1969 swb series 2a resto

Oh and the front crossmember should have rivnuts in to hold the winch mounting plate - if you put bolts right through they will crush the front x-member when you tighten it up.

And no way will that hydraulic tank ground out, its well up out of the way.

well front springs,socks,bushes are shot so front axle etc is off, drivers side shackle was stuck and had to cut bolt to remove, then had to remove chassis bush (b@stard) this took about 4 hours and lots of head scratching ended up melting some of the rubber and got a hacksaw blade trough, eventually got it out. Seen a bearing press you can make out of a tyre jack on youtube so hopefully this will work getting a new one in.

all hydrolics back on made a new hanger for the tank, no fluid yet so not bled it through. got my fuel tank on with new line and two filters took it for a drive sitting on fuel tank (fun) to sweep all the crap off my floor. waiting for pay day to get shocks for front end then fingers crossed its on to bodywork.


Did a bit of t cutting on the rear and comes up pretty good might not need as much paint as i thought.

front sus back together, new front bush and some salvaged blts has lost a lot of its lean now and is a little higher.

gotta do some little bits here and there, and get the bulkhead repair panels, then on to rubbers and oils. hopefully

landy earning its keep when the wheelbarrow has a flat tyre



bit of off roading at the weekend has accses to a massive area of woods so took some toys, went in a bit keen and got the county stuck in the first river crossing but was a rite laugh. 110cc hybrid mini quad is pretty deadly down hill in dense woods, flat out.

Bit of progress figured out the clutch pedal leak was a well and trully knackered master cylinder so replaced seals and is good as new, gear changes have become a lot smoother. Got the rear of the cab on and sealed, doors are on now waiting for bottom door repair so i can chop up the bulkhead and weld in new pillars. Heater has been rebuilt and painted looks good now (not that it does a lot) put all new hoses in for the heater as the old ones kept leaking (every hose has now had to be changed on this landy). Only leak now is from the rear axle but hoping the axle breather is blocked. Seats are now attached and siliconed in.Steering wheel boss has been painted also cleaned inside the idiacator stalk which is a great bit of kit with the self cancelling wheel (funny), seriously old school technology.

Well a few more bits done waiting for one more part to arrive then the bulkhead finnally gets done. Had to move some soil and the wheel barrow was taking to long and tractor out of action so another job for the landy now with all tow bar and electrics finished. Did the job great heavy load and no spinning up banking with wet grass and ok tyres, i did drop the trailer once (oops turf) might have rushed hitching up a little made over the bank but didnt likle the bumps on flat.

Carb fully rebuilt all new gaskets everywhere and seems to have fixed fuel leaks need to track down a vacum pipe snaped mine and had to bodge it, are there any alternatives to copper wire?

Got a small leak from the rad when warm, do you use lead solder to fix this?

its only a tiny bit of cracking on the edge so should be fixable
cheers

messing around with suspension, not a lot of travel with leaf springs.not bad for something made in 1969 though

just seen this thread fer the first time and just cought up with your progress

bloody beautifully done mate ... flat caps off te yer

Well some progress been working away in crappy london so not had much time for the landy but finally finished the bulkhead, No more holes and i can hang doors. hopefully get a day off next week to paint it and start putting it all back together, then just waiting for v5 as dvla had it down as a 3 and half tonne vehicle. Thought id treat myself to some back seats not very comfy but they work, and im always in the front so not really an issue for me. pics not working will try to get them on tomorow

Some of the pics all the good ones dont work

looks good mate does the winch work?

Liking the look of that

the winch makes it look great too!

I like.

tomseries3tom said:

looks good mate does the winch work?

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Yeah it works needs a new cable and some oil; but it works

Got most of the bulkhead painted in primer now,if it warms up today will start on final coats. then its all oils, diff gaskets sump gasket and should be pretty much there. untill the next load of leaks appear anyway.

looks great, just to get back to one of your questions about drilling chassis and cross members, i usually driil through the chassis and put a steel tube in to fit the width of the chassis section and weld this in both sides and then you can fit a bolt through the tube and tighten it up without squashing the chassis

peter8315 said:

looks great, just to get back to one of your questions about drilling chassis and cross members, i usually driil through the chassis and put a steel tube in to fit the width of the chassis section and weld this in both sides and then you can fit a bolt through the tube and tighten it up without squashing the chassis

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yeah i used this method works really well cheers

Got the roof on now and all lined up with a little bit of wigglin, having a bit of diffuculty getting the wiper motor off, the bible says undo it all and pull out complete with cable but dosent want to give it up.

Did an oil change and the engine sounds really nice now a few noisy tappets but theyll calm down. Replaced the voltage regulator and rebuilt the dynamo so now have electricity when on the power. Still got a fair bit to do but its getting there, hopefully be a one year rebuild and be ready for the floods.

Nearly there got the winch running and some bodywork done rear axle not leaking anymore.

My dads has his eye on a another landy for about 6 months same sort of story 10 years parked on a muck heap and our persistence paid off his wife said we could finally buy it, so we now have a series 3 diesel.its got an overdrive and 7 seats have given it a jet wash as looks like a few patches to chassis and bulkhead usual stuff most off the electrics are working already and the springs havent collapsed so thats a good start.

have tried to start it to move it but no life so thinking stick some new glow plugs in and see what happens, thinking i might put a 200di into it eventually.

So need to finish my one then then on to landy project number two.