Accident damaged minor 1000... Help required

Post by **Blunt** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:42 am

Jonathan, you should ALWAYS "chock and block" whenever working with a jacked vehicle...
axle stands are best, but make sure that whatever you use is stable.
handbrake on, in gear and a chock behind/infront of wheel.
good luck & stay safe

Post by **rayofleamington** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:20 am

Chocking the wheels is essential whenever using a jack, but if you're going to do serious metal work you need to worry more about the car falling on you, than about damaging the car.
For re-bending bodywork with a wheel removed I would look for something big and solid to sit under the car. One easy solution is to make a pile of wheels under the car - this way if it comes off the jack, it has something to land on other than you!

Post by **OPHYCLIDE** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:29 am

havent got any axle stands or any proper tools here to be honest...
I think i'll collect some from home and some decent tools when i visit home a week on thursday.

I can bring back a trolley jack, some axel stands and some big tin snips to get this wing off.
Any other tools i should bring?
Big pry bar and some dolleys i suppose for that grille!

Post by **Matt** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:09 am

Bring some spare nuts and bolts.....

Post by **Blunt** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:11 am

Matt wrote:Bring some spare nuts and bolts.....

and washers!

Post by **OPHYCLIDE** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:42 pm

Just to bring the thread to a conclusion, it irritates me when people dont finnish the story on BBS's

We managed to hammer out most of the dent. The A post was completely rotten so there wasnt much we could do there.
We got the car roadworthy-ish then Will drove it back to coventry.

At this moment in time it has had all welding done and is having a new front vallance, bumper and 2 wings fitted.
Its going to be sprayed up in primer and sealed temporarilly. I think he said that over the summer its getting a complete respray to Black. This should go nicely with the red interior.

So, thanks allot for all your help. Thats another one being kept on the road.

Cheers,

Jonathan M.

Post by **Cam** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:59 pm

Excellent. Thanks for the update Jonathon.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:01 pm

Yeah - nice one

I expect the weldng will turn out to be a bigger job than just the a-post but it'll be worth it when it's done.