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Post by Harris on Nov 2, 2016 17:18:36 GMT
Hello all, Since having the cills done on the car when it rains the cills fill up and then the water comes into the floor of the car. Here is my cunning adjustment to make sure we don't get flooded...  |
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Post by Harris on Nov 2, 2016 17:20:25 GMT
Chris Neal helpfully pointed out that I should have drilled holes in the cills (they don't have any at the moment - totally sealed)
I have just made time to look at my stripped and partially rebuilt shell. If you remember I said there should be some drain holes in them. I can confirm this now. The outer cills have 3 holes about 1/2", maybe 5/8" dia, one about 2" back from the front of the front door opening, a second about in the middle of the door opening and the third is about 3" behind the jacking point. They are about 1/2" outside of the bottom flange where the cill is spot-welded to the vertical diaphragm and the inner cill to floor closure plate. There are also drain holes in the closure plate but they are not holes as such. They are a swaged downwards bit of the flange that is spot-welded to the bottom of the floor at the lowest point of the inner cill - in other words the bottom of the floor pan and there are three of these as well, one near the front, one about half way and the last nearer the back end. They would be easy to squash closed with a miss placed trolley jack. I would take some photos for you but I had my digi-cameras stolen from the car while we were in Warwick at the RM Club Rally in July. I also have at least one full set of genuine BMC cill panels but they are stored well out of reach at the moment in the garage loft which is pretty much full of the 1300 parts (the shell is completely bare) plus extra 1300 spares, Pathfinder, and Roadster stuff plus all sorts of other stuff that one accumulates over life "in case". Trouble is when you want it you can't find it and if it is available to buy then that is what you end up doing. Bottom line really is if you can't find it it not worth keeping. Hoarding stuff seems to be a classic car owner disease. Anyway, unless you are a purist, the location of the holes is not critical so long as they are there and the car stays dry inside. Do keep in mind that when you drill the holes, the wiring harness for the rear of the car passes along the offside cill so be careful. Hope this helps.
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Post by Harris on Jan 1, 2017 9:59:39 GMT
There is a guy at or local garage in Bath who not only used to own an Austin 1100 but also has a classic mini restoration project on the go.
He has drilled all the holes necessary and now there is no longer any water in the car!
They managed to drain 9 litres of water out of the cills!
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