Another rebuild, Td5 90

Cracking work Aaron!

Yet another thread I'll be absolutely glued too!

Keep it up the great work mate.

Feck me , you near caught me up already.

You winnae even hae a roosty bulkhead that needs repairing before you can put it on .... Thats what i been at tonight, its nasty work

Looks like great progress - everything nice and clean and painted and going together perfectly.

Whenever I'm working on the Land Rover there's always a landmark moment when you turn the little lever on the ratchet so that it goes from anticlockwise to clockwise. Or nowadays I've got as battery impact wrench, so it's a matter of sliding the reverse switch over.

Bloody hell mate, I've been away for a little and come to find you've gone and done it again!!!!!

Looking good, keep up the hard work

robbh said:

Cracking work Aaron!

Yet another thread I'll be absolutely glued too!

Keep it up the great work mate.

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Cheers Robb Hope you enjoy the rest of it as much as me

top drive said:

Feck me , you near caught me up already.

You winnae even hae a roosty bulkhead that needs repairing before you can put it on .... Thats what i been at tonight, its nasty work

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Aye, But it's all going to come to a grinding halt pretty soon, Got the paint to do but I can't do it at home, Plus it's a little cold at the mo.
So it may just have to get stuck together and painted when it's all built up. As much as I don't want to do it that way I may have too.
As for bulkheads, Yes I know the feeling Luckily this ones good, But I've got one in me back yard that needs some work, Mind I'll probably never do it

Brown said:

Looks like great progress - everything nice and clean and painted and going together perfectly.

Whenever I'm working on the Land Rover there's always a landmark moment when you turn the little lever on the ratchet so that it goes from anticlockwise to clockwise. Or nowadays I've got as battery impact wrench, so it's a matter of sliding the reverse switch over.

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Cheers The thing with this is theirs still a mountain of stuff to take to bits and rebuild etc. But still a landmark for me will be getting it into a rolling chassis
Speaking of impact wrenches I love mine too Use it all the time, Wouldn't want to be without it.
Could do with a 3/8th's one now though

Landyfox said:

Bloody hell mate, I've been away for a little and come to find you've gone and done it again!!!!!

Looking good, keep up the hard work

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Cheers mate
I did think you'd not been on for a while! Hope everything has been alright bud.
And yes again It's what make me happier so might as well :crazy:

you aint lying about the weather fella.

im toying with getting my tub solid - at the front and all the cappings in primer + fitting before just sticking it all back together for paint at a later date.

its hardly painting weather - wouldnt take much to paint it next summer.

Well we're in a rolling chassis
Just had me dinner and debating going back out side in the rain or not :scratching_chin:

At least go out and take some photos

top drive said:

you aint lying about the weather fella.

im toying with getting my tub solid - at the front and all the cappings in primer + fitting before just sticking it all back together for paint at a later date.

its hardly painting weather - wouldnt take much to paint it next summer.

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Aye, It's not grate., but I'm more bothered about the neighbours kicking off with regards the actual painting
My problem is that my compressor wont keep up with doing it all in one go.
Meaning I have to mask up and do it in sections.
Much easier to do it while it's in bits. I may just primer it all while it's in bits. So at least it doesn't look so bad and covers all the bare ally/steel up.
Hopefully they wont smell that, Much less potent than actually 2k top coat

mick the builder said:

At least go out and take some photos

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I have but getting them on to my computer seems troublesome tonight :mad2:

Well pictures have finally reached my computer

So today was front axle day.
So rolled it out the garage into the rain Yes it's been on and off all day. Nothing too bad though.

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And it's under
I must say it's much easier if theirs 2 people, Still I managed ok on my own.

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Then stuck a few bits and bobs on.
Pushed new bushes into panhard rod, Fit steering box/pipes and track rod bar, Fuel filter backing plate.
No steering damper as I bought the wrong one

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That was about dinner time and I was going to call it a day, But decided to split the engine a gearbox.
With being on my own it should make fitting a little easier, Plus means I can check clutch although it seems ok when driving.
But kind of wish I had called it a day, When trying to move the engine out of the way the engine crane got stuck in the mud and sent one leg of it into next doors fence :doh: sh*t fu*k cu*t boll**ks
Something else their not going to be happy about

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With the engine and crane recovered I split the gearbox/transfer box too.
Going to give them a bit of a clean so should make them a little more manageable.

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Oh and one last thing, Does anyone know a source of a reasonably price tank guard?
This one has seen better days. Not fussed if new/old/standard or aftermarket just need something without holes in.

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Theres a market for this you know !

Keep this up an you can finish mine off for me

And mine!

Do mine first, please

Why is there a big fried egg on ya patio?

Haha yeah matey, it's been a tad hard the last few months, I've been in and out of hospital. I shouldn't really complain there's a lot more people worse off than I am.

It's looking smart, I like the Kawasaki green. I notice that the fence is down..?! Lol

top drive said:

Theres a market for this you know !

Keep this up an you can finish mine off for me

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Hmm, You're not the only one to tell me this.
I wouldn't mind trying it and seeing if it did actually pay, But it's a risk and I don't fancy losing the savings I do have. Although I know how much the things cost so I don't see it myself.
But I suppose you've got to speculate to accumulate :scratching_chin:
Oh and yeah, Bring it round

Discokids said:

And mine!

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Aye, neighbours will love it!

Al2O3 said:

Do mine first, please

Why is there a big fried egg on ya patio?

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:lol: I had to go back and look at the pics again, Know what you mean now. It's a dog toy

You sir are crackers!

I think YRM make a decent tank guard/cradle. No tank guards are amazingly cheap though. My terrafirma one was expensive AND the bolt holes were stupidly big!

I have a good second hand one but it's currently being measured up by a mate so he can make me an aluminium one instead

Haha, I also just remembered that my current tank cradle came from you aaron!

Landyfox said:

Haha yeah matey, it's been a tad hard the last few months, I've been in and out of hospital. I shouldn't really complain there's a lot more people worse off than I am.

It's looking smart, I like the Kawasaki green. I notice that the fence is down..?! Lol

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Ah, You must have been replying as I was, Hope everything is good now mate, Complaining is good anyway, 'tis the only thing I'm good at
Yeah the green has grown on me a fair bit Not as in your face as I thought it would be.

Bennehboy said:

You sir are crackers!

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:lol: erm.... thanks I think I think I'd agree too.

james6546 said:

I think YRM make a decent tank guard/cradle. No tank guards are amazingly cheap though. My terrafirma one was expensive AND the bolt holes were stupidly big!

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Yeah, I thought that about the YRM one too, But once you add shipping and vat it's £160 Far too much money really.
But as you say non are cheap, I guess that's just the nature of it

AlbertDefender90 said:

I have a good second hand one but it's currently being measured up by a mate so he can make me an aluminium one instead

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Oooh, You want to sell it Well when he's done with it anyway

james6546 said:

Haha, I also just remembered that my current tank cradle came from you aaron!

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Ha, you sure did, sods law that I sell something that's been sat in my garage 5 years and need it 4-5 month down the line