My first landrover project

[Neiljohnuk]

Don't waste your time fitting original type sills as box section steel is a better substitute.
If you haven't already seen them this company is worth looking at -
http://www.yrmlandrover.com

Paul H

Seconded, did my 200TDi disco that way.

 

[Neilios]

Cut it out, weld it up and enjoy.

Your welder will be fine, I agree with the box sills much better, stronger and easier.







Extra protection.



Other side painted and strong.

 

[drum]

I learned to weld by buying a series 3 swb that needed a new half chassis Enjoy.

Oh, and enjoy the wire feed on that Topmig I gave up on mine and went to stick welding before getting myself a better mig.

 

[grandadknows]

Hey Chris
Just wondered how you're getting on with Disco regeneration?
I did a similar job to a ' 96 Disco 300 Tdi about five years ago. If you have a few sheets of good steel you're sound. Scary when you start knocking the rust though, eh?
Sold that three years ago and now have a 2001 Disco TD5. Seem to have spent more time welding underneath it than driving it but that's Land Rover. Make sure you put plenty of "waxoil" on the underside, wheel arches etc and it will save you £'s.
Cheers for now.
Andy.

 

[Wallace]

Welcome to the forum. Your photos reminded me of a Suzuki SJ410 I was asked to do some Mot welding on around the rear shock mounts. I gave the infected areas a rattle with the needle scaler to see where the good metal was and found piles of rust building up on the floor all around the car!

 

[handymanchris]

my first project

Thanks guys for all the replies. after doing lots of research and lots of cutting bashing and swearing i have made some progress. firstly i did the wire feed modifacation to the TOPMIG as i wasnt getting any decent practice welds. 24 volt transformer and a 12 volt relay fitted and now welds as good as a "lincoln welder" according to my neighbour. as the welder welded i decided to make a sheet metal brake as i figured im gonna be bending lots of sheet metal, then it was time to spend some money so on to ebay i went and found a second hand boot floor panel that had been bolted into its previous LR so £20 lighter and have a boot floor panel, next i decided to drill all the spot welds out and remove the existing floor to find that the side panels are shot too. what did you do next i hear you say. well after drying the tears from the wifes eyes i decided to continue the project and removed the fuel tank after 2 hrs trying to figure why it wont come out without removing the towbar.so armed with the angle grinder ive cut away side panels of boot floor and made some replacments(see pics) ive also found that the rear x member is partly rotten too so a bit more grinding and bashing and shaping. next ive decided to replace the whole sill with box section and ive managed to find some 100x55 box section around a yard at work(an old horizontal beam from pallet racking) also found 2 peices of chequer plate that hopfully i can make into side steps (if my mig will weld aluminium?) total cost of project so far ex cost of car £130

 

[Wallace]

Top marks for the enthusiasm, keep it going. Keep the chequer plate and avoid the temptation to try alloy welding with that Mig and invest the money elsewhere.

 

[Coo]

Excellent bargain on the floor.

With the crossmember, I had access issues, then bit the bullet and cut out an access panel from the top - then welded the hole back up jigsaw style !

 

[DEANO3528]

I used 100x60x3 on mine and should have gone for 120 because otherwise the mounts/pillars are longer than the box is deep.

 

[madwelder]

Reference chequer plate side steps, make some frames out of angle iron or box section (or tubing if you really want a challenge), and screw the chequer plate down with countersunk screws (stainless steel socket heads). Just an idea

 

[handymanchris]

marks out of ten for first bit of welding