Re: [stag] Re: A-post nightmare
Posted by Anonymous User
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Re: [stag] Re: A-post nightmare May 19, 2012 09:03AM |
I think the water leak is not in that area
It is in the gutter at the side of the windscreen.
If you tip some water down the gutter you will see it coming out of
the base of the A post where it meets the inner sill top.
It is quite likely you will need a new front floor panel as although I
have deleted the links now I recall seeing a hole in the floor.
I am looking forward to further reports as you progress the repair.
If it is the only rust in the car is worth doing.
Probably someone sat for years with carpets over wet floorpan underlay
without realising it. Easily done.
Or, more likely, they knew but couldn't find the obscure leak.
PeterH
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So, it's that good then - just a simple repair
A bit of steel
> plate held in with filler and mastic (that's what the last owner did!)
>
> Thank you for you opinion, I do value it (this is my first stag, I
> don't get much time or money to work on it, so I want to plan the
> next steps carefully.) I've had it about 4 years, got the
> mechanicals sorted and thought the rust patches on the body were
> (relatively) minor.
>
> I agree, it must have been a water leak in that area, the only good
> part is that the rest of the sill is sound! So we are only dealing
> with the area immediately in the area of the A post and to the
> jacking point. Whilst the outer rear of that wing is sound, I think
> I may well remove it to give me visibility and access into that area.
>
> When I've done that I'll post more pictures and see where I go from
> there. I was hoping that I could graft on a section of new sill at
> the front. In the past I have replaced the rear cross members on
> two landrovers, that was much more welding and as I tow a 3.5T
> trailer (with the LR, not the stag) , it needed to be good as well!
>
> I am a model engineer as a hobby and build 7.25" steam engines, so I
> have some engineering know how and have a pretty well equipped
> workshop. This doesn't put me off, but I don't think I've got a
> good enough grip on what I need to do yet!
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter
>
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> Sent from TriumphStag.NET [www.triumphstag.net]
It is in the gutter at the side of the windscreen.
If you tip some water down the gutter you will see it coming out of
the base of the A post where it meets the inner sill top.
It is quite likely you will need a new front floor panel as although I
have deleted the links now I recall seeing a hole in the floor.
I am looking forward to further reports as you progress the repair.
If it is the only rust in the car is worth doing.
Probably someone sat for years with carpets over wet floorpan underlay
without realising it. Easily done.
Or, more likely, they knew but couldn't find the obscure leak.
PeterH
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So, it's that good then - just a simple repair
A bit of steel > plate held in with filler and mastic (that's what the last owner did!)
>
> Thank you for you opinion, I do value it (this is my first stag, I
> don't get much time or money to work on it, so I want to plan the
> next steps carefully.) I've had it about 4 years, got the
> mechanicals sorted and thought the rust patches on the body were
> (relatively) minor.
>
> I agree, it must have been a water leak in that area, the only good
> part is that the rest of the sill is sound! So we are only dealing
> with the area immediately in the area of the A post and to the
> jacking point. Whilst the outer rear of that wing is sound, I think
> I may well remove it to give me visibility and access into that area.
>
> When I've done that I'll post more pictures and see where I go from
> there. I was hoping that I could graft on a section of new sill at
> the front. In the past I have replaced the rear cross members on
> two landrovers, that was much more welding and as I tow a 3.5T
> trailer (with the LR, not the stag) , it needed to be good as well!
>
> I am a model engineer as a hobby and build 7.25" steam engines, so I
> have some engineering know how and have a pretty well equipped
> workshop. This doesn't put me off, but I don't think I've got a
> good enough grip on what I need to do yet!
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Sent from TriumphStag.NET [www.triumphstag.net]
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