Disco 2 disco referb,,,Back again, love em or fooking idiot,

Buzzweld! is this stuff the bees knees, as ive spent the last few nights and today stripping then brushing all the scale off, found a sort of dodgy patch p/s rear where tow eye is, so ground it up, and welded apatch in, job done, then got to grips with the shultz gun firing buzzweld, seems to have gone on well and made a good job, 1st coat, but what can i say ive done a few of these now over the years, what a fooking ****ty job it is prepareing it, i was crap up, why the mrs choose a White bath god know's! ??? lol

Dis you manage to weld with the fuel tank in place? Asking as there is a similar patch on ours. Only on the bottom and the sides are sound.

discodrivercumbria said:

why the mrs choose a White bath god know's! ???

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Bet she left white towels out as well!

brianconwy said:

Dis you manage to weld with the fuel tank in place? Asking as there is a similar patch on ours. Only on the bottom and the sides are sound.

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tank in place, passenger side, away from the tank, sides ok, was nothing really, i made it bigger by cutting it up and wanting to see what the inside was like,

Feathers McGraw said:

Bet she left white towels out as well!

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no sooner had i got dry and she was in there with the CIF, but till next time! (front half still to do)

more progress, stripped carpets out, rear 2 seats, front 2 seats out, headlinning, bare inside except for main rear seats as no where to put em as yet, pressure washed carpets(steam cleaner) seats and most of the trim, headlinning cloth has come away in parts from the roof mold, read on another forum that to strip it and paint it, so washed the foam off with steam, ready for paint, Dulux weathersheild, going to seal sunroofs properly and roof bars whilst i have it all out somebody has done it before but dont think they removed em just done it from the top, , got towbar back on painted up, new electric sockets and brackets, PS did it to near the mrs's Audi, had to wash that by hand afterwards after some funny looks! lol

I have the rear seats out on ours and the carpet and towbar. I have a mobile welder coming on Thursday. So I will have the tank off ready for him. Not sure whether to bother with exhaust. Need to reseal sunroofs. How long do you reckon it takes to remove headlining?

brianconwy said:

I have the rear seats out on ours and the carpet and towbar. I have a mobile welder coming on Thursday. So I will have the tank off ready for him. Not sure whether to bother with exhaust. Need to reseal sunroofs. How long do you reckon it takes to remove headlining?

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about an hour and half it took me, you dont realise how much stuff is inside a car until it is fully strippexd!,

todays play, sunroofs out, previous owner had sealed them from the outside, dont think they were leaking but the thick line of silicone on the roof looked crap, so out they came, cleaned all off, did roof bars too! waxed the roof then refit them with low mod frame sealant, all back in, got primer on headlinning later in the day as it was showery and hail until 2pm,!

roof/ headliner done, Weathersheild paint, 2 coats good drying day, all back in roof wise, led bulbs in, sunroofs etc all running great,

Got wheels back today, full refurb, then started and finished all rear interior back in, rear bumper all back on, ready to start on the front half now, will turn car around tomoz then strip front off!

sloow progress, nowt done for 6 weeks there abouts, cracked on a bit saturday before rain stopped play, got front drivers side rubbed down, rust preventer and buzzweld War sunday then over coated with waxoyl, got bit more done tonight but took no pics as yet, waiting on new front shocks, then gonna refurb caliper, then thats that area done,

drivers side all back together, so onto pass side now, front drop link fooked so gonna put 2 new on and anti roll bar rubbers, found a bit of tin worm,! so took wing off to make it more accessable to weld, underside of inner wing!,

Lads on Holiday so cracked on today, welded front inner wing/wheel arch and patch on pass floor, primed up, seam sealed and Buzzwelded, then over coat of waxoyl, starting to get her back together slowly, she is down back on her wheels, pass interior back in, wing on, start on front corner trims tomoz and fit bumper, new fogs going in

Nice work. The sprinkler system is in full effect this week with all the rain. Liking the weathershield roofliner, looks great. Your chassis is solid, how does that happen!
Did your sunroof seal work?
Best of luck with it

ronsealdeath said:

Nice work. The sprinkler system is in full effect this week with all the rain. Liking the weathershield roofliner, looks great. Your chassis is solid, how does that happen!
Did your sunroof seal work?
Best of luck with it

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as to the sunroofs, when i removed them there was no resistance at all from the frame to the roof, so basically no water seal between the roof and frame, the ruber seals around the glass i think rarely give trouble, always the main frame and roof, chassis ive brayed all over to see where the problem are, shock mounts were a bit thin so i plated them, and the pass rear bit, other than that fairly sound, but you could go on for ever really, 15 yr old now so things are gonna be weiry, next step once ive got it back together is a final lift on the telehandler and flood the inside of the chassis and a good look over underneath with the waxoyl and buzz weld to see if i have missed any bits

90% back together! last night i buffed the headlights up. 45mins per light with the 3m kit, well pleased with the job as they were yellowing bad along the top, rubbed the corner trims down and rattle canned em, well pleased again, refit side cill trims, new stainless steel mudflap brackets, re fit bumper, sprayed it with satin black and over laquared as it had gone blotchy/grey, new fog lights and connected washers up, trims on all under plastics re fitted,(you need loads of new screws etc to play with these cars) headlights in, grill on! looks a lot better than when i got it, not a bad buy for £700 with 11 months mot, just got to fit centre consule and clean the inside, a mate is dropping his code reader off in the morning so be able to see why it has gone into limp mode,!

very nice!
better condition than mine! and i payed a tad moe than £700 lol

Enjoyed that read, we recently bought our bargain, little bit cheaper but more to do.
This is my partners 3rd Disco but my first, there is something extremely intriguing about it. As you can see from the picture N/S damage and on popped air bag




Test run for some of the dogs
Cleaning took me a full Dyson and 2/3 pack of antibacterial wipes

Gsddisco said:

Enjoyed that read, we recently bought our bargain, little bit cheaper but more to do.
This is my partners 3rd Disco but my first, there is something extremely intriguing about it. As you can see from the picture N/S damage and on popped air bag
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Test run for some of the dogs
Cleaning took me a full Dyson and 2/3 pack of antibacterial wipes

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Same colour as mine

But mine is on springs!! will go back to air eventually.

or is it that lump in the boot making the arse sag