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Re: "The Beast" is back.....
Blue77 #438116 January 13th 2011 9:31 pm
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Yes they have been in since before the Nationals.
I think the drivers side motor is weak.
That will also be addressed before this years "Nationals".
I got an E mail from the guy who actually put those doors together.He told me what the motors where out of.I need to get a new one and install it and see what happens.
Direct current from a battery charger or a good hot battery hooked up to the wires. The window goes up fast.with the right gauge wires installed the motor drags.A set of late model switches over heat.
That is leading me to believe the motor has problems.....
They where used motors so there is no telling how good they really are.

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Re: "The Beast" is back.....
wookee #438127 January 13th 2011 10:09 pm
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doesnt hurt to replace them.
then once thats done hopefully wont have to mess with them anytime soon

Re: "The Beast" is back.....
Blue77 #438470 January 16th 2011 12:18 am
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I got the door down to the shop.
They will need a little work.
not too much.
It looks like original rust........
Never been worked or buried in bondo.
Me and Mr Lincoln will take care of the problems....

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This is the worst of the two......

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Re: "The Beast" is back.....
wookee #438704 January 17th 2011 10:08 am
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after getting the other door stripped down they need mor work than I was hoping to have to put into them.
No biggie....
It would have been nice if they where sitting in my shop right now ready to hang in primer.

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Re: "The Beast" is back.....
wookee #438708 January 17th 2011 10:15 am
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Originally Posted by wookee
after getting the other door stripped down they need mor work than I was hoping to have to put into them.
No biggie....
It would have been nice if they where sitting in my shop right now ready to hang in primer.

...........Wookee


sounds like something i'm working on ... always a set back ..lol Keep plugging away .


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c1run1 #438733 January 17th 2011 12:08 pm
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build is lookin great! can't wait to see it finished.

Re: "The Beast" is back.....
wookee #440921 January 25th 2011 1:59 am
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I picked up some 16 gauge steel I had bent up to rebuild the bottom of my doors....

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I read posts all the time where guys get mad when body shops take what they think is too long to do there vans.
In some shops defense.there are things that just are time consuming.doing fabrication work and rust repair is one of them....
I could have just ground the rusty spots out and filled the holes up with some fiberglass reinforced filler.Just dealt with the bubble when they came back out.
I choose to rebuild these doors right.

here is a good picture of some of the rust hiding behind the a fold that is the outer door skin.

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This meant that both the inner and outer skins where Junk.

Here is the new inner door skin all fabbed up ready to weld in

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I hand formed the vents for the door drains and the pockets for the door bumpers that where in the bottom of the original door.Paying attention to details can be a "curse at times......
I do know that doing a repair like this "right" the first time I will not have to redo this work again as long as I own this van.....

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Re: "The Beast" is back.....
wookee #440926 January 25th 2011 2:40 am
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As usual...great work Joe! smile
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Re: "The Beast" is back.....
BvrWally #440927 January 25th 2011 3:13 am
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That's a thing of beauty Wookee!


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