Sill repairs - can they be re-done?

[Roverageous]

Hi all,

 

Please excuse my norbert around bodywork repairs - it's something I have no knowledge of at all.

 

On my diesel 75 I had a sill repair done around a year ago. Some time later it visited a Halfords auto centre for a tyre repair where some chump ran a trolley jack into the aforementioned sill. This took the textured protective coating off and put a dent in it. The same day I filled it with filler & painted over - didn't look great but I was happy there was no bare metal.

 

Like a chump I haven't washed the car since, until today. And I find the 'new' sill rusting away merrily underneath. This was nothing to do with where mr halfords ran the jack into it - completely different place. So I'm guessing the original repair wasn't brilliant.

 

My question is, is it now possible to have the whole lot chopped out and replaced again? Or is it a case that one repair is all you can do without compromising the rigidity of something or other?

 

£££ not an issue, just concerned that the work can't be 'redone'?

[steveo3002]

yeah you can keep cutting it off and welding on new panels ...worth doing it right and once

[oldcars]

Yes a sill can be cut out and replaced. 75s seem to go around the rear jacking points.

[JayW]

This guys never owned a transit then

 

Keep on patching until there's nothing left but patches

[Guest Hooli]

Then patch the patches.

[sierraman]

You can plate upon plate if you want. By the time you start doing this though it's time to say goodbye.

[Roverageous]

You can plate upon plate if you want. By the time you start doing this though it's time to say goodbye.

 

 It's a section of sill about 6-8 inches long that was cut out and completely replaced.

 

From the sounds of it, this can be redone and probably a better job done to stop happening again? 

[danthecapriman]

You can plate upon plate if you want. By the time you start doing this though it's time to say goodbye.

Funnily enough I went to see my Capri today and they showed me a few of the lumps of it they cut off and replaced.

Some of it was 4 or 5 layers thick where it had been plated again and again! It was a right state.

[sierraman]

It wants cutting out right back to solid metal, it might look like six inch of rust but it's likely to be closer to 10 by the time you've attacked it with the grinder. When it's been welded give it several coats of paint and some seam sealer.

[Uncle Jimmy]

I know a man that'll do it if you're near me. Easy enough.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

In 1992, I replaced both outer sills on a 1980 Mini Clubman. Cut the old ones right off, cleaned up everything with a grinder, painted the insides with red oxide, spot welded them on(well, my mate with a spot welder did) and fired a litre of Waxoyl into each one, 100 psi in the gun so it turned into Waxoyl fog. I saw it 5 years ago and they were still perfect. It didn't take much longer than bodging cover sills on and reducing the dubious structural strength even more.

[mrcitroen]

Just get it re welded properly.

 

Thing is, it seems harder and harder to get someone to do welding really well. Most places that weld just do patch ups to get a car through the MOT. But MOT standard is not really that great and as such the skill set in that respect can unfortunately be quite low.

 

Find someone who has a really good reputation. These guys are worth their weight in gold.

[Roverageous]

No guys, originally 6 inches of rear sill was cut back to the wheel arch and replaced.

 

It's now starting to rust again. Just at the corner of the wheel arch. That's all. Just wanted to know if it was viable to repair again.

 

 

 

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[sierraman]

If it's not holed, wire brush it back and bang some shutz over it.

[alf892]

It is the inside of welded repairs that needs carefully painting/protecting........if not it will rust fast along the welds.

 

Nothing quite like welding to promote rust