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ADVICE ON WELDING FOR MOT.

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cactus:
It will fail on rust by the headlights as theres a body mount there...

I, and most MOT testers, realise the chassis is the strenth of the

vehicle but, a 27 year old vehicle left standing for 2 years, will

have serious rust problems!

I would go over such a vehicle with a fine tooth comb before

issueing a pass.

Parking up for 2 years causes many things to deteriorate  :(

Fat Bloke:
Cheers for the extra advice guys. Funnily enough it has very little corrosion, probably because it was in excellent condition to start with and even after 2 years although when i said standing i meant parked outside rather than in the garage but it has been moved around the street and the field next to my house to make sure nothing seized up.
Obviously if i know i need to do some welding before the MOT i will now just attack the whole project in one go i:e bodylift, bobtail, suspension and paint etc rather than bits and bobs and just put it on the road sometime next year when its all done.

ChrisV8:
:( Just been tackling a similar problem with daughters RR which had stood for about 12 months.

So far have replaced passenger cill complete, most of rear floor, rear x member, welded front inner wings, replaced both front brakes, discs and calipers, taken fuel tank out and welded both sides of chassis. It has amazed me how bad it was as before it's enforced stand in the wet it was in good order, in retrospect I wish I hadn't started on it, it's only the ace tdi under bonnet that makes it worth while at all !! :wink:

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