Dressed up and on to the next problem. The flapping about had caused yet another fatigue crack behind one already welded up. Was better to cut it away and make a new patch instead of just welding the crack.
Putting some compound curve in the patch by hammering over a steam pipe bend. The flange width will be added below this line.
Starting to hammer over the flange. All welded in. I also had to fix up a small crack on both sides where the inner guard meets the triangular piece under the bonnet. Always pays to go searching to see if the movement over time has caused any other damage.
Other seam also welded and old drill holes on both guards done also. Originally the other place was going to weld these lengths of angle around the hole to stiffen it up. Would take some time in the shrinker stretcher to get them all to match perfectly. Then would have around 4 metres-13' of welding to fit them. Then grind, planish, sand, planish and run the strip disc over it and check for any distortion once again! Many many hours of work.
Thought I would check to see if the hole was an even distance all the way around like Christos had asked for. Not even close with even one side having over 15mm-9/16" difference from one end to the other! So took the shortest length and made that the same all the way around making every couple of inches. Radius corner template a lid from my zip ties. ;)
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