Rear Floor Rust

Hey All,

When I was changing my fuel pipe I lifted my boot carpet and noticed quite abit of rust!! Most of the boot still feels very solid but there are small holes where I could probably poke my finger through if I really tried. What is the proper way to deal with this? I was thinking of wire brushing it, maybe fibreglass the holes then paint it with hammerite or something and then maybe waxoil below it.

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I would worry about what you see there
I would worry more about the state of it underneath first, if it come from bottom up

Check out some of the vehicle projects on the discovery.
@dieseldog69 and @resto_d1 will tell you all about it and they both have treads showing something similar.

Good luck, can you weld? Of course you can you own a landy

J

Be afraid... be very afraid.

Welcome to the start of your rust journey. Be prepared to loose sensation in your finger tips, get a few new spatter tattoos and Build a financial relationship with froggats and yrm

What ever you do to it will come back as steel has been folded and rollled the rust will creep inside the lamination a few cm's.rust is like cancer the only long term way is to cut it out don't get me wrong done a few repairs in the past that have lasted many years but by hiding it made it far worse whatever you decide good luck

The appropriate course of action is of course.......



To make it look like this



Then get a new one in there an make it look like this



Just like that.

That’s magic @dieseldog69
Do you wear. Fez too

J

marjon said:

That’s magic @dieseldog69
Do you wear. Fez too

J

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Nah, but I am embarking on the same adventure all over again though, but it started out as just a small hole in the wheel arch believe it or not

Started with this.


Where some twunt had stuck this over the hole


Ended up with me getting all excited and ordering two new wheel tubs, a boot floor, and two new boot floor side panels, all 3 boot floor supports, 2 lengths of box section, 2 sets of sill body mounts and thus far 2 rear body mounts and an 8X4 sheet of 1.5mm sheet steel and I got 2 500X500mm pieces of 2mm plate

My build thread here https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/project-rusty.272146/

My blog is in my siggy Blog is good as it's just the works as they're done and in progress without the chat LOL

@dieseldog69
I totally understand and have read your thread (and some of your blog) all the way through, I certainly admire your perseverance, and no shortcuts.
You will end up with a solid disco for many years to enjoy
I just think the OP is in for a shock

J

@marjon Yeah man, it's all good, when you buy it piece meal it's a snack sized cost but when you write out the menu as I just have that turns out to be a lot of wedge all in one go!!!

If the OP hasn't been scared off he will really enjoy the trade counter of his local welding supplies store and become intimate with an angle grinder on at least a weekly basis, I call mine Barbara, we've been having a long term fling but it's a bit of a love hate relationship and there have been some sparks over the years but we love one another

dieseldog69 said:

The appropriate course of action is of course.......

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To make it look like this

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Then get a new one in there an make it look like this

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Just like that.

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You need a new cup yours is chipped

@dieseldog69 Looks a bit like mine, I found a cornflakes box fibreglassed into my footwell

Kev12 said:

@dieseldog69 Looks a bit like mine, I found a cornflakes box fibreglassed into my footwell

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If it was Kelloggs then it was a quality repair, cheapo Aldi/Widl one would have been the curse of yo motor was doomed

You got a build fred on yours Kev?

kevstar said:

You need a new cup yours is chipped

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That was my working on the car cup, it was rusty where the grinding sparks burnt into the glaze

I've progressed to stainless thermal travel mugs these days, they tend not to smash on the floor when you catch them with the extension lead and the lid keeps the grinding dust outta the tea

dieseldog69 said:

If it was Kelloggs then it was a quality repair, cheapo Aldi/Widl one would have been the curse of yo motor was doomed

You got a build fred on yours Kev?



That was my working on the car cup, it was rusty where the grinding sparks burnt into the glaze

I've progressed to stainless thermal travel mugs these days, they tend not to smash on the floor when you catch them with the extension lead and the lid keeps the grinding dust outta the tea

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Haha Tea n coffee doesn't taste the same without a layer of swarf on them very posh with the thermos cup btw
I didn't do a build fred on either of my landy projects, I wish I had done as ive done some major work on them.

Suppose I will go & look for another one to rebuild as the disco is now driving for the first time in 10 years
since its shed the auto set up so it wont be too long before its motd
Ive been thinking of building a expedition camper trailer to go with it

No thread on mine, it's just the standard rust job
Plenty of patches on inner wings, footwells, rear wheel arches, box section sills

Kev12 said:

No thread on mine, it's just the standard rust job
Plenty of patches on inner wings, footwells, rear wheel arches, box section sills

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Yo got a RRC as yo avatar, what's the story there my man?

Yeah it's the one in the pic. Bought it around 2005 with a transit engine in it, noisy and slow but cheap to run. Gearbox gave up about a year later so I parked it up and sorta forgot about it. Then around 4 years ago I got a 200tdi and gearbox from a rusty disco, had a look under the RR and thought it looked reasonable ( I should have looked a bit closer)so fitted engine and started poking holes...now i'm still covering up the holes

marjon said:

That’s magic @dieseldog69
Do you wear. Fez too

J

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I did read it in Tommy’s voice too hahaha

Problem is it shows our age

J

marjon said:

Problem is it shows our age

J

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Hey I’m still youngish, just appreciate the classics. Doesn’t beat the four candles favorite though.... no....fork handles!