Beneagles

Beneagles

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The useless great Hulk only went and failed its MOT the other day: usual sort of niggles and such...but with major issues regarding the rear n/s chassis.

Beneagles said:
Horn (knew about that) 2 bulbs (1 was changed just yesterday) front wheel bearing. Front brake pipe. Emissions. ...and a ****-load of welding:(
Hey ho
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Further investigation of the welding issues indicate the need to remove the fuel tank and rear n/s suspension components. So I did a little looking about - having heard a fair bit about Fenders having the rear chassis section replaced fairly easiliy, but not read anything on Disco's being done that way. Anyway... I came across this :LAND RO0VER DISCOVERY 2/TD5 CHASSIS RAIL REAR REPAIR SECTION-3MM THICK LEFT HAND | eBay
and wondered if anyone had any experience of such?
 
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Cheers gents... shows what can be done...
Will head over tomorrow and see whether or not the replacement part would stretch far enough.
 
Well, I too have the D2 TD5 rear chassis rail maggot! Over previous years (for MOT) I have patched and stitched metal, as required. This year the maggot beast has eaten the best part of the NS chassis section, front of body outrigger.
My question is, do I patch and tuck my way through another year OR do I cut off the rear sections of "grama's" patchwork quilting and replace with the replacement sections on offer now, and box forward of outriggers to make a more permanent "fix"?
I think I know my own answer but your advise would be appreciated.
Cheers guys.
 
The guys at the garage I drive for didn't recommend the replacement legs - due to the difficulty in realigning everything after all the bolts attached to the chassis were cut off. So went with several hours of heavy duty welding...until such time as a galvanised chassis becomes an option, financially! :(
 
OK. That's a point I had not expected to hear. I guess I "assumed" these things are made to fit. I see the sense in keeping in place what is already there, so I will get the needle gun cracking and see exactly what is metal and what is fresh air.
Great come back. Thanks a bunch.
Really appreciate your input.
Andy.
 
There is only 2 bolts each side.the rails i recommend come with seperate mounts for ease of alignment.dan who welded mine cut one leg off first tacked the new one inplace then tacked on the body mount.once happy it was ok he removed tother leg then did the same.i had a new crossmember aswell.he then ground the tack welds off from old crossmember and tacked in the new.he then removed the tack welds holding the legs to the mid crossmember in front of fuel tank.once on the floor he fully welded all parts inplace.then bolted back to body mounts and fully welded legs to chassis.no special jigs were needed and all lined up perfect.infact bumper sits better than it did before.
 
cambridgecockney said:
There is only 2 bolts each side.the rails i recommend come with seperate mounts for ease of alignment.dan who welded mine cut one leg off first tacked the new one inplace then tacked on the body mount.once happy it was ok he removed tother leg then did the same.i had a new crossmember aswell.he then ground the tack welds off from old crossmember and tacked in the new.he then removed the tack welds holding the legs to the mid crossmember in front of fuel tank.once on the floor he fully welded all parts inplace.then bolted back to body mounts and fully welded legs to chassis.no special jigs were needed and all lined up perfect.infact bumper sits better than it did before.
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is that the lad from Barrow? if it is i have seen his work, veerrryyy Good! in fact excellent!!!!!
 
Thanks guys, all food for thought. Maybe I need to needle what I have, see where I need to cut out and go from there. Link to replacement legs great, thank you.
Andy.
 
Check out this link for a superb set of rear chassis replacement parts. Bought these for my own D2 TD5. They are longer in the leg and thicker steel than the others.
More expensive, yes but do you want to be replacing them again after a few more years.
Speak to "Skip" who is a great advocate to the Discovery preservation.
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http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=251873032726
 
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