Help / advice etc - Changing sills

[froggy]

Bought new inner and outer sills today from Kingfishers, would i be right in thinking:-
Cut off outer sill
cut off inner sill
fit new inner sill
fit outer sill

I know its not going to be as simple as that but if thats the correct order then at least i have a start and finish point, its going to be the bit in the middle thats will be a problem but hey ho,

Is it best to do passenger sliding door side first or drivers side, both need doing but which will be quickest to do?

Whats the best way to weld as i cant see a way of welding top of outer sill to body?

 

[Loxy]

have a look at haveacampers resto thread in the gallery section, he hasnt put the sill back in yet but might give you an idea as to the potential problems cutting the old one out and other bits that might need replacing (although his is fairly extreme).
Sills can be one of those areas where you end up replacing a lot more than originally expected (although I hope its not the case for you).

 

[Snakey]

Cracking resto section here!

http://www.specialpatrolgroup.co.uk/spooky/sills/ns/ns.html

 

[Guest]

Cracking resto section here!

http://www.specialpatrolgroup.co.uk/spooky/sills/ns/ns.html

/agree

thats a very handy tutorial there :wink:

 

[dandaz]

I always cut the inner sill off first ,then push the inner sill in and weld it to middle top hats ,then you have referance points for outer sill....

I have tried doing it other ways , but that works for me....


I have done loads.... :wink:

 

[froggy]

Cut the outer sill out today and ground everything down so i have shiny metal to weld to (the only shiny bit on the bay i'm beginning to think).
Going to Cut and Shut the inner sills as its only the front half thats gone and i cant really see how to change it all at the moment, although that might change when i get all the rust out of my eyes :lol: