well needed restoration of my series 2a

90truckcab said:

nice what yer doin with it

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spending next to nothing fixing it then bringing it up to Orkney and leaving it there untill we move up there next year - summat for the mrs to potter round in

can't really go wrong for that price

no one knows me in Orkney yet so i'd not mind driving it for a while

thas fair enough, yer movin? not leavin the village fer good , like ther much there now

ere remember me if thers a garage sale when yer move!

always thort the series 3 wer hers ?

90truckcab said:

thas fair enough, yer movin? not leavin the village fer good , like ther much there now

ere remember me if thers a garage sale when yer move!

always thort the series 3 wer hers ?

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it's far too busy here for my liking these days plus we've got plenty of land to use and abuse up there, along with 2 block built out buildings each of which would house 6 vehicles so i figure one will be the workshop the other me store - don't think there'll be much left here when we go, am planning a couple of trips with a 10 tonner after xmas to move me gear up

technically it was purcahsed for her birthday prezzie, but you know what it's like

kno what yer mean , tis busy

yer sound like yer sorted out with the place then, its what yer need really, am still tryin to find somewhere round ere with two big barns, nothing affordable tho, would have the house with it if i could find a good small holding, where have they all gone?

Just read this from start to finish, and what a great thread!, without doubt, one of the best threads I have ever read anywhere!
A few questions;
Whats it like useing the valve lapper in a drill?, been trying to get my dad to use one for ages, but he's soo old fashioned
What is your day job?

landrover11019 said:

Just read this from start to finish, and what a great thread!, without doubt, one of the best threads I have ever read anywhere!
A few questions;
Whats it like useing the valve lapper in a drill?, been trying to get my dad to use one for ages, but he's soo old fashioned
What is your day job?

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i used to lap valves in with a leccy drill,not one of those new valve lappers.as long as you keep the valve seat well lubricated with grinding paste for the initial lapping then do a final lapping by hand.never had a problem either.

landrover11019 said:

Just read this from start to finish, and what a great thread!, without doubt, one of the best threads I have ever read anywhere!
A few questions;
Whats it like useing the valve lapper in a drill?, been trying to get my dad to use one for ages, but he's soo old fashioned
What is your day job?

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hi, thanks, glad you liked it, i have spent a hell of a lot of time doing it, hence the dates of the posts, but its coming together now, once the back axles done its the bulkhead then pick up a galvo chassis, and rebuild time

the valve lapper is ok , but not as good as doing it by hand, it only turns half a turn left to right so MIGHT have a chance or uneven lapping if you dont rotate every time, i do it by hand as a rule, bit at a time till its spot on.

im a carpenter / joiner by trade, bespoke kitchens and bathrooms etc and general building / contract work,

yesterday i got the axle casing stripped to bare metal and sprayed with redoxide, ordered a few more bits from LR series will post the pics monday,

keep the pictures coming, there great

should be doin some more this week, off to john richards tomorrow fer a quick walk round then sort the workshop out in the afternoon ,

right , its coming on slowly


rebuilt diff


few more bits while the paint wer out


not much left to clean

yer a messy bugger,look at all the dust and ****e all over the place.:behindsofa:

gemsdad said:

yer a messy bugger,look at all the dust and ****e all over the place.:behindsofa:

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i spent all day cleaning up the other day , not like yer can tell , it used to be dead tidy when i had no work on , now its a mess . least am gerrin somethin done at last tho, end of the day its a workshop not an operating theater

looking good! hav you kidnapped buster and locked him in ur workshop

90truckcab said:

i spent all day cleaning up the other day , not like yer can tell , it used to be dead tidy when i had no work on , now its a mess . least am gerrin somethin done at last tho, end of the day its a workshop not an operating theater

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fookin hell i was only kidding,my garage is a bomb site compared to your w/shop.you still coming over this way to get those chairs??.

gemsdad said:

fookin hell i was only kidding,my garage is a bomb site compared to your w/shop.you still coming over this way to get those chairs??.

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ah kno, bloody chairs, not heard awt back from them yet , i kno what will happen they will phone one mornin and expect them picked up by lunch time


as fer buster, i think he's got enough to do with out doing mine too

that does look rather nice, i tryed doing one of my diff's once, the front bearing on it was buggered, but a little past my skill (and tool) level.

90truckcab said:

ah kno, bloody chairs, not heard awt back from them yet , i kno what will happen they will phone one mornin and expect them picked up by lunch time


as fer buster, i think he's got enough to do with out doing mine too

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ok,dont forget about the kettle when yer over this way.

Varney_James said:

that does look rather nice, i tryed doing one of my diff's once, the front bearing on it was buggered, but a little past my skill (and tool) level.

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doubt it , yer just have to work in sequence, keepin all the bits in order, replacing worn as yer go, either buy tools as yer need them or borrow them .

gemsdad said:

ok,dont forget about the kettle when yer over this way.

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sounds good to me

90truckcab said:

doubt it , yer just have to work in sequence, keepin all the bits in order, replacing worn as yer go, either buy tools as yer need them or borrow them .

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That sounds so obvious that i'd never think of it,

in all honesty it was my confidence i hadn't been into land rovering long didn't have the right tools, or information