vinny1275
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| posted on 10/5/12 at 12:14 PM |
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OT: Replacing Transit rear cross member
Afternoon all,
SWMBO's 2001, FWD, SWB transit has just failed it's MOT on the rear crossmember being rotten. All the other bodywork and chassis is fine.
It's part-way through a conversion into a camper, but thankfully there's not much to be removed off the floor (the unwin rails and some
wooden ribs for the ply floor to sit on). Has anyone ever had to do this, is it an economical repair? It's nto something I could realistically
do myself. The garage weren't sure of the cost as they didn't know how much they'd need to cut out to get to something
weldable...
Any ideas?
Cheers
Vince
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Peteff
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| posted on 10/5/12 at 02:28 PM |
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It looks like a common fault, you can get a new X member for £50. At that price I would look at chopping the old one out completely and putting a new
one in. Whether it's economical depends on how much you have invested in it and how much you are willing to spend on it now otherwise it is
scrap.
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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vinny1275
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| posted on 10/5/12 at 02:35 PM |
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Thanks Pete,
Where can you get cross members from, just direct from Ford?
Cheers
Vince
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Peteff
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| posted on 10/5/12 at 02:57 PM |
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Ford do them or ebay allpartsford sometimes has them. Just make sure it's the right one as there are a couple of different versions.
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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