mot bodge repair? show me yours

Have found plywood gripfilled in place and undersealed over, 1002 uses for duct tape, boot floor made of nylon tights!

not got any pics but my mate over the road is doing a welding job on a 67 pontiac grand prix, so far the passenger sill was made of polystyrene covered with filler and the drivers side chassis leg was filled with concrete

Worst of all, the bloke's got 55k posts, and most of the replies to the read are telling him what a good job he's done.

I couldn't believe that thread. Kept expecting someone to say something but it's all "Good work" or "yeah, that's how I do my repairs".

I don't think it's always laziness, before I used to read up on things on the internet I used to use pog to fill in rust holes. The repairs lasted a good amount of years too I might add when I later pulled them out to weld them properly.

I think the problem is more education, in the states especially I image there's vast remote areas where they've not even heard of cheap portable mig welders. We have a problem with road salt in this country which is why we are more aware that pog repairs simply don't stand up. The structural thing is another matter but again that comes down to education.

Also don't forget that the AA/RAC used to recommend the use of concrete/plywood/mesh back before cheap welders were available. Hense the "concrete car" at Area52.

my old orion had a hole patched up with filler spreaders painted in stone chip!didnt notice till I pulled the carpets up!

Yup, an old series Land Rover I used to own had a chassis largely composed of large amounts of filler Looking back now, it's real luck nothing bad happened.

The experience also introduced me to galvanised metal though

Ian

found about 15 plastic bags and a load of filler in the sills my old mk5 cortina and just finished cutting out the floor of the victor due to years of mot repairs

It is apparently not just Mercs, it seems to be an accepted practice -