I snapped my chassis

[graham2306]

I've snapped my chassis!  Just in front of the near side rear spring front hanger.  It's been platted in a couple of places and the snap is between the plates by the outrigger.

Anybody got any idea how much it costs to get it rebuilt onto a galvanised chassis or suggest anyone who might be interested in doing it?  I'd do it myself but I just don't have the space to.  I suppose I could always just patch it up again.


Graham

[karloss]

If you've got bottomless pits for pockets and/or someone elses cheque book, you could try the Huddersfield Land Rover Centre I'm sure they would be only too happy to help (empty your bank account). Bear in mind tho', a decent galv chassis will be around the 1K mark. You could go down the route of galvanising a second hand one but I personally dont see that that's a really sound idea. Rust is rust, galvanised or otherwise. There are always people advertising in LROi that do re-furbs and stuff. I'm sure you'll find someone to do it. I'd be very interested if you could post and tell us what you get quoted for it tho'

[graham2306]

Spoke to a couple of people down here in the midlands who advertise in LRO/LRW, they were not prepared to give any idea at all without seeing the vehicle but both were talking £5,000 as a starting figure and assuming they would have to replace the bulkhead too.

So plan B has been instigated, my tame welder and fabricator has had a look, he reckons it can be repaired, looked fairly terminal to me but I trust him.  Basically the cross member behind the gearbox and in front of the rear sping hanger had come away from the main chasis member and the outrigger had also got buckled.  He looked at the rest of the chassis and said that as therest was solid fairly solid it was worth repairing it.  So it's off to him and his gas axe.

Cheers

Graham

[davidlandy]

Graham,

you should be putting a piccy of your snapped chassis into the 'damage to me motor' thread in the bar.

 

Dave

[karloss]

FIVE GRAND :o  :o  :o  Does that include any parts?

[graham2306]

5 grand included galv chassis and repaired bulkhead but no other parts and was very much a 'well it could be anything up to' figure.

[graham2306]

couldn't find the thread you speak of Dave so posted pics here

[karloss]

5 grand included galv chassis and repaired bulkhead but no other parts and was very much a 'well it could be anything up to' figure.

Blinkin' flip. You can buy a nice motor for that. Mind, I s'pose you'd have one either way. :oops:  Seems like a lot of dosh tho' Good luck with the gas axing.

[Range Rover Blues]

Five grand, yeah I could see that (and the rest). Trouble is your paying for time on top of that 1k for the chassis.  Replacing a chassis sounds like it's only viable if you want to do the work in your own time for the fun of it.  I used to do all my own spanner work, still do really but now I'm self-employed I have to take a step back and think 'is this the best/most profitable use of my time?'   If the jobs a pain then sometimes you have to pass it up. that said I started doing all my own spanner work on the Cavalier soon after it was new because I got fed up with paying someone to do a job then having to do it again properly myself at a later date.
You could rent a unit for a lot less than 4 grand though!

[bill]

PM OUTKAST he is getting his done in jan for a fraction of that price.
Then again, all depends on the work needed I guess.

all the brest and good luck.
keep us informed.

Nice red X's in your post, where are the piccy's? LOL
 :lol:

bill

[Kevan]

£5K sounds very expensive,. Try Crow engineering, Auchterader, Perthshire, they advertise in some of the mags. They gave me a rough quote of £2k last year for my carawagon. They do a cuople of hundred a year and are now building their own SWB chassais others they buy in from wherever including Land Rover for 90 and 110. When I was there there was a huge pile of defunct 90 chassais looked to be about 20. Apparently they have to give them back to Land Rover to get replacements!

Kevan :roll:

[Topple]

Don't bother with a new chassis - buy my series 3 instead much better value ! :lol:

[series 3]

there was a company advertizing in last months LRO (i think) nation wide fitting of new galv chassis around £1300  8)

[Ben]

Don't bother with a new chassis - buy my series 3 instead much better value ! :lol:

Or mine!!!

Galv Chassis already...

Cheers

Ben