MK3 transit rust bits NOT DIAL UP FRIENDLY

[100ps_drw_hicube]

mk6 are splitting!! doors already hell i would have thought ford would have done something about it by now..

welder seems the only way to cure it had mine and my dads welded up both as good as new still mk5's seem to vary but nearly every mk3 i have seen are split

[barry peach]

thay rust under the diesal tank 2 my chasis my mk 5 i got 2 drop the tank soon and all mk3 i have had when u take front bumper off thay rot along front cross member where u cant see even from the top till u take it off and front spring hangers

[intransit 89]

our mk 5 hicube got that crack on the doors and i think we might drill a hole at the end of the crack and than tap the crack in and fill it

[MrMPuk]

our mk 5 hicube got that crack on the doors and i think we might drill a hole at the end of the crack and than tap the crack in and fill it

Filling it wont work as the door is always flexing there and the filler will just crack! You need to weld it up.

[intransit 89]

u mean blob weld it and than grind it down and than paint it?

[intransit 89]

back doors on hicubes crack as well in the hinge welded a plate and did new holds works well 1 year a go did that and still works but now the of side is starting top one both sides

[sportscott]

Just thought I'd add my bit, looking at the other pics realise that although my mk3 is 17 years old and a wee bit rotten it's actually not too bad, saveable, for most people economically not viable but I do everything myself. Some places that also need a mention are the outriggers at the rear and the area of the bulkhead where it meets the inner wing.


The best thing to come out of this di section is I know where to protect my mk5

[Roggan]

Afew more places on a mk3..the front doors can crack where the quarter light upright is.


they can also crack on the inside as well

My door has cracked exactly the same way. The main problem is that the upright post is totally rusted out. Do I have to make my own or are there spare parts available?
If I had the profile with measures I could make one myself. I have no idea how it is built up. Being a toolmaker by trade it will be quite easy to make one. Does anyone have the measures or a cross section of the post.

[brookscd]

Thanks.

A very useful thread for anyone looking at Transits

Thanks again!