if its where you rest your foot ..that plates not going to last a week...shame full thing is...so ..dosent this guy give a dam about his work...he cant even be bothered to wire cut the weld wire off,and put under seal on..this guy..dont give a dam..ide sack him for the attitude ..never mind the...

dollop of underseal on that ..ide be happy...

take these to garage and say...that would have been acceptable

thats a decent weld..nicked of google..im not that good

in fact it reminds me of my welding when i started...welding is ...in mig anyway...amount of heat..v wire feed...and speed of puddle...all 3 need to right...the floor pan isnt even welded at one end

armed with those pics....ide go back and firmly say...repair to an acceptable standard or i go trading standards..next ide go to the mot...i wonder if its same place or linked...and asked how the hell they passed that

i dont weld as a business i do it cause i need to and to help my mates, the above way i stated is the only way i know..., ive never had to redo any repair...but the pics shown are disgrace...not even put underseal to try and cover up bare steel...so more rust., if they havent sealed the...

but you always do a better job on ya own car and ya mates...im not saying thats right way..just how i do it

ide be ashamed to let anyone see that never mind take money....ive done a few car jobs but ive tended to say if the hole is about 3 inches square...ive cut back to good metal...end up 4 inches sq...then put a plate 6 inches square...heavy sealant under the plate...pop riveted it in with half a...

wow thats well bad,,,wont last a month never mind next mot...who did the mot the question...i mig weld and as in any welding you goto cut back to solid metal

all you can do is make them look for easier target..but if they want it....

very sound advice

prob is today they are..technicians...not mechanics and with regards to ,,cars in last 15y ...its all..diagnostics, plug it in ya get a code ..done thats why old defenders ect need a mechanic old school who has been trained to use his brain and knowledge not a diagnostics machine, put a...

..timing is now out but was okay before then its jumped a notch on cam belt timing due to violent vibration,if timing is out it wont run well at all def wont pull well..norm the only knocking you get on timing is..pinking which old school was advance or retarded timing , now all thats done via...

c`` double wammy...more grind head..more increase compression..then the tripple hg was used

LR admitted it had inferior gasket...coolant tank was to small..remember its okay saying replace the hg...the head will only take so much then its scrap...providing it can be surface ground in first place ..norm would be a tolerance of 10 thou max

the key is ..as you say..knowing the car..pros..cons...and maintenance..we know a vcu may fail..its a consumable just like a clutch..which in a way it is...oil filter changes ..get ignored.....

to say change hg every 50k is not acceptable, ive had carltons, senators, fords, audis...all my cars have gone over 120k ..no hg change needed, bad design and lr should have paid the bill and put a tripple hg on