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Sills. I don’t think a wire brush is going to cut it.
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timmyt79
 


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Chosenview wrote:
The sills I started this post with are now unrecognisable. 1 completely rebuilt and 1 in progress. My indi says not to post his name as he does not want to do another one 😄


Once that is done you will not know it is not factory Thumbs Up

Smiled at the does not want to do another comment!
  
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Latest LRM had, in the sponsored by Britpart section, many pages of pictures of someone’s D3 getting a compete remake of the sills. Massive rusting inside. Shocked
  
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That might have been my sons (well technically it’s still mine as I keep paying to keep it going....). it went to a good vehicle restorer the UK in December for sill repair. I was told it was the subject of a photo record for a Land Rover mag article.
The horror of use, abuse and tree sliders Big Cry


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Stiff, yup, it’s “yours”. Mr. Green

The three first pictures that you posted were also in LRM April 2020. I think the following three pictures (or similar) will be part of the next issue as the repairs will be completed then. Pages 134-138. Thumbs Up
  
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I’ve got a couple dozen photos of the work. The two guys that worked on it did a fantastic job.
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Aren't there lots of posts on here about getting shot of the side steps? In the US they're fitted as standard after a certain MY.

I've always pulled them off my cars or, if buying new, never had them fitted.
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Hardware wrote:
did someone mention rust due to side steps ? I'll do a proper write-up in next day or two but here's a taster ...




Dean,
Did you get your sills done? If so where and how much? Im gonna need mine doing and figured anywhere you went is doable from over here.
Cheers Paul
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Britpart are doing the outer sill repair panels
Part numbers
DA1941 for the right side
DA1942 for the left side.
  
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Cheers just found them from your part numbers. Thank you!
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I thought I might contribute to this topic. After introducing our new Disco 3 (BV06BVX) TDV6 S (man) with the funny coloured interior to this forum back in April, I have steadily been working through the jobs. i.e. timing belt, oil pump, service, all oils, compressor service, replacement air reservoir and brake pads.

Taxed it from the 1st June, and have been loving the driving experience, so I thought I might move into preventative maintenance, to include painting and waxoyling the underside. Also the rear arch rubbers were looking pretty grotty, and the metalwork beneath them not much better, so I knew attention was required sooner rather than later. I started on the nearside. Stripped off the plastic sill trim and removed wheelarch liners which were full of mud. Lots of scraping, wire brushing and tapping along the whole sill and wheelarch area did not result in any holes so I kurursted, painted and waxoyled. I wasn't so lucky on the offside. Flaky rust soon turned into holes at the back of the sill and in the wheelarch meaning I had to dust off the grinder and welder. I steadily worked through the repair over a couple of weeks of evenings with a pleasing result at the end. Whilst there isn't any complex shapes, there are quite a few layers, all of which needed peeling back, new sections being fabricated as appropriate then piecing it all back together




Heart starting to sink


Starting to dissect it


inner wheelarch cut back to sound metal


drilling out spotwelds and getting ready to cut the end of the sill off


Inner arch patch fabricated and buttwelded in. Lap joint above is original I think.





inner sections repaired and primed


Inner arch seam sealed and painted black





Castellations reproduced underneath


Outer sill ground up and painted in primer




Job done, sprayed with aerosol from ebay stock colour, LR buckingham blue, which matched better than I thought it would.

Still, what did i expect for £1500, 14 years old, 180K miles and absolutely no history! After 1300 miles I think we are getting along fine.

I think I got off quite lightly. Its amazing how these cars hide the rust.. All you could see before I started was a bit of bubbling at the bottom of the arch above the plastic sill trim, but then from past experience I already knew If I could see it on the outside, things would be a whole lot worse when I started looking properly.
So that is everything between the wheels done, next job is to clean and paint everything from the back axle backwards, in the hope that it wont turn to dust any time soon.

Adrian.
  
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Very regular car wash with under body spray wash is a decent preventative measure and IMHO a better long term solution than treating the chassis with waxoyl etc. My 14YO SE has survived the ridiculous winters in NY and New Jersey where they throw salt around with gay abandon without any rust.

(I make my wife take the thing through the wash maybe twice or three times a week in the winter. Here we can pay monthly for unlimited car washes and in the winter it makes sense. It's about 25 quid for as many washes as you like per month - seems good value to me Mr. Green ).
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Great job Very Happy

I had to look twice at your pictures the second one from the bottom looks like you sprayed over the rust, but the paint is so shiny its relecting the gravel below.
  
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That is a great job.

Do folks think that the side steps actually make rusting worse? I've never fitted them on that basis.
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