Sliding door sill replacement

[gil90]

Hi,
im about to replace the sill under the sliding door, the one with the bottom runner on for the door 
do I have to take off the floor panel above it to gain access? How is this fixed, I’m guessing it’s spot welded?
what do I have to look out for?
any tips would be greatly appreciated 
thanks

[Aidan]

the outer sill for the sliding door is complex panel made up of iirc 11 smaller pressings previously made into a complete assembly, the top is spot welded to the floor/filler plate, the bottom edge spot welds to the inner sill, so I believe you drill out the spot welds and then use the holes to plug weld the new panel to it - but I haven't done the job

[davidoft1]

Post up some pictures, it’s technically a 3 piece sill , inner outer and intermediate, the outer is easy , the inner slightly less easy the middle is the hardest

[Alfredo]

Does this cover the whole repair?
 https://www.alanhschofield.com/ourparts ... 09293.html


 


 

[davidoft1]

Does this cover the whole repair?
 https://www.alanhschofield.com/ourparts ... 09293.html


 
That’s just the outer sill with a channel for the door seal

 

[Plasticman]

hi done a few of these, not pleasant to do, i dont know if ive still got the detail picks of it as they were posted on here via photobucket and we know what went down with them ,i will have a look over the next few days, first got to think back over the dozens of vans ive done but I do recal it was an oe unit i fitted as id bought 4 pairs of oe sills
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[Plasticman]

sills both sides starts mon 11th 2005,(restoration and major repairs  end of page 2) the picks are gone (peebucket) it was ian hulleys van so give him a shout he may have copies but i will keep searching,
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[gil90]

I have the replacement part, when I find out how to post a pic I will 
really just need confirmation on how to access it to cut and replace, I’m thinking from above I have to remove the floor edge above it
im going to clean the paint off it see if I can locate the spot welds.
thanks for all your reply’s




 

[R0B]

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[gil90]

[tandemsandy]

I'm doing this job on Vinnie at the moment.  A question for the hive mind - how do you paint the inside surfaces of the channel for the sliding door seal?  There's return edges so surfaces inside are hidden from an aerosol or brush.   Anyone got a creative solution?
Thanks,
Rob

[Plasticman]

For the sill itself make a couple of holes to suit the grommets you have or will get.then when welded up waxoyl,dinitrol,whatever is you choice,..,as for the seal channel,blast some paint in with the rattle can nozzle real close and flood it,then as you doing this get a pipe cleaner and having previously bent it use it to drag along the inside of the channel groove
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[Plasticman]

should have also said that the original inner sills have a few oval holes on the inner vertical faces..
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[tandemsandy]

Yes added holes + grommets when I did the O/S so will do that again.
Pipecleaner = great idea, thank you.

Rob