Shameful I know but she's had some adventures because of the time I saved so hopefully she won't sue for gross negligence. Also those holes have not gotten any bigger since I did that. The cross member under the jacking point was definitely showing signs of rust and deformation but I had no idea of the scale until the jack started to push into the sill! , I have been putting off building a car port for way too long so might get that done first (which will also mean I can work on the car in the dry no matter what the weather chooses to throw at us! Sill off cuts might be useful, definitely worth having a look at what bits you have. Not welded anything this structural on a Panda before.
Glad you are happy with Freddie (the 127!) Gavin and your MOT man was impressed, never got round to sending you the photos I took, guess you don't need them now! I presume he flew through the MOT no problem?
John, feel free to send me a PM anytime
Yes apart from a headlight problem - full beam extinguished one side!! Lots of bulb swapping, hitting things & wiggling wires did nothing. Turned out the fuse needed moving slightly (hi tech solution!) - still don't understand why everything else on that fuse worked, but it was a free fix so who cares?!
I can get under the car while it's being mot'd, so had a chance to see it properly. Steve's verdict was that it wasn't planning to dissolve anytime soon & would see him out. :slayer:
I did replace two of the fuses for the headlights as I had the same problem when I was checking all the lights after fitting the sidelights. The new fuses were slightly longer so were a tighter fit than the original ones and seemed to cure it, they may have been the dip beam though?
...Perhaps best not clutter up Si's thread much more
all panda talk is for the greater good!
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) goes on the inner seam. Was a nice easy access area so the weld is fairly neat. I didn't risk a continuous run to avoid blowing too many holes and setting fire to the car!!
I was cutting from underneath and forgot to check what was above haha...at least I removed the carpet How can you own 4 pandas and not have one that drives haha!!
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but beginning to show some structure again...
so fabricated this little jobby...:slayer:
) was to put the arch patch on. Going to be tricky to protect against rust properly but will use all the tricks on the seam and plenty of underseal as well as lots of coats of zinc primer :slayer:
Liking your work sir, rust porn, then welding porn. Win win for Qing Qing
... not had a car go through first time for a while now 
)...so made my own from some threaded bar! and a welded on nut haha!...
...so made myself a spacer washer to get myself out of jail...
Yay!! I have an MOT!! A new years eve present
Had a bit of fun getting it though (yesterday 12 hours flat out in fact
The lower arm bushes were looking a little tatty and cracked so decided to replace them to make sure it wasn't picked up on. Drivers side was easy but the passenger side was another story! The lower arm wouldn't come off so in the end had to smash the hell out of the bold securing it to the chassis and then angle grind off the tie rod securing bolt which had fused itself solid. Mean't I needed to find a replacement bolt of this size which I didn't have
Found the brake discs were flaking apart! Certainly got my moneys worth out of them...
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Ok so not out the woods yet unfortunately. Went for a test drive and at 30+mph there is a terrible vibration. So think the prop shaft is bent as well. I put the car up in the air (in a rather dodgy fashion it must be said!) and did notice a slight wobble to the forward most prop shaft so it is likely the case. There may be a slight dent in it and also part of it looks like it has been turned down a bit. Anyway will inspect further tomorrow hopefully but got a spare to fit if required. Here is a photo of how I checked the prop shaft vibration :devil:.....
