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How long would a chassis change take working on your own ?

Ohh I don’t seem to be able to edit your post I can do mine but your first post still has the postcode sorry I’m a bit thick at this

I could do it myself but..... A I don’t have anywhere to work in the dry B I use it every day and can’t manage to wait months while I fix it in between everything else

How do I remove the postcode from here I mean the quoted section of your reply

Ok oops

Hi lovely people. My landrover 110 has major chassis rust problem (1995 reg so no suprise) Can anyone recommend a chasis swap garage ideally not to far from ( SW Scotland) My local garage says he won’t do it till he has done his grrrrrr! Admins please move if this is in the wrong place I wasn’t...

perhaps some of the joins are leaking?? its pretty coroded so I can't tighten up the clips grr the one I am fitting is like this http://www.paddockspares.com/esr3296-bottom-hose-300tdi.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxpGwh_zu2gIVz7vtCh0W_g1lEAQYASABEgLbe_D_BwE BTW can I reuse the coolant ? its getting...

well the bottom coolant hose I have just found in the garage is a kind of spider think all sealed and the one in the defender at the moment has connections and clips ... ie one pipe to the heater matrix one to the water pump and so on like this...

ok I had another look with the UV torch and there may be a wee leak in the bottom hose? Its one of those multi piece ones and there is coolant on the power steering hoses below the three way joint on the top of the bottom hose... but none on the hose? I have a spare in the garage somewhere so...

It picked up a leak on a heater hose and a small p gasket leak. There is some dampness down the driver side of engine.. engine mount and side of sump but that could be oil difficult to tell. It doesn’t show up very green but a bit mabe

Metal p gasket small amount of sealant part came in clear bag. There is no sign of the gasket leaking

Replaced p gasket still a slow leak grr any ideas I’m at a loss??

P gasket hmmmmm bit leaky see green

Ok so put in the uv stain this morning then unfortunately I had to go fishing to heat the motor up properly haha. Anyway it’s dark now so I had a look with the provided UV torch and to be honest it’s not very clear? There is a tiny bit of leaking at the p gasket so I’ll do that when I get a min...

I do have some but I was told this gunges up the system but I don’t know it might be fine?

Ha ha up here in scotland 80s is a bit futuristic

It comes with that all for a tenner

Ok I’ve ordered the uv stain I’ll report back thanks for all your help Will