Thread: My new stolen 130

try degreasing the **** out of it or just try degreasing the paint out for sake i hope there is no ****.

Still going. It's kind of a rainy day project (and we've had a few of those).

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It now has new swivel seals, and all new hub seals and wheel bearings. A new windscreen will be on its way soon and then I have to sort out that graffiti. Oh yes, and new rear brake pads.

Apologies to anyone interested in this. I have been neglecting my thread. Not so the Land Rover. Having got most of the mechanical jobs out of the way, I started attacking that graffiti. I used 3M vinyl paint on the cubby box and door trims, which was a tremendous success. The mid-grey is as close a match for the Land Rover grey as you could reasonably hope. Some before and after shots:


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The dash had the vinyl paint treatment as well and has also finished up looking excellent.

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Having failed to clean the paint out of the old hood lining I chose to have it re-lined. The colour's a little darker than before and doesn't quite match the lining around the rear windows and pillars but still looks great. A tip for anyone doing this: If you have the lining that came out of your particular vehicle, use it. The carpet on my old lining was glued on so well, I decided to use the lining from another 130CC (but only the rear piece) whose vinyl was easily removed. This created problems when refitting. The lining from the other vehicle, although looking identical to a casual observer, would not overlap correctly with the front piece, was a different shape on the sides, and had holes in all the wrong places. Making holes in the right places is not as straightforward as one might think. But we managed and it looks like this:

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So now we have a pretty nice looking interior.

Just in case anyone was wondering whether I gave up - I didn't and the old girl finished up getting registered back in March. The roadworthy and written-off vehicle inspection were no real problem. Well, a little bit but these things are never really straight forward. Anyway this is the list of parts and things that I fitted up until that point (in no particular order):

Air cleaner mounts.
Injector lines 1&2.
Printed circuit board (dash warning lights).
Serpentine belt.
Fuel tank sender unit.
Coolant & heater hoses.
Timing belt, idler & tensioner pulleys.
Timing cover oil seal.
Fan bearing.
Alternator bearings.
Air filter.
Heavy duty rear axles & drive flanges.
Radiator.
Oil pressure switch.
Engine watchdog temp alarm.
A-frame ball joint.
Bilstein steering damper.
Gear lever boot.
Windscreen & seal.
Wheel bearings.
Hub seals.
Swivel seals.
Rear brake pads.
Water pump.
"P" gasket.
Lift pump.
Coolant expansion tank.
Thermostat.
Front diff pinion seal.
Uni joint, front tailshaft.

Other things I did:

Changed all fluids, fuel & oil filter.
Overhaul injector pump (replace worn driveshaft, thrust & feed pump, head plug & return fittings).
Cleaned fuel sedimenter & engine breather.
Replaced roof lining.

So what did all this cost? All up, including purchase price, auction fees, all parts, overhauling injector pump (the most expensive thing by far apart from the vehicle itself) it has now cost me around $10500, which I think is still pretty cheap considering how well sorted it now is. Or should have been. There was a little surprise waiting...

what was the suprise?