Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun
My Disco had a solid chassis too, I think I've read they where galvanised from the factory?
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun
Loving the repairs* on that chassis, quality job! What drills are you using for removing the spots? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/US-PRO-by-Be ... Sw-ddZddkE The last few projects I've done I've been using one of these, it's Bergen now branded US Pro. I had to remove some pop rivets last week and it's bloody great for them! I've found it lasts well but have obviously had to sharpen it a few times with the amount of work it's been doing. I've found a delicate touch with a 4.5" cutting disc is ideal for it.
I bought a cut down Range Rover chassis a few years back that's in good nick as a bit of a punt, I was thinking about getting it galvanised, do you think it might be of use to someone? I'm not sure of the dimensions but I could do with moving it on tbh.
I bought a cut down Range Rover chassis a few years back that's in good nick as a bit of a punt, I was thinking about getting it galvanised, do you think it might be of use to someone? I'm not sure of the dimensions but I could do with moving it on tbh.
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The only galvanised from the factory LR chassis I know of are a small number of very early Series 1.
Depending on where the steel came from and the supplier that welded the chassis (and of course usage) seems to be what determines how badly the chassis rot.
Discos in the 200tdi era chassis are often are just surface rust, TD5 era the chassis rots as you watch!
Depending on where the steel came from and the supplier that welded the chassis (and of course usage) seems to be what determines how badly the chassis rot.
Discos in the 200tdi era chassis are often are just surface rust, TD5 era the chassis rots as you watch!
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun
Those TD5's can rot in an unbelievable fashion. That's a W reg I was asked to fix a while back. Apparently it did drive a bit wobbly. The chassis had started to go at the front too. Not nice ringing him up to tell him the vehicle he's just bought is totally fucking fucked mate.
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^Body in good nick tho...
I harbour thoughts of transplanting nice clean TD5 body onto one of my 200TDi chassis that currently has a "ventilated" body.
K prefix registration with a TD5 body.
I harbour thoughts of transplanting nice clean TD5 body onto one of my 200TDi chassis that currently has a "ventilated" body.
K prefix registration with a TD5 body.
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun
Not a bad idea! Maybe need to bin off the whole wiring loom at the same time too though? My pick of the whole bunch would be a standard 200Tdi in the best condition possible. I can really see early versions fetching good money as so many of the other far more uncomfortable versions get farther and farther out of reach.
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun
Those chassis repairs on the Series are quality. Must be an evolution of my Dolly's wheel arch repairs featuring repair panels riveted over the original arches.
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun
A real professional* would araldite the repair patches on with a thick bead. The bits oozing out the side look just like a neat weld under a good layer of underseal and pass MOTs fine.
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun
On a positive note if it wasn't for bodges like that to keep it on the road it would have ended up bean cans long ago.captain_70s wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 2:52 pm Those chassis repairs on the Series are quality. Must be an evolution of my Dolly's wheel arch repairs featuring repair panels riveted over the original arches.