S884

Member

• Mar 19, 2015

• #1

Right so on the weekend I began to strip down my 1998 defender 90 pickup to inspect the seat box, foot wells and bulk head for corrosion, and for a 68,000 mile defender there was a hell of a lot! shouldn't be surprised really though, its spent its entire life with one owner used on a farm. the seat box needs repairs, foot wells aren't too bad but will be patched, the bulkhead however has corrosion in areas hard to get to for welding without being fully stripped, I therefore decided that I might as well have this galved once repaired then go for a new galv chassis from marshland seen as it would be easier to do now than later down the line, just wanted to know any tricks or tips when doing so to make the process easier down the line! may be a few weeks before the strip down and rebuild start but I'll do my best to keep you updated!

 

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Litch

Well-Known Member

• Mar 19, 2015

• #2

I have posted a very extensive thread about when I had my own bulkhead galvanised a couple of years ago, I also added some more information to other threads where people have asked the same question.
This link will take you to the thread in question or you could just search for "galvanised bulkhead" or any variation on those words.

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f7/getting-bulkhead-galvanised-252380.html

 

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landover

Active Member

• Mar 19, 2015

• #3

why not buy new galv bulkhead as well as the chassis ?

 

aaronmorris

Head's a shed

• Mar 19, 2015

• #4

landover said:

why not buy new galv bulkhead as well as the chassis ?

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Because they're ridiculous money and it's cheaper to do it yourself?
I'd do it myself too. If you've got the time and can weld etc then it seems a no brainer.

 

S884

Member

• Mar 19, 2015

• #5

Cheers for the link found it very helpful!

 

S884

Member

• Mar 19, 2015

• #6

As aaron said they are ridiculous money, the bulkhead isn't too bad to repair but it needs taking out all together so I might aswell get it galved at the same time

 

S884

Member

• Mar 21, 2015

• #7

So today I began to strip down more of the land rover, I got most of the body panels off including the bonnet, doors, roof, wings and rear tailgate. I then proceeded to remove the seatbox and what did I find? rot, rot, rot, and even more rot, the sides of the seat box were shot, and the battery box has seen better days, these will therefore need to be remade or replacing with bought repair panels.

also wanted to ask if anyone knows how to change the name of the thread as I know wish to post all my rebuild pictures and posts in this one? cheers

 

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S884

Member

• Mar 21, 2015

• #8

Sorry new to the forum, pictures have come up absolutely huge on my computer screen, have they done this to other people aswell? if so how do I reduce the size of them on here?

 

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Litch

Well-Known Member

• Mar 21, 2015

• #9

Yes they are very large but afraid I don't know how to change them.

 

markSX

Active Member

• Mar 21, 2015

• #10

Go into photobucket or whatever hosting you use and resize them in there.

 

XRIZLAX

Active Member

• Mar 22, 2015

• #11

Yrm metal solutions do nice stuff, had their seat box repair panels, fit first time nice quality.they make battery box etc. Well worth a look.

 

S884

Member

• Mar 22, 2015

• #12

XRIZLAX said:

Yrm metal solutions do nice stuff, had their seat box repair panels, fit first time nice quality.they make battery box etc. Well worth a look.

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Yeah I've had a look at yrm's stuff before, hoping to be able to make repair panels myself though