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Scorpio_Mike
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MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« on: Nov 17th, 2008, 12:16pm » |
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MOT due early December so I thought I'd get it done nice & early rather than the usual 'day before' which always seems to happen to me.
Everything OK - apart from a patch of rust in the chassis rail on the passenger side, just above the rear suspension arm 
I left it at the garage to fix, probably going to be about £250 - £300
MOT guy let me have a good look underneath while it was over the pit - rest of it in remarkably good order 
Rusty patch looks to be a double layer of steel, guess some moisture got in between the 2 pieces and did the dirty work...
Will update later.
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #1 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 12:24pm » |
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Is the rust on the N/S chassis rail just behind the isolator bush ?......both mine & the wifes Scorps have it hear as well.
As long as it hasn't gone all the way through then I don't think it will fail the MOT.....well ours haven't...yet.
Lets us know how much it costs as I was going to have a crack at welding it myself, but it just looks like too much grief 
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #2 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 1:26pm » |
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if one skin has rotted away it should fail as it is 'substancially weakned'
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #3 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 1:33pm » |
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Bit futher back JC, just before it starts to curve up into the rear arch.
Hole about the size of a £2 coin - think this seems to be a common problem area.
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #4 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 4:50pm » |
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Good luck with it Mike.I wondered if you and JC had seen THIS article as it may be relevant . 
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #5 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 5:29pm » |
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Seen that article before - and while I was in the pit with the MOT guy we both had a good look ariund under the rear suspension but no signs of cracking - hopefully he would already have noticed had there been any 
The rusty part on my chassis rail is about 10 inches / 25cm towards the rear of the main bolt which holds the rear suspension crossmember to the floorpan.
Simmo - Didn't you have to have some welding done recently in the same area ?
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #6 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 10:04pm » |
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Yep. For last years MOT.
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #7 on: Nov 17th, 2008, 10:12pm » |
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I've welded two estates with this, it looks as though the chassis actually flexes at this point and slowly weakens the metal if you see a really bad one the metal surrounding the corrosion looks lighter in colour, similar to bending a piece of metal back and forwards until it heats up and snaps
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #8 on: Nov 18th, 2008, 1:14am » |
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Caramba
£250-300 for a bit o' welding !!
I suppose the expense entails a fair bit of dismantling to get access to the mouldy bit ?
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #9 on: Nov 18th, 2008, 12:16pm » |
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Just been to collect my Scorp - £250 in total for the welding and the MOT.
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #10 on: Nov 18th, 2008, 8:58pm » |
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that not to bad we had a patrol in and got billed 1000 for the welding but it was alot of welding.
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #11 on: Nov 18th, 2008, 9:01pm » |
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on Nov 18th, 2008, 1:14am, mr._floppy wrote:Caramba
£250-300 for a bit o' welding !!
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If its bad at all you need to remove the rear subframe assembley
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #12 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 9:40pm » |
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oh how i hate having an industrial unit, 200A mig welder, two post ramp...... 
I've carried out welding jobs that would have cost literally thousands if done by a pro restorer, but its yielded some lovely vehicles at excellent prices
Latest aquasition is a 96 Torneo Minibus with bad rear tinworm for..... £0.00 
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #13 on: Nov 20th, 2008, 10:24pm » |
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Jeff, you need to watch out that you are not 'visited' by a number of local Scorpio owners!!. Mike.
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Re: MOT / Bit 'o welding needed :-(
« Reply #14 on: Nov 22nd, 2008, 12:50am » |
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on Nov 20th, 2008, 10:24pm, Simmo wrote:| Jeff, you need to watch out that you are not 'visited' by a number of local Scorpio owners!!. Mike. |
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Im sure i hear the distant thunder already mike.... 
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