Sills and Outrigger question.

[paul.twyman]

Hi All,

I have been busy working under the passengers floor over the weekend repairing the floor and replacing the front outrigger. The sill sections were fortunately salvageable which was a relief. I have the new outrigger in and its all welded up which is also a relief. The rust is due to the front windscreen leaking by the looks of it but that's another job.

I have a small patch to make on the bottom of the sill and then all done for MOT. This patch will need to be continuously welded for MOT I believe.

I have 2 questions.

Firstly the new outrigger is free from any air/drain holes. The one I took off had a hole on each side about halfway along. The hole was about 3/8" diameter. Is it best that these holes are there or best that they are not?

Second question. There are no drain holes in my sills. I seem to remember (though I may be wrong) that sills used to have small changes of section along the bottom edge that allowed water to drain out should it get in. Mine have none . Is this correct?

Many thanks in advance

Paul

[DJT]

Paul,

There should be drain holes. As you say, the section changes to create the drain gap. Certainly the new Heritage sills have them as we'll as the return underneath. Over sills don't.

[paul.twyman]

Dave and all,

Thank you for the reply.

So I got out under the car this week and discovered that there are drain holes. They were all blocked up with underseal of course. I have managed to repair the sill and can now get ELS back together.

Thank you for the help.

[Jeff]

Hi Paul,

Where did you get your front outrigger from and was it a good fit?

Jeff.

[new to this]

Hi Paul,

Where did you get your front outrigger from and was it a good fit?

Jeff.

jeff

the outriggers that rob sport sell are a thicker metal,( or they are compared to others )

dave

[Jeff]

Thanks Dave,

Robsport seem to keep coming up frequently on recommendations.

Jeff.