mahon257 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I'm replacing my doors sills on the Disco (1996). Run into a bit of an issue! Bought the new panels from Paddocks, (inner and outer sill). As you can see from the photo attached ... I've managed to cut out the old panels - but whilst doing a "test fit" of the 2 new panels (inner+outer sill) - I can't get them both in - only 1 or the other. The way I see it, I'm gonna either have to lift the body up off the chassis (somehow), or apply loads of brute force and bend the new panels - which may not be possible without completely kn*ckering them. Anyone got any useful tips! (hopefully Les is reading as I can see he's done this before!) Cheers Nick These are the new bits: Inner Sill, Outer Sill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disco_al Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 i would say that you need to jack the body up looking at the pic, as you have removed the body mount to do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I haven't replaced the inner and outer sill as seperate items - just the whole thing (which is where I learned most of the Anglo Saxon from ) I detached the centre pillar and then carefully pulled it outwards to get enough room to fit the new item. Got to say it was a right pig of a job and took about 3-days to fit them and some other welding to the footwell. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahon257 Posted June 9, 2010 Author Share Posted June 9, 2010 thanks for the replies chaps.. Think I'm gonna try loosing the body/chassis mounts "fore+aft" - too see if I can lift the body by an inch or so... wish me luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahon257 Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Success! Managed to get the new sills in.. Trick was to weld the inner + outer sill together 1st - i.e. on a workbench. I then bent the edge of floor upwards (on the edge under the foot pedals - that runs across the width of the car, between the inner wing and the clutch pedal). Was then able to get the new sill in. Didn't need to jack up body or remove any mount bolts (other that the 2 chassis mounts that hold the sill in). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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