Meet Noel

Quick update.
Have continued striping off the springs etc and loosened off engine and gearbox bolts.
New chassis arrived today
Now got to prep and paint it.

I now have a hatred of suspension bushes and I have broken my vice trying to press them out.
This week will involve overhauling the rear springs and associated components.
Saturday is the big day. Lift the engine and gearbox and swap on to the nice new galvanised chassis

codfather79 said:

I now have a hatred of suspension bushes

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Agree with you on that, one of many of the worst jobs to do on a land rover. I just burn them out then hacksaw the metal sleeve off.
Keep up the good work, will feel like you have accomplished something once you start adding stuff to the new chassis

Whoop whoop.
New chassis painted and fitted.
Started at 6 this morning and finished at 3,30 this afternoon.

That’s a pretty good days work.

J

Looking good, should be finished soon then lol

steve24v said:

Looking good, should be finished soon then lol

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I wish.
Still got to order the new bulkhead!

How bad is your bulkhead?

steve24v said:

How bad is your bulkhead?

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Fine for an experienced professional fabricator to repair, then galvanise.
For me, I'll order a new one!
By the time I buy a welder and perfect using it, I could have bought a new one

Not much happening of late.
I need to top up Noels piggy bank.
I did get round to giving the new bulkhead a t wash and etch prime today, so there has been some progress.

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I must get on with prepping the bodywork, as 1) its all in bits and 2) it should be relatively cheap. However, there is a snag : https://www.landyzone.co.uk/posts/5437344/

Seriously giving me a headache.

Finally the weather has warmed up enough to re commence tinkering.
(Sorry, I'm a fair weather tinkerer)
This weekends task was to prepare the rear tub for painting (it wasn't, it was meant to be fuel tank and lines plus brake pipes but my craddock order still hasn't been dispatched!!)

After cleaning off the waxoyl, it looks like the main floor and all supporting parts are suffering wire worm
Bugger.
Looks like yrm are going to be getting a healthy chunk of money!

Hopefully regular updates can now continue

So much for regular updates and making the most of bank holidays. I'm sure that even when you have left home, parents can mess up the best laid plans. In this case, one of them decided to die on me!
Anyway, this weekend just gone I continued to strip apart the rear tub and actually managed to refit something. Only the hand brake, but it felt good to put something on rather than taking something off.

Now waiting for a response from YRM to help me with what I need for the tub!

W

codfather79 said:

So much for regular updates and making the most of bank holidays. I'm sure that even when you have left home, parents can mess up the best laid plans. In this case, one of them decided to die on me!
Anyway, this weekend just gone I continued to strip apart the rear tub and actually managed to refit something. Only the hand brake, but it felt good to put something on rather than taking something off.

Now waiting for a response from YRM to help me with what I need for the tub!

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well done on your progress but my sympathies for your loss.

Col

10/10 to YRM.
Quick response and I now know exactly what I need to order

More tinkering today.
Rear break lines sort of fitted.
New fuel tank fitted (fek me, s**tpart really are just that)
Front brake pipes tomorrow then more panel beating!

Spent the weekend beating the front wings back into some sort of correct shape .
I think the head lamp panels are beyond economical repair, but a face muck bargain came to the rescue.

Been a tub thumping day

Not much to report of late.
Still prepping bodywork and finding more things that are broken.
Today however I did pick up a small panel from the spray shop after a trial spray.
It feels like a little bit closer to the end.


Going back to the original "limestone"

Impressive ...