Series 3 1977

That channel looks like roll formed industrial channel, the rolling process makes it very hard .You would be better off with some folded steel sheet the same gauge as the chassis. The channel will not flex like the rest of the chassis and will probably fracture at the welds when in use.

Blackburn said:

That channel looks like roll formed industrial channel, the rolling process makes it very hard .You would be better off with some folded steel sheet the same gauge as the chassis. The channel will not flex like the rest of the chassis and will probably fracture at the welds when in use.

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Ok, quick answer would be great: What do you suggest i do? would fabricating a U by welding bits in a U the same gauge steel to the chassis work?

Blackburn said:

That channel looks like roll formed industrial channel, the rolling process makes it very hard .You would be better off with some folded steel sheet the same gauge as the chassis. The channel will not flex like the rest of the chassis and will probably fracture at the welds when in use.

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Or, rather what do you suggest i do, i can make another trip to the steel place.

Have a look at this post sure this lad had to do simliar repair drop him a PM and ask how he made them

Blackburn said:

Have a look at this post sure this lad had to do simliar repair drop him a PM and ask how he made them

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Which post is that?

You might be able to use the C section to bend some 2mm sheet to the same shape. May be better in 3mm???

Bobsticle said:

You might be able to use the C section to bend some 2mm sheet to the same shape. May be better in 3mm???

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Now, that IS a good idea, exept i have allready started making the patch! it's coming along nicely, 1 side over, 1 to do. Need more welding rods though. I'll get some photos uploaded in a sec.

So, i went down the old metal place today. Got some 2mm galvanised steel, cut to: 7.5x40 (x2) 4x40 (x4) And then a few off-cuts.
Practiced welding on the off cuts, got a really nice weld. Obviously ground off the galva before welding.
Here is how it turned out:


Right, i was satisfied both with the amperage and my welding ability.

So, took the 7.5cm bit, and welded the 4cm to it, like above:


And then put in some reinforcing pieces inside what would be the U section, then closed it off. Finished product:




This will be the flush repair section.

Didn't mention: need to make another tomorrow, took me several hours to make this

Missing link was this one
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/straight-6-rebuild.266514/page-6

Blackburn said:

Missing link was this one
https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/straight-6-rebuild.266514/page-6

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Cheers, that's the sort of repair i was planning to do on mine, as you can see above.

Right, here's something i'm surprised i have not ranted about sooner, and also why i have not repaired the chassis sooner:
Ordered parts last week, scheduled to arrive friday. Got an email later saying that they could not deliver the parcels, evidently the guy was too f***ing lazy to come here.
So, had to wait the weekend. Come monday, i get a call at about 9.30 saying they would not deliver today, then also got an email saying they were waiting for me to tell them what to do. SERIOUSLY?? F**** ELL, DO I NEED TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB?????????????????
Is it really that difficult to drive to my house and drop 3 parcels off? So i told the f***ers to deliver the parcels to my local post office, but is that seriously up to me to get them?? christ, i reckon they would have got here sooner if i went up to f***ing calais or wherever myself, also being the fact that i'm not old enough to drive yet. So it's up to me to do their job, because they are obviously too preoccupied doing whatever it is chronopost employees do, probably incest, mostly.
Rant over

That's just what I said about Yodel!

davebeccles said:

That's just what I said about Yodel!

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Well, it seems every delivery service is doing really well these days....

Brilliant thread. Very interesting.
Can I ask..... Are you taking things apart and learning as you go or are you very knowledgable in the world of moving metal bits? I'd be petrified that pulling apart Diffs and Gearboxes would end in disaster for me what with missing bolts, springs and shims etc. I'm rather good at taking things apart but have absolutley no idea if I'd be looking at a good part or not.

viamphie said:

Brilliant thread. Very interesting.
Can I ask..... Are you taking things apart and learning as you go or are you very knowledgable in the world of moving metal bits? I'd be petrified that pulling apart Diffs and Gearboxes would end in disaster for me what with missing bolts, springs and shims etc. I'm rather good at taking things apart but have absolutley no idea if I'd be looking at a good part or not.

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Well, lol, it's a yes and no question. I've never taken diffs or g/boxes apart before, but thanks to lego technic i got quite mechanically minded let's say. It's quite simple, when you take the time to understand how everything works, then you can figure out how it would go back together, if that makes sense. As for missing bolts and stuff, what i've done, to get around that, is put everything in freezer bags, then in a cardboard box, relative to what piece it's from. So, t/box, g/box f/axle r/axle, all makes sense in my mind.
For what i assume you mean as to be wear or damage, i know the basics, like scoring in a shim for example, rust is obviously very bad, i think i know how to test bearings, though this one had been sitting for 8 years, so i'm changing all of them.

labelled bags and boxes is a good idea, you can't do enough of that, especially if something distracts you and you stop work for a few weeks or it takes a lot longer than expected, it becomes easy to forget what bolts were for what

I once stripped down an XJS and put that into many boxes. I also took pics of where everything went in stages of dismantlement.

The guy at Jaguar was a very helpful and enthusiastic chap and helped me with regards to what was ok and what was on the list of 'worn'.

Thinking about it now.......... He did own a rather larger house by the time I was finished

Be careful changing bearings just because they have stood for a little while the ones you buy to replace them might not be the same quality nowadays.
Some newer bearings with the same number have tapered radius on the inner race which allows the circlip to sit deeper , the output shaft on transfer case commonly has issue caused by this radius reduction.

honolulujoe said:

labelled bags and boxes is a good idea, you can't do enough of that, especially if something distracts you and you stop work for a few weeks or it takes a lot longer than expected, it becomes easy to forget what bolts were for what

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Yea, it's the way to go