chassis

[snookes]

looked at a cerb recently and the outriggers had gone(rusted thru) the car was a 1999 4.5.
is there anywhere else the chassis can rot on these, where do i look? also are there any specific tests to do on a cerb when test driving/checking one out so i don't buy a dog
many thanks

anthony

[Brummmie]

Also check where the exhaust manifold passes by the chassis in the engine bay. Under that shroud at the front of the engine bay might be worth a look if they will let you lift it, when i lifted mine for the 1st time i wasnt happy!

[Peppe]

On a 4.5 the chassis use to rust on the upper tubes in the chassis, just behind/ beside the engine. You get a lot of heat from the exhaust system there.

When I did my body of chassis restoration a couple of years ago on my 1999 SP 6 there was no problems with the outriggers, but close to the cat´s I had to change one of the thinner diagonal tubes. The heat from the cats had burnt the powder coating off completely in that area of the chassis.

Edited by Peppe on Wednesday 22 July 09:15

[snookes]

thanks for the input guys
are there any more specific tests i can do when inspecting a cerb eg engine, clutch, air con or anthing else

thanks

anthony