Disco Inferno...

[McRic]

Tow car

What do you think the Mondeo is for?

 

tow car to tow the tow car?

[Trig]

Big job has broke out.

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/82d0e829.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/77e4c9e5.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/472b6da7.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/b994e629.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/ce657401.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/8e8a9048.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/44f40943.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/8a6934cb.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/67af14b7.jpg

 

Its not as bad as it looks though, its a pretty easy fix. Bring on the weekend.

[ScORTED]

thats worse than ours and ours is a fooking shed, good luck

[Trig]

The engine, running gear and chassis on this is good. It's just a few panels that need changing because the alpine window have leaked, nothing a couple of weekends won't solve.

[ScORTED]

aye, hows the chassis though?

[sidrick]

Fcuking hell!

 

Fair play, there's no way I would tackle that.

[scottg17]

you been washing this with salt water , in all fairness they are pretty simple, i know a guy who done the whole bootfloor on his, yours looks solid around the bad bits so it should be alright

the bootfloor is all one panel anyway, readily available

Edited April 29, 2010 by scottg17

[danposs86]

Well, you wanted to practice welding. Think you got your wish lol.

[stoney]

i had one of these but series 2 on a n reg till head gasket went i thought it was good on diesel considering the mileage i used to do in a week

 

 

its great when people dont even know what car they drive lol series 2 discos started in 1998/99 on a t reg the one u had would of been a 300tdi like trigs

 

and i have seen some fcuked land rovers in my time but thats propper fcuked good luck looks like u need it

Edited April 29, 2010 by stoney

[vanwoody]

chop it uuuuuppppppp bobtail ftw

[Trig]

Scorted, the chassis is great, its solid.

 

Cut the boot floor out yesterday, took a while, mainly because Ive never done it befor so I didnt want to hit it like a bull in a china shop.

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/79790a75.jpg

 

Its a start. I need a repair piece to support the front of the boot floor, I only need one inner wing floor section and I only need the two band floor supports, not the bigger ones. Happy days.

 

I did check out the sills while I was faffing about, I could get away with them I reckon, one would need doing in 12 months though, so I might replace them wiith box section now while Im at it with the welder.

 

Hopefully there will be a bit more warmth in the air tomorrow then I can cut out the sections that need plating then the next step will be to get welding.

[danposs86]

Its coming along nicely. Good way to spend a bank holiday weekend.

[Trig]

Well, another bank holiday weekend is upon us so I'm cracking on with the disco.

 

I had to get a repair section to go where the back seats bolt on because the lip that the boot floor sat on had rusted away. After spending a bit of time this last week practicing with the welder I clamped the Z section in place and spotted it in place before proceeding to seam it. I haven't finished the seam yet, the light went against me, so I will finish it in the morning.

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/d6f9220a.jpg

 

expect alot of progress over this long weekend.

[dave_20]

beast miss mine lol

[Trig]

Didnt manage to get as much done as I hoped. Cutting out the floor sections around the wing and prepping the area for the new panel, which also needed work, took alot longer than hoped.

 

The section around the tub was spot welded so I had to cut the horizontal section and then grind back the lip so that the new panel will butt up nicely

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/a2244cc1.jpg

 

The sections at the front were quite fiddly, came out eventually

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/277d7568.jpg

 

The driver side was even more difficult thanks to the fuel filler section and the pipes to the fuel tank, it took alot more time to get this section ground back to the upright

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/00801799.jpg

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/1322465a.jpg

 

This is the floor kit that is to go in. The wing sections needed a bit of work at the front to get them to fit snugly into the triangular section and the lip they have to sit on the lip of the tub was too deep and needed taking down a little. I put the 4 supports on top of the main floor section to show where they go.

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/706e8b13.jpg

 

Here are the wing sections and main supports in place, not fixed in, just placed to check the fit

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/d1c5be34.jpg

 

And this is what it will look like when finished

 

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/trig_112/09fdba4a.jpg

 

 

It all still needs fixing in, that wont take too long though in comparison to the cutting and prep to get this far. Then it can be primed and I can get on with patching up the rear wheel arches.