Dez

Dez

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hi all

Well what to do.

I am just about to start work on my chassis on my 90. it needs both front out riggers and a rear cross member and a patch on the jacking tube.

Do i repair what i have got or do i go to the expense of buying a galvanised chassis?

If i bought a chassis what weekend time span am i looking at to do it??

Cheers
James
 
i know which option i'd prefer

have you got £600+ spare and all your weekends from now till xmas free ?
 
as long as the rest of the chassis isnt in a bad way just doing the rear and yer outriggers would be much less time consuming, as long as you can weld - but then you have think about what you'd rather have, a chassis that'll probably last longer than you or a expensive bit of bling that makes yer vehicle much more nickable

each to their own but i'd do the repairs, buy a trifor and use the remaining £400 for fuel
 
Will do

Is it that bad!!!

Just been having a looking on the old net on chap did the swap in 3 days... Mind you he had a work shop and lifting equipment
 
id guess a lot depends on how much other stuff you end up changing in the process ,ie ,i might as well put new parabollox springs on it while its in bits etc ,to be honest i reckon a lot of the time delays in a chassis swap relate to not being able to afford to buy the extra bits there and then ,like nuts and bolts that youve ground off ,bushes that are wrecked in the process of removing etc ,and lets face it ,going of mine which was re chassied about 10 years ago ,nothing will undo it either rounds off or shears ,so its a case of angle grind the bolts undone ,brake pipes /wheel cylinders/calipers/shoes/pads/hoses/exhaust/etc are all going to end up being replaced ,if youve got a "contingency fund" for all stuff like that ,and a bit of time/space then its got to be the galved chassis route ,once fitted ...no more worrying will it need welding at next mot ,also do you intend on keeping it for the forseable future when its done ,because if not ,i bought my series on a galved "designa chassis" on coils ,for £1600 with a years mot ,so someone else did all the hard oily messy work and i got the benefit
 
If your outriggers and cross member need replaced then I would get a hammer, and go along the whole chassis knocking it to see what you get. If it dents easily, or you punch a hole in it or bits fall/flake off in big chunks then I would think you really need a new chassis, no point in spending approx £200 on bits if it’s just going to need a new chassis in a year.

If it is just those parts and the rest is sound then I would give it a bloody good clean, weld the new bits on then spray about 3 tins of waxoyle through it and a couple on it.

If you do change the outriggers then make sure you don't melt your loom in the chassis - RHS box section.

A chassis swap would take a lot of time; I was looking into this about a month ago and ended up taking it to the chassis swap guys yesterday as it was going to save a LOT of hassle. They have new nuts, bolts and washers for everything, new bushes, new brake lines/flexi's, clutch flexi, turrets, bump stops the list goes on... My point is to do it quickly you would need to know EXACTLY what you need and get it all at once. Else it’s going to take you months because every time you go to do something you will realise you need another part.
 
If Land Rover galved every bit of steel on the defender it is not a cost thing you have got to look at it from the sales man's point of view they rot we need them they sell them. with out rot there would be no land rover
 
Sean said:
think about it
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two reasons i can think of:

1 - cost, simple as that

2 - the longer their vehicles last, the less sales they will have in the future cos people will be happy chugging around in a motor that costs ****all to run and doesnt need welding for mots

but surely people would buy a lr over a jap 4x4 if they realised its gona last forever and so even if the replace it the resale value will always be higher
 
it's all to do with cost, nearly everything that's produced these days has it's component materials engineered to last for a finite time, which is usually just after the warrenty ends in the case of white goods

duracell nearly put themselves outta business because their batteries were lasting too long
 
Dez said:
If Land Rover galved every bit of steel on the defender it is not a cost thing you have got to look at it from the sales man's point of view they rot we need them they sell them. with out rot there would be no land rover
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could we have that in English as well please ..........
 
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