new toy

hi guys and girls

am new here

i bought myself a 50th anniversary 300 tdi for £500

pics will follow if i find out how to do it lol

chassis is solid
boot floor so so
sills bothsides rotten two little holes not so bad
rear arches bad and behide 1/4 panels too
bat tray shot


looking for help to rebuild

thanks
john

Lots of repair panels available. More cost effective to weld yourself if you can but small jobs wouldnt warrant buying the equipment.
Prepare for more rust than you can see but if you can sort that a disco is reliable and good fun.

someone did try before to repair the arch wish they just left it alone

so i think i have my work cut out lol not even looked at front end need to renew rear cross member not bad but am fussy and am down this far may as well

Yup the rear x member is gone! Yrm do them for £120 or something. How did you remove boot floor? Drill spot welds or cut out?

Looks like a good project and your well into it. It must be great to have all the right tackle and a place to do it.

ronsealdeath said:

Yup the rear x member is gone! Yrm do them for £120 or something. How did you remove boot floor? Drill spot welds or cut out?

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drill and cut matey bloody nightmare lol still need to tidy a few edges up

Rasher said:

Looks like a good project and your well into it. It must be great to have all the right tackle and a place to do it.

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yeah kinda well into it yeah i got a work shop mainly do powdercoatings but do my own stuff when not busy

problem i have just not is seat belt bolts stuck soild

This picture caught my eye, check the tubular cross member for the "A" frame.



The flat plates look quite corroded, best give the slap with a hammer test before you weld the floor in, you'll never do it from underneath once it is in!!!

Best of luck saving it matey, buy replacement panels for it and spend, spend, spend, it will be well worth it in the long run, time saved and less stress trying to blow holes, I mean weld in patches, Just cut the rot out, drill an spot it in place

PS.

If the cross member side plates have rotted through look HERE to see y build thread where I tackled exactly the same.

Oh, and tip for the seat belt bolts, grind head off, drill out the center and then work it out with vise grips, think it is M8X1.5 but try a tap in and just replace with a new bolt

Looks like you have a lot of work here pal i look forward to see it progress

V8simon said:

Looks like you have a lot of work here pal i look forward to see it progress

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Dont worry i will keep the build updated 😊

Probs get it on rd then take body off for blast galv and powder

That's not a 5 minute job
Good luck!

Y not galv n coat now its nearly all apart

haigy said:

Y not galv n coat now its nearly all apart

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true mate i do have all the stuff to do it but its time but anyone willing to give a hand will be rewarded

As access is now good you should paint cgassis, clean ir bypass the sedimenter and check the a frame ball joint. Easier to change with boot out (but still a pain!). Good luck

ronsealdeath said:

As access is now good you should paint cgassis, clean ir bypass the sedimenter and check the a frame ball joint. Easier to change with boot out (but still a pain!). Good luck

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sedimenter that will be the filter at the back i guess i was going to keep it so just bypass it yeah am going to brush paint it body tex it and waxoil everywhere

cosmicjohn said:

true mate i do have all the stuff to do it but its time but anyone willing to give a hand will be rewarded

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Don't have much spare time but if you need a hand with anything, let me know.
Not that far away from you.

Had a 200, 300 and two TD5's