Rear jacking points shot?

[Bryce]

Got van back from mot last week and was having poke about and found the below surprises.

It looks pretty bad to my untrained eye. I put in finger in the hole and could feel it filled completely with loose rust so assume it's even worse behind the scenes

So I guess my question is firstly is this still safe to drive (not mentioned on mot) and is something I could sort out on the driveway with my mig welder? And is the repair a interior out job?

Cheers

[multisi]

How did that pass !  Thats been bodged over before hiding some serious rust issues, its not safe to drive and its going to be a big job, once the area above is opened you will see it needs a lot of new metal including trailing arms. Has that grey paint been applied to the rest of the lower parts of the van ?

[Bryce]

Thought that might be the case. guess it will be a case of not knowing the extent until I can get a good look inside. There has been a lot of welding done around the area in the past with a few patches.

What's the best access to get a good look? Just cut out the panel above the mount?

[multisi]

Yeah just cut a big section of the thin panel above, what are the sills like ?

[Bryce]

They seemed alright last time I was under there. Few patches been done. I have a sinking feeling this could be the end of my van. Just got it to the point mechanically where I was happy with it and was going to start with body work...

[Bryce]

How did that pass !  Thats been bodged over before hiding some serious rust issues, its not safe to drive and its going to be a big job, once the area above is opened you will see it needs a lot of new metal including trailing arms. Has that grey paint been applied to the rest of the lower parts of the van ?

The grey paint has only been done on that side as the sills had some work done last year. The other side is better condition but I guess that behind the scenes they will be similar.

Will try and get more pictures in the light to find out if it's lost cause or not

[multisi]

I know it sounds extreme but swapping all the good running gear into another shell would be a better option. Your van looks like its seen a lot of salty water in its life.

[Bryce]

Been out again to check the sills and they seem in OK knick to me as does the trailing arm itself.

[shepster]

Might want to address the spring retaining thing that's bust off, Bricwerks used to sell a repair piece.

[shepster]

https://brickwerks.co.uk/product/traili ... nal-style/

[Bryce]

didn't even notice that

[shepster]

didn't even notice that

Nor did Stevie 'the MOT man' Wonder either!

[Bryce]

The other side is still hanging on. Not sure how all this was missed on mot! All I was failed on was torn steering rack boot which I done and got re test with no advisories!

[Bryce]

So some quick Google maths, two new trailing arms, new springs, shocks and jacking points is going to come to about a grand in parts alone.

Then the cost of whatever lurks beneath the filler and repair patches...

I've got the bottom of sliding door to replace, a rust spot on tailgate which needs the glass out to fix, the heater which is a dash out job and rusty guttering which probs hides a serious amount of rust under the high top and finally the fuel filler panel needs done as well.

Anyone know the scrap price of vans

[T3luestar]

As already mentioned, your trailing arms could be repaired. https://brickwerks.co.uk/blog/vw-t3-tra ... rm-repair/ that would save a load of dosh. What is wrong with the spring's and shocks?