Hi all, new to this forum so please be kind.
Just bought a 95 reg 300Tdi defender 90 which on the face of it looks pretty solid (and sadly having to sell my trusty series III into the bargain)
Anyway, I've been doing the usual, going over everthing with a fine tooth comb - suprise suprise, what i thought was just a bit of surface rust on the rear cross member, with a bit of poking around turns out to be a couple of 50p size holes, one in the centre of where the main left hand chassis joins on and the other about 2" to the left of the drivers side jacking point . After clearing all the crud out from inside, the back of the crossmember looks ok, few chunks of rust have come away but still all seems reasonably solid.
Question is - do you think its best to ignore it and plaster in waxoil to try and get a couple more years out of it , or is it worth repairing / replacing at this stage (got through its MOT fine in FEB). Rest of chassis looks good, apart from rear nearside outrigger.
By the way, this is a great forum - loads of useful stuff
Cheers, Steve
