Seam sealing the rear of the body

After using the first 1kg tin of seam sealer on the front I had to get a second. For the rear I was a little more liberal with its application and tried to seal any water traps.
















A coat of vactan on the inner seams.


A small hole on the passenger could be seen below the guttering, toward the engine compartment. It was a larger hole on the inside but more importantly, could allow water in.




Just a little bit of filling.

Seam ealer - rear wheel arches

Door hinge brackets

When I previously fitted the doors to test the openings, nuts where used as the condition of the brackets was poor (see below).


Rather than purchase new brackets, I undertook a mini restoration.

First I removed what was left of the rusted bolts.



Some of the threads where ok.


In the damaged threads I just drilled them out with the idea of welding on nuts.




Unfortunately, whilst I could melt the weld to the nut, the bracket would not have anything to do with it!


I may have another go later or just use the bracket as a washer.

Captive nuts - the last one, really this time!

I tried my best to save this captive nut for the rear passenger wing, but it is too far gone. I started by drilling around the nut with a small drill bit at first.



I completed surrounding the nut.



Added a few more holes.



Then I moved up a drill size or two.

The reason the captive nut couldn't be saved, most of the bolt was still in!



A quick bit of welding to hold the new captive nut in place.



After grinding down the weld I filled in.



A little sanding.


One more application of filler should make the repair invisible.

Seam sealer - application

Masking tape applied to the edges of the welds. Seam sealer brushed on with an ordinary 1/2' paint brush. I found the sealer kept sticking to the brush and had to dip the brush into some white spirit.