ayoungman
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 posted on 23/1/06 at 01:53 PM |
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and you think you've got problems !
For some reason, the MOT bloke failed the Landrover !
 
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 01:58 PM |
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Loads of body filler and a catapult ! 
that was a joke !
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mookaloid
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 02:21 PM |
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Nothing that can't be fixed by using the age old technique.....
Keep chucking money at the problem till it's fixed
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derf
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 02:25 PM |
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Wire brush it down to bare metal, then weld a thick plate over the affected area, drive through a muddy bog and try MOT again.
It looks like that is a critical area, with the suspension mount there and all, so I would take care of it in a fairly rapid fasion
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Mr G
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 02:47 PM |
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Stick an old autotrader in there and slap sum porridge on it... sorted 
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a
car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes
and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.
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andyps
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 02:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ch1ll1
Loads of body filler and a catapult !
that was a joke !
You should never joke about catapults.
To solve the problem, why not take the opportunity to convert to wishbones rather than that old leaf sprung live axle
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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iank
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 02:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr G
Stick an old autotrader in there and slap sum porridge on it... sorted
Did I buy my first mini from you?
More seriously, I presume the hole is from the testers screwdriver, did he check the whole chassis or give up there and then? In my experience if you
can dig a hole in a chassis that thick it's likely to be pretty bad in other places as well.
Time for a new chassis?
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Agriv8
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 03:43 PM |
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Known Weak spot on Solihulls Finest.
Especially if the thing is used near lot of Cow Cr*p. find one that NOT !
If you after doing a slightly better job they used to supply a complete new out-rigger that you welded onto the chassis rail, as the rail looks ok. If
you looking for ownership longer term get a Galvernised chassey as you will be platting plates on plates before long .
Agriv8
Taller than your average Guy !
Management is like a tree of monkeys. - Those at the top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. BUT Those at the bottom look up and see a
tree full of a*seholes .............
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TPG
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 04:17 PM |
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.....i've a cheap Pug in the for sale bit
..Which was nice..
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 04:52 PM |
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If I had a pound for every one of those I've done
I'd be about £3 better off. I like them because you can get under there without too much trouble, just make sure the chassis is well
chocked. We used to get them from a place in Matlock for a very good price, I think it was Farmer's Garage, years ago though.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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oliwb
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 05:12 PM |
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got a m8 that got his landy through MOT with a bit of cunning, bit of luck and some cardboard and waxoyl....wouldn't recomend it but it did
work! Oli.
If your not living life on the edge you're taking up too much room!
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 23/1/06 at 09:21 PM |
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hope you have a good welder!
not the end of the world !
that can be sorted out !
if you can build a locost you can repair that !
just get the right size metal and a few hours it will be done
once you start it time will fly !
and b4 you know it it will of passed the mot . 
same old story with them
looks are bad but get yourself on it and it will get done !
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ayoungman
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| posted on 24/1/06 at 09:44 AM |
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job done ! cut out all rust and welded on a new outrigger and spring hanger
 
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akumabito
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| posted on 24/1/06 at 05:21 PM |
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Our old Landie has got a brand new chassis (homemade! HA!) it is galvanized, and then covered in Tectyl anti-corrosion coating. A bit overkill
perhaps, as the chassis is very likely to outlive me now!
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