Tinkering with my Vogue

I want to wish all that are following this a very Merry Christmas

Thanks Stu.... and a Merry Christmas to you !

Merry Xmas to you too Stu

Back from visiting so on with some work.

Fitted the exhaust system, well started



Struggling like feck to get the other side in



That's as far as I got. Think I need to come up but need to jack the rangy up a bit to get the right angle. Help required with that.

As the sun was shining I painted the wing supports and fitted the side that the exhaust is on



Put plenty of Anchor Wax over everything and fitted it when wet so hopefully there will be a water resistant seal to deter the rot worm in the future.

With the wiring on its way I finished the plumbing for the fuel system



I clipped the fuel lines up and tidied the other pipework up so once the wiring and exhaust system is in the floor WILL go down

With the help of Djdomnyp I got the other header on.



Did have to remove the steering damper, the clutch pipe and jack the chassis up to give more room above the axle.

Also fitted the front of the slam panel and the other wing mount

Looking great happy new year

Ye. Break tomorrow but hope to have the floor in place by the 4th

Wooooooo finally back on the Rangy after getting the Disco through a MOT















Errrr oops











So after 3 weekends and explaining to the insurance company why I happened to right off a combo van the Disco is back on the road

This afternoon I managed a few hours on the Rangy. Just a few little jobs done today.





I repaired the expansion bottle bracket so I can fit a plastic expansion bottle.









Not easy with the ARC welder as the metal was getting thin so blew a couple of holes in it.





Bolted the Radiator in so I can figure out where to put the gearbox radiator



Had a clear out of rubbish to make some space



Getting somewhere slowly



Hopefully I will get chance to do some more tomorrow

Good effort in this cold weather

It wasn't bad today, I'm working outside all week so used to it. But I did get this just need to fit it now

stutab said:

It wasn't bad today, I'm working outside all week so used to it. But I did get this just need to fit it now

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Behind the back seat and chimney through the roof?

I was in the local in front of a log burner for most of the afternoon

dunkan said:

I was in the local in front of a log burner for most of the afternoon

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That sounds like a lovely place to be

tomcat59alan said:

Behind the back seat and chimney through the roof?

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Better use of the boot than a LPG tank

True, to both of your replies.

Bit more done today

Awaiting the arrival of Killajoules I tested the old air con fans before I welded the radiator brackets





With them working I made the brackets, but forgot to take a picture

I fitted the other mud flap bracket while the paint was drying on the new brackets, a lot of brackets going on today then herd a TD5 pull up

We pushed the rangy into the sun so we could open the doors to finish the steel parts of the floor



Then aligned, sealed and fixed the floor and seat boxes



We got all excited that we were getting close to looking like a Range Rover again so put the lights on



After pushing the rangy back into the workshop slightly to the right so all doors can open I fitted the expansion bottle



Just the support bracket to make and it's fixed bolted the screen wash bottle in. Soon be on the wiring

wow really enjoyed this thread read it all this last two days, i have just about completed a 200tdi and manual box fit into my classic, some said it should go straight in but hey thats not my luck, it had a 3ltr turbo perkins engine through an auto box when i bought it in november, only done 68k from new, so i am hoping that i have made the right decision to out it, for the 200tdi, anyway looking forward to seeing the end result of yours.

Cheers Peter. I have mine booked into the ALRC Nationals in May so needs to be on the road by then. I'm also contemplating buying a original 200tdi Rangy for my daily. I never thought the work I have done to this would be to this extent when I started it two years ago but I'm glad I have done what I have to it

Bit more done today

I fitted the oil cooling radiator onto the fans





Nice snug fit I loosely fitted the pipes but will fill them with oil before tightening everything up

The bracket is finished on the expansion bottle and I fitted the pipe to the radiator



I attacked the tunnel cover with a grinder so I can change gear when it's running









I wiggled the heater box back into the dash, I can't quite get it lined up so that can stay floating until I have a hand.

Don't know what I will do next week as I am collecting the 200tdi classic I bought [emoji12]

Helping me mot the d1 possibly 😉

That's easy enough. Your D1 doesn't need welding