How To Install Volkswagen Floor Pans Without Welding

We show how to install a reporduction floor pan patch using the national parts depot floor pans for the 1972 f100.

How to install volkswagen floor pans without welding.

This one like many a poor little bug had seen its better days. And a few nickle and dime sized ones. But with just a little more effort they can be replaced with the body still in place. The steering column needs to be.

It wouldn t be hard really except i just don t know how to weld or have a. Allowing you to weld in new metal but to be honest that s a rubbish way of doing it. I don t know how this lady could stand to drive it very much because the floor pan was full of holes. Then it s a matter of removing the petrol tank to gain access to an additional two 17mm bolts at the front of the pan.

With the body out of the way replacing the floor pans is pretty straight forward. So i have stripped my floorpans and found some tiny pinholes about 5 6 of them throughout. Anyway is there a way to fix these spots without having to cut them out and weld in new pieces of metal. The common repair method is to trim the old and new create a stepped flange around the perimeter of the replacement panel and install it with a lap weld because butt welding is difficult.

No weld panel repair kit instructions tech tips the eastwood no weld panel repair kit is designed to make permanent patch panel repairs in steel and aluminum when a welder is not available. Ford truck cab floor panel lh 27. I vividly remember the night i went to this lady s house to look at a prospective beetle to restore. Floor pan replacement i.

In our last article we learned how easy it is to remove the body from the vw bug.