9 replies to this topic

[venkman]

Hi people,

Is it possible to replace the inner flitch panel right up to the air vent hole without having to remove the outer wing?

Edited by venkman, 06 January 2017 - 06:00 PM.

[sonikk4]

Yes but you will need to remove the A panel. It will be tight but doable.

[venkman]

Yes but you will need to remove the A panel. It will be tight but doable.

Thanks the A panel is already off,the wing might have to go but wanted to know if possible. The costs just seem to keep rising!!??

[sonikk4]

Tell me about it. I did several repairs to Paddy's flitches by removing the A panel only and also the scuttle closeout as well. I used pneumatic die grinder with an oval carbide burr to remove the spot welds on the closeout and also the rot around the fresh air vent hole 

[tiger99]

If the wing was good, I would most probably want to separate it from the front panel and remove it from the car to get better access to do the flitch. There is not a huge amount of access to drill the welds between wing and front panel!

 

I just feel that changing the flitch without removing the wing would be sheer torture, and likely would result in the wing being damaged anyway.

[sonikk4]

Having done various repairs to the flitch with the wing fitted and A panel removed it is straight forward with the correct tools as already mentioned.

[Ben_O]

I have just done a pair of flitch repair panels on a 1275GT. I fitted the whole thing right to the top without removing the wings.

 

It would have been easier with the wings off but it wasn't difficult at all with them on. Of course you will want to raise the car up and perhaps over at an angle to get in there. I had the shell on a spit so just rolled it over into a suitable position.

 

As for spot welds that are hard to reach with a drill, try a grinding disk in an angle grinder. Locate and mark the dimples of the spot welds and then grind the weld away. Just make sure you protect surrounding areas from sparks . It's also much quicker than drilling but only suitable when removing old scrap panels obviously.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[venkman]

Thanks guys for the replies, just been through "project paddy" and Ben's 1275GT threads and think I have the idea............shame you guys make it look so damn easy!!!!!!

[sonikk4]

Thanks guys for the replies, just been through "project paddy" and Ben's 1275GT threads and think I have the idea............shame you guys make it look so damn easy!!!!!!

 

It really does boil down to having the right tools to hand and using a little bit of common sense and sometimes some not so common sense to get the desired outcome.

[venkman]

With regards common sense, my grandad taught me a long time ago is A,if it's your own time there's no rush B, you start to make mistakes or struggle walk away come back tomorrow.

In my eyes turned out to be pretty sound advice!