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Thinking of breaking the disco - guaging interest! :(

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gtomo2:
Give a shout out on here for a welder and you are bound to get help. i cant weld to save to save my life but lucky enough with the disco most of the pannels are not strutual so you can just bolt plates over the rust holes cuts welding down to a min.

burgerman:
Yea i reckon if you were able to do some prep work for the welding ie- cleaning up the areas to be welded and possible cutting up some plates ready, im sure someone on here would entertain the work, as  like most jobs its the preparation that takes a large amount of the time,  even if you havent got an angle grinder or could borrow one? a new one costs from £15, lets see what the full list is for the mot.      by the time you have spent traveling around for another motor you could have done most/all the work on yours :-k

spy:
Well its not as bad as I thought!  The list of failures is:

Nearside sill needs replacing (or at least a patch that covers 90% of it).  Sidelamp (bulb but I didnt bother after I spotted the sill), Nearside number plate lamp not fitted (anyone got one?), Offside front wheel bearing excessive play, Nearside front wheel bearing excessive play and swivel joint leaking oil.

The advice notes are hole in rear crossmember (not in prescribed area) steering drop arm ball joint slight play and nearside inner wing corroded not in prescribed area.  

My own list includes discs and pads all round, cv joint and the hub seal which failed anyway.  

Looks like I am going to fix it!  Getting some prices for the welding tomorrow.  If its silly money I will worry about that then.  Well thanks for the encouragement people, you convinced me to fix her up and damage her again!

gtomo2:
So glad it went well for you. the inner wings can be plated and bolted they dont have to be welded as its not structual. and inner cills not bad to plate over. (or good excuss to buy some rock sliders to hide them :wink: ). the rest is prity easy to do.
Will be moting my next week fingers crossed

winchman:
I might be interested in the roof rack?
Go and see Chris in the old putty works he is a good welder and is cheap.He dose a lot of the body restoration and welding for Unit 10 the beetle man.
Might be cheaper than you think
I can give you his no if need be

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