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Firstly tacked in a large area of new metal to the inner arch.
It was then seam welded and new metal folded up to replace the lower c pillar.
It was then seam welded and new metal folded up to replace the lower c pillar.
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Finaly the finished article.
The welds now need grinding down and then painting and sealing can begin, a job for a couple of evenings this week, hopefully it should all be back together by next weekend, then I will have to think about doing it all again on the other side!
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It looks like it has been cavity waxed at some point, I scraped and vacuumed out a whole load of dried up wax from the inside of the sill, there are also areas of wax under the car on the floors.arceye wrote:I have developed a thing where by when I see a rangy I shake with fear of what lurks, I do hope yours is as rust free as it appears to be as it will be one of the nicer ones to do.
My lad fetched one home a fortnight ago, a 1993 200TDI that he said only needed a couple of patches, he's in deeper than Cameron in a Pig with it now
It does look though like you may have found one of the better ones if that is all you can find so hope all goes well, they are a nice truck
It does seem the later ones like Terry's rust worse, the earlier ones Like mine had the skeleton painted in a thick black paint then the seperatley painted outer panels hung on , the later ones seem to have all been painted in one go leaving many areas just in e-coat.
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From the factory it should have a clear-ish (yellow by now) cavity wax inside all the box sections. Yours seems to have worked rather better than mine has. You work MUCH faster too. One C post repair like yours took me 2 days!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Too many years of practice!
I had already stripped the trim out and I still have to put it back in so there is probably another couple of hours of work.
I had already stripped the trim out and I still have to put it back in so there is probably another couple of hours of work.
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Further progress on the range rover, all the repaired areas and the wheelarch have been stripped back the welds in the visible area ground back and treated with rust converter then painted with cold galvanising paint.
Next up is seam sealer then paint followed by schultz in the wheelarch.
I also had to rivet a new piece of alloy into the wing as the flange it bolts to the wheelarch had corroded where it touched the steel, it will be re fitted with a membrane between the two.
I also need to make something to replace this, amazingly it unbolted! I have some old truck mudflaps somewhere so I may replaced the whole thing with rubber.
Next up is seam sealer then paint followed by schultz in the wheelarch.
I also had to rivet a new piece of alloy into the wing as the flange it bolts to the wheelarch had corroded where it touched the steel, it will be re fitted with a membrane between the two.
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In betweem painting the Rangie I have also started puttting some of the suspension back on the minor. The trouble is I seem to be missing a few small seals and nuts which will slow progress.
Finaly I have also been repairing the broken rear light filling tge gap with epoxy, plan is to flat it back smooth when it is really hard and paintIng the inside red, not perfect but certainly functional.
Tonight it will go in the dishwasher to clean it up!
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Applied the seam sealer and a skim of filler to the visible part of the C post this morning, Should be able to get some paint on it tonight.
Dishwasher did a superb job on the rear light lenses as well!
Dishwasher did a superb job on the rear light lenses as well!
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Door shuts now painted in the original satin black, aerosol stone chip seems a good match. The other areas were painted with teamac agricultural enamel. Just need to schultz the wheelarch once some of the fittings are back in place.
Also finished the rear lamp lens repair, araldite to repair the holes, red ink to add the colour then sealed with laquer, not perfect but new ones seem to cost around £60 so it will be fine for me!
Should get it finished over the weekend, then on to the other side but first I will fit the new lpg vaporizer.
I have also been making progress on the minor, the rh front suspension is now fitted, just need to tighten all the bolts and add the split pins when it has some weight on it.
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I have also been making progress on the minor, the rh front suspension is now fitted, just need to tighten all the bolts and add the split pins when it has some weight on it.
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The range rover is all back together (until I start on the other side) but before I do that I have got to get the lpg inspected, although it is registered as lpg and the dvla won't change the fuel type without a conversion certficate this not good enough for the new register, so if I want to insure it I have to take it for a £168 30 minute inspection.
I fitted the secondhand lpg vapoizer supplied with the car and it now runs well with no gas smells, this as usual led to other work, the lpg wiring was ok but not particularly neat, so I re-wired the front end too follow the original wiring routes and use proper connectors rather than the blue ones. I have also given the lpg system a check over, the only issue I can see is that where the boot floor has been replaced most of the clips for the fill line are missing, so that will need to be fixed before the inspection.
Looking at the next things to do after the rh wheelarch the base of the A pillars and front of the outer sills need repairs (the inner and body mount seem solid) this will mean removing the lpg tank as well though.
On the minor after several attempts at getting it right the minor suspension is all together on the lh side, firsrt time I managed to get the top trunion one turn too far on so the steering would not turn, then I put the ride height plate on the wrong side of the crossmember and missed a washer out of the rear of the torsion bar, the biggest problem was pre loading the torsion bar, the body is so light it just lifts up, in the end I had to strap it down to the ramp.
I fitted the secondhand lpg vapoizer supplied with the car and it now runs well with no gas smells, this as usual led to other work, the lpg wiring was ok but not particularly neat, so I re-wired the front end too follow the original wiring routes and use proper connectors rather than the blue ones. I have also given the lpg system a check over, the only issue I can see is that where the boot floor has been replaced most of the clips for the fill line are missing, so that will need to be fixed before the inspection.
Looking at the next things to do after the rh wheelarch the base of the A pillars and front of the outer sills need repairs (the inner and body mount seem solid) this will mean removing the lpg tank as well though.
On the minor after several attempts at getting it right the minor suspension is all together on the lh side, firsrt time I managed to get the top trunion one turn too far on so the steering would not turn, then I put the ride height plate on the wrong side of the crossmember and missed a washer out of the rear of the torsion bar, the biggest problem was pre loading the torsion bar, the body is so light it just lifts up, in the end I had to strap it down to the ramp.