Floor Pan Repair on a Range Rover Classic (Post #676) 10/20/2024

In this installment I start getting the rust sorted out for the installation of the floor pan. The cross members have quite a lot of rust on them. I used the wire wheel, a flappy sandpaper disk, and even a cutting disk to remove the rust.

The removal went pretty well. It took a few hours. The lip of the floor where the panel was cut out required wire wheel work as well. This was just a LOT of grinding.

I decided to setup and use my sandblasting cabinet. With the new air compressor it worked great. I was really pleased with the result. So much so that I’ll be building a rolling base for it. That way I can store it when I’m not using it and pull it out to make it more convenient. The lamp inside the cabinet has seen better days so I bought a cheap under cabinet lamp that I will install.

At the beginning of the video I briefly reinforce that I still have a parasitic draw. I’m going to experiment with some solution. One, isolating the alternator. I’m still fairly convinced that the alternator’s diode pack has failed. It’s happened before.

Second, I’m going to test for the draw using the “Pull One Fuse While Watching an Amp Meter” method. It takes forever (30 minutes) but should show what’s going on.

There will be a whole video for that.

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