Sorry I'm not around Christmas for laning :(
I go back to Birmingham to see parents & family.
(Oh and get away from the mrs for a week or so )

I have been route planning and there are a few round Chippenham area to Salisbury that I need to recce so will arrange a few dates.

And iv finished. Just need a few test drives as the 1 the other day it failed on the wiper box were jumping. Luckily not fitted all the dash as thought this may happen

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My sparky mate recommended faithful. It's ok I've actually gained a bit of enthusiasm after realising I need to get in gear.

New light is brilliant. Last weld was dogs muck lol. So I blew through on a corner and naively dialed down the welder a touch. Wrong move. There's not adequate penetration. This hasn't killed the vibe at all- it's actually reinforced the fact that I know what I need to be set on for the right penetration and shouldn't have turned it down.

I trust no strength is taken from either my patch or parent metal if I just grind back down and buzz through on corr3ct setting?

Grind it back and weld again, better if you can expose the seam again so you can ensure full penetration on the second run, if it is the chassis you could cut through the weld with a 1mm slitting disc, whack the heat back up and blend it all in one pass.
 
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outrigger will need chopping off I think. I'll be able to examine chassis behind it when I cut out underneath. Its so dead underside it that I can't imagine it won't. ****ty little repair here.
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Grind it back and weld again, better if you can expose the seam again so you can ensure full penetration on the second run, if it is the chassis you could cut through the weld with a 1mm slitting disc, whack the heat back up and blend it all in one pass.

Cheers. Yes should be able to see seam again and if not will do as above
 
That bodge right next to the outrigger is insane :mad:
Wait until you see the liquid metal mural underneath. The holes are similar to what I see on series threads! I think the outrigger itself will clean up. Just got to chop it nicely. Shouldn't be too bad and needs a new mount anyway
 
Wait until you see the liquid metal mural underneath. The holes are similar to what I see on series threads! I think the outrigger itself will clean up. Just got to chop it nicely. Shouldn't be too bad and needs a new mount anyway

I saw something resembling Swiss cheese a few pages back :(
 
That's the one mate. No. Reason being, I wanted the side on first to avoid flex or snapping! I'm doing the front side first then work out if I can cut out back side and bottom at same time. If I can I'll inner fillet the bottom to front side from the inside
 
A neighbour actually walked up to me and gave me two jacks. The ones that go in your spare wheel well. Very useful for propping etc with chassis repair

Nice :) One of my sets of neighbours (the ones with young kids that I try to be conscious of by stopping at 6) are miserable about the idea of me doing my welding repairs on my own drive :rolleyes: The other side are amazed that I do so much to my Land Rover and the guy thinks it is amazing that I can weld and own a couple of machines, the difference is night and day :confused:

That's the one mate. No. Reason being, I wanted the side on first to avoid flex or snapping! I'm doing the front side first then work out if I can cut out back side and bottom at same time. If I can I'll inner fillet the bottom to front side from the inside
It's certainly not an easy fix and it's a big old repair that is for sure, never seen a D1 chassis in such a bad way :(

I would say that as long as you have it supported then you should be able to chop a fair bit of it out to get in to repair it.
 
Nice :) One of my sets of neighbours (the ones with young kids that I try to be conscious of by stopping at 6) are miserable about the idea of me doing my welding repairs on my own drive :rolleyes: The other side are amazed that I do so much to my Land Rover and the guy thinks it is amazing that I can weld and own a couple of machines, the difference is night and day :confused:


It's certainly not an easy fix and it's a big old repair that is for sure, never seen a D1 chassis in such a bad way :(

I would say that as long as you have it supported then you should be able to chop a fair bit of it out to get in to repair it.

That's what I was going to use the jacks for mate. I'll do the chassis atleast enough to get a years ticket on her. I may then buy a breaker if I get access to the barn. Who knows. The chassis may actually last well once repaired. Front end isn't bad at all it's all in rear
 

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