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Mike
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As per title - how to remove the spot welded vent on the drivers side?

I just have to drill the spot welds out right? Anyone had luck with a normal drill bit or do I have to get a spot weld remover bit? What diameter?

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A spot weld drill bit is the best mate as it only realy leaves a flat drill mark, not a tapered point like a normal drill bit.. But a normal drill bit is ok just have to be a little more carfull thats all . Start of with a small drill and work your way up to one that is just bigger then the spot weld.....

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but just driling the welds out should work right?
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aslong as you get all the weld it should. Just slide a chisel or something underneath it after drilling the welds to prise it off. Its been there for years it might take some encoragment

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After drilling the spotwelds out I'm pretty sure I had to cut or bend the vent box to manouevre it out between the upper and lower rails of the dash.

Yes, use a spotweld bit if possible.

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Mini Mike wrote:
A spot weld drill bit is the best mate as it only realy leaves a flat drill mark, not a tapered point like a normal drill bit.. But a normal drill bit is ok just have to be a little more carfull thats all . Start of with a small drill and work your way up to one that is just bigger then the spot weld.....

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I flattened a normal drill bit and it works a treat on the spotwelds I've been doing - basically just reduced the angle of the cutting edge on my bench grinder ;)
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Is this demister vent normally on deluxe shells? Coz I have one on mine, looks factory of sorts.
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Sounds like your on the ight track then.

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rampage101 wrote:
Is this demister vent normally on deluxe shells? Coz I have one on mine, looks factory of sorts.

They were on most 850s, also all Deluxe, Mini K, MiniMatic- basically all non-cooper roundnose. :wink:

Back then only the Cooper & S got a real heater standard, the rest of use froze- unless you got the freshair one as an option.
MiniMatic had this standard, to help cool the motor. 8)

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Ok thanks everyone - I'll post as I go along.
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