Nah, the springs do the bouncing, the shocks/dampers are more like resistors and just dampen any movement - it's basically a plunger in a tube of oil, no springs to push itself out :)

Howdy, first off I'd get yer measuring tape out and check that your chassis is straight and the spring mounts/hangers are in the right place, this is the manual for a series III but I believe the measurements you need are the same for the IIa: Next off slacken the spring bolts and rock the...

How is that tax and mot exempt?!

To be honest I don't bother, I pressure wash most of the muck off then set to it with grinder. I then clean the bare metal thoroughly with white spirit before painting. When I painted the cylinder head I used petrol to clean it - by far the best option I think.

Hi, thanks for the comment :) I think I'll raise the drivers side as I need to weld a plate underneath anyway, this will lower my suspension slightly but as it's only a fraction of an inch I don't suppose it matters. I have to say despite it's bad reputation I'm pretty impressed with the Red...

So according to the manual, the centre of the bolt hole should be 9 inches below the top of the chassis rail (measurement N): So I came up with this ingenious measuring device: Driver's side is low: 9 and 7/16ths: Passengers is high: 8 and 5/8ths: About 3/4 of an inch difference...

I've also been cracking on with the chassis: I started dressing back some of the PO's welds: This turned out to be a bad idea: This is the bottom of the drives side dumb iron, I'll come back to this later. I've found 1 or 2 other spots that need some attention: After a...

Right then, it's been a while but I've been busy - honest... Got the shocks painted, decided to go red for a bit of bling... And finally got round to fixing the reinforcing gusset on the rear axle, this is how I'd left it for the past few weeks: And here's how I went about fixing it...

Pics are good :) We likes pics we do...

No answers to your question I'm afraid but those hubs are looking neat! Are you gonna do a build/resto thread?

Beautiful, you can never have too many build/restoration threads :-) I like that he left the body alone - looks awesome!

Nice, welcome to series ownership :)

Making progress, slowly but surely... I'm fitting para's and have been advised to put the original shocks back on to see how I fare before splashing out on gas shocks so I've wire brushed the rear shocks back to bare metal ready for a coat of Hammerite: No idea whether or not they're...

Now that's a proper Landy! Did it work?

Thanks all, if I win the lottery on Friday I'll plumb for the SP one, if not I might take a punt on the Laser as it does various sizes - I forgot about the clutch pipe!

I reckon you're in for a telling off...

Cheers, probably a good days work to get the rear axle done but it took me over a month to do, working around the day job etc. The original plan was to take one axle off at a time and leave the chassis on stands but decided to take the whole thing apart in the end, see the beginning of the thread :)

Inbetween the longitundinal force tensioner and the eft3 valve.

Well the rear axle is mainly back together: I still need to weld a plate back onto the bottom where I cut the brace off, add the brakes and lines, replace the pinion seal and fill it with oil. It turns out the pinion nut is a bugger to undo so I'll do that when the axle is back on the...

Wimp :p