failed MOT today..pretty catastrophic rot on the rear chassis leg (not what you expect after blowin nr £5k on a motor but thats a different story).









If i hadnt have know the tester he said he would of condemned the car whats the best way to attack this..?? Are chassis legs available or is it gonna be a plate job d'ya rekon..??

 

Bad news mate but what car is it

 

find another car the same cut the part u need out make sure its larger then cut yours out and trim it down to the size u need it to be and weld it in happy days

 

Is it a 4x4 cossie

 

I am cutting a 3 door shell up mate if they are the same

 

Speak to Charlie Luciano on here. He has a spare brand new rear chassis leg for sale

 

find a breakers yard with a sierra in and cut the legs out ans weld them in yours, its not a pretty job but once its done you know it will be sound

either that or find a decent cosworth shell and stick your bits in it

your's does look quite bad i'm afriad

 

fuk me thats bad! good luck on getting it back on the road!

 

I 've never seen one like this!!! Hope you fix it soon...

 

Cheers Ian mate


Is that the near side? if it is I have got a new chassis leg for you if ya intrested


Luciano

 

Bad news mate.....hope you get it sorted...

 

after all the sierras ive owned,the rear chassis legs is the weakest point

ive seen so many cossies with this,although yours is pretty extreme to be honest

people even bond plates on top and underseal to sell them

ive had one that needed welded,but i couldnt have a car knowing that so sold on,the reason i bought my 3 door is they were solid and untouched

if i was you id weld it and punt it on

youl be lucky to get a sierra in scrappys these days,unfortunatly most were bought for banger racing

 

Like I saaid though if they are the same as a 3 door then I have the pair

 

cheers dude, but sods law, its the O/S where did you source it from, are they still available.?

Would rather fit a new 'un..but if i cant get one 'Barry R' ill deffo take you up on that offer..!!

The car is a 2wd saph' stg3 with a fresh motor. I bought it Jan & although i had a quick scout underneath i missed this, but to be fair the rest of the car is spot on bar some surface rust under the spare wheel well.

Any tips on ripping the back end to bits, will probably have to drop the diff an trailing arms to get into it proper..

 

my god, dont ask him that, he went all the way to Spain in person to get it, only to discover it was the wrong side!

 

Its really easy to pull the back end of only 16 bolts 2 brake pipes handbarke cable easy

You will struggle to find new 1s mate ask Charlie

 

hi i have a saph cossie going to the scrap soon, your welcome to come down and cut out what you need, i gota strip the rear end and its only going to be a dead shell. once its stripped come and take it away cut what yu want off it! ! or just come down to have a look !? not sure where you are tho to be worth it ?

 

Near side is still available from Ford but back order from Germany only, there are none left in this country, finis number is 1644593

Off side sadly are no longer available at all, that is why I went all the way to Almeria in Spain to pick up what I thought was the last last off side leg in the world, it had the correct part number which for the O/S is 1644591 but sods law it was a near side one Bugger

A decent second hand o/s one will be the way forward for ya


Luciano

 

Could a good welder not repair that? Could be worth talking to Jacko off here?

If you are happy with the rest of the car I'd repair it and enjoy the thing!

 

It's a simple repair, and done correcty is going to be a load less hassle than cutting out a complete section etc.
My view is this why do a perfect pristine job on a 20 odd year old car like this, as this is just the first of many rusty bits that need doing each year.
It's the same case with my dads xr4i, patched up each year for mot, but getting fed up of doing it now, so getting another shell.
tabetha

 

that aint as bad as it looks

its just that when you firt see it you think oh fuck its a nacker but its only metal at the end of the day its easily sorted

 

+1. Ive seen a few go like this, easy job to sort dont panic !!!

 

^^^ what he said.....once you've stripped it down ie got rid of all the crap, it wont look bad at all. Nice saturday repair for you.

 

looks like the near side to me in pics

 

Yeah I'd agree with that, deffo N/S.

 

Don't know if they ship to the UK...

http://www.atp-autoteile.de/Product.aspx?p=5291331

 

cheers for the comments guys, ive just made room for it in the garage today (had to dump the cabby out back for while..hope the roof dont leak), so gonna strip it down over the next wk or so.

It is the N/S yea..feck knows why i put O/S. :$