Finally managed to get some pain killing injections (jeesis they hurt) for my back a week ago so finally felt up to starting work on my series 2a. It's surprising what you can get done in a couple of hours with a few spanners. Managed to get the cab off, the floor up, the seatbox out and the rear tub off and only had to grind off three bolts and two of those were only cause I had the grinder in my hand at the time. It probably helped that some previous bodger had seen fit to leave about half the nuts and bolts not fitted whenever it was last took apart.

Looks like this is gonna be a full rebuild......

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"If you told him to wipe his poochute he would come back with poopoo on his face....." Tinribs referring to a work "friend".

Had another good day on the landy today. Pressure washed off most of the crap from the gearbox and then got the whole gearbox removed. I'm so glad that I ain't driving this about anymore, can't believe how many nuts and bolts are missing not to mention other shoddy work carried out by previous owners. Found the cross shaft going into the clutch had been welded up before but was now cracking again - that would have been fun had it sheared when waiting in traffic. Gearbox is now out with oil coming out of both ends and wobbely input and output shafts - full overhaul needed.

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"When non-enforcable encouragement was made for such aforementioned non gender specific individual to cleanse his nether parts, hithertoaforementioned non gender specific individual returned with shit (this is anything goes) upon the physiognomy" - nonmetalspecificmidriffbone pertaining to the likeness of a non-identifiable generic "acquaintance"

"If you told him to wipe his poochute he would come back with poopoo on his face....." Tinribs referring to a work "friend".

This lot of work was done back at the may day bank holiday. Went out and got myself a new cheap parts washer and set about dismantling the gearbox. The hand brake was full of shitty oil thanks to the knacker seal. Oil in the transfer box was contaminated with water- no suprise there! It all came apart easily enough and there were no obvious major problems with the expensive bits inside, just some rumble in the worn bearings. Parts washer worked a treat.

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"When non-enforcable encouragement was made for such aforementioned non gender specific individual to cleanse his nether parts, hithertoaforementioned non gender specific individual returned with shit (this is anything goes) upon the physiognomy" - nonmetalspecificmidriffbone pertaining to the likeness of a non-identifiable generic "acquaintance"

"If you told him to wipe his poochute he would come back with poopoo on his face....." Tinribs referring to a work "friend".

The workings of a gearbox were a total mystery to me, so I was looking forward to taking this on apart to see what I could learn. What I did learn was that I seem to have become allergic to parrafin all of a sudden so not only is it good at cleaning bit off gearbox, it also removes my skin despite barrier cream and those useless gloves that rip before you get them on, and disolve when you get them dirty. Again, there were no major problems in the gearbox apart from worn bearings and seals, looks like I have got to it in time before major headache. Worse bit was the reverse gear that had the odd corner chipped off the teeth. I think I know how it all works now!

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"When non-enforcable encouragement was made for such aforementioned non gender specific individual to cleanse his nether parts, hithertoaforementioned non gender specific individual returned with shit (this is anything goes) upon the physiognomy" - nonmetalspecificmidriffbone pertaining to the likeness of a non-identifiable generic "acquaintance"

"If you told him to wipe his poochute he would come back with poopoo on his face....." Tinribs referring to a work "friend".

really interesting.....please keep us informed how it goes esp newbies like me

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nice one tinribs this is what we need plenty of pics and enthusiasm,brilliant..

Fair play to you mate, enjoying this thread please keep the pics comming very interesting

Well done,looking forward to see more pics. Presently looking for a 2a to restore myself,difficult to find a brittish built one in south africa

Tinribs,

Great to see what you are doing as I'm about to go throught the same thing in a couple of weeks. What I'm interested in is, did you still have fuel in the petrol tank?

I want to strip rear tub off / seat box / wings / bonnet for tidying up and painting but still need a running engine so it can go for a service while i'm doing the bodywork. Do you think I could get away with this? Just concerned about removing the fuel pipe from rear tub etc.

James.

Yes, I still had petrol in the tank. All I did was tape over the filler and breather holes on the tank. This is NOT totally safe, so don't blame me if you become engulfed in flames please! It was drivable by sitting on the petrol tank, taking care not to get wrapped up by the prop shafts and handbrake spinning so close by. You get a great view of how much the suspension moves if you can take it for a spin over some rough ground as I did, only I then ran out of petrol and had to push the 2A back to the workshop.

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"When non-enforcable encouragement was made for such aforementioned non gender specific individual to cleanse his nether parts, hithertoaforementioned non gender specific individual returned with shit (this is anything goes) upon the physiognomy" - nonmetalspecificmidriffbone pertaining to the likeness of a non-identifiable generic "acquaintance"

"If you told him to wipe his poochute he would come back with poopoo on his face....." Tinribs referring to a work "friend".