………. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” -where’s the fun in that?

Last edited by Gremlin500 on 18th Apr 2024 11:30pm. Edited 1 time in total

TJH1985...

It's a June 2014 with 72,000 miles, it's actually better than I thought and yes it will have a substantial amount more of anticorrosion under there than when new...

Gremlin...

It's actually 1mm sticky back silicon sheet so it won't compress, it's also so tough it's untrue, you can't dent or rip it and it should outlast the car...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0963W1287?smi...p&th=1



All the bits are back from the powder coaters looking good....




And yet more open cell foam at the front of the sill.... WHY IS THIS.... anyone know....???







Need some plastic trim clips as some have seen better days... back to Duckworths...





 Pete
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2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
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Yeah that’s our 2015 this year so certainly shows the value in protection and encourages me to do it to my other cars moving forwards as soon as possible

If you ever do part with it I suspect you’d have people fighting over it with this attention to detail amazing work. Sold - Bell a 2015 MY16 Loire Blue Autobiography 4.4 SDV8
Previously George a 2007 MY07 Java Black VSE 3.6 TDV8
Previously a 04 MY04 Defender 90

I’d love to do this work as a preventative but don’t have a lift … how much would you reckon you need to separate the carrier from the body to be able to do the work ? V8 or else ...

I’d love to do this work as a preventative but don’t have a lift … how much would you reckon you need to separate the carrier from the body to be able to do the work ? V8 or else ...

TJH1985, Thanks...

fisha,

I take it you mean to sort the corrosion.... By the time you have removed the propshaft and exhaust, the brake pipes and airbag lines, unplugged all the electrics to drop the subframe any distance you have done enough to drop it out... don't think you could drop it far or have enough access without removing all that...

Doing it on the floor would be a challenge but it would be possible...

If you get that far you may as well change the ARC pipe and the rear coolant pipes as well, save doing it all again for a few years....  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Haylands wrote:

TJH1985...


All the bits are back from the powder coaters looking good....




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Parts look great, Pete. Any idea of the part number for this particular bracket? I am trying to order one but can find it in any parts list or exploded view?

Thanks Pete, it’s looking like an in for a penny in for a pound type job which I might start planning for. V8 or else ...

NoHandSignals.

Sorry not a clue on the part number it should be called,

"cheap mild steel bracket with poor finish designed to set up galvanic corrosion and wreck your £100,000 car"

Ask Robin at Duckworths, he will find it on the parts diagram...

Fisha,

There is a lot that can be done to help prolong the life of fatty while it's all in pieces and it seems daft not to, my mate is away till the 3rd now and I have a lot on, changing the pipes seems like a two man job so I'm just going to do a day or so of cleaning up and treating areas.... I've ordered a load of new clips and some stainless nuts and bolts to replace a lot of the smaller fixings, I'm lucky in that no bolts stripped or galled so will just treat them all to some Tef Jel.

Note,

Changing bolts to stainless does not reduce the risk of galvanic corrosion, you still have dissimilar metals in contact and the sacrificial anode is still the aluminium. all it does is prevent the bolt or nut from rusting, you still have to use Tef Jel or similar to separate the two metals as much as you can....


The front pipe turned up like this, there is some plating on these pipes but it is very thin and will not last...

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Quick question:

How are you going to bleed the system after refitting ? V8 or else ...

I spoke to Pat at GAP and it's not on the IID yet but it is on the list to include it, now more and more owners will be changing pipes....

I have a mate with a fully working SDD setup, he has kindly offered to pop up and do it, there is also an ex JLR guy up here who has the setup as well so shouldn't be a problem....  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

I asked cause I knew the IID couldn’t do it when I added water to the fluid accidentally and ran into that problem then … good to hear they might look at adding it down the line.

You mentioned earlier about reading and dis-counting the hoses … having now taken the old off and ready to fit the new ( but same steel ) pipes, has your view changed at all ? V8 or else ...

Fisha..

"about reading and dis-counting the hoses"

Not sure what you mean...?? Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Sorry, re read back and it was Phoenix’s comments about hose slap. Sorry. V8 or else ...

I dare say with enough testing you could successfully replace these hoses with hydraulic hose but, IMHO, it would be a lot of work to get it fully sorted by which time you may as well just replace the pipes, they last 8 years'ish with no coating, a good coat of antirust and they should last a considerable time.... Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand Sold
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-