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Not worried about rust. Everything is new haha

Been a bit busier today. Engine back in. And sprayed out two test colours. Alveston red and rioja red. Decisions decisions.

Sorted out the main wiring loom today. Fixed a few chaffed wires and moved the fog and hazard switch to the middle so can be fitted to late type td5 dash.

havnt been able to get much done on the project this last couple of weeks. but did get all the bits of the hi lift back from the powder coaters. wanted to be a bit different ha

With the red fading. Am i right in thinking that it is caused by uv rays. If so 2k isnt effected by uv. So will it still fade if it has a 2k clear.

Im not keen on brush coats. Think they look a bit tatty. I can spray so mettalics dont bother me. And with a bit of practice you can blend in mettalics if they've been scratched.

90 station wagon

Right. Im struggling to choose the final colour for my defender. Ive narrowed it down to two colours. Alveston red. Or caledonian blue. I like both. But am useless at deciding. Help needed please.

I used leasonal 2k epoxy. Bought from autopaints brighton

was quite proud today. managed to give the workshop a once over. can actually walk right round it now without breaking my neck

thinking about it which way are progressive spring suppose to go up. close coils on the bottom of got it

didnt manage to get much done this week. kept waiting n various parts that dissapear in the post. but still finally got the front axle on. and rear will go on tomorrow.

Im going to give the chassis a coat of clear waxoyl its suppose to be as just as good as the black stuff. The only problem i facing with galvanising the bulkhead is trying to find a company which will do it. There all miles away. The engine is unfortunately a 10p but it runs sweet as a...

Really thought id have a rolling chassis this weekend. everything turned up coils, shocks, extended shock brackets, radius arms etc. but sods law trailing arms have some how managed to disappear in transit. so to be fare to the chap at adrenalin 4x4 he sent me another set out which will...

stripped out the front axles and gave it a quick flick over with the wire brush on the angle grinder. then coat of paint

Right finally managed to get round and do a bit on the defender. half rebuilt the rear axles with new bearings, discs and calipers. just waiting for pinion bearings to come and get the diff back in.

the bell housing has a big drain hole at the bottom anyway dosnt it

The job your wanting to do involves a lot more work than you think. its not just wires into a switch its all routed through the fuse box and some through different sorts of relays. A 300tdi dosnt have a ecu the the throttle is controlled by cable. by rights if im correct you could strip all the...

if it was my workshop id spent the money and resurface it. but i live and work on a private estate. workshop comes with the house. dont think they'd take it to kindly if i ripped up the floor haha :tea: