Land Rover Range Rover Body Repair Rover Manual

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION Underbody Protection Repairs
When body repairs are carried out, always ensure that
full sealing and corrosion protection treatments are
restored. This applies both to the damaged area, and
also to areas where protection has been indirectly
impaired as a result of accident damage or repair
operations.
Prior to straightening out or panel beating, remove all
corrosion protection material in the damaged area.
This applies in particular to panels coated with...

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION Fitting Approved Accessories
When fitting accessories it is important that the
vehicles corrosion protection is not affected, either by
breaking the protective coating or by introducing a
moisture trap.
DO NOT screw self-tapping screws directly into the
body panel but fit plastic inserts first. Protect the
edges of holes drilled into panels, chassis members
and other body parts with a suitable zinc rich or acid
etch primer, followed by a...

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION Application Equipment and Techniques
1. Air inlet
2. Flow control (spray pattern adjustment)
3. Pressure cup (1 litre [1.7pt.] capacity). Maximum
pressure 140PSI (9.7 bar, 9.8kg/cm
2).
4. Gun connector
5. Lance nipple connection
6. Flexible lance
7. Rigid directional hook wand (forward cone spray
pattern)
8. Flexible nylon 1100mm (43.3in.) lance with 360Ê
spray pattern
9. Rigid 1100mm (43.3in.) lance with 360Ê spray
pattern
When re-treating wax-injected...

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION Hook Nozzle on Flexible Lance:The rigid hook
produces a highly atomised, forward-directed, fully
conical spray pattern having long range and good
dispersion characteristics. This combination has good
directional capabilities for the treatment of short,
narrow sections and may also be used for direct
spraying of inner wheelarches etc.
Position the flat area at the end of the lance at 180Ê to
the nozzle spray direction. This will help to...

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION CAVITY WAX
1. Injection hole at lower A post.
2. Injection hole at lower B post.
All areas symmetrically opposite to those shown are also treated.
See GENERAL INFORMATION DATA, Information section. 

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION SEALANTS AND ADHESIVES
Structural Adhesive
Metal-to-metal adhesive is applied to critical joint
areas during factory assembly. The material used is a
high-temperature, heat cured, nitrile phenolic which
serves both to bond two metal surfaces and also to
seal the joint against ingress of dust, water, petrol and
fumes. This material is not suited for service use, and
should be substituted in repair using a suitable
medium strength...

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION Sealing Water Leaks
Sealing charts in this section show those areas of the
bodyshell most likely to be affected by accident
damage and water leaks, and which could therefore
require re-treatment in repair. They do not show those
joint areas which only apply to factory assembly
operations and which are unlikely to be disturbed in
service (e.g. centre tunnel), or where the damage
would be so severe that the entire bodyshell would
normally be written off....

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION Sealing
When the point of the leak has been detected,
proceed to rectify it using the following procedure:
1. Renew all door aperture seals and weatherstrips
which have suffered damage, misalignment or
deterioration.
2. Check all body seals to ensure that they are
correctly located on their mounting flanges/faces
using a locating tool if necessary.
3. Dry out body seams to be treated using
compressed air and/or a hot air blower as...

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION SEALING CHARTS
1. Structural adhesive
2. Structural adhesive
3. Structural adhesive
4. Structural adhesive
5. Structural adhesive, seam sealer
6. Structural adhesive, seam sealer7. Semi-structural adhesive/anti-flutter material
8. Semi-structural adhesive/anti-flutter material
9. Semi-structural adhesive/anti-flutter material
10. Semi-structural adhesive/anti-flutter material
11. Structural adhesive
12. Structural adhesive
All areas symmetrically opposite...

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SEALING AND CORROSION PROTECTION
13. Putty
14. Putty
15. Structural adhesive
16. Putty, seam sealer heavy
17. Putty, seam sealer heavy18. Structural adhesive
19. Structural adhesive
20. Structural adhesive
21. Structural adhesive
All areas symmetrically opposite to those shown are also treated.
See GENERAL INFORMATION DATA, Information section.