Replacing the boot floor

Mr Alford · Aug 16, 2007

DAY 1
Right i have not done this before, im going to be attempting to clear most of the rust in the rear of this landy withing 2 weeks i know its a tall order but here we go.

First picture of the passenger side boot floor closest to the lights it has bubbling rust which u can see so well so if bashed the rubbish and rust off ready for the angle grinder tmrw gonna cut out a square section and weld a new plate on and same with the other side
before:

after:

the drivers side
before:

In the middle

after, you can also see the rest of the mess where all the mud has leaked in etc etc

Mr Alford · Aug 16, 2007

also here the little bit in the corner of the boot door by the hinges thats prone to rust i noticed it was bubbling so bashed it through wire brushed it down tried to cut all the loose bits off the guy before had coted this with filler hoping it would last! Fool!

Mr Alford · Aug 17, 2007

DAY 2 Boot corner
just getting the angle grinder on the case cutting it back taking the body work off welding a plate on there

Pikey · Aug 17, 2007

How did you get the rear quarter panel off I was told that the whole corner and the side panel had to come off together. How did you seperate the 2 panels.

Mr Alford · Aug 17, 2007

redhand said:
How did you get the rear quarter panel off I was told that the whole corner and the side panel had to come off together. How did you seperate the 2 panels.

screwdriver pop the little spot welds off then drill the holes at the bottom out rivet them back one back on again and window sealer at the top to seal it up

teshu · Aug 17, 2007

Keep the pics coming,

my boot floor isn't as bad as yours so I feel reasured that it can be fixed even if it's got a few holes in. I've just got 2 smallish holes on the boot floor at the corners near the passenger doors.

Mr Alford · Aug 17, 2007

teshu said:
Keep the pics coming,
my boot floor isn't as bad as yours so I feel reasured that it can be fixed even if it's got a few holes in. I've just got 2 smallish holes on the boot floor at the corners near the passenger doors.

wont be nemore untill monday afternoon
gonna be attempting to fix this lil problem

The rear seatbelt bold above the wheelarch, i can actually see my wheel throught the rust holes, its actually a square plate so im just gonna cut it out and put a plate there and remove the rear seatbelts

top part:

In the rear wheel arch the plate that will need to be cut out and replaced

Beechy · Aug 18, 2007

One of the landy mags covered the floor replacement,but in my experence a 2inch rust blob normally ends up as a 2x2foot patch, i am going to wait till the shopping falls though onto the axle before i am going to replace it. I bet the nasty MOT man makes me do it before hand,good luck and look forward to your pics

Mr Alford · Aug 23, 2007

Day 4 just cutting out the rust above the rear passenger wheel arch and the rust spot by the drivers wheel arch will be welding the plates on there tmrw

Ritch · Aug 23, 2007

Added to favourites, top thread this. If nothing else than to make me feel better about my brown bits

G3 PAK · Aug 26, 2007

good work james my friend

Mr Alford · Aug 28, 2007

The next steps
Day 5:

What i have done is i am going to strip all the interior rubbish out apart from the stuff from the front door upwards, and i will be fitting a roll cage inside ill be painting it yellow and the car exterior will be black.

1 side of the interior not painted (i have used hammerite "hammered black" which is actually a very nice colour shines quite well)

the side i have hammerited im really pleased with it, u can see a hole there i am welding the plate on there tmrw then will be hammerited over to match up with the rest

couple little cheeky pics of my second battery i have whipped in, i have wired it off my altenator and not linked in paralell to my other battery so it is now a seperate unit, i will be running all my spotlights and my winch of this one so when or if the battery goes dead ill still be able to start the wagon. ive also wired an extra cable into the cab so i can have an inverter

i have also removed the rear wheel carrier and was a bit rusty underneath so i grinded out the rust and hammerited it, ill wash it and take some better pictures

the finished product updated this afternoon

teshu · Aug 31, 2007

Thats looking really good Mr Alford

Not had the disco long but I really like the look of them setup for offroad.

Got a radiator problem right now but once thats done I'm gonna go back to the interior and strip it down remove the rust and hammerite it (I like the dark green myself).

Great thread gonna keep refering to it.

Do you have a suspension lift on it?

Teshu

Mr Alford · Aug 31, 2007

teshu said:
Thats looking really good Mr Alford
Not had the disco long but I really like the look of them setup for offroad.

Got a radiator problem right now but once thats done I'm gonna go back to the interior and strip it down remove the rust and hammerite it (I like the dark green myself).

Great thread gonna keep refering to it.

Do you have a suspension lift on it?

Teshu

yes 3.5inches and pro comp shox

Mr Alford · Sep 1, 2007

just fitted a new stereo and i have snapped the old antenna off going through some gorse bushes and so have most have the guys in my club, so i went to kevin coopers and spotted this little beasty and its brilliant bend it completely and just springs back £6 well spent and now i have radio reception again

Sirus · Sep 1, 2007

Do you have to keep your finger on it to get a good reception????

Mr Alford · Sep 1, 2007

Sirus said:
Do you have to keep your finger on it to get a good reception????

very funny lol, just a few pics for advice im doing the welding of the plates hopefully tmrw if its a nice day so ill get the pics up ive painted the other side of the boot il go take some pics in a minute

Sirus · Sep 1, 2007

Keep the post going I too have a disco 1991 td an am interested in turning it into an off roader.
Any advice would be more then welcome

The Mad Hat Man · Sep 1, 2007

I thort it already was?

Mr Alford · Sep 1, 2007

Sirus said:
Keep the post going I too have a disco 1991 td an am interested in turning it into an off roader.
Any advice would be more then welcome

ok no probs do u want me to do a guide tmrw with pics on how to crank ur turbo up to 13psi
and how to fit a boost gague?

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