bulkhead repair panels

~I have a lot of corrosion on the bulkhead below the windscreen, including a rusty hole I made witha pressure washer by accident.

I have seen these bulkhead repair panels on paddocks. LR62R Bulkhead repair panel - RH

How are you sposed to fit them? Do you bolt them on or weld them on ? And do they fit straight onto the bulkhead as it is, or do you have to cut out the old section, if so how?! I dont really mind how messy it looks, my LR is function over form .

Come on, somebody must have fitted these before??!

Mines were just riveted on to start with, then put another plate on top to hide some more rot, then some filler to tidy it up a bit for the MOT.

that doesnt look to messy at all, i mite have to have ago at that then, cheers

yer meant to cut out the rot to clean metal, ideally to good fit for the panel then weld it in, grind down the welds nice n smooth then fill and finish. I would have done that and had 2 panels ready but on removing the dash things were so bad I just got a salvage new bulkhead.

ive been told its a bit of a arse to weld aluminium though, guess gotta take it to a welding specialists for it?

The bulkheeds steel so I wouldn't worry about welding aluminium just now.

chris_mack said:

ive been told its a bit of a arse to weld aluminium though, guess gotta take it to a welding specialists for it?

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ffs if them wur aluminium them wint fooking rust

oh mad i thought it was aluminium and the corrosion is that electroblah corrosion....

what a tit!

chris_mack said:

oh mad i thought it was aluminium and the corrosion is that electroblah corrosion....

what a tit!

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Fuuck it'd have ta be bad fer alli to rot that badly. Bulkheads structural thas why corrosion in it is an MOT failure espechally near drivers side.

ah dear, il definately have to get it sorted then.

muddythelandy said:

yer meant to cut out the rot to clean metal, ideally to good fit for the panel then weld it in, grind down the welds nice n smooth then fill and finish. I would have done that and had 2 panels ready but on removing the dash things were so bad I just got a salvage new bulkhead.

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By the way if u still got ur two plates do you wana sell them?

gave them away, or you'd have had em.

Before you go buying any though have a really good look at your bulkhead - take off the dash top rail and the door seal trim where it passes the hinges. You may be lucky, or it may be shagged. Also have a really good look at your footwells. Sometimes it's easier and cheaper and a better repair job just to scrap the old un. I thought mine was ok, and it was the biggest heap imaginable once the trim was out the way.

Have a look at the bit of bulkhead under the windscreen framey bit as well.