1992 range rover 200 tdi

Tank mounts are fine but the lowest part of the chassis rails at the back are a bit holey.

Minor repair to the chassis behind the shock mount. Needs more dressing to be finished. The mount itself almost seems designed to trap mud here.

Yet another vehicle I would not mind owning one day. Great work. She will be good for years once finished.

Example of the previous repairs. A patch tack welded on with a few tacks then hidden with body filler. This has been a common "fix" in a few places so far that had to be redone.

Tank back in now the chassis rail repaired, back to the front. Inner wing was a lost cause so replacing the lot. There was some grot on the bulkhead but was caught in time and not perforated. Rust treated and will need to re seal and paint.

Starting to check panel gaps before welding the wing on. Panel gaps are pretty big by default it seems.

Then I have to shuffle it around to make the working space on the other side, and do it all again. I hope I did the worst side first.

Primed and seam sealed the wing, and decided to change the cambelt whilst the access is good.

Some numpty left the crank washer off so now waiting for one in the post. All the timing case bolts came out and no snappage so no trouble. Had bought a puller to get the crank damper off and can confirm there was no way it was coming off without it. Also came with the pins to lock the flywheel and injector pump, was not a hard job ib the end.

Had to make a tool to hold the crank for torquing the bolt. Slightly nervous how much two m8 bolts will put up with as it needs 330Nm.

Thanks for the feedback, i realise this is not that retro, nor modified, but i have enjoyed reading the other threads so like to contribute.

I had hoped that the crank washer might arrive for the weekend, but no such luck so now onto smaller jobs as need to shuffle it about in the garage to do the other side where the main jobs are. The drivers footwell looks like it is full of fibreglass, so the a and b posts and sills are likely all gone too.

Tested the colour matched paint on the floors. Not that impressed to be honest, would not want to do an external panel with this as it is quite a bit darker.

Also did the wheelarch, it should really be body colour but i like it black and given i have a small workspace it makes touchups easier.

Rehung the drivers door, which is surprisingly heavy when doing it solo.

Finally prepped primed and coated the rear inner wing with some anti rust wax coating.

Onto the next side. Note this had quite a few months mot left when i took it off the road, and it has been dry stored.

Played find the metal in the drivers foot well. Awful repair hardly welded at all. It looked like it was plastered. Outer sill not great (already on its second shown here) Will replace inner and outer front inner wing/quarter and rear arch.

Not taken rear wing off yet bit expect some more grot there too.

mine was very similar, had an MOT but most of the A post, footwells, sills and rear seat belt mounts were made out of bits of tin held in place with what looked like several buckets of green filler covered in great gloops of black underseal.

The great thing is virtualy all the steel areas are flat and hidden by the outer panels, so very little in the way of finishing is required compared to doing a conventional car.