My friend's Range Rover ? year ? 15 years old, has failed MOT with rust / body mounts. As a favour to him I have volunteerd to do some welding ........ but have I bitten off too much. Can I just weld the body to the chassis and miss out those rubber mounts. I cant weld aluminium ! That is just in the engine department. What else is lurking further to the rear ? Many thanks for any advise. SK.
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1992lse
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are we talking early P38 or a last of the classic here
Thank you for your time / 1992. Its the last of the classic. With a chassis ! So what I'm wondering is: can I just fabricate some mounts with new rubbers. OR does the body need to come off ( or slighly lifted ) I dont know the extent of the repairs, but the one in the engine compartment is f-d.
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try yrm metal solutions for body mounts. I'm assuming they'll be similar to disco as they share the same chassis.
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hate to say this but its not an easy fix, thats why so many get broken up for spares, i myself been guilty of killing a softy or two because of the extent of the rust. the bulkheads are very liable to a bit of rust as well, have a look behind the soundproofing.
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They can all be made up out of box section. Use a hole saw for the rubber bit and then cut off two of the two sides that you don't need leaving a L shape. If you are careful you can get two out of one piece of box section....opposing L shapes
If things are that rusty then you may well find that the bolt has rusted into the rubber mount. This is not a huge problem as you will be cutting the body mount anyway. To be honest, not replaceing the rubber body mounts will make it look like a bodge and will pass a lot of vibration into the bodywork.
If things are that rusty then you may well find that the bolt has rusted into the rubber mount. This is not a huge problem as you will be cutting the body mount anyway. To be honest, not replaceing the rubber body mounts will make it look like a bodge and will pass a lot of vibration into the bodywork.