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Now that one side is completely rebuilt, ive turned my attention to the other....the nearside. Which for reasons unknown is actually more solid than the offside!
So the dilema is, how far do i go on this side, Most of the boxing plate is solid, bar a small bit at the very rear of the car, most of the outer sill is solid except a few 'oles....its just the inner sills that need doing. But, will i find it harder to do a load of little repairs or to rip out the whole lot and rebuild it?
Ive attached some pictures of the sill sections.
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u118 ... leaned.jpg
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u118 ... leaned.jpg
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u118 ... n07003.jpg

thanks,
YG

Thats not bad at all. Personally I would replace the worst panels and stitch in some repair sections to the more solid bits. But you may prefer to replace the lot to keep it tidy and save time.

I agree with welung, the front looks good- might get away with just replacing the floor edge panel, and butt welding in patches to the other bits. The rear sill looks like it all needs replacing apart from the inner sill step. I would do the rear n/s spiring hanger first and cut the replacement sill pieces to butt up to that.

Good plan, ive finished the rear spring hanger on that side, so i might as well work forward!!

Cheers people,
YG

Following all the help on here, ive decided to cut out the entire old section....as on further inspection the forward and rearmost sections are too thin to be welded too and covered back over....might as well replace it all whilst im at it!!

YG

Good idea, you'll never regret doing the thorough job. Keep the pics coming. Its great to see another Moggie being saved.
cheers
John

is it wrong to be too scared to check my sills?! even more after looking at the pics on younguns profile! but i second chickenjohn, good to see you saving the car!

You may be too scared, but the MOT man won't be Bettter to know now - though I wish I hadn't poked the underseal the other day...
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callyspoy wrote:is it wrong to be too scared to check my sills?! even more after looking at the pics on younguns profile! but i second chickenjohn, good to see you saving the car!

What's to be scared of. If they are badly corroded the cars structure is unsafe as the sill is a major load bearing area. Better still, you might check them and find they are fine, or just have some surface rust, in which case you can treat it and save a load of work later

I lift the kickplates every year, and stick another fine mist coating of Waxoyl in there. Same for the bottom of the doors inside.

bigginger wrote:You may be too scared, but the MOT man won't be Bettter to know now - though I wish I hadn't poked the underseal the other day...
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Underseal, I hate the stuff, you can never tell what is going on underneath that stuff. I've been scraping it all off in stages, and recovering with zinc rich primer, then black smoothrite. I did find some surface rust in a few places, but nothing serious thanks goodness. I still use the Hammerite underseal with waxoyl in it for wheel arches, but that's all.

You and me both - I was poking away at it as a prelude to removing it (I didn't put it there) because I've had exactly this before...
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bigginger wrote:You and me both - I was poking away at it as a prelude to removing it (I didn't put it there) because I've had exactly this before...
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Yes I've been lucky so far. I remember years ago fitting a new fuel line to a friends Datsun 120Y. He asked me to check for any rust while I was crawling about underneath. Noticed a piece of loose underseal, poked it, and the majority of the boot floor fell to the garage floor The underseal looked fine, but all it was doing, was holding the Ferrour Oxide together.

Snap! Still, it was only one side...
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