Steve's unexpected Series 3 rebuild.

You seem to have done more in 6 months than most people, me included, manage to do in 6 years.

Col

LincolnSteve said:

By the time I get it finished it will have to go in a museum about cars people used to drive in the olden days.

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I think once we're done with our vehicle restorations we'll both be scrabbling for museum space (!)

Luckily the Series Land Rovers have got to be one of the easier vehicles to convert to electric. There's lots of space for batteries within the chassis and we can easily bolt on a motor up front.

We're not there just yet but the parts for electric conversions are getting cheaper - one day an electric conversion will be a better upgrade than say putting in a decent rebuilt V8. I haven't priced it up recently but if you were to factor in costs of fuel then you might be surprised how close we are (assuming you're going for low use say 5000 miles per year and home charging). Petrol here in Holland is selling for about 2 euros a litre - old school mpg of 20 mpg (probably hopefull for a V8 conversion!) means you'd burn 1135 litres of fuel - so that's about 2K (euros or GBP) a year...

...a decent rebuilt V8 would probably cost the best part of 5K - even a decent rebuilt four pot costs about 3K these days

A "done by a company" conversion is still way out of my reach - people are spending about 30K to convert MGBs => Mad money (in my opinion) but a cobbled together DIY solution might soon be within reach

[I've used the V8 comparrison because I reckon an electric motor would probably be capable of giving similar performance]

I think you continue to do sterling work. I enjoy reading about, and seeing the progress you're making - bloody marvellous

I've binge read your thread, fantastic work Steve and you the man as far as welding goes.
Bloody well done mate.

Thanks for the comments everyone. They really help at the times when I start feeling i'll never get it done. I'm just amazed that anyone is still watching.

Firebobby1 said:

I've binge read your thread, fantastic work Steve and you the man as far as welding goes.
Bloody well done mate.

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Thanks for the kind comments. But remember I only show pictures of the good bits.

You lot have properly cheered me up on this gloomy Monday. I'm going to crack on with the steering column and the brake and clutch pedals after work today. Thank you.

That's some good work there, Steve.

^^ Wot he said Great to see

I've been trying for the impossible today. I drained the oil out of the transfer box ages ago because it leaked out of the cover underneath. I know it's a notorious leak spot but it was too leaky to put up with. I thought i'd done a pretty good job of making sure the cover was flat and I hoped it might do the trick. The best solution would be one of those roamerdrive replacement covers but they are far too much money. So what i've done is get some really thick 3mm cork and made a really chunky, squishy gasket. Then gave it a nice coating of RTV silicone on both sides and lightly tightened it in place. I've just done it finger tight then a bit more to make sure the silicone is squished across the joint. I'll tighten it a bit more tomorrow but i've got to control myself as i'm a bugger for over tightening everything. I don't know if cork is suitable or if you should use silicone with cork or if it's a good idea at all. Let's see.