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Well not managed to update this for a while but futher progress has been made. The galvanised cappings have been removed and the end quater panels have been removed and the rear support brace. These are all going to be replaced as they have rotted beyond being salvaged. The tub is going to be...

It77 gearbox out of disco 1 200tdi, gear selector housing will need rebuilt as a screw holding on the selector plate is missing, the springs aren't in place and requires new seals and gaskets in that area. All other parts present and correct. £100. Could deliver any where in the immediate fort...

Well had a look over the chassis to day as well as inside I managed to get a cheap inspection camera from Lidl. Generally though the chassis seems to be in really bad condition run a long it with a big hammer and just the entire thing just makes a dull thud noise apart from on the relatively new...

A bit more has been achieved to over the past few weeks. After getting the galvanised sheet steel out of the back load bed which was rotting the tub, I have finally got round to cutting out the old rear tub floor it was rotten, really rotten under that galv sheet. Have also managed to start...

Well two afternoons worth of work and the seat box is out, sills have been choped off as they were welded in by the last mechanic, the driver side wing is off and the dash board is off finally had to resort to persuader and chisel as the rive nut was spinning in the dash.

Well have made a bit more progress this time round, all the rear lights came off along with the front ones, got all the guddled wiring harness removed and have bravely decided I ain't messing with it no more so an entire new one will be ordered. Cab floor came out seat box is still in though...

I need one of those for landy parts.

I bought a metabo kit, from toolstop recently consisted of torch, angle grinder, 400nm impact wrench, and their new metal cordless drill driver with interchangeable chucks and special function for drill taps. Also came with 2 large and one small batterys and a charger. And an 1/4inch bit to...

Well the last time I will get to do any work on the landy this time round. Did not get any way near as much as I wanted to done but hey ho, it can wait till next time. The passenger side mud shield put up more of a fight than expected. Actually it was on one tiny 8mm across the flats bolt...

Yep the council garage is pretty resrictive but it could be worse. I would not be wanting to work on anything bigger in here, I'm going to have to come up with some innvate solutions for storing some bits, might have to start tying things up to the ceiling.

Well guys after a long break and a leave period almost consumed I finally found time to get back to doing on the land rover. So today the passenger and driver doors came off along with the exhaust, bonnet and air filter. Got some new toys to make work a bit easier.

Yeah I had seen them, they do look pretty good they are made of 2mm steel, unfortunately grinding off the galv and attaching to ungalvinised steel will probably defeat the galv fairly quickly. Well it is the original that’s on there and apart from a few patches it’s been there for 45 years, I...

I asked a paint shop that when I bought paint for my Landy, 1ltr tin to completely do the Land Rover in marine blue. Has to be diluted with thinners of course for brush/roller painting.

Well as you guys can probably see I have a rather rotten rear crossmember. I was wanting to replace it with like for like but looking at it is a bit of a rot trap design wise and it got me to thinking about it and it may be more affective to make one that would be less prone to rotting...

I am am pretty Sure that raptor dash do a standard series 3 binical out of metal to replace the crappy plastic one. It's an exact copy and I think it looks more period than the silly standard plastic one.