MOT guys can be a bit stiff on this sort of rust. particularly if it is within 30cm of a suspension mount and or seat belt point. unfortuately the base of the rear wing if both! Cheers tim (In MOT land, welding, welding welding!) John Hobson wrote:
> I just took a closer look at the sill after getting the car back tonight > and the rust is not quite as bad as I had first feared. > > It is more the rear wing at the bottom of the b post that is the very > rusty bit. One one side the sill does not appear to have any bad rust > and on the other side it is only the last inch around the drain hole that > is a bit rusty. The really bad bit is the rear wing bottom, it is really > crumbly here on both sides and there can't be much good metal left in the > bottom inch. > > Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that the rear wing bottom has > much to with structural rigidity of the car. It seems that if a bit down > there was going to go rusty that it is better the rear wing went and not > the sill. > > Would I be better buying a wing bottom repair panel and getting the > garage to fit that or letting them make up their own repair panel? It > seems like a fairly simple panel to make up so I'm thinking I'll let them > go with the original plan of making up their own repair panel. > > Thanks to all those who replied to my original e-mail, you've all been a > great help. I have also decided not to sell Saskia. I think that was a > fit of pens-flying-across-the-office anger. In the time that I have > owned Saskia I have now replaced all the front suspension, steering rack, > engine, rear suspension and diff. The body is very solid except for the > afore-mentioned rust (will need a rhs rear wing lower repair panel at > some point in the future tho). I figure that there is not too much left > that I haven't already attended to that could go wrong! I am waiting for > the half-shafts and propshaft to break tho seeing that these are the only > major components I have not yet touched! The gearbox is going to get an > overhaul in the summer with a friend who'll do it for free. > > cheers all, > John > http://www.spit1500.co.uk/ > > --- John Hobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just had my car MOTed and she failed :-( > > > > This time it was both the sills that have started rusting from the > > back, > > I was expecting this as I had noticed they were looking quite flakey. > > The garage has quoted me #80 to put repair panels at the back and MIG > > weld them in, but that there would be a slight bumb where the repair > > panel had gone on. They reckon that about a foot of metal would have > > to > > be ground off and the price does not include painting. This sounds > > like > > a good price but they did say that it would be better for me to get > > complete sills, and get a body shop to replace the whole lot, but this > > would obviously cost a lot more. The front of the sills look to be in > > good condition. > > > > Could anyone give me some advice as to what I should do, I have little > > experience in bodywork things. > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > -- Tim Dafforn University of Cambridge Structural Medicine Unit Cambridge Institute for Medical Research Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 2XY. UK Tel. (01223) 763230 Mob. (07876) 624238 Fax. (01223) 336827 http://smokeroom.cimr.cam.ac.uk/ /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
