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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Jake on February 14, 2005, 20:39:01

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Jake on February 14, 2005, 20:39:01

I'm sure this has been talked about to death!!
How hard is it to replace the rear floor on a 1991 disco?
Avarage time for the job?
Any tips on tools i might not have thought of?
Any advice at all, please let me know!!! :)  :?  :shock:

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Paul on February 14, 2005, 20:43:01

There is some interesting reading and lots of photos here http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=4921&start=0

I'm sure they will be in to advise you soon. :wink:

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Wanderer on February 14, 2005, 20:43:04

Tim Muddyweb has just done Daz's.
Ed

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: beast5680 on February 14, 2005, 21:02:15

got mine to do at some point :( just putting it off at mo

Title: Re: Rear floor replacement
Post by: muddyweb on February 14, 2005, 21:02:44

Quote from: "big blue disco"

How hard is it to replace the rear floor on a 1991 disco?

No way on earth I'm answering that question... depends entirely on who you are and what you know ;-)

Quote from: "big blue disco"

Avarage time for the job?

Depends a lot on how bad things are.  If it's just the floor, then a couple of days should let you do the job properly... if you end up having to fabricate bits or start replacing the struts under the floor, the time will clock up :-)

Quote from: "big blue disco"

Any tips on tools i might not have thought of?

A good welder, plenty of cutting and grinding discs, a chisel, hammer, hacksaw, plenty of MIG wire, wire brush, body sealer, paint.

Quote from: "big blue disco"

Any advice at all, please let me know!!! :)  :?  :shock:

Take your time, it can be a pig of a job, if it's rusty... replace it  ;-)

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Jake on February 14, 2005, 21:14:13

Looks interesting!?!
Gonna have a go at it myself soon (need warmer weather, longer days)
A friend of mine has done his but he rivited it in place. Sounded strange!
Worst thing is i'm gonna remove the 2 lpg tanks and the 25 ltr petrol tank and put back the original fuel tank and replace the 2 lpg tanks (40ltr each) for a 90ltr tank and fit it in the boot (you'll see why i the pic, petrol tank underneth off side rear). Then fit a fuel tank guard and scorpion rear bumper!!!! The car is gonna be of the road for a couple of weekends and not in the muddy sense!!!!!!
I'll keep you all posted :D

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Big Rich on February 14, 2005, 23:10:02

I have a cross member for under the rear floor if anyone needs one. I didn't use it on mine as we had 5mm plate instead.

Rich

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Colin 009 on February 14, 2005, 23:55:39

Hi Big Blue Disco, love what you've done with the discovery badge,

anyway what were you going to do with the old tanks.  :?:

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: hobbit on February 15, 2005, 00:02:23

Quote from: "Colin 009"

Hi Big Blue Disco, love what you've done with the discovery badge,

anyway what were you going to do with the old tanks.  :?:

Well spotted missed thay, looks nice, good twist :wink:

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Range Rover Blues on February 15, 2005, 02:04:24

Quote from: "big blue disco"

Looks interesting!?!
Gonna have a go at it myself soon (need warmer weather, longer days)
A friend of mine has done his but he rivited it in place. Sounded strange!
Worst thing is i'm gonna remove the 2 lpg tanks and the 25 ltr petrol tank and put back the original fuel tank and replace the 2 lpg tanks (40ltr each) for a 90ltr tank and fit it in the boot (you'll see why i the pic, petrol tank underneth off side rear). Then fit a fuel tank guard and scorpion rear bumper!!!! The car is gonna be of the road for a couple of weekends and not in the muddy sense!!!!!!
I'll keep you all posted :D

I have the same prob, no way am I fitting a fuel tank in that wing, if I don't hit it, some t**t will, I would like to find someone who can remake a stock fuel tank half the size so I can squeeze a 36l tank in with it (I have a tank guard) then I won't loose quite so much boot, I'm going for an upright doughnut in the spare wheel well (might be remaking the floor to fit).

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: muddyweb on February 15, 2005, 07:59:13

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

I would like to find someone who can remake a stock fuel tank half the size

Talk to Andy @ Allisport.. he'll do you a custom tank.  I have a secondary tank under the rear floor of Tigger, nicely done.

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: VeryDisco on February 17, 2005, 19:46:53

It seems great minds think alike!  Mines been a VERYDISCO since i got it!  I do feel a bit daft about my user name now though.  :oops:

It took two days to replace my floor. I got the new one out of a scrap yard, I needed the base of the wheel arches too, so a brand new floor would not have been any good.

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Xtremeteam on February 17, 2005, 20:11:24

ive seen a disco 2 with a doughnut tank mounted on the rear door along with the spare wheel

Title: Rear floor replacement
Post by: Jake on February 20, 2005, 18:20:07

Quote from: "Hobbit874"

Quote from: "Colin 009"

Hi Big Blue Disco, love what you've done with the discovery badge,

anyway what were you going to do with the old tanks.  :?:

Well spotted missed thay, looks nice, good twist :wink:

Cheers guys! I have a new tail gate going on soon and just had new badges made up in reflective. Verydisco and V8i and a wicked special vehicles badge (see night photo)
The old tanks and fuel tank are going to tinley-tech as part ex on the new one (unless some one make's me a sensible offer?)