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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763   
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Depending on the age there will either be lots of rivets, or spot welds and huck bolts. Either way expect a lot of drilling. Worth getting a spot weld drill bit, and prepare for the fact that some of the tub floor supports may need replacing.
It's a simple job, just quite time consuming. |
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3rd Aug 2016 3:58pm |
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| nmrg60 Member Since: 07 Feb 2016 Location: Bristol Posts: 2 
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in the middle of this right now. I say in the middle because having spent ages drilling out aforementioned rivets and spot welds - we found a few issues with the chassis so now its having a new rear quarter chassis/rear cross member fitted by a garage.
very happy with the kit from YRM though. /Nick |
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3rd Aug 2016 4:05pm |
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| 1978 Member Since: 04 Aug 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 519 
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Thanks very much chaps that's reassuring. I was planning to replace the supports with galv items whilst I'm down there, hopefully there won't be any chassis issues
 How would I reattach the new floor, with rivets? I was considering putting a new fuel pump in too.... |
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3rd Aug 2016 6:10pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 06 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1841 
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A bit of a thread resurrection.... but it's exactly the topic I was looking for.
There's no doubt that the tub floor on my '94 car is past its best. Looking in from the wheel arch, you can see it's slightly bowed; if I kneel up/down in the back I can hear it knocking somewhere; and the seat belt mountings must be questionable for an MOT (I'll find out tomorrow!). So I've looked at the YRM site, and it seems to me that I'll get what I need for ca. £280 or so. Anyway, I was hoping for a thread where someone had done this, and came up with any dos and don'ts... but there's something above that's made me wonder..... What's the benefit of a spot weld drill bit? Given that it's in aluminium isn't it just easy enough to drill it out with a standard 6mm HSS bit? Ta Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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