Hoping for advice, as usual:

My SIII XJ6 is still laid up awaiting a gearbox. If I can get time I
might address a couple of other issues with it, one being the sills.
Mine are rusted at the front

I'm under the impression it's common for the sill ends to rust through
at the front (where a mudflap would be, if fitted). True? And and
acceptable fix is to weld a plate on?

The rest of the sills are okay so I'm thinking of shooting some
rustproofing gunk into the sills before getting them welded up. Any
recommendations as what to use and how best to get good coverage (- warm
Waxoyl through a lance??)

Finally, I guess the sill rust is an MOT failure? My car's got a current
MOT but I soon poked the sills though when inspecting it... dodgy cert?

TIA
Sean

Steve Firth wrote:

MB wrote:

Finally, I guess the sill rust is an MOT failure?

Yes.

My car's got a current OT but I soon poked the sills though when
Minspecting it... dodgy cert?

An MoT certificate only says that the car was roadworthy at the time
that the vehicle was inspected. Of course much depends on how hard the
inspector pokes the sills.


Not hard enough I suspect, Steve. Before I got the car I think it came out
of a Jag garage as an unwanted p/x so they may have MOTed it themselves.

(For information of other readers - I deleted my original post in error.
Basically asking if sill rust is common on the XJ6 (probably) and how best
to rustproof the sills from the inside out.)