Disco 2 Rear chassis combobulation

Hello peeps of the landyworld
Well I knew before I got my disco all bout the chassis rotting and was prepared for it, well yesterday me and my son got the landy on a ramp and had a look, the passenger side needed 3 plates but the driver side rear section was....well.... totally bodged.
A previous owner had hammered the rotton area to dent it in, then filled with body filler and then two 1.5mm thick strips of metal over the top pushed into the filler, then underseal over the top of it all. So a magnet or tapping hammer would give the impression it was solid.
No it' ****e so today we will be cutting it all out and welding in 2.5mm plate.
Whoever did the conversion to coils didn't remove the compressor or sensors so we cut the sensor mounting off to fix the hole, which doubled in size as expected.
Big thanks though to Steve who has let us use one of his ramps and his mig and any tools we need, for free, because he is a great mate.
Some pics and more to come.

Umm somehow I seem to have doubled up on the images?

Looks fun,

Make sure to check behind where the springs and shocks mount, known place that they rot.

Good luck.

Cheers

Yes, one side of mine suddenly went - awkward to get at as well.

neilly said:

Looks fun,

Make sure to check behind where the springs and shocks mount, known place that they rot.

Good luck.

Cheers

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Doesn't look to bad but just about to pop back on the ramp, will have another look,
This is that bodged bit uncovered

The top bottom and rear sections are solid so fingers crossed all will be finished today

Well it looks like the Swiss cheese chassis is now more like English mature cheddar

I hate bodge artists like that
Mind,Iv seen worse done by professionals...