10% is better than nothing I suppose Andy, sometimes I have been lucky and the guy will class it as 'trade cash sales'. I don't think the prices then are proper trade rate and depends what mood they are in. Always a comedy experience for me visiting the dealers, especially when someone's...
I got some full outer sills and planned to fit these with plug welds along the door shuts and bottom, seam welding the cut lines. As a result I cut the old sill off quite high up, little piece at a time as I was unsure of the internal structure. This explains the very questionable cut line you...
lol good spot Pondy. It's had more use pressing out Focus front wheel bearings and suspension above than the bike bearings it was designed for.
Went slightly off project refurbishing the brakes as I wanted to try Bilt Hammer Deox-C. Seen pictures of people using this and didn't quite believe it...
Thanks for the comments, I want to post current progress before asking for advice on the sills. Although this is small project compared to most, hopefully it might be interesting to others and spur me on a bit.
I pressed in new bushes on the trailing arms mix of Genuine and Lemforder parts...
Passenger side had small patch welded over rust for an MOT repair at the garage a few years back. Forgot all about it really but shows how things just keep rusting. Thankfully the underseal applied stopped the fabric wheel arch liner damaging this side further when water logged.
I welded...
I joined the forum a few months back and promised to start a thread once I learnt how to weld. The goal was to repair my 2003 Focus TDDI daily driver that has 152k on the clock. With an MOT approaching I wanted to do a rear suspension rebuild due to failing bushes and clunking. What I didn't...
Thanks guys, bit of a late reply but here's how the learning as a newbie went. Istayinalot plenty of pics of the work in progress focus, will start a thread under automotive for that one. optima21 you were right about them not overheating on lower power, it's not cut out once with a lot of...
I'm now sold on the idea of Gas from the start and just turning up the flow or shielding when I'm outside under the car. Parm that is a good price and glad your giving just the CO2 the thumbs up for us hobbyist's. T0rnado69 it sounds like a good offer that gas and will read it some more. I'm...
Thanks for all the replies guys, Cumbriasteve I think the GYS brand is out of my price range but good to hear support again for Clarke. Migmac, Cobbler and Parm thanks for the Clarke support and info it seems lots of people rate them so that's it decided in terms of Manufacturer. Think the Gas...
Hi Newbie here discovered this great forum and it's been so helpful in trying to decide on my first welder purchase. I want a welder to do some repairs on my old ford focus cutting out the rot. Financially this makes no sense but it's more about the skills and learning on this car. So I'm...