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Suspension point cut out..


And the inner sill leading into it


Hope this makes sense.. Offside.

Looked but none seem to do new panels.. is this correct??

Bloody hell!!! Has it been in the sea for a long time?

Brickwerks do the jacking points/swingarm bracket, the sill will need panels making if Alan Schofield's can't help.

and if you ever want to use the jacking point for jacking, it looks like you will need to take off the outer panel ( front side of wheel arch above jacking point) and do a substantial rebuild inside too.

and i wouldnt drive over any bumps till you have done it

I nearly bought that van unseen, but you got in first.........guess I was a bit lucky
All repairable though. Or sellable to me for a cut price, price

Dumfries... Sea breezes and all that

But at £3,500 I still think he's worth it. I'm certainly planning on doing him right and he's gonna be off roading.

All good advice. Really appreciated.

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Gonna buy both sides

Oh, and I took him to last nights border-dubbers club meet and took it canny over the speed bumps and many pot-holes...

Kenny from Volkszombie was there and had a look. Think he'll be better suited to tackle this repair then me

which side of the van is this on - there was a full new inner sill for sale on ebay (I think) the other day

schofields have just started to do the jacking points - they are about £48 each as i got a new products leaflet at dubfreeze on sunday!!
They also do the inner and outer panels you will need.......

Ordered both front and backs (and both sides) from Brickwerks. Very impressed with their site and after comm's

Be nice to replace sills but the cost.. EEK

Recently tho, I was speaking to fellow T25 owner and he reckons the sills aren't structural on the T25 as it's a mono(something or other) chassis design. So not an MOT failure. Is this right??

Now received and very good quality.. Happy

i think that in the middle of sills and the front you could get away with it but you cant have excessive corrosion within 12" of important bits like suspension mounting points etc.

Chassis and Attachments
Chassis main member/ body structure/
cross member/ outrigger severely
corroded/ seriously deformed/
fractured/ displaced/ insecure/ missing

Excessive corrosion, cracks or damage
of a load bearing member within 30cm
of a body mounting.

If you can convince the tester that it isnt a load bearing member then you might get away with it but you might as well at least cut out and replace or even patch the area while you are working on that bit anyway.

hotpod wrote:you might as well at least cut out and replace.

If your going to do this job then do it right - sills are a massive job to change ...there is emptying the van of furniture/fittings etc, flooring not to mention a paint job after!

Nasty bit of rot there mate.
Did you find out if the prop was removed due to a duff VC?

Hey...

I did find out. And it wasn't!!



There's a little story goes with it tho. I'd fitted the propshaft in a dodgy bolt one end and let Tyson roll whilst under it and fit bolts as flange turned..!

But I changed engine oil at same time but the Syncro's engine protect-plate has to come off with other extra chassis-support rails (just wire brushed those and hammerite [other rust paints are available] painted those up! - nice)
Anyhow, the tow hitch had to come off but I quickly put it back on and only bolts thru and not secured. Fitted propshaft and set off on test. A few corners and speedbumps later all is well. Great. Put foot down to get across main road when clunk, grind, grim. Thought it proshaft/diff so turned around to limp home only to see bolts strewn across the road. Ahh.! Cable tie later and got home.. Diff's and VC all ok...

Mouldy is busy man and couple of months before he can weld Tyson up. So SORN'd him for the month and may try welding him up. 20 years of Bays should be enough experience to make a good job of it...

Any inner sills out there? Both sides and think do the job complete and in 1st go rather than stages...

RustyNuts wrote: Recently tho, I was speaking to fellow T25 owner and he reckons the sills aren't structural on the T25 as it's a mono(something or other) chassis design. So not an MOT failure. Is this right??

I'd say that being as the rear suspension attaches to that bracket through the sill end as well as the cross-member, they most certainly are structural.
Here's when I did the n/s on our syncro:

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