Hey everyone, My names William. By day I am a boilermaker/fabricator/repair man...guy. In my spare time I like to work on all kinds of projects. I love to work with metal and I am constantly learning. I do work with 3D printers and will still being doing things with that. Although I have stepped away from that for a while to focus on other more important projects in my life.
In the past I have always loved editing and making videos, this youtube channel is a way for me to document my projects and show people what I get up to at the same time. Hope you enjoy my channel, and feel free to send me a message.
If you want to check out some of the things I get up to in my day job, that I don't make videos of. I post those jobs on my instagram: instagram.com/willpio_a_and_p_dependable
The part I liked best is watching you bonk your gourd on the jackstand while scooting around. Doesn't that seat back add too much height to the dolly to easily slide under most vehicles, though?
@brucewayne2773 I don't want to speak to soon but I've got a small piece on the rear right and then re attaching the new nose piece. All the rust should be done for now haha.
@brucewayne2773 From what I've seen just one spot on the rear right corner. I have just finished a bunch of the rail under the back door seal. I think that'll be it. I think the window rubbers are the only spots that could be hiding rust.
@@WowenandWilma Rust does like to hide under those window seals, are you planning on painting it yourself also? I just got done finiishing up all the body work and primering another 90 Westy
Well done William, the windshield areas are the most difficult areas to fix. Glad they have replacement nose panels these days just for that. Except the top corner areas.
@@WowenandWilma If it's available, I buy them. It turns out a lot nicer than I can make them. And it saves e a lot of time and money, time is something I cherish lol..🙏
You know, you might have been able to buy the original dies & tooling for the body panels from VW and simply installed a 40-ton press in your shop.... hahaha
the way you made that piece for the roof, a relief cut was a great choice. That was the most minimal way to do it. Nice metal forming job, those shop tools came in handy 👍
I'd always wondered about repairing body panels by welding in bits like this, because there's clearly segments on every vehicle that aren't bolted on, they're structural, and can't just simply be swapped. I've got a buddy who does sheet metal forming, calls himself a "tinknocker", and he recently fabricated a couple of items that I needed at a local apartment building to replace existing pieces that had been damaged by the garbage truck emptying the dumpster. Of course, when he says "tinknocker", I immediately replace that with "fartknocker".
That floor board is not an easy thing to make especially with the grooves, has to be just right to get the cork sound board fitting perfectly into it. Well done, looks like you are working on the roof corners too 👍
Most likely from the windows being left down or the front heater has leaked. That area does not have any way of draining water if it ever gets wet, especially with the cork floor mat sitting on top of it.
@@brucewayne2773 I was thinking it might have been from sea salt from the beach. Maybe I put something else down on the floor instead of the corkboard stuff.
Top work William. Those tin tops are pretty cheap here in California still. You could find many that are relatively rust free. It's the Westfalia campers that fetches more money, however in time the tin tops will be valuable in the future.
As a old smith, working this cars in my youth - its a shame not cover glass, because metal particles from the angle grinder and the welding melt in the surface, and you can not remove it again
You may wanna consider replacing that spare. It's as bald as I am. Also, that looks like the horn just hanging down under the bumper, which I find extremely weird.
It's a big job, I always replace the heater core hoses that runs parallel to the coolant lines, replace fuel sender , cross over tube, breather lines and all grommets. I always replace the radiator and all the hoses associated with cooling. How is the rust repairs coming along?
Yeah it's a massive job. I haven't done any more rust repair. I've actually bought some forming tools so just waiting for those to be ready to pick up. Just some entry level stuff.
@@WowenandWilma I can't believe the driver's floor and passenger floors are bad on your van. I have seen it in any vans I have worked on here in California. Just the steps area
At first, I thought the soundtrack was you singing while you worked, all high-pitched because the video was 2X speed. Also, the technical term is "indent", not "bump". hahahahaha
Thank you, no I don't think I did replace that one. Definately something I need to add to the list. Trying to do bare essentials for now. I had to google to know which one is the radius arm bushing 🤣
Well done mate, that was a lot of work. Have you replaced the radius arm bushings, perhaps you have in another video. That would be one of the things I would have might as well replace since you had to do the upper control arm bushing replacement.
I've never done panel work on a car before. I'm a welder by trade so this will be a good learning experience. I'm going to hopefully be forming all new steel and removing all the rust.
@@WowenandWilma It's going to be a chore , especially around the windshield and upper roof corner areas. I have fixed them this way also. It gets really hard to address where wiper arm areas are at. .I usually just buy a new nose panel now and call it good. Still a lot of work .
Yeah it's going to be a love and hate process. I did think about getting a panel. I have a friend who has experience and says we should give it a go doing it from scratch. I know I do need try to do some forming.
@@WowenandWilma forgot to mention , both windshield bottom corners and super hard to make , since it has 2 radiuses plus the flat area. You will be having a lot of fun.
I plagiarized your idea for this but with a Snickers Bar inside for my Dad for Christmas... He doesn't drink, but loves Snickers lol... Anyways, fuckin brilliant - he loved it and I had fun making it. Win Win i'd say. Difficult with last welds not melting the wrapper but I pulled it off. Thanks for the idea dude !!
Such a fun project.I have really enjoyed following your process. Wish I could hire you to build a cage for my car. Would probably cost more than the car's value.Cheers!
i may have missed, but how did you mount a clutch pedal/lever/paddle? Or is it like on MX bikes where you can upshift without a clutch. nice solution though, will deff try on mine.
It's a pain it the fucken ass haha I got a skid comp in Oct at leeton I paid 400 bucks for a bf mk2 king springs all thru it looks mint haha if done rear brakes n side pipe exhaust just gotta drop diff n do that n few other little things
Can you still take axles out after you have welded the diff with the axles in ? I got a legal xr6 but my lsd blew so wanting to go locked diff and still be able to swap it out with the lsd for wofs
I know this is an old video but I’m hoping someone will see this. I can’t get my cartridge out. I unplug everything and pull the little handle up, but the cartridge remains firmly in place. Has anyone had this issue?
