samc88
Drivels spiritual representative
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Well with the series pretty much done, its now time to be looking at my brothers 90. Its a 1986 (I think IIRC) FFR with all the gear stripped out. Has a bit of history as this went out in the first gulf war apparantly, underneath the green you can still see the sand coloured paint. Bulkhead needs some work (door pillars are pretty shot) and footwells need replacing but all in all its not too bad. Plan is to swap the rear axle to the spare discovery one we have to make it discs all round. The engine in it is a 12J 2.5N/A diesel (same as mine), no plans yet for an upgrade. Right time for some pictures
The rotten pillar
Doors also need a bit of work doing to them
The interior
Aftermarket ignition barrel which needs replacing
First thing was to take off the spare wheel, this reveals quite a bit of the sand paint
The mighty 2.5 diesel
Bonnet will be replaced as we have sourced a good spare. The military fittings will just be swapped over
The bonnet stay was unbolted at the wing end and the bonnet was lifted up out of the rubbers (you have to lift it past the normal open position to do this)
The front plastic grill was removed as was the horn bracket that was inside
Next, the lights and light fittings were all removed
The army side light fittings have a couple of screws and then they should just pull out allowing you to disconnect the wires
Back of the light fitting
We then started to strip the front end down
The wheel and arches were taken off to get better access for taking the wing off
The crossmember piece in front of the rad was taken off first
Various brackets had to be unbolted before lifting the wing off
The plan was to fetch the inner wing and outer wing off seperately but then we ended up taking it all off in one go
Drivers side wing was then taken off
Next job was to take the doors and roof off. The roof has a row of bolta on top of the windscreen as well as a bolt in each corner and a bracket in the middle of the tub sides on top of the capping
Floor was the next thing to come off, a lot of the phillips heads had been rounded so had to be ground off
Next was the turn of the seatbox, theres a row of bolts at the back and along the sill panel as well a couple at the front. All were 10mm (M6)
We could then make a start on getting the tub off by unbolting the brackets, its easier to do than the one on my 88"
Took it out for a jetwash in the garden and this is where we're up to now
Now for Dad to make his appearance on film driving it back into the garage
The rotten pillar
Doors also need a bit of work doing to them
The interior
Aftermarket ignition barrel which needs replacing
First thing was to take off the spare wheel, this reveals quite a bit of the sand paint
The mighty 2.5 diesel
Bonnet will be replaced as we have sourced a good spare. The military fittings will just be swapped over
The bonnet stay was unbolted at the wing end and the bonnet was lifted up out of the rubbers (you have to lift it past the normal open position to do this)
The front plastic grill was removed as was the horn bracket that was inside
Next, the lights and light fittings were all removed
The army side light fittings have a couple of screws and then they should just pull out allowing you to disconnect the wires
Back of the light fitting
We then started to strip the front end down
The wheel and arches were taken off to get better access for taking the wing off
The crossmember piece in front of the rad was taken off first
Various brackets had to be unbolted before lifting the wing off
The plan was to fetch the inner wing and outer wing off seperately but then we ended up taking it all off in one go
Drivers side wing was then taken off
Next job was to take the doors and roof off. The roof has a row of bolta on top of the windscreen as well as a bolt in each corner and a bracket in the middle of the tub sides on top of the capping
Floor was the next thing to come off, a lot of the phillips heads had been rounded so had to be ground off
Next was the turn of the seatbox, theres a row of bolts at the back and along the sill panel as well a couple at the front. All were 10mm (M6)
We could then make a start on getting the tub off by unbolting the brackets, its easier to do than the one on my 88"
Took it out for a jetwash in the garden and this is where we're up to now
Now for Dad to make his appearance on film driving it back into the garage