Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Floor panel welding

 I drilled the new floor panel in preparation for welding. These holes will get filled using a 'plug welding' technique that gives similar results to the factory spot welding, so I used the same number and spacing as the original spot welds. For the record, it needed 162 holes.

 
 
 
 




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