Yo..
Have spent a couple of hours stripping the internal panels off the front wall , as well as the internal panel where the external damage is near the door.
See first photo on previuos post.
The c section rolled aluminium had been crushed in about 1 inch.. i thought i could simply bash it back to shape... but in the end i had to remove the outer sheet to operate on it.
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Still had to cut the side of the c sect to get it back to the original radius. Then panel beat the diamond pattern alloy sheet. Clean off all the old sealer and apply a thick bead of silastic .. then pop rivet the sheet back on. Aint perfect ... but a whole lot better and more waterproof than it was before.
The last owner thought he was doing good replacing some of the internal sheets... but in most places had missed the studs with the 30mm teck screws and drilled through the outer cladding. I spent an hour removing the screws and internal sheets ...and then going around the van plugging the holes with rivets.. looks better than just gooping the holes with Silastic.
If the sun comes out today and brings warmth with it i might finish stripping the rest of the water damaged sheets out . Have found damp insulating batts in the wall cavities... will have to investigate where the water is getting in and repair that as well. There wont be many original sheets in there by the time i get it all sealed up. ??
Reddo
