Thread: Problems following accident

Hi john , I've been following all your posts , It's good your finally getting the 110 fixed . What was the repair in the end ? New cross member , and anything else ? Jim..

Originally Posted by jimr1

Hi john , I've been following all your posts , It's good your finally getting the 110 fixed . What was the repair in the end ? New cross member , and anything else ? Jim..

New crossmember and some fairly minor panelbeating to the sill of the rear door opening. Probably also minor panel beating to the fuel tank guard, and straighten the towbar.

John

Thanks for the update , Some years ago I had a shot wheel series 3 , call a Game , anyway the rear cross had rusted out , " reversing into salt water " I got a new one from the UK , I went over to a mates house who is a welder . We disconnected the rear lights , pulled the cables back down the chassis on a drew wire , undid the rear bolts body , cut the chassis with an angle grinder , slipped the new one over the top , " It's made that way " re bolted then welded It together , reconnected the lights , all in all about 5 hrs work . When I heard you say they have to take the body off , well you can make your own mind up on that ! The thing is It's getting fixed , so good luck to you on that , because It's been a while in waiting !!.. Jim

Originally Posted by jimr1

Thanks for the update , Some years ago I had a shot wheel series 3 , call a Game , anyway the rear cross had rusted out , " reversing into salt water " I got a new one from the UK , I went over to a mates house who is a welder . We disconnected the rear lights , pulled the cables back down the chassis on a drew wire , undid the rear bolts body , cut the chassis with an angle grinder , slipped the new one over the top , " It's made that way " re bolted then welded It together , reconnected the lights , all in all about 5 hrs work . When I heard you say they have to take the body off , well you can make your own mind up on that ! The thing is It's getting fixed , so good luck to you on that , because It's been a while in waiting !!.. Jim

The basic problem, I think, has been that none of the local panelbeaters has done anything like this before and simply don't want to do anything out of the ordinary. They have no reason to have to do so, as they have plenty of work (mainly roos) without doing difficult jobs.

Not helped by the fact that the insurance companies all require repairers to quote using approved software for the amount of labour - and the approved software has no knowledge of 110s, and only limited knowledge even on current Defenders, not covering any chassis repairs.

John

On my trip to town yesterday I dropped in to the panel beater to see how he was going. I did not actually 'see' much, as he does not allow access to the workshop, probably for insurance reasons, but I did see the 110 on a hoist at the back of the shed, but as I was looking at the side, it was a bit hard to see what they have done, although it looked as if the new cross member is in place.

He said it was possibly going to be finished that day, but I did not want to stay in town on the off chance, so, since I have to go in for a meeting Thursday (tomorrow) night, I have arranged to get it then and return the hire car.

John

I just realised I had not finished this thread off.

I picked the car up on Thursday, and it looks as if the repairs have been performed satisfactorily. They fitted a new crossmember supplied by Land Vehicle Spares, and, I understand, also got some advice from them.

John