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200tdi inner sills and the MoT
xmob:
Are holed inner sills on a Disco an MoT fail?
I'm a bit miffed. I've just got Stig back after having a fair bit of welding done to the rear end of the chassis. My plan was to spend this weeking preparing him for the MoT.
When I checked the sills, I only checked one side (doh!), which was ok. However, I've just seen the other side and it has a couple of holes and doesn't look very screwdriver proof. Upside down welding again, so I aint gonna be doing it.
Are the sills actually structural on a Disco?
How much work is involved in replacing them? I seem to remember seeing somewhere that new ones can be bolted on?
hobbit:
The only actual parts that would fail are around the body mounting points where the chassis is attached, as the body on the disco is seperate from the chassis. It can depend on the extent of the rust on the length, but mine passed one, and a month later most of the sills were re plated, see my pics, http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/hobbit/gallery/ossillrepair
kev
datalas:
depends which part of which sill you are refering to, the sills are structural in so much as they house th body mounts. The inner wheel arches contain the seatbelts too, and the sill provides support for the rear of the front seatbelts too...
xmob:
Hmm
Starting to wonder if it's worth bothering. The gearbox is well past needing replacing. I have about 45 degrees (1/8th turn) of free play at the drum and the gate has gone making gear changes a lottery.
Coupled with the (possibly) required welding, it might not actually be worth it on a H reg Disco. :cry:
Must practice upside down welding, wouldn't be too bad then.
hobbit:
Can be done upside down, I just elevated the side right up to make it easier, the best is mig welding if you have the kit, or access to a workshop and raise the whole vehicle would be the easiest
Just need to wrap up well, and then the splats dont chase you round so much :wink:
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