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Thanks Sam Here's the write up: Latest video is here: First job of the week was removing old waxoyl and factory applied stone chipping material. When perusing the workshop manual, I noticed that Land Rover recommend dealers use an air powered scraper. These things are superb! Probably my...

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Should do, well worth the time and effort as it shouldn't need major work again! Just frustrating that the exhaust manifold is damaged by the temperature of the gases it was designed to exhaust :D

One of the many brilliant things about YouTube is that we can get feedback directly from our viewers. Some of these these comments are very useful (in fact*we read and respond to every single one). One fan told us a woeful story when he had to remove his gearbox for a 2nd time after...

The rear tub is in need of some minor repairs. The tub cappings will be removed and sent off for galvanising. Everywhere else, we have replacement repair sections. Using a 6mm drill bit, we're drilling into the rivet head, which typically shears off. Then the crush section of the rivet can...

Haha, no worries Andy. Not sure about the deadline, but I'm going to try my hardest. Final colour will be pastel green

If you ever want to come help, feel free ;)

Just used isopropanol (alcohol) and then POR 15 Aluminium paint from Frost.co.uk

It is, but I was expecting it to happen. I could have waited weeks to let the paint cure fully, but couldn't wait

This is Spray booth MK2 which I'll show in a future episode, it's working very well, cutting humidity to the low 30s and upping the air temp to a solid 20+ celsius. It means that I can get the whole car painted even if it's freezing outside and the workshop is only 1 or 2 degrees warmer. Once...

This week, I've had my better half working on the bulkhead, removing the remains of the seam sealer so the bulkhead can be sent off to the shot blasters, then to the galvanisers and back to me for painting. The filter housing corrodes on the TD5, the one we removed was unusable. I replaced...

It's a time consuming job, one that would be a lot quicker if you could get your hands on a steam cleaner! But I have to say, I am happy with it and it will really make it stand out from the crowd of "Special editions" that companies make these days

Recon Gearboxes LTD completed our R380 and it's looking superb! We're having the brackets blasted and galved so hope to put that back in soon! Following a suggestion from one of the forum posts we've been running for the build, we swapped our Britpart galvanised turrets for some heavy duty...

This week, we've been mainly working on our engine, as well as inspecting the rear tub. It's a good idea to get the tub sat on an body painting trestle. These can be found on eBay pretty reasonably. They give you really good access to the underside and as an added bonus, fold away when not...

This week, we headed over to a local gearbox specialist to get our R380 stripped down and inspected. Here it is after we dropped it off, looking a little sad. The plan is to have it inspected, have all bearings & seals replaced then the outer cases will be fully cleaned and painted before...

What have we been up to this week with our Tribute build? First up, we set about finishing the swivels from last time. The pre-load had to be set using shims on the upper pin - a time consuming process to say the least. You'll need a spring balance, which can be found cheaply online or at...

I'm trying ;)