Cutting out suspension pan

[BK911]

Hello!

I am almost done cutting out the pan. I have yet another question but I'm not sure how to word it. Here goes: I cut along the seam along the side of the old pan. Do I need to remove the old pan's portion of the seam by drilling out the spot welds, or does the replacement pan take this into consideration? Confused?

Thanks!
BK

[TimT]

You should remove all bits of the old pan, If you dont feel like drilling out the zillion spot welds you could try to use a 4 1/2' angle grinder to remove this portion of the floorpan, grind away evenly till you see the the old flange and spotwelds are removed, if there is any corrosion between the two plies of metal this makes it easier to see when to stop grinding.

[BK911]

I had a feeling somebody was going to say that!

Thanks!
BK

[TimT]

its really not that big of a deal, a few hours at best, and since you have come this far you owe it to yourself to do it right. I recommend setting yourself up comfortably to tackle this job. Have a cooler of you favorite frosty cold beverages nearby, eye protection, and spare discs for the grinder. Have some tunes going so you can hear some nice sounds between the bouts of grinding..

Do it once and do it right!!

you should see the horror show of repairs I found on my car

[Rot 911]

Originally posted by TimT
You should remove all bits of the old pan, If you dont feel like drilling out the zillion spot welds you could try to use a 4 1/2' angle grinder to remove this portion of the floorpan, grind away evenly till you see the the old flange and spotwelds are removed, if there is any corrosion between the two plies of metal this makes it easier to see when to stop grinding.

Hey BK, this is what I did on the 72 E!

[jpnovak]

Hey Brian, sounds like your car is really coming along. I did the same thing. Cut next to the seam and then grind away. wear a dust mask or else you will have big black boogers for days.

Jamie

[BK911]

Yea, it's coming along alright. The pan is mostly cut out except for the side seams. But I agree, what's a couple more hours when you consider how much time I will have invested when it's all said and done. The hardest part was figuring out what to do and how to do it. Once I found a decent technique I started rolling. Now all that's left is to remove the rest of the pan, weld in a new one, decide what suspension components to use, install and adjust, rebuild the brakes, engine and tranny, install, tune and vroom vroom. Cake. Oh yea, and have fun!

Thanks for all the inputs!
BK

[Two Oh]

When welding in the new pan do you mig or spot weld??

I'm refering to using a spot welder VS welding little spots with the mig welder .

A spot welder would be easier and the work would look factory.

Anyone spot welded there pan?

[Roland Kunz]

Hello

Sure you have to remove the old flange but leave the existing flange.

You will find spots are rustet awy so you have to reconstruct. Also the outher flange is made from 3-4 layers from sheetmetall and you will have additional sheets under the seatrails and in the inner rear section.

Grüsse