1986 90 rebuild / restore

Hi all thought I better but up a thread of my 90 seems I keep asking questions about rebuilding it so everyone can follow....

My brother in law is a teacher at a school local to me and said they have some old Land Rover thing that needs to be moved , it is in a garage that needs to be put to better use. The pics he sent me




The thing in question is a1986 90 2.5d pickup donated many years ago by a local farmer / parent for some of the kids to work on .

So me and my dad being Land Rover mad jumped at it so 1 week later we picked it up..

Dads v8 90



Then off the trailer into the garage

Let the strip down begin



That's all I got of stripping it down.
The engine /gear box are good
Axel's needed work
Cassis solid
Bulkhead solid
So I didn't take pictures of a while but next going back together


That was it last Friday.
Today was spent putting in throttle pedal , brakes pedal and pipes , clutch pedal and pipe and some wiring back in



And that's the last 9 months in a nut shell more to follow..

Look forward to seeing more of it as it comes along.

I'm also intrigued - what's the air-cooled 4 cylinder spare engine in the first picture?

Part of the deal was to take everything in the garage , so I guess that was another engine donated for the students to strip

Flat four looks like VW

Foxyred said:

Flat four looks like VW

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That was my first thought, but I don't think it is. The bores look too big too, but maybe that's just the lens.

And actually, it might be water-cooled? I thought air because of the gaskets, but isn't that a water pipe diagonally across it?

It was water cooled , maybe Subaru

Colour is Keswick green from paintman awesome stuff. Cover is painted with a brush so is the bulkhead ! No brush marks but did get quite a lot of dust land on the paint which is annoying

Cool project another one saved !

Chassis looks good

It's alive

Ok can't upload video for some reason will try again later

boguing said:

Look forward to seeing more of it as it comes along.

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+1 looks in nice order.... watching

boguing said:

I'm also intrigued - what's the air-cooled 4 cylinder spare engine in the first picture?

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I wondered the same....

Foxyred said:

Flat four looks like VW

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and thought the same..... but....

boguing said:

That was my first thought, but I don't think it is. The bores look too big too, but maybe that's just the lens.

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Yep!

Jonny miller said:

It was water cooled , maybe Subaru

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+1 - my second thought - might be worth a few sheckels on that well know auction site.

For some reason i can't upload the video of the 90 running !!
But it does

1 step forward 2 back

Power steering box is shot dumped the all the fluid in quarter of a turn.

Jonny miller said:

For some reason i can't upload the video of the 90 running !!
But it does

1 step forward 2 back View attachment 118656

Power steering box is shot dumped the all the fluid in quarter of a turn.

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If you want to upload a vid, then load it on youtube and then paste the link here.

Cheers

I've got a 6 bolt steering box for sale £50 + courier

Foxyred said:

I've got a 6 bolt steering box for sale £50 + courier

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Is that guaranteed no leak ?

Cheers

Foxyred said:

I've got a 6 bolt steering box for sale £50 + courier

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Thanks for the offer , but I've already ordered one from paddocks.

Its not Guaranteed, But it is not leaking. Its off my project car. see my thread

Great project, and I like to colour.

Definitely and Subaru engine block in the 1st picture, possibly a non turbo one.

This is the key ring on the 90 ! Must of been a winner or something to save an ear tag for a key ring .
I had a little google on the show and that year princess Diana attended , would be cool to find out what the ear tag came off .