Sprog's Shouting His New 110 Thread.

[sprogthedog]

Now the 110 was legal it was time to get rid of the Disco.
I'd salvaged some stuff off of it, so all that was left was what I couldn't be arsed to remove.

I thought about sticking it on eBay, but was offered 200 quid collected from the scrappy.

The day she left

 

[sprogthedog]

Anyway. With that all done, it was time to make the 110 fit for my purposes.

First up was a canopy. I wanted an Ifor Williams one, as I think they look better than the fibreglass jobbies.
It took a couple of weeks but I found one in the deepest, darkest depths of Devon. So a road trip happened, and I had my canopy.

Next up was modifying the tailgate.
Landys have this thing where the gap between the tailgate and the floor of the load area is about 2 inches.
A friend of mine's dog actually broke it's leg in this gap, and I didn't want it to happen to my dogs.
So I got some off cuts of wood and fashioned a hinged flap that covers the gap when the tailgate is down, but will fold as the tailgate goes up.
Like so.

 

[sprogthedog]

So, you'll remember I mentioned that the breather had been disconnected from the air filter?
Well I was round Phil's having a cup of tea and a chat, and I mentioned I was going to make a catch tank out of a coke bottle.
"Don't be daft" he said "I've got one in the garage"
So, a bit of fiddling around later, and I had a billet Ali catch tank.
Oooh, shiney!

A quick word about Phil, well, he's nuts!
What he doesn't know about cars isn't worth knowing. And he's always willing to help, if he can.
He owns a lovely restored series 2a, a Disco 3, 2 Subaru impreza's and 3 hillman imps (all race spec, one with a impreza turbo engine in it!)

 

[sprogthedog]

So. On with the fun stuff!

Went to Newbury 4x4 spares day with some dosh I'd saved up.
Came away with; door cards, a cubby box, a steering guard, a bumper some light guards and a new light bar.
All for 85 quid!!

Set about fitting it all.

 

[sprogthedog]

Bloody thing!!

Noticed a small diesel leak form the tank. Phil and I dropped the tank, thinking it might be a fuel line.

It wasn't.

The tank is Swiss-cheese in a couple of places...

New one ordered from Paddocks, should be here next week.
Pics to follow.

Anyone still interested??

 

[daddy2coull]

yep, makes good reading, i really ought to do more work on mine rather than just buying bits lol

 

[trax]

looking good, do something to protect the chassis from all the mud and crap though.

the doors didn't look that bad. clean it back, weld some new metal on and paint it up. do the doors soon as i found they can rot pretty quickly.

 

[DFNDR WP]

Nice thread mate, keep it up.

 

[SmileySteve]

Nice thread matey! love reading these keep it up

 

[sprogthedog]

Whilst she's laid up, I decided to treat the old girl to a set of filters and an oil change.
The first since I've had her. (Sorry!!)

This was the air filter.

 

[bigvinnie]

Whilst she's laid up, I decided to treat the old girl to a set of filters and an oil change.
The first since I've had her. (Sorry!!)

This was the air filter.

Is that oil or dirt in the old filter?

 

[sprogthedog]

Is that oil or dirt in the old filter?

Both..

Although the rocker cover breather had been disconnected when I got it, the P.O can't have changed the filter.

Also, the rubber "fanny" thing was missing from the bottom of the air-box, so all sorts of crud was getting in.
Sealed it with a plastic disc and some silicon.

 

[bigvinnie]

With that much oil in the filter have you checked the turbo to see if the seals are failing? Or has it had a new/recon turbo recently?

 

[sprogthedog]

The inside of all the pipes are dry. So can only assume that it's just a **** old filter.

I'll keep an eye on it anyway. Thanks.

 

[toms3]

this thread is a great read cheers! im going through a similar thing myself!

 

[bigvinnie]

Aye keep an eye on it, when I bought mine ma filter had oil in (but no as bad as yours). I replaced my turbo weeks later as the bearings where on the way out and was chucking oil up into the filter.

Didna fancy a run away engine!

Nice beast yu,ve got there by the way!

 

[sprogthedog]

The nice thing about my landy being laid up, is I've got my bosses 110 puma to buzz about in!

It was clean when I got it.

 

[sprogthedog]

As promised some photos of the knackered fuel tank.

And the finished interior. Stereo fitted along with C.B.