Didn't get to do too much today because of the football, but plugged all my breathers into the 5 way manifold, bottom three are the front/rear/cam cover breathers, side two go up the snorkel Also painted the botton of the door

Other jobs I did today, fit the axle breathers Heres the old ones Ran all the pipework into the engine bay and into a 5 way manifold, more pics of that tomorrow My fibreglass repair of the door frame, bit of a bodge but should keep this door going for a while longer...

Got everything back on this morning, pics of the whole front end now its done Also replaced the long metal aerial with one of these shorter rubber bee sting types

Other wing removed and wrapped. One more panel to go and that's the whole front end done :)

Got it from a guy down south off ebay, 20 quid!

Continued today, painted and baked the bonnet hinges fitted to the bonnet Back on the car

Today was a busy day. Sprayed the hinges etc with the rustoleum paint, put them in the oven to bake :cool: Will give them another coat Then got the wing etc back on Finally wrapped the bonnet, which took AGES. Will be ready to go back on tomorrow :)

Got the rest of these bits wrapped, but first up was to etch primer all my new hinges and bulkhead to windscreen frame brackets Ordered some Rustoleum enamel type anti rust black paint for these. First up to wrap this Then this, youl notice a new defender badge on there...

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Cheers for the link I think it's esr3032

Tonights little task was to remove the air cleaner and hoses, and waterproof it all, as you will see its not exactly waterproof from the factory Heres all the bits oh and this, I guess its not very waterproof anymore First up was to waterproof the join between the plastic...

More bits off for prep and wrap

Got all sorts of stuff starting to collect New hinge pin kit for the air vent flaps on the front Rivnut gun Fibreglass to repair a couple of holes on the passenger door frame New door hinge kit, no idea why ones a different colour, will be painted anyway Paint touch up, to find a...

yeah its not too bad, can be a bit frustrating at times. Improbably going to spray the roof for that very reason lol

Spontaneus update! Rather than wait for my mates workshop to become free and doing it all in one go, I decided to remove panels I can and do them off the car one by one, then finish off the rest at his place. Wheel arch moulding off Nice pile of dirt came out the arch Looks...

Haha yeah

Didn't get too much done this weekend due to other commitments, I managed to fit the final silicon hose, and the new lower door seals turned up riveted that on Door card back on Also my 500cc oil syringe turned up for when I change the axle oils Hand is healing too...

So before I wrap I need to sort out any rust on door frames. I have a new rear door as per earlier in the thread. The passenger door needs a slight repair, and the drivers is good so set about treating it before it does rust. First off, Strip it down and apply rust treatment paint Removed...

Thanks all Well with the help of my dad I managed to get it all back together and running nice. Decided to fit my timing case breather one handed Still yet to do the pipework The old cover plate

Bit of an eventful day Set about doing these gaskets, first up the inlet/exhaust manifold Heres the new gasket Engine cover removed Removing the inlet manifold 4 bolts altogether I think Once removed you can see straight away where its leaking, common issue im...