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yamxj **
Age: 60 Zodiac: Joined: 08 Dec 2014 Posts: 76 Location: ROTHERHAM
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2021 18:04 Post subject: Chassis number |
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Hi guys I have just moved to Spain with my Shogun sport it has to go through Spanish ITV but part of the chassis number can't be seen because of surface rust any ideas how to restore it without destroying it or is it stamped on the body anywhere else not the vin plates it has to be stamped on the frame thanks |
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radiomike ******
Joined: 04 Aug 2010 Posts: 1483 Location: North Bucks
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robfinger **
Joined: 09 Sep 2020 Posts: 69 Location: Aycliffe, Co Durham
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:58 Post subject: |
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In the engine bay, in the area near one of the hinges for the hood (well, bonnet, lol) is a plate that lists the VIN sane as the frame. On my truck it's on the right side of the firewall, but mine is a left-hand steering wheel, so on UK/Jap spec trucks it may be on the other side? Way easier to read this than the frame spot especially after a few coats of undercoating have been applied over the years. |
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yamxj **
Age: 60 Zodiac: Joined: 08 Dec 2014 Posts: 76 Location: ROTHERHAM
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 15:20 Post subject: Chassis |
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Thanks but I have got all the vin plates the engineer insists the number has to be physically on the frame or on the body works the plates could have been put on from another car I think the issue is |
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robfinger **
Joined: 09 Sep 2020 Posts: 69 Location: Aycliffe, Co Durham
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 16:25 Post subject: |
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Yeah sorry I missed that part where it needs to be stamped on the frame. This is stupid tho, what happens if you have big rust issues and have to cut a section off the frame and put new steel in? I swear the EU regulators have very little common sense when it comes to vehicles sometimes...
There are rust dissolving chemicals out there that should in theory clean the rust up without eating the steel behind it. What does the inspector sugges you do, he's the one being picky so he should at least suggest something that will satisfy him? |
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radiomike ******
Joined: 04 Aug 2010 Posts: 1483 Location: North Bucks
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 18:10 Post subject: Re: Chassis |
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yamxj wrote: |
Thanks but I have got all the vin plates the engineer insists the number has to be physically on the frame or on the body works the plates could have been put on from another car I think the issue is |
VIN should be stamped on the bodywork in at least one place, usually two. Did you not see the link I provided? |
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yamxj **
Age: 60 Zodiac: Joined: 08 Dec 2014 Posts: 76 Location: ROTHERHAM
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2021 20:38 Post subject: |
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Ye I got the link but the one behind the windscreen is a plate stuck on the dash thanks though |
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Age: 64 Zodiac: Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 5077 Location: Wherever I Wander To -- Midlands
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 17:13 Post subject: |
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Normally etched into the door pillar and the offside front chassis using a dot system of numbering, this used dots to form the number and they are punched in as every vehicle is manufactured consecutively and the numbers have to change for each vehicle. |
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yamxj **
Age: 60 Zodiac: Joined: 08 Dec 2014 Posts: 76 Location: ROTHERHAM
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 22:16 Post subject: |
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Thanks I will look at front chassis nothing on the door pillar |
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