County Firewall & Pillar rust repair

**DeeJay** · 12th July 2009, 06:59 PM

On to the driver side door, it was'nt nearly as bad as the pass side, so i used a back door from the rollover vehicle as a donor.

Rusted out where the lower hinge is

Donor door part cut out

Put in place & door braced so it stays straight.

Bracing on the inside where its out of the way. Not quite finished welding here.

I used some foam as a stopper for the window winder, also some outdoor carpet squares to deaden down the door & give it a solid "clunk" when shutting it.

I'd lost the rubber stoppers of the original setup. I reckon the foam is better anyway.

On to the driver door side rail. Pretty straight out swap over. I braced it underneath as well.

Nearly there as far as the rust is concerned..
David

**DeeJay** · 14th November 2009, 08:35 PM

Just to cap off this thread its now on the road & looks pretty good. Yet to go out in heavy rain but it seems pretty well sealed up- for a Land Rover

**mrapocalypse** · 16th November 2009, 10:08 AM

Looks great well done.

**D110V8D** · 17th November 2009, 11:33 AM

Hey DJ I notice this 110 has one of the firewall's where the vent flap section isn't actually plated but is pressed together?

Just wanted to know when you did the vent flap conversion you obviously cut out the section where the flaps go but did you bother to fold a lip around the perimeter of the cut out section or just leave it as is?

Reason I ask is I have a 110 with the same firewall. I have done another conversion in the past and it had a plate spot welded over the vent area (but the lip was there) so was easy to drill out spot welds and convert to flaps.

I am (still) planning on doing this to my current 110 but have been umming and ahhing about the lip which is folded around that area.

Do you think there will be a strength issue at all. I was warned that if it's not folded it could flex?? I doubt it myself but I'm not an engineer.

Any thoughts? Anyone?

**DeeJay** · 22nd November 2009, 08:43 PM

Mick,
I just cut out the centre bit & left a 15mm surround & bought some 15mm "u" shaped rubber of Clark Rubber & lots of contact adhesive ( after rubbing in rust killer between the two layers. I have'nt had her out in the rain yet, did'nt get the chance this weekend

**350RRC** · 23rd November 2009, 07:10 AM

Well done DeeJay.

Get the foam out of the bottom of the doors though, coz it will end up permanently damp and help defeat all your hard work.

cheers, DL

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