hey WORM!!

[RAZ8550TDI]

Right, the disco has been off the road for a near 2 months now and i decided to do a bit over the weekend, gave it a quick go over for the new MOT and found and fixed the following, the list as follows,,,,,,,
steering box ball joint, DONE
track rod ends, DONE
power steering box, DONE
replace belts, DONE
indicator stalk, DONE
but this gotta show you all.........................
its all i could find rust wise, seat belt mounts are fine and as are the body mounts and cross members are spot on,
its the boot floor and N/S sill thats gone. obviousley wasnt that bad till i statder atacking it with the hammer and grinder but as yer know its gotta get worse before it gets better.

 

[lazydog]

Hi M8
about as bad as mine boot wise sills a bit worse have just ordered YRM Metal Solutions £15 aside + post just need the welder man now good luck buddy

 

[RAZ8550TDI]

are they just the over sill type? (just weld on top? cause they seem cheap) got the link? there cheaper than what i was getting quoated. was just gonna make my own sills but for that price i might aswell get those.

 

[lazydog]

YRM Metal Solutions



i payed for mine last night and had email today he had sent them by parcel force so should have they by weekend total incuding packageing £41.97

 

[Pikey]

Thats not bad I'll post come pics of the sills floor and rear crossmember on my disco, tomorrow. It'll give yer summat to laugh at.

 

[RAZ8550TDI]

i didnt think my boot floor was a bad one but fook me red i didint the sill could get any worse then the rear half in my pic lol, started off as a small hole then i hit it and "there she goes"! besides only a few hours work, i cant wait to be driving it again, its costing me a fortune in fuel not having it.
cheers for that link by theway lazy!

 

[BLASER]

Just made me own sills 4 the mot will c if i can get a few pics up

 

[Pikey]

Hi couple of pics of the sills & chassis the chassis one was taken just before beem patched. the 2 of the bottom of the sills are a bit crap as taken with a mobile phone and this is before I start prodding and poking. the dark bits are holes.

Thinking of replacing whole sill with a length of 80x40x2mm box section. both sides. As this will allow me to use them as jackable sills as well.

 

[RAZ8550TDI]

sills look like mine where, but jesus! that chassis lol, what year milage you on? am on a 92 with 187k and my chassis and crossmembers etc are solid as a rock! amd just gonna plate my rear floor though as its still in good nick from those holes you see back towards the cab.

 

[Pikey]

it's a 93 with 197k had 187k when I brought it the drivers sill is like that for the full length except at the mounting points where it's been patched. It was like that when I brought it, and it had a years mot on it. I had to cut most of the rear cross member away and insert a lenght of box section in the full width of car and make up 2 new chassis mounts as there was almost nothing left of the crossmember.

 

[RAZ8550TDI]

feck, bet that kept yer busy for a while

 

[Pikey]

still like that. on account of me welder packing up and not having sorted a new one out.

 

[RAZ8550TDI]

not the best tool to be without at times like this, shame yer aint closer as i have 2 here.

 

[Pikey]

Ah'v poprivetted the old crossmember to the new box section. and managed to get a line of tack welds before it went tits up.

 

[RAZ8550TDI]

and does you chassis hold alright? you off road it or tow? cause from where on the chassis i can see on the pic it must be under some load there specially when the axles want to articulate some what.

 

[Pikey]

and does you chassis hold alright? you off road it or tow? cause from where on the chassis i can see on the pic it must be under some load there specially when the axles want to articulate some what.

Oh no got the chassis welded ok it was whilst repairing the cross member that the welder died.

 

[JAC]

Hey Raz, what was up with your steering box?

 

[RAZ8550TDI]

you spotted somthing i havnt???

 

[RAZ8550TDI]

sorry JAC i meant power steering pump, i could do with a nice tight box though id yer have any going spare? lets see how many comments follow that statement haha!

 

[bustersbus]

i could do with a nice tight box though id yer have any going spare?

Aye couldn't we all so's you a pimp then JAC?