Elty001's terrano project

[elty001]

That's all i had time to do.
Won't get chance to do anything now until next weekend.

 

[Wallace]

Nice one, what thickness sheet did you use?

 

[elty001]

Nice one, what thickness sheet did you use?

Used 3mm thick plate for the repairs.

 

[weedave]

Nice work Elty, looks tough.

Can i ask, do weld repairs like that need "Certifying" for MOT or anything like that, or can you just go for gold if your considered a competent fabricator?

Cheers

 

[elty001]

Nice work Elty, looks tough.

Can i ask, do weld repairs like that need "Certifying" for MOT or anything like that, or can you just go for gold if your considered a competent fabricator?

Cheers

The MOT is a bit of a farce to be honest.
As long as it looks the part you will probably get a pass.
I want this good and strong so i can get a good few more years out of the old thing:thumb2

 

[terranosaurusdoug]

:d :d :d :d :d :d :d :d

 

[weedave]

The MOT is a bit of a farce to be honest.
As long as it looks the part you will probably get a pass.
I want this good and strong so i can get a good few more years out of the old thing:thumb2

wow really, thats not too bad. Here we need to have rust repairs certified by an inspector and they charge around 500 bucks a go. I suppose the offset is we dont get as much rust as the Uk.

looks the part, hope it serves you a few more years.

 

[elty001]

wow really, thats not too bad. Here we need to have rust repairs certified by an inspector and they charge around 500 bucks a go. I suppose the offset is we dont get as much rust as the Uk.

looks the part, hope it serves you a few more years.

Not bad but i like my motor to last longer than the time at the test station.
Never had any mention of any corrosion on the chassis on any mot but this will be the second time I've done some serious work to the chassis.
This kind of rot doesn't happen in such a short space of time.

 

[elty001]

I have a complete chassis again:lol:lol

Just the rear of the sill(which i cut out for access)and the inner wheel arch to cut out and plate up but that's a job for another weekend.

 

[elty001]

Going to drag it up to work for a bit of shot blast and chassis painting action:thumb2

 

[elty001]

Broke my little shotblast gun out of it's hiding place and had a play around with it earlier.
Took the scale off the angle iron in no time.
That is using aluminium oxide shot.
Hopefully will be good enough to clean up the chassis.

 

[solarman216]

Get in there Elt and give it a go, very satisfying when it is all nice and bright, but to save time and effort I stop when I get to good paint, I see no point in taking it off when it has been there for 20 years or so, Rick

 

[elty001]

Get in there Elt and give it a go, very satisfying when it is all nice and bright, but to save time and effort I stop when I get to good paint, I see no point in taking it off when it has been there for 20 years or so, Rick

I'm just worried that the good paint is all that's holding it together :lol

 

[Wallace]

I'm just worried that the good paint is all that's holding it together :lol

I repaired a Mercedes with a rusty outrigger, the only reason it failed the Mot was something had hit it and torn the flexible sealant showing the rot! The whole outrigger and floor above had turned to dust.

 

[elty001]

I repaired a Mercedes with a rusty outrigger, the only reason it failed the Mot was something had hit it and torn the flexible sealant showing the rot! The whole outrigger and floor above had turned to dust.

It's scary really what will pass an mot sometimes.
You get that all good for a year feeling then it drops to bits 6 months later:lol

 

[elty001]

Got a bit more done on the terrano today.
Cut out the rotton wheel arch and got the new plates tacked in ready for welding tomorrow.
Done away with the return on the arch to stop all the crap collecting under there.
Just got to weld in some brackets for the plastic arch trim to bolt up to.

 

[Wallace]

With the amount of welding you have done recently your Terrano should be eligible to wear a “Made In England” label!

 

[elty001]

With the amount of welding you have done recently your Terrano should be eligible to wear a “Made In England” label!

:thumbs
Yeah,not be much left of the nissan metal soon:lol

 

[elty001]

Got the inner arch and sill finished today.
Also made some brackets and welded them in for the arch trim.

 

[elty001]