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Replacing a Sill on a Classic

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keithdixon:
Don't you hate days like today,

Decided to have the afternoon off to catch up with replacing the body mount bushes just to see a glimpse out of the corner of my eye of the sill with a dirty great big hole in it.

Played with the spanner and ended up deciding that the whole sill needed replacing.

Got on the phone and have a replcement sill on it's way.

I was told that it needs bolting and welding in.

Has anyone done the cills before and if so what is the procedure?

rgs

keith dixon

Range Rover Blues:
Your car's turning into an epic.  Makes me feel only slightly better about ours.  I might suggest the haynes restoration manual for the Range Rover, christmas coming and all that.  The one for the Capri is good, as is the Escort/Cortina 1&2 (if you have a Cortina).

MUSKIE:
i have just been round a mates house and he is diong this exact job and i do not envy him. he has the entire interior out to save it getting damaged, once this is done it seems a straight forward cut off and weld back on. once the car is in bits it really does look that easy, its just time consuming taking interior out but makes it alot easier than working around it all.
i just hope you dont find all the other welding that he has :shock: , it just gets depressing :(

keithdixon:
should be straight forward,

got the sill yesterday and it seems like it has all the fixong holes to bolt on

once bolted on it should be straight forward welding to get the thing in place.

(mig welder on it's way due for monday)

it could be patched but my thoughts are if i can do it properly i might as well especially when it's £35 ish, save doing the same thing again in 6 months / 1 year

just a pain in the a**e when you want to get the thing finished and drag it through mud.

rgs

keith dixon

keithdixon:
Progress so far,

after working till late Friday and catching up on paperwork I finally cracked on with the sill removal.

And what a pain it is,  1st job seat out, then you find every part of the old sill is welded to posts etc. and the only easy way I found to remove it was by using a hammer and chisel.

Could not be bothered to take out the other seats, may change my mind once welding starts.   lol

but got there in the end.

Also found a hole and a half (filled by prev. owner using Fiberglas) which will need a repair.

The inner sill seems ok so can be cleaned up and re-used.

Just waiting on the mig welder to continue.


So if your feeling down today and need cheering up have a peek at the pics and be grateful that your not me.

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