Guest mortus Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Right, today i looked under my landrover, and realised my rear bump stops were missing so i went to paddocks and ive now got 2 brand new ones. now i tryed to remove the old metal part of the last bump stops, and in the doing so, i accidently ripped off the entire bump stop mount off my chassis damn rust!! my chassis is sound, and there plenty of good metal to weld too, and i can weld pretty damn well ( for saying im 16) (now come the questions i would normally ask my dad, but since he is on holiday, i can't ask him, so i look to lr4x4 to be my father ) now, i know you have to disconnect your alternator and battery, the battery is easy, but how the hell, am i supposed, to get my hands down past the air box to the back of the alternator? i mean i can get my hands down, but theres no room for spanners or molegrips. do i only remove one wire? or both? if one wire, which one? also.. my 200tdi has a range rover airbox filter thingy and a range rover heater thingy i think this is because it was a 90 TD and got a conversion to a defender 200tdi. can anyone tell me if disconnecting my alternator is necessary, and how to do it!! Thankyou Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Can you reach from underneath? You might just have to remove more stuff to get there. I usually remove all the cables just to be sure but I have also welded on vehicles with both the battery and the alternator still connected. Sometimes it was ok but other times the alternator failed shortly after so it isn't worth the risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ3120 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Chris I may be wrong, but I just disconnect my battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Well I don't know what the official advice is, but I have never disconnected anything other than my battery (not alternators, ECUs or anything else) and have never had a problem. I always think that if you make sure you get a good earth as near as possible to the weld site then I don't see how any damage can be done... but.... factor caveat remember TwoSheds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mortus Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 hmm, by a good earth what do you mean? make sure the anode (cathode?) of my mig has a good connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Put the earth clamp right next to where you are welding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mortus Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 thanks night train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I've never had a problem, make sure the earth clamp is near to where you're welding. disconnect the battery if you like. I don't see any need to disconnect the alternator, especially if the battery's disconnected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Could you not remove the air box so that you can get to the back of the alternator ? Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 IMO (limited as it is where welding is concened) it can't hurt to disconnect the battery and alternator, especially if it's just a case of removing the air box to get to it. It's definitely cheaper than a new alternator a few weeks down the line... By a good earth connection for the clamp it means clean the metal up before you attach it. Don't just clamp it to the painted/rusty chassis as this will not provide a good connection. HTH Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mortus Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 ok, i welded on my new mounts today, i disconnected my alternator, and i moved the air box to do so. It looked like there were lots more pipes that there actually was. now i have rear bumps stops again and can head out into the wild again!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacks906 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 just to clear up i was tort to only disconnect the battery an ECU's, i've never disconnected the ECU's tho and i think they only say that because of all the sensitive electric bits in there an there expensive to repleace dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddymanok Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Mortus, how do you head into the wild if you're only 16, I live in Clay Cross and will be heading out into that wild beyond next weekend, lol, Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mortus Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 whats your name? nick somebody... i live in ashover on a farm. so ive got plenty of wild and if you go up past bakewell towards flagg and monyash, thats pretty damn wild. i will be looking out for your series 3 now. where down cross do you live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddymanok Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I live off homegate road which is the opposite end to Batemans mill opposite the library, and this is what you're looking for, Cheers, Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mortus Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Awesome. I'm going be looking for you, surprised I haven't seen it before. I'll put my thumb up to you if I see you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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