Disco 2 D2 Body burnt, friday 13th.. fml.

Luke2025 said:

I’ve had a look at the chassis cause been doing a bit of sweeping of glass etc. The rear is/will be fbar’d, all the coating has burned off from where the floor arches up for rear seats, body undercoating from there backwards is also burnt away. From the lower half forwards, chassis and body the coating is intact.. inside the landy the floor from rear seats forward is ok and not burn the paint off. Same with doors, besides the rear 2 are half scorched outside, fronts have just the door cards, glass and anything flammable gone. The driver door still locks though and handle etc work fine.. O_O.

I wouldn’t sell the chassis tbh, rear will rot so fast now but front may not or may be slower. Rear axle paint is all burnt but axle structurally looks fine, same with brake calipers etc all coating burnt but looks ok, i doubt I would trust the rear calipers now though.. maybe rebuild them and they’ll be ok. shocks at rear, fbar but i needed to replace them soon anyway haha, all the bushes were cheap ebay ones just to get through MOT and see how long I can drag them out for in all honesty, most money was spent on brakes and engine parts/steering etc. I think the most heat was all contained at the rear inside and moved to front seats etc but stayed near roof cause drivers carpet isn’t burnt but only were some melted seat dropped on it and steering wheel.

What you’ve shared about that long range thing stanley has got me thinking, it could really be changed to like a tray back or pickup. I need to get the body off to investigate more but need a tyre to move it forward to do so.

Would it be too difficult to rip the dash out and wire pods in and get it start like that, i’m thinking wiring wise would it be a pain in the butt to do? hmm…

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Stanleysteamer said:

anything to do with wiring ECM BCM etc is going to be a right pain.

As for the chassis, there must be ways of testing it to see if it has been seriously damaged. Testing it for twist resistance is just one thing
see this.

https://www.race-dezert.com/forum/threads/car-fire-chassis-total-loss-or-stress-relief-fix.62301/

If welding it makes it far hotter than a fire would it ought to be OK.
BUT as it'll have lost its galvanised protection, maybe at least to an extent, it needs to be either regalvanised or painted with a zinc rich paint.

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Stanleysteamer said:

anything to do with wiring ECM BCM etc is going to be a right pain.

As for the chassis, there must be ways of testing it to see if it has been seriously damaged. Testing it for twist resistance is just one thing
see this.

https://www.race-dezert.com/forum/threads/car-fire-chassis-total-loss-or-stress-relief-fix.62301/

If welding it makes it far hotter than a fire would it ought to be OK.
BUT as it'll have lost its galvanised protection, maybe at least to an extent, it needs to be either regalvanised or painted with a zinc rich paint.

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