removing the plastic that covers rear sills and jacking point

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nevillen

nevillen

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Morning peopes!
We are just about to start 'strippng off' the plastic bits that hide the chassis rail and sills and more immportantly for us the jacking pointof the rear of our L322 2005 3.0 diesel vogue. The horrors that await I am aware of and on 1st inspection things aren't good but could be a lot worse! There only seem to be six plastic studs holding the plastic cover on (driver's side) I was wondering if anyone else has started and finished the same procedure and if there are any hidden catches I have not found yet? When the welder has finished I was thinking of using rust eat, followed by some stone chip and then finally using expanding foam when we reattach the plastic to ensure there is no water ingress...right way to go? ANY advise much appreciated!
Below are some pics of the 'offending' rust area to be removed and replaced.

PXL_20230318_164323614.jpg PXL_20230318_164304692.jpg PXL_20230318_164246840.jpg PXL_20230318_164240850.jpg ---Jacking point
 
nevillen said:
Morning peopes!
We are just about to start 'strippng off' the plastic bits that hide the chassis rail and sills and more immportantly for us the jacking pointof the rear of our L322 2005 3.0 diesel vogue. The horrors that await I am aware of and on 1st inspection things aren't good but could be a lot worse! There only seem to be six plastic studs holding the plastic cover on (driver's side) I was wondering if anyone else has started and finished the same procedure and if there are any hidden catches I have not found yet? When the welder has finished I was thinking of using rust eat, followed by some stone chip and then finally using expanding foam when we reattach the plastic to ensure there is no water ingress...right way to go? ANY advise much appreciated!
Below are some pics of the 'offending' rust area to be removed and replaced.

View attachment 284691 View attachment 284692 View attachment 284693 View attachment 284694 ---Jacking point
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Maybe exchange it for a P38:rolleyes::rolleyes::D
 
Ye gods! Is that one of the benefits of monocoque construction then? :eek:
I am glad that I stayed with the P38. ;)
I can't see anything wrong with your plan (as stated) as long as the expanding foam is of the "sealed cell" type.
It is always disappointing to see tin-worm in great classic vehicles. I hope you are able to stop the rot. Good Luck!
 
DanClarke said:
Ye gods! Is that one of the benefits of monocoque construction then? :eek:
I am glad that I stayed with the P38. ;)
I can't see anything wrong with your plan (as stated) as long as the expanding foam is of the "sealed cell" type.
It is always disappointing to see tin-worm in great classic vehicles. I hope you are able to stop the rot. Good Luck!
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Great classic vehicles?
 
Well, good and bad news. See uploaded Pics, rot hasn't spread to the rear members but as can be seen has had a fair old munch elsewhere. I had only thought that the drivers side needed doing, but the passenger side is nearly just as bad. Alan the Welder reckoned it must have been used to tow boats in and out of the water! So both sides need doing, we have taken off the side mouldings and now have to remove the fuel tank covers. Vehicle is booked in for next Wednesday and will take a couple of days. 'Weldy' is going to fabricate all the bits instead of buying them in, total cost...deep breath £600.00 no VAT to pay as he is semi retired, unfortunately he doesn't particularly like working on Rangeys and doesn't really need the work otherwise I would give everyone his contact details. His missus wouldn't like me to fill up his diary because he is supposed to be retiring completely, more's the pity. Will upload pics when done, I am sure there will be some 'video nasties' exposed during the work, but hey! rangerust3.jpeg rangerust2.jpeg rangerust1.jpeg
 
nevillen said:
Well, good and bad news. See uploaded Pics, rot hasn't spread to the rear members but as can be seen has had a fair old munch elsewhere. I had only thought that the drivers side needed doing, but the passenger side is nearly just as bad. Alan the Welder reckoned it must have been used to tow boats in and out of the water! So both sides need doing, we have taken off the side mouldings and now have to remove the fuel tank covers. Vehicle is booked in for next Wednesday and will take a couple of days. 'Weldy' is going to fabricate all the bits instead of buying them in, total cost...deep breath £600.00 no VAT to pay as he is semi retired, unfortunately he doesn't particularly like working on Rangeys and doesn't really need the work otherwise I would give everyone his contact details. His missus wouldn't like me to fill up his diary because he is supposed to be retiring completely, more's the pity. Will upload pics when done, I am sure there will be some 'video nasties' exposed during the work, but hey! View attachment 284788 View attachment 284790 View attachment 284791
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Unfortunately that's the l322 maladie, à lot of the earlier l322's did this. Quick and economic fabricarion, a big thanks to bmw for that one, the later ones were better off:)
 
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