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Sill repairs

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Disco Matt:
I do get the impression that you need to be careful how much you cut out before welding the box in. I know on mine they just took out the rotten bits on the visible face of the sills (they weren't too bad, I just found one 3cm hole while preparing to fit tree sliders and the welder found a few other manky bits on closer inspection). As a result there was no problem with alignment as the top of the original sills remained to hold the pillars in the right place while the box section was welded in.

soggytomato:
thats wot i did on mine-cut out the inner and outer but left some to weld to and left the top in place and then puddle welded the top sill to the box section through some holes-i followed the how to in the technical archive for the range rover sills and adjusted it where needed to fit mine.

can bottom the sills out now without fear of them falling to pieces :roll:

MattDilley:

--- Quote from: LiftedDisco on March 17, 2010, 08:00:31 ---Hi Matt

Mine are box section - done in some haste in Artic weather prior to a test date in 1st week of January (!) and the MOT man was happy.

Not only that, but using 3mm box, I suspect that the sill replacements will outlast the rest of the vehicle...

If you ever head this way (Towcester), you are welcome to have a gander - tea can, of course, be supplied!

Rob

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cheers for the offer rob, might be taking you ip on that? Give me a bit of encouragement to take the grinder to them! Lol

Matt

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