Hole in Chassis

drumlisden said:

I was speaking to guy whose business is swapping lr chassis. He has started doing some disco 2 chassis:-(

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I bet they charge a few £££££ for that.

discochimp said:

Today was the day to sort out that hole in the chassis; the rot was not as bad as my nightmare so only needed a small patch. Next job under seal

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Hello Discochimp,

How thick was the metal patch you used?

THE BUDDAH said:

I bet they charge a few £££££ for that.

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Mine went to the point of it looking like a piece of lacework at the rear offside so I had a new chassis put on it last March. Yes, it cost a bit but every penny was well worth it. I am delighted. To be honest, I do not think it was expensive for what I got. I would recomment doing it to anyone who wants to get rid of a 'lacework D2 chassis!

I had been getting advisories for about 4 years showing 'slight corrosion to the rear chassis'. Their idea of 'slight' and mine were two very different things!!

The pictures of mine being done is in a thread on here, somewhere!

P.S. I am not of the age to get under and do the jobs myself so I had to rely on other's advice.

discodrivercumbria said:

i would of cleaned/cut a bigger area up if it was me! then fired loads of waxoyl and old sump oil down the chassis both ways as you would of had a bigger hole to work with, then welded the patch in

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+1

I would also have a real good clean up, and inspection of the chassis.