F1gjam

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• Sep 3, 2014

• #1

Right I currently have a 2006 TD5 defender, low mileage excellent condition. Chassis just has the usual slight surface spots coming through. So I also have a project 1991 2.5 N/A 90, it needs a new chassis. So I'm thinking about putting a galvanised chassis on my TD5 and my question is, will the chassis fit on the older 90 without too much hassle!!

 

Brown

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• Sep 3, 2014

• #2

Why not buy a galvanised chassis for the 1991 model? If you treat the existing TD5 chassis regularly it will last you out, even without galvanising. Or at least that's my plan with mine.

It would be quite a lot of messing about to adapt the TD5 chassis to fit a 1991 model - mounting points and brackets in all the wrong places etc.

 

greyhair

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• Sep 3, 2014

• #3

Its a big job, as Brown ha said
different setup etc
and bare in mind that its not just the chassis you will change, there will be a mountain of other bits that will need replacing

 

tacr2man

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• Sep 3, 2014

• #4

legally you cant take the chassis from the td5 and fit it to the 90 N/a 2.5 . If you remove the VIN from the td5 chassis to do that , you might have some very awkward questions to explain why you have a gen td5 chassis under a 1991 n/a 2,5. The best answer is as suggested by a previous poster , new galv one for the n/a 2.5 . JMHO

 

Brown

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #5

Honestly, it's a lot easier to rustproof the chassis that's already on the TD5 than swap it over. You don't even need to do it every year. Actually, you've got to work quite hard on a Land Rover chassis to get it to rust away. Best plan is to avoid painting or rustproofing it for a decade or more, leave it covered in mud during damp weather so as to keep the metal moist, and go and live near the seaside and launch a boat with it regularly. It's showing surface rust after 8 years, and that's probably just with the factory paint protecting it. A drop of Dinitrol once in a while and it'll last a lifetime.

 

F1gjam

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #6

Dinitrol??
Oh and thank you all for the responses!

 

Last edited: Sep 4, 2014

Brown

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• Sep 4, 2014

• #7

F1gjam said:

Dinitrol??
Oh and thank you all for the responses!

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Dinitrol is one of those rustproofing compounds, a bit like the better known Waxoyl but better in my opinion. I like the fact that it comes in different textures - for example there's a thin runny one to spray inside box sections, and thick sticky stuff to use as underseal.

 

F1gjam

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• Sep 8, 2014

• #8

Cheers I'll look it up and see what suits my requirements, can it just be sprayed all over or are there parts that you'd recommend to tape off and avoid on the underside?