ack-ack Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Can anybody recomend a good method of protecting the inside of a defender chassis? Are there any firms that specialise in steaming them out and cavity waxing or anything like that? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Had many Land Rovers over the years Have a TD5 1999 and a Series 1 The trouble with cassis is they need cleaned try and power wash regularly get the **** off that stays damp and rots everything If you can clean them they will dry. When dry and clean I waxoyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted April 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 How can you get the internals dry though? Have you made drain holes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 on my old 1988 defender there are drain holes in the bottom of the main chassis members........a lot of problems occur when these get blocked by waxoyl mud etc...also most people forget to put the rubber plugs in at the front, after changing a wheel where water can get in.. Muffin has it right...blow it off with a power washer when you clean the vehicle, then as he says it will dry out...then once every 18mths waxoyl.......my chassis has still got the original paint on 95% of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 If you can aford it and have the time the answer is to get a new galvinised chassis probably still get a bit of rust here and there but managable wax oil is said to be good but you need to do it every year or so I have been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Agree with ditchman I am power washing mine and the local 4x4 one man band will waxoyl it for me this I will do in summer hopefully we will have a summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryman Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 I used to use wax oil on mine but it all ways seemed to be tacky and the dirt would stick to it, as someone has said the real answer is a galvanised one. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilberts1989 Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 http://www.before-n-after.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defender Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Galvanised is the way to go mines galvanised, 13 yr old chassis not a spot of rust. The landy is 28 yrs old and I was thinking about px for a newer one. A 2000 TD5 came into work for a service and I thought this is what I would like, however when I looked under it it was awfull realy rusty and the chassis had holes already so I decided to keep mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 I was thinking about getting an old Land Rover some years ago there was one going at a good price and it had just had a new galvinised chassis fitted surprisingly new galvinised chassis are not that expensive to buy but it is a lot of work to change everything over. Mind you now that I have down sized to a little Suzuki Vitara I would love to have a galvinised chassis on that as they are quite prone to rusting like Rovers are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andypaint Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 Dont use waxoil blooming awful stuff. We use dinitrol in the body shop. It got rust inhabitants. Just spray plenty in the cavities once a year with a schultz gun. Frost sells it and we've never had any come back. But as mentioned above keep the mud washed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lees Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 http://www.bilthamber.com/ This company make great rust treatments and protectors, much better than waxoil in my experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilberts1989 Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 My disco is 20 years old and has been next to the sea for the past 2 years, in and out of salt water this winter because the sea wall broke where our shoot is. I have next to no surface rust and still have original paint on the chassis. I reckon I must be lucky lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosd Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 In answer to the OP actual question, yes there are companies that can treat your chassis against rust inside and out. I've read on the d2 boys club forum of guys having their Discovery's done. Have a browse on that forum to get the name and number of companies that do this. Otherwise I'll have a look for you if I get some time later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted April 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Cheers for all your replies gents. Galv chassis would be nice but hopefully wont ever have to go down that route. Its only 13 years old and I'd like to think its got a few years left in it! Theres a chap near me that specialises in reconditioning older landrovers for his customers. He does a ground up recon using a galv chassis but it costs a bit. The same *** cheese has been converting my one from TD5 to 300 for the past 5 months, it was meant to be back at the end of January. I feel like leaving the chuffing thing in his yard for a few months to see how he likes waiting for his money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 I was thinking about getting an old Land Rover some years ago there was one going at a good price and it had just had a new galvinised chassis fitted surprisingly new galvinised chassis are not that expensive to buy but it is a lot of work to change everything over. Mind you now that I have down sized to a little Suzuki Vitara I would love to have a galvinised chassis on that as they are quite prone to rusting like Rovers are. I bought a ssangyong korando,stripped it down and had the chassis sandblasted and galvinised cost £220. Bornfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) I bought a ssangyong korando,stripped it down and had the chassis sandblasted and galvinised cost £220. Bornfree I'm afraid that I am to old and knackered to be doing something like that but if I had the money I could be tempted to buy another one and have it striped and galvinised I do not mind paying to have it repaird when things go wrong but rust is a killer once you start having to get it welded it never ends untill it goes to that to the big scrap yard in the sky. Forgot to add £220 that sounds a good price. Edited April 5, 2013 by four-wheel-drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Why don't landrover just galvinise their chassis in the factory? It would cost them buttons. I'm hacked off that they know theres a major head problem with early TD5s yet new heads are £1500+! Robbing ********! A 300 head is about £400. They are profiteering from their own shoddy engineering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Here is a picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Here is a picturessangyong 13 006.jpg Thats fantastic. How long did it take you start to finish mate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 http://www.before-n-after.co.uk/ Google before and after, nasty peice of work to do buisiness with, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) Here is a picturessangyong 13 006.jpg That is brilliant I with that I could aford to have my vitara done. P/S nowing my luck if I had my vit done someone would crash in to it and write it off Edited April 6, 2013 by four-wheel-drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Google before and after, nasty peice of work to do buisiness with, Chuffing hell, just ended up on a landy forum. They're brutal with each other!!!!!! Some pretty serious allegations being hurled about!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Thats fantastic. How long did it take you start to finish mate? About 18 months working on and off at weekends.its got an old 2.9 Mercedes diesel which runs on veg oil. Bornfree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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