bobt Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Hi peebs, Just eyeing up the job and would like confirmation if the outboard edge of the floor goes between the chassis and the internal cockpit panel or inside it so that the internal panel is sandwiched between the floor edge and the chassis? Cheers Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Paul Richards Posted March 28, 2011 Area Representative Share Posted March 28, 2011 I fitted mine with the floor sandwiched between the chassis and the interior panel. I also trimmed about an inch off the original floor and sandwiched that between the chassis and sides in (I.e. In the same place it was originally. This hopefully enables the skin to fit as previously without the risk of distortion. I put a good coating of rustproofing in the sandwich as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 28, 2011 Author Share Posted March 28, 2011 Thanks Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Formston Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Hi bobt, yeah the Lowered floor is sandwiched between the chassis and the inner panels and I did as Paul did when I did Nick Chans for him it saves the outer Panel distorting when you rivet it back up Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiegb Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hi Rob Other tips from my experience: Jack car as high as possible to get good access for re-rivetting the new floor Use old chisel to remove rivets from old floor - much quicker than drilling the rivets Mark the old floor from underneath before removing to give guide to remove the strip which then fits back under the sideskin to stop deformity when replacing rivets. I used a jigsaw to trim this strip off but some use a scoring with Stanley knife and bend to fatigue technique. Squirt waxoyl through the rivet holes before fixing the new floor to stop rivet heads rattling Use a punch to push the rivet heads into the chassis rail after removing the old floor trial fit the new floor and adjust as necessary - different templates are available and some foul at the rear end and may need fettling Get another pair of hands to help when offering up the new floor so that you can drill the lateral edge between the inner sideskin and the chassis rail using the existing holes in the inner sideskin apply silicon sealant as sandwich at front and propshaft sides of new floor prior to rivetting You may be able to use the old floor as a template for the seat mounting positions in the new floor but you should also have some strengthening bars between the seat and the lowered floor - not present in every case but worth fitting Get number 1 son to help with fitting the stainless steel rivets (NOT your ordinary rivets) unless you have a compressed air rivetter or else your wrists and forearms will tell you all about it the next day!! Have fun Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Thanks Jamie. Hopefully the job will be considerably easier for me since I'm staring at a completely bare, freshly powdercoated chassis :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted March 31, 2011 Leadership Team Share Posted March 31, 2011 If you're planning to squirt a load of Waxoyl in the chassis tubes, before you fit the lowered floor insert rivets into the underside of the chassis cross member directly below your knee position. IIRC there are 5 holes where the standard floor was rivetted to this cross member ....... if you don't seal the holes the Waxoyl will leak (pour!) out! Also worth seaking out a suppier of closed end rivets to seal the chassis tubes better against water ingress. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Corner Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 When Bruce at Arch did mine, it was exactly as Paul described Rik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sopris Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Am in the process of fitted a lowered floor to my 96 DeDion chassis. This model year requires a small welded box section to clear the front A frame mount. The old panel was mounted entirely with vertically fastened rivets. The right side and rear of the floor section are fastened using horizontal rivets and the floor panel is sandwiched between the cockpit panels and the chassis rails. So no worries there; I just drill the holes in the lowered floor panel using the cockpit panels as the template. However, the left side and front are fastened using vertical rivets. Any clever ideas how to reuse the existing holes in the chassis? Because the old and new panels aren't fastened in the same way I can't just overlay the old on the new for use as a template. I suppose I can trim the right and rear edges of the old panel to remove the sections that were under the chassis tubes and use what's left as a template. Any other ideas welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheds Moderator Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 One other tip - when sealing use automotive panel sealant rather than silicone. Silicone contains acetic acid which is rather fond of initiating corrosion. We used to use it to seal electrical things in dairies (horribly wet, corrosive environments and really nasty for electrical gear) but it created more problems than it solved. Acrylic is less aggressive even if it's not quite as resistant to water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 Finished fitting mine today. Sopris, I trimmed the edge from the old panel to make a template. Another question tho. The bracket that fixes the floor to the chassis cross member (chassis tube that run across the footwell floor), which side of the floor do you have the rivet head? ie rivet through bracket into floor or vise-versa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Paul Richards Posted April 9, 2011 Area Representative Share Posted April 9, 2011 Bobt Through bracket into floor. Rivet head inside cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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