Why you want them off?

To fit to the new chassis.




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I couldn't get the flamer to turn cold and didn't want to heat the flamer up in case I disturbed the high tensile metallurgy stuff, so ground away enough of the threaded bush and then some hammering of it to expand the flamer and it gave up .
I'm too mean to buy a 26mm. spanner just for this job.

I got real and warmed the threaded bush with a Gaz blowlamp until the thread sealant melted, out they came dead easy.

They stil look in good shape seen the rust around.

https://ecas2cvparts.co.uk/collections/ ... -2cv-6252a

Quite pricey if you needed 4.

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Took last week as a holiday, here we go at this back door bodyshell repair.

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Where the lower C post? joins the sill, this outer corner brace has a friend on the inside too. That makes a four piece laminated rust explosion; anyway, I will re-use this.

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profile with one layer removed.

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Had to modify the end of the repro sill as usual.

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I'll sort that out when the bodyshell has been inverted.


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The door and it's gaps look OK, the top hinge mount on the B pillar has stress cracked, so I'll braze that up later...probably much later

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Not pretty but strong enough.

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A different curved profile on the repro,

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Different width too ,note the gap between the edge of the floor pan and the sill, there was a lot of factory mastic in there, in fact that's all that was left .
The one on the other side of the car doesn't look as bad, but we all know what it'll be like .

Well happy welding...

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Why the B post rusted through behind the top right passenger door hinge I don't know, but I need to fix it so I can check the gaps before welding in the new C post...

P1030399 by Robndaisy, on Flickr

once that was attended to, I could cut and fit the C post.

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Fitted the tailgate before welding, just to make sure nothing started to move.

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If I was restoring the car, I'd fit new inner wings and a new boot floor, but this is a re-build so I'm patching in new pieces, gonna need more Cleco clamps!

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Citroen used a lot more body mastic on the Dyane compared to the 2 2cv, and it's helped the rust to really get going , this is just from around the area I'm working on .
My auto darkening welding helmet has gone on strike so no more welding for a bit, thank Flame .

P1030410 by Robndaisy, on Flickr

Damn! Screwfix got this in for me too quickly, no more excuses...

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the little ball of wire is not your friend when plug welding into 6 mm. holes, so snip it off each time. Note: that is the boot drain hole in the picture, which I am not going to block up .

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Just a few more patches and the quilt will be ready to turn over .

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Wow! that was some earthquake .