http://blog.briangallimore.com Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:36:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.briangallimore.com/2009/11/door-repair/ http://blog.briangallimore.com/2009/11/door-repair/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:05:18 +0000 Brian http://blog.briangallimore.com/?p=2614 Continue reading →]]> I’ve been driving around with a little door damage caused by some worthless waste of flesh a while back.  I wanted to try to repair the damage myself, so I finally upgraded my wire welder to a MIG.  The cylinder cost me twice what I paid for the used welder in the first place, but now I have have it for future projects.  I figure the money I’m saving more than paid for it anyway.
I had to take the inside door panel off to start with. This is easy if you know where all the attachment points are and where to pry, but it is a bit of a pain if you are not a pro. Here is the torn up sheet metal.
Of course, when I bent it back, the shape was all off. I tried using a hammer and dolly to beat it back in shape, but I couldn’t get it to come back out to the right shape. I gave up and decided I’d use filler to get the shape right later. I welded a piece of sheet metal behind the door to strengthen the area a bit. It was pretty floppy before I did this.
All I had on hand was white primer, so that is what I sprayed on the bare metal as the sun was going down. I installed the Jimmi’ Jammer before I reconnected the control rods. This little fitted plate adds a bit of armor to protect from this kind of break in.

]]> http://blog.briangallimore.com/2009/11/door-repair/feed/ 5 http://blog.briangallimore.com/2009/09/who-wants-to-steal-quadzilla/ http://blog.briangallimore.com/2009/09/who-wants-to-steal-quadzilla/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:56:25 +0000 Brian http://blog.briangallimore.com/?p=2399 Continue reading →]]> This is what I found today.

I didn’t notice it this morning or at lunch, so I figure it must have happened this afternoon in the parking garage at work. Seems harder than just breaking the glass, which makes me think they might want to steal the truck… the factory alarm is disabled by turning the lock cylinder. I’ve stopped carrying anything of value in there, except maybe a trailer hitch worth $50 brand new. My project tomorrow will be to disconnect that wiring so that the alarm will go off unless the keyless signal is used. This really gets me pissed off, talk about TREADING ON ME!!!

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