazing work from him. If it is too late to help at least it may provide an example as to how to do it for later projects. My welding skills, well, I don't have any.
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| scotty b |
Mar 20 2011, 07:02 PM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(McMark @ Mar 20 2011, 03:55 PM)  Done it. Hated it. Don't wanna do it again. I used big jack stands and just held it up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) done about 5 that way. I made sure to build a rotisserie before doing any more. BUT for a one timer, a rotissere really isn't sensible IMO |
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| bandjoey |
Mar 21 2011, 11:32 AM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,926 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Get 1/2 doz. camping pads. Cover with HF. Welding blanket. Get 3 friends. Roll car on it's side up against the wall or brace. Walahh! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
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| r_towle |
Mar 21 2011, 11:45 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,574 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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QUOTE(McMark @ Mar 20 2011, 07:55 PM) Done it. Hated it. Don't wanna do it again. I used big jack stands and just held it up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) btdt, wont do it again. The worst part is all the burn marks on your body... Welding upside down just plain sucks. Rich |
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| rjames |
Mar 21 2011, 02:35 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 3,933 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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If you don't have to replace the whole thing from one side to the other, you could go this route:
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| SirAndy |
Mar 21 2011, 02:43 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,640 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(bandjoey @ Mar 21 2011, 10:32 AM) Get 1/2 doz. camping pads. Cover with HF. Welding blanket. Get 3 friends. Roll car on it's side up against the wall or brace. Walahh! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) |
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