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Boot Floor

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muddydisco:
In all fairness i would weld a new boot floor in  :smiley:.  The amount of flex there when the floor is removed is unbelievable. Also being a tester i would not recommend using rivets :smiley:

clover:
Humm this is interesting.

The Range Rovers all had pot riveted boot floors. I have often wondered why on the Disco they went over to spot welding the things in as it a major inconvenience!

I took a look at mine as I've noticed water coming into rear foot wells from under the rear seats. The water was coming in through the reather ample holes in the floor :-(

So I have to replace mine as its rotten as a pear in a cesspit! Mine will require some welding to be done to the sides as well where the seams have rotted out between the wheel wells and the floor sides.

Then when I've done this I can tackle the inner and outer sill on the drivers side which don't exist any more at the back apart from the remains of the body mount which is bolted to the chassis.

Then I may tackle taking off the washer bottle and welding up the hole in the inner fliche underneath it!

Then I may try and see if I can get off the rear vertical panel on the back door hinge side at the back (where the rear light cluster is) and see if I can repair the bottom of the goal post section where its rotted through and try and stop the body flexing when you open the door.

Then I should be just about ready to go round again and start any other new welding jobs that have occurred since I did my initial list.

 :roll: :doh: [-X :rolleyes:  :evil:

sardonicus:
Would it pass an m.o.t.if I welded some pieces in ,that were cut from another old floor, over the rotten bits?

muddydisco:
Yes it will pass has long as there are no holes anywhere near a body or seat belt mounting. Plus the carpets are screwed down with trim and we are not aloud to lift them up :lol: Plus what we can't see we can't fail  :-#

Big Rich:
5mm sheet for the floor and 5mm to beefen up the xmembers. That shouldn't go anywhere then  :grin:

Rich

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