concal

concal

New Member
like the heading says look what i didnt find...............the lack of a sill.
thought i'd investigate after one of the kids said oooops when they stood on the crappy piece of plastic that attaches to the sill.
apparently the car passed its mot last year with sills like this... a years worth of rot i think not.......................dodgy mot more like
phone 765.jpg

phone 766.jpg

phone 769.jpg

needless to say i've been busy,got some 100x60 box to replace crap sills now to clean up and prepare for fixing more pics to follow
 
been busy with welder ,for a second attempt at welding i dont think ive done bad.had to attach some plate to the end of box section to stop water and crud getting in and rotting from inside of box section.........
phone 806.jpg

phone 807.jpg
just got to clean up inner sill b pillar and anything else so i've got good clean metal to weld to...
 
how can a tester fail it if its covered with a plastic cover ? not really structural anyway
 
yes but a mot tester IS NOT ALLOWED TO REMOVE any body trim/mouldins to check behind.
the critiriea states if it is not visible he may not remove covers and must give the benefit of doubt and pass and advise that item can not be checked due to the fitment of sill covers..etc same rule applies to wheel nuts/bolts when hub caps that cover them are fitted
 
Matt Baxter said:
correct!



how so, the body mounts are there seatbelt mounts, seats so deffo structural ;)
Click to expand...
if the visible body mounts are in sound condition or have light surface corrosion which does not significantly weaken them you can pass and advise but there are "prescribed areas" ie seat belt mounts suspension mounts etc that are not allowed to have corrosion within a 30cm area of them in any direction .
so if you can visualise a globe 30cm in size around the mont there must be no severe corrosoin in that area
 
Looking at pic 1 I would think the rot would be quite apparent on the underside of the sill? although Ive not seen a disco with the ill covers on for a while so couldn't be sure how much of the metal work would be seen?
 
JA3llis, you are correct but lookin at the pics as a tester i'd want to fail that, and as a vehicle presenter i'd want it failed
 
Now now children.....just wish I'd took a picture of the bottom of the dsill,cornflakes box taped in place covered in body filler then waxoyled.will post some pictures of the remnants tomorrow......didnt get to do any work done today due to the weather,have since acquired a big tarp so I'll be cracking on tomorrow. :mad:
 
concal said:
Now now children.....just wish I'd took a picture of the bottom of the dsill,cornflakes box taped in place covered in body filler then waxoyled.will post some pictures of the remnants tomorrow......didnt get to do any work done today due to the weather,have since acquired a big tarp so I'll be cracking on tomorrow. :mad:
Click to expand...
there you go if the tester cant see it because it has been monkeyed up then he cant do much about it scary eh
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

S
Am i going to find one?
Replies
2
Views
239
meego
meego
N
Disco 2 Whats it worth....?
2
Replies
32
Views
2K
nomechanic
N
F
£300 Freelander project! ... my first ever Land Rover
2 3
Replies
44
Views
4K
pwood999
pwood999
doriz
Series 3 Doriz LR illness 109”
2 3 4
Replies
78
Views
5K
doriz
doriz
R
93 3.9 EFI full rebuild
Replies
7
Views
2K
rps88
R