The bit on the front is a dumb iron, and they rust too, but you cannot get into the rail through there, take the bumper off.
 
Chainsaw bar and chain oil is great for rust proofing, it contains phosphorus so kills rust dead after about a few days, you would need to put the bottle in a bucket of hot water before spraying it though as it’s thick stuff and won’t mist else...a tad of Diesel is good to mixed in as it creeps in all the seams...
 
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Patched her up tonight and when we cut the f****d section out and had a look down the chassis rails there was a layer on mud about a 5th of the depth of the rail it's self! Someone's had a bit of fun in her haha
 
Al2O3 said:
Did you hose it out while you could see how you were getting on?
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where the patch was was on a high point on the chassis at the rear so I wasn't keen on filling the chassis with water. so I think the plan is going to be to get it as dry as possible inside in the near future and cut a section out of the chassis in the middle and blast the mud out with the air compressor full bore, just a thought any but open to ideas!
 
What about one of them there drain cleaning jets? I know it put's water in but the power they have will clear it all out. May also blow out a few biscuit tin patches. Just need to dry it out after with a fan or heater directed into the chassis...

 
Well, I agreed with Marmaduke the other day when he said don't get it wet inside chassis rail this time of year. But, that's going to hold the wet in up against the the steel anyway. Hobson's choice I suppose, but I would have flushed that out there and then. It stands a better chance of drying out, any time of year, with that lot out of it. IMO
 
Hippo said:
What about one of them there drain cleaning jets? I know it put's water in but the power they have will clear it all out. May also blow out a few biscuit tin patches. Just need to dry it out after with a fan or heater directed into the chassis...

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A fan heater will transfer heat energy through the chassis rail and will get it drier than it is now, if it was free of the rust/mud silt build up.
 
When's your mot due?
If that were mine I'd be tempted to just patch it up as you go and save for a chassis swap cos that's way past its best. My old defender was owned by a game warden and spent a lot of its life in wet fields and rivers so it was probably the same :oops:
 
Marmaduke said:
When's your mot due?
If that were mine I'd be tempted to just patch it up as you go and save for a chassis swap cos that's way past its best. My old defender was owned by a game warden and spent a lot of its life in wet fields and rivers so it was probably the same :oops:
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It's m.o.t'd till October mate and I think that is going to be the plan
 
smith94rffn said:
where the patch was was on a high point on the chassis at the rear so I wasn't keen on filling the chassis with water. so I think the plan is going to be to get it as dry as possible inside in the near future and cut a section out of the chassis in the middle and blast the mud out with the air compressor full bore, just a thought any but open to ideas!
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That my friend is a very wise move
 
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