wattfield
AKA Dirk Diggler
I bought a YRM one, so recently that I'm still in the process of fitting it! It fits very well, and is easy enough to do - the hardest part was removing the rusted nuts to take off the sill rail, and the fact that my little rivet gun isn't man enough to pop the stainless rivets that come with it. (My knackered hand doesn't help either........ surgery in 3 days!)
I know what you're saying Lurch and as a one off yeah, but having spent months and countless hours on the rebuild I've gotten to the stage of accepting that sometime spending some cash saves hours of work.
As above really, but having gone to the trouble and expense of a new galv chassis and bulkhead I want other bits to look good
wattfield
AKA Dirk Diggler
I thought about welding, but as I've never tried welding, I'd have to pay someone and it wouldn't have been any cheaper. I looked at original ones on ebay, but they were more expensive too.
Try L&G Services (thelannydoctor.co.uk), they don't show a price on-line but when I was speaking to them last year they were cheaper than YRM.
I was going to buy a new galvanised battery-box off them last year however when I removed my old one and cleaned it up I discovered that it was actually in really sound condition so just had it galvanised myself. It looked bad due to flaking paint & underseal but when stripped to bare metal there was no rust at all.
I was going to buy a new galvanised battery-box off them last year however when I removed my old one and cleaned it up I discovered that it was actually in really sound condition so just had it galvanised myself. It looked bad due to flaking paint & underseal but when stripped to bare metal there was no rust at all.
cowasaki
Well-Known Member
The battery box is a simple welding repair. Pick up a second hand welder and find someone locally who can teach you. Something like the battery box is a good practice and then cover it in decent rust inhibiting paint. Worst thing that can happen is you can't fix it and have bought a welder, best thing is that you do fix it and have gone down the road of learning to weld which is useful whilst owning a landrover
wattfield
AKA Dirk Diggler
The YRM one is 2mm aluminium. It comes in 4 pieces and has to be riveted together, but it's easy to do. I finished it off tonight and it does seem very strong, and it won't rust!
