My 1955 86" rebuild. [Archive] - Australian Land Rover Owners

Dinty

29th June 2013, 03:32 PM

This afternoon, I have paid in full for my (our LOL) Series 1, it is still in my mates garage where it will reside until I can make some room and add a carport extension to keep the rain off it:).
I have bought home quite a collection of small bits and the 2 front guards, I was that dirty with dust that has accumulated on some of the bits the good wife wouldn't let me in the back door:(:o:D anyway I agreed to strip off and change clothes.
I washed the dust off the 2 guards
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/1955%20Series%201%20rebuild/IMG_1525_zps27fd0cb2.jpg
all panels will require a total strip down to bare metal, as my mate didn't quite get the thing about surface preparation prior to applying primer/paint etc, so I guess I will be doing quite a bit of stripping:eek: paint that is;).
The back of the 110 still has most of the items picked up today, I will need to allocate an area just for S1 bits as it's been a long time between drinks and owning my last S1 (1975):o
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/1955%20Series%201%20rebuild/IMG_1526_zpsb66aaba3.jpg
meanwhile after moving some of the gear off the vehicle, you can see a little more of it
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/1955%20Series%201%20rebuild/IMG_1524_zps205325c3.jpg
tomorrow I will have to make a start on working out an area for the carport extension, and hope the rain goes away:( anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

LandroverScott

29th June 2013, 07:49 PM

Hi Dennis,

Just come over from REMLR to have a look at the Series 1, look forward to the rebuild

cheers
Scott

cookey

29th June 2013, 08:32 PM

G'day Dennis,

a great vehicle and looking forward to your rebuild.

By the way, have you measured the wheelbase?

Cookey

Minikeg

30th June 2013, 12:21 AM

Looking good, is there a background to this vehicle?

Dinty

30th June 2013, 06:33 AM

Well Cookey, it was like this :oops2::wheelchair::twobeers:all probably contributed to that mistake, I tried to alter it from 88 to 86 but had no luck, ??? Maybe a Moderator can change it for me ??
Minikeg, AFAIK it is just a civvie Land Rover that was well used n abused and left to see out it's days dying of the "Tin Worm", my mate spotted it when I picked up Series 3 swb, to quickly tidy up and move on, that was about 10 years ago, my mate has asked me that when it is ready to fire up, he want's to be here to see it move for the first time under it's own power, methinks the water pump might need to be redone before that will happen as the system has been left dry, everything else has oil etc and has been turned over by hand to keep it free.
I have 3 carburettors and I'm hoping that at least one of them can be rebuilt, a local fellow John G Series 1 enthusiast (Maitland area) supposedly has the electric fuel pump, but he seems to have dropped off the radar for the last 4 years, another person has the steering wheel which has been refurbished ?? Only needs to be paid for, but I will get my mate to chase that up, but first things first, cheers Dennis:angel:
PS. Can anyone confirm for me this ??? notion I have had in my head since my days of owning Mini's re electric fuel pumps. The Series 1 Land Rover has an SU electric pump up on the firewall, the Morris Mini etc had there pump mounted under the rear of the vehicle, ??? Is there any difference between the two pumps, I always had it in my head about pull push or the other way around, or was I told a load of B/S back then and never got that out of my head, and having very little experience with them I'm at a loss, cheers,,.

numpty

30th June 2013, 11:45 AM

Noice Dennis. Let me know if you need any little bits, as I have a few things somewhere in my shed/sheds ;)

Dinty

30th June 2013, 03:31 PM

Thank you to who ever changed the heading from 88 to 86:D, I promise not to have too much Port before writing on the forum:) cheers Dennis:angel:
ps Thanks Perry, dunno what little items I might need as yet, the only thing wrong with this job is I didn't take it apart :spudnikworried: cheers Dennis

FenianEel

30th June 2013, 03:53 PM

Looking forward to the usual excellent standard of resto's you do on all your vehicles Dennis.;)

Dinty

30th June 2013, 04:08 PM

I recieved a ph/call from my mate (the P.O) he had located all the books he had re Series 1, one of the books I gave him years ago, 'Instruction Manual' in 4 different languages:o
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1529_zpsad3e55e5.jpg
in some of the pages through the books I found reciepts for work carried out, totalling almost $1,000 just on electrical items :o:o:D.
Something I was happy about though, was looking through the parts book, I noticed that part No17 & 18 on this page are Std parts, I was thinking they could have been a bodge job long ago
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1528_zps1a36a624.jpg
but NO tiz a std part, well I haven't owned a Series 1 since around 1976 or so, and I do have dementia:wheelchair: LOL, anyway Thank You for all the good wishes etc only time will tell, now how to get rid of the rain, and keep the good wife away from the TV, as this afternoon she has demolished another bedroom in her quest for 'The Block' or something LOL cheers Dennis:angel:

123rover50

30th June 2013, 04:09 PM

1950landy

30th June 2013, 04:51 PM

I believe the push pumps down the back have too high a pressure to use on the landy.
I will ask 1950 landy as he has a mini.
Keith
:oThe mini has a high pressure pump which would have to be mounted at the fuel tanl & doesn't have a loyt of suction Wherethe Landrover has a lower pressure pump , They suck well but dont have to push very far from the fire wall to the carby. You can only fit a mini pump at the tank but if you want to fit the pump on the fire wall you will need a lower pressure Landy or Morris Minor pump . I am runing a small repco pump on my 80 " at the tank & have taken the valves & diaphgram out of the origional pump & fited a blanking plate so it doesn't leak fuel up through the middle of he pump. . The fuel is pumped up through the old pump then to the carby If you look undrt the bonnet it looks like the pump works . You have to change to neg to earth for most electronic pumps also;) I'll post some photo's tomorrow if you like. Wayne

Dinty

30th June 2013, 05:35 PM

Well, Thank you gents for that information, now I know ;) to keep a lookout for the pump that suits the S1, cheers Dennis:angel:

1950landy

30th June 2013, 06:07 PM

There is a lot of other british cars that had there fuel filter mounted up on the fire wall. The problem with the old pumps are the insulation in the coil brakes down also the diaphgrams go hard & cause the coil to burn out . I hace a number of pumps here but they don't work. I'am sure you can still get them new , I was looking on ebay the other day & there was some on in Victoria selling nrw SU look a likes at a reasonable price . Genuine SU pumps are very expensive up around $400 Wayne

The ho har's

1st July 2013, 06:41 PM

Just took the 2 SU pumps out of "connie-sue", she has 2 tanks, nothing but trouble:( have fitted and aftermarket pump:D happy now.

So Dennis depends on if you are after an oringal series 1 or one that runs when expected;)

Mrs hh:angel:

1950landy

3rd July 2013, 12:16 PM

I found this pump on Ebay , says it's for S2 & S2a but will also fit S1. I asked the seller & is low pressure pump& should bolt straight on. It's not a bad price , to get one out of UK is about $400 & a kit to rebuild a pump would not be cheep .& it looks the part. There is another on Ebay at the moment a little cheeper but it is light blue in colour & out of UK. at least ihis is out of Australia & much easier if there is a problem

Dinty

7th July 2013, 03:35 PM

Well after a short break and re-arranging a support post in our existing carport, and not able to do anymore until later in the week, I decided to have a look at what was needed on the 2 guards I have stored here.
Somewhere in this vehicles past, the 10 nuts n bolts that hold the outer panel have all been replaced with ? 8mm metric stuff (poooh),
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps2d8109c4.jpg
as you can see in the image, I removed one of the bolts and refitted the correct size, next I had a look through my stockpile of 1/4"UNF nuts n bolts and found the required amount ( I think) along with washers spring washers
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psf006ce89.jpg
run the nuts n bolts over tap n die to clean the threads, then grit blast them all
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psded1aee1.jpg
they have all been etch primed both sides etc, the under sides of the washers have also been painted 'Flat Black'.
It was a nice afternoon, so I took about 40 minutes off and took the gunbuggy for a run, on returning I thought better check my supply of paint stripper and most of all had it gone off??!!, well no it hadn't, I painted on a small area and in no time it was looking like this
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psbceace9c.jpg
but I had forgotten to put on some disposable gloves, my fingers are burning where small splashes of stripper have hit them , anyway it got too cool outside, so a quick hit with the hose to neutralise any stripper left on the job, anyway cheers Dennis

Dinty

11th July 2013, 04:07 PM

I am waiting for the steel for the carport ext, so not to waste time I set about stripping paint off one of the guards, it is not quite finished but after 3 hours using paint stripper, it looks like this
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1557_zpseb462ad5.jpg
leader of the Poodle Patrol checking it out as well, tomorrow I strip the outer guard off, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps the inner side of the guard looks like it is still painted, but it is very shiny, with only minor traces of the original primer on it,,.

Dinty

12th July 2013, 03:01 PM

What a day weather wise :(:mad:, damn fog didn't lift here until 1300hrs, everything wet/damp, my steel shipment arrived this morning at 0830hrs but no movement on that other than to shift from view in the front yard, hopefully it will get erected on or around the 20th July.
When the fog lifted (eventually) I placed the RHS guard in the sunlight to dry off the moisture, after that I separated the outer part of the guard and cleaned up between the 2 mating surfaces, so that when I paint it, there will be no ridges/lines of old paint;)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1563_zpsa3a16cf0.jpg
I then decided as it is getting cool again outside to mate up the 1/4"UNF nuts/bolts n washers etc that I etch primed (and painted the undersides flat black) so I can paint them in DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1562_zps964abb85.jpg
the other side
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1561_zps696ae4f9.jpg
?'maybe Sunday if the weather is good, nothing done tomorrow, working night shifts again, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

14th July 2013, 03:29 PM

Today I made a start on the RHS guard, it must have had some panel damge in it's distant past. My paint stripper is ?? possibly past it's use by date (if they have such a thing) as it is not removing paint like it did when first purchased in 2010:(, but none the less it is still working, but needing two coats to accomplish the task.
It has softened some "bog":(:(:mad: Land Rovers n bog don't mix very well, time will tell when I remove it all
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1564_zps74aaf2ee.jpg
the bog is on the top panel at the front, and it would appear to be approx 2mm deep:o
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1565_zps9d638293.jpg
anyway it is getting too cold for my liking outside ATM so I have finished for the day, work tomorrow x 3 daze, then erect the carport for said Series 1, hopefully get it home in a week or two, or maybe?? what with work construction and All British day in Newcastle on the foreshore, hopefully it will not rain, so many Land Rovers to choose from,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eet7BeqsoY
??? which one to take?? LOL, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

29th July 2013, 04:57 PM

The space has been made for the arrival of said Series 1 Land Rover, cover provided etc, 'All British day' has come and gone, no one was interested so I could only take 1 vehicle, so I took 113-372
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1599_zps86c2e6cf.jpg
that's Graham D aka 'Judge Dredd' LOL;), Graham asked to me to say G'day to those who know him, he suffered a stroke 2 years ago, he was taken to the event by Wayne D who has a S2A bloodbox, I was directed to park next to an old Land Rover, old Land Rover indeed it was John T's aka bent series 80".
Chatting with John last Saturday and he has offered to move my Series 1 asap, so hopefully it will happen in the next week or two.
This afternoon after work I started to strip the bonnet of it's paint, now bearing in mind that my paint stripper is beyond it's useful life, it took many attempts to get this portion stripped almost to bare metal
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1627_zps33e58871.jpg
I think I counted about 7 layers of paint (including the original), it is going to be a slow job, but I am progessing LOL:( here is a close up around the rivet heads, this sort of thing (leaving small traces of paint around rivets etc can make or break the finished job)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1626_zps107d5c6b.jpg
anyway you would have to agree I still have a long way to go with this panel:o, well I will soon be out of paint stripper and I will buy another 4lts and it will work faster:D, cheers Dennis:angel:

wrinklearthur

29th July 2013, 07:05 PM

I removed one of the bolts and refitted the correct size, next I had a look through my stockpile of 1/4"UNF nuts n bolts and found the required amount ( I think) along with washers spring washers

Please don't shoot the messenger. :rulez:, :rocket:

1/4" UNF, is wrong ! should be BSF on all panel work for the Series one's. with a few BA screw threads here and there.

Reminds me, I should write up something for the HECter thread about what I was doing today.
.

Dinty

30th July 2013, 05:39 PM

Well I was aware that some bolts would have been BSF thread, but my parts book ?(reprint?) is non specific other than to say bolt size 1/4" x 5/8" so I assumed that they would be 1/4"UNF, Newcastle Hi-Tensile have 1/4"BSF x 3/4" in length, that's a lot of machine work to remove 1/8" off the length to make them 5/8" long, depending on the price and again ?? how many I will need as I still don't have said vehicle home to check, if they are comparable in price to UNF well I will change them, but I do have a rather large stock of UNF nuts/bolts, and you have to admit UNF was far better than the crap jap threads that were in it:p cheers Dennis:angel:
ps just looked further into their website and found shorter bolts etc under setscrews,,.

wrinklearthur

30th July 2013, 08:10 PM

I brought a bag of 300 mixed BSF nuts and bolts to see if they would do the job.
They are not rubbish but still not the quality of the originals.
At the moment I don't have the name of who supplied them, other than I purchased them from eBay UK.

.

123rover50

31st July 2013, 05:47 AM

Unless its a Concourse resto why worry:angel:
You can shoot me if you like as I am using stainless steel bolts where I can:o

The next keeper can change them if he wants too. At least he will be able to undo them. SS bolts are cheap now too.

Keith

wrinklearthur

31st July 2013, 08:59 AM

numpty

31st July 2013, 10:01 AM

Dinty

31st July 2013, 04:42 PM

This afternoon after work I set about removing more paint off the bonnet, it is now approx 1/3 stripped, it is a slow n tedious job especially knowing that my paint stripper has gone off :( anyway almost all used up
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1629_zps5bd06fd4.jpg
cheers Dennis:angel:
ps Perry no offence taken, I knew the difference,,.

klonk

1st August 2013, 12:01 AM

I used diggers paint stripper on klonk and it worked a treat not hard scrubbing, got rid of two paint layers at once, with only a couple of patches to redo. spread it on and then used a stainless wirebrush and scrubbed when the paint started to wrinkle and before it dryed off. If you put water on it gells up and wont work any more.
Best part is it $14 per ltr from Bunnings, cheapest there.

klonk

1st August 2013, 12:09 AM

Sorry double post , stupid pad

1950landy

1st August 2013, 06:57 AM

mick88

1st August 2013, 07:22 AM

I have been eyeing off another set of Sidchrome Whitworth sockets on Gumtree,
but I wonder if they are any less worn than the set I have been using for :o Fourty five years :(.

Here's a nice set of tables to put on the workshop wall.

Take the file into a printing place and get them to enlarge and print onto some card then laminate.

http://www.gerardsgarage.com/supportfiles/Threading_Tables.pdf

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https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/08/1583.jpg
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Arthur, recently I was in NZ and purchased Whitworth sockets from Hayes Store in Invercargil. The sockets are made by Kokon which I believe to be good quality. They had them in sets but as I only wanted sockets themselves I purchased loose ones, a set of 3/8 drive and a set of 1/12 inch drive. Hayes had a huge range of tools and a full assortment of Whitworth sockets, impacts, long, etc. The price wasn't too bad and the exchange range at the time softened the blow a little more!

Cheers, Mick.

Dinty

4th August 2013, 03:44 PM

A very windy day today cold in the shade, but progress has been made my Series 1 has been released from being locked in and is now in a position to be loaded onto a trailer tomorrow afternoon
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1640_zpsa59ddc38.jpg
I have taken all the loose sundry items out so they don't get lost in transit.
Back home I have stripped the bonnet of all it's paint etc, removed the spare wheel mount, knocked out 1 rivet by mistake, should have had my glasses on:(:p
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1644_zpsd5cd74aa.jpg
attention turned to the one piece floor, and started to strip paint off it,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1643_zps96213b65.jpg
hopefully have the floor finished by mid week, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

5th August 2013, 03:28 PM

Well many thanks to my mate Gordon for helping out yesterday and to John T, John T Snr and Ian for arranging to meet me at home @1400hrs, across town we went, assessed the situation and had it loaded on the trailer in less than 5 minutes, 20 minutes later we were back home with, my wife asked what's wrong (because we were so quick), Op Rubic's Cube swung into action 4 vehicle movements later and the Series 1 was under cover, all way too easy:D
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1647_zpsb2171a9a.jpg
it looks like it has been there forever.
While the party were here they also wanted to look over the fleet, anyway good afternoon, job done in a flash:D;) Thanks very much, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps forgot to thank John's Mum as it was her V8 Disco that towed the trailer,,.

LandroverScott

5th August 2013, 09:39 PM

Looking right at home Dennis, but where do the TAC plates get mounted? and the NATO plug? and the pintle hook? and ......Lol

cheers
Scott

mfc

8th August 2013, 02:39 PM

You're actually inspiring me to do my body ... Same crappy paint job story.. Guess ill start on the original engine first though and enjoy driving it this spring/ summer ... Dangerous thing inspiration lol
Cheers mark

Dinty

9th August 2013, 04:43 PM

After a 4hr short shift due to staff shortages, I came home changed and off to Sandgate dropping off 3 Carburettors
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1580_zpseed4b20a.jpg
I did identify the one that was for repair, telling them that if any parts of the other 2 were of any use etc, but did ask them to let me know if the nominated carby was U/S.
Then the run around trying to locate a flat panel beaters dolly:(, no luck anywhere, so home we went.
Stripping paint was the order of the afternoon, so I have started to dismantle the vehicle in stages, starting with the seatbox
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1650_zpsa94e8a0a.jpg
you can see why I need to strip all the paint off everything, multiple layers ++
approx 1 hour to strip this panel
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1651_zps2d6badfa.jpg
the section in the middle has also been done this afternoon, the toolbox cover will get done tomorrow after I get home from the swap meet at the local showground.
Last week I managed to strip the entire floor section, both sides, here it is as I just got started
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1643_zps96213b65.jpg
I wanted to check the door gaps on both sides before I get too far and either remove the tub or the bulkhead, the gap looks too wide to me, it's approx 20mm on both sides
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1649_zps7863b528.jpg
anyway enough rambling for one evening LOL cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I must sya Thanks to 'Klonk' for putting me onto paint stripper from bunnings, it works well, cheaper to buy it in a 4lt can as well,,.

chazza

9th August 2013, 06:43 PM

Then the run around trying to locate a flat panel beaters dolly:(, no luck anywhere...

What about a piece of 20mm plate Dennis? Radius the edges so that you don't raise dings,

Cheers Charlie

Dinty

10th August 2013, 05:48 PM

Well after almost 4 hours at the swap meet this morning, not a lot of Series Land Rover gear for sale, did meet a chap that I had met previously at the 'Expo' last year, he had some Series bits but all to suit 80":(, I did somebody a favour, they were going around in circles trying to find a park, I directed them to my 110 and that solved their problem:).
After a quick lunch I set about removing the seatbox for assesment, it has extra bits riveted on and I don't know why?? look at the G/box case, it had been bead blasted along with T/case,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1652_zps571f65bc.jpg,
it didn't take long to see why extra bits had been riveted on, there were a few cracks in the seatbox base, nothing that cannot fixed :( I hope
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1653_zpsc8b78408.jpg
one split is around 4" in length, the other two are fractures
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1654_zps7de7ab64.jpg
you can see the extra bits across the front also along each side as well, there are no splits cracks on those sides
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1655_zps54dc9fda.jpg
I have started to paint strip the seatbox as well, most of the underside has been done, but I ran out of battery (camera) and more importantly daylight, work tomorrow 0430hrs wake up anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

shaunh

11th August 2013, 08:08 PM

what colour is this? do you have a paint code and distributor for it?

107gus

12th August 2013, 12:53 PM

Looking good, excited to watch it progress.

Dinty

12th August 2013, 02:53 PM

?What colour is what?, I am going to paint the vehicle Deep Bronze Green, if thats what you mean, I will purchase the paint from Ovesco at Sandgate near Newcastle, is that what your chasing? cheers Dennis:angel:

shaunh

12th August 2013, 08:04 PM

sorry should have specified the colour of what haha but yes i meant the car, thanks mate

Dinty

15th August 2013, 03:24 PM

My fingers are tingling/burning from the paint stripper that I have been applying to the seatbox assembly. I am trying to do in a way that still gives me a hand hold when using the paint scraper, damn seatbox is way too light LOL, here it is after the effort so far this week
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1661_zpsb49d436a.jpg
yes still a lot of paint to strip off but I think I'm getting there.
No word about the carburettor overhaul, but on the upside the solid rivets I ordered from the UK turned up today, so I guess the next job after the seatbox will be to knock off the rivet heads to remove the bonnet underframe, anyway I'm off to dilute my hands;), cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

18th August 2013, 05:33 PM

Not a great deal of time was to be had today, the morning flew, car club run n meeting, home after midday, lunch then finish off the seatbox, stripping it of paint etc.
The inside of the bonnet was next on the agenda, last week or was it the week before?? :p I removed a rivet by mistake and noticed an awful lot of electrolysis fall out when I knock it through, so I decided to remove the frame from the underside of the bonnet, that's a lot of rivets LOL.
The first thing I saw when the frame was removed was several patches of electrolysis
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1703_zps46da5e61.jpg
this was removed and binned, all rivet heads/swarf picked up so the Poodle Patrol don't get it caught in their hair etc, and dare devil dog 'Sophie' pictured
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1702_zps32a2103e.jpg
doesn't try to eat them :o, anyway I managed to start stripping paint off but only a small area attained, getting late n cold, seems to slow the process, the frame will get grit blasted through the week sometime, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I guess the first item I paint in Deep Bronze Green will be the inside (along the outline of the frame) of the bonnet n frame

klonk

18th August 2013, 11:18 PM

Hi Dennis
Not sure on this but are you sure the underside of the bonnet is painted? I know the 80"isn't. I think I will use either lanolin or fish oil under the ribs to stop this problem on klonk.

Cheers Steve

1950landy

19th August 2013, 09:17 AM

Dinty

19th August 2013, 06:10 PM

wrinklearthur

19th August 2013, 06:35 PM

I get into trouble when I mention paint, it's a grey area that I don't know much about. :imwithstupid:

I have a question.

Whereabouts in Australia is a good source of the sized solid rivets used around the body of series one?
.

back_in

20th August 2013, 08:27 PM

Hi
one place in my shed
cheers
Ian

bobslandies

20th August 2013, 09:44 PM

Do you know paint stripper works faster if you put the stripper on & cover it with stretch wrap. :cool: I know its hard with larger items like the bonnet , but just put the striper on & wrap it around the bonnet . I think ite idea is to trap the fumes & not let the air in . I have found the paint will just peal off by doing this.:D You need to be careful with some paint strippers as they will react with the aluminum:(

Great idea Wayne! The paint strippers that affect aluminium are those that are caustic.

This Company:
Peel Away Australia - Asia Pacific Pty Ltd (http://www.peelaway.com.au/)
have been making their products for over twenty years and they work the same way excluding drying of the solvent.
peel away eight is the one suitable for use on aluminium:
Peel Away Eight (http://www.peelaway.com.au/index.php?route=product/category&path=49)

Bob

1950landy

21st August 2013, 07:28 PM

I do not know whether they were painted from the factory or not, but this one was painted in several colours on the underside of the bonnet, I intend to paint it and the frame inside and out, to help in it's long term preservation, cheers Dennis:angel:
In my book ( origional Landrover Series1 ) by James Taylor there is a photo on page75, of a gray 107 which seams to have the under bonnet unpainted , also on page 102 there is a green 88 or 109 that the underside of the bonnet seams to be un painted but with over spray on it from when the vehicle was resprayed .:cool:

back_in

21st August 2013, 08:24 PM

Hi
Most body work you could not see standing next to series 1 was not painted by L/R as paint cost money
i.e. under bonnet, guards, tub etc any thing out of sight
cheers
Ian

Dinty

23rd August 2013, 04:51 PM

There are plenty of places to purchase rivets from, I bought these from a ebay UK seller just recently
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1707_zps9ed3db1c.jpg
I didn't need the tool it came with the rivets.
This morning I finished off cleaning sanding the underside of the bonnet, grit blasted the areas where Electrolysis had occurred, etch primed the bonnet
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1712_zps3f0ebe9b.jpg
I did find that when I was sanding the underside, up under the side edge of the bonnet was painted green (faded) and to me it appeared to be of the same colour green that was on the seatbox floor panels etc, anyway with the vehicle coming up for it's 60th Birthday in 2015, I am going to paint all panels both sides, in an effort to preserve it.
Here is the frame all cleaned up and etch primed on the side that touches the bonnet
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1713_zpsc27c23bc.jpg

I have borrowed a rivet squeeze from a mate, I will need this tool in the not to distant future, after I have I have taken all the gal/strips etc off the tub, I tried it out on one of the rivets from the UK, I noticed that the tool has left a mark on the rivet, so I will need to make a tool adaptor to suit the rivet heads and not leave any marks/lines in them
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1709_zps4626b082.jpg
anyway that was my day, cheers Dennis:angel:

1950landy

23rd August 2013, 05:34 PM

the first lot of rivets i found at a swap had gone hard from age & i could not get them to work , even with a ait hammer , so the alum rivets on my galv are held in with speed nuts:o. I was talking ato a guy at the air force meseum about ot & he said they keep theres in the freezer to stop them going hard. I dont know if it works though. :cool: The next lot i bought new & used them staight away on my door tops & used a air hammer that i machined a concave in the hammer & they worked well.:BigThumb:

back_in

23rd August 2013, 08:24 PM

Hi
a hammer, dolly and a rivet tool will bend any al. rivet known to man.
I during a complete rebuild of a 109 Series 1 riveted every rivet in the car, be it body, bonnet, tub, cab, capping and any were else the Wilkes boys put them.
My rivets were up to years old, if a old bugger can do it, dry your eyes, toughen up Princess, learn how to do it right
cheers
Ian

dreamin'

23rd August 2013, 08:32 PM

I have borrowed a rivet squeeze from a mate:

How does a rivet squeeze work?

1950landy

23rd August 2013, 08:43 PM

Dinty

24th August 2013, 03:29 PM

I have spent the best part of the day stripping the RHS door frame, knocking out the old rivets, many of which had been badly affected by electrolysis
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1714_zpsa2215496.jpg
I have for the past (almost 40 years) replaced hundreds of rivets, and especially over the past 14 years, I do it as a matter of course, nothing worse than a rivet separating after you have put the final coat of paint on :(.
The Galvanizing on the door frame on the inside looks good, but I'm going to chase Hunter Valley galv Co through the week and get an idea on what is required etc + costs
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1715_zpse6829d2f.jpg
The door skins as with everything else so far, have multiple coats of paint+++, in fact 5 layers on the outside of the door skin
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1716_zps76059377.jpg
it has taken me approx 5 hours to do both sides of the skin
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1717_zpsc099ec06.jpg
it still has to sanded with my orbital sander (Metabo), the skin did have some minor blemishes (dings) which I think I have successfully removed, no more work on the Series 1 now until Monday after work, as tomorrow I'm going to All British Day Sydney with a mate.
In between times today I ground a 5/16" tool steel to suit the shape of a 3/16" solid alloy rivet, I needed to make one as the tool set in the kit I have on loan is leaving a circular mark on the head
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1709_zps4626b082.jpg
A little more fiddling maybe tomorrow evening (late) will have it right, it is reasonably close but not good enough
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1718_zps5a05f800.jpg
I have set hundreds of solid rivets mostly aluminium some brass & steel on my 5" gauge 32 'P' class loco, but working with alloy solid rivets on various Land Rover panels I have never struck any that couldn't be worked with an air tool/ hammer and bucking bar, but that's just my experience, anyway that way my day, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps rivet squeezers come in all shapes and designs, mostly used in airframes, but has a use on Solhull's finest LOL,,.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=rivet+squeezer&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=MlMYUrqAE5GyiQfexoC4BQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEcQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=799#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=2OSGPGNtXH1gyM%3A%3BHcKn3q99-ZDt8M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi281.photobucket.com%25 2Falbums%252Fkk215%252Fharryfeet%252FUclamp.jpg%3B http%253A%252F%252Fforum.multitool.org%252Findex.p hp%253Ftopic%253D28568.15%3B479%3B365

back_in

24th August 2013, 11:30 PM

Hi Dinty
seeing your work brings back a memory or two and the 100's of hours of cleaning and rubbing etc etc, I hope your finished job brings you a lot of satisfaction.
there are many types of riveting, I found doing it by hand was best, more control than using air tools, aluminum suffers from heavy treatment.
cheers
Ian

mick88

25th August 2013, 07:55 AM

I think the aircraft grade aluminium rivets are a harder grade aluminium than standard ones!
You should be able to anneal the time hardened rivets by getting them hot and them letting them cool down slowly. Usually the best way to cool metal that has been annealed is to have it in a bed of river sand. Maybe you could try putting a dozen rivets in a bed of riversand then lighting a fire on top of it, let the fire burn out and dig the rivets out the sand the next day. Old metal Jinker steps etc harden with time and will just snap, but if they are thrown into a decent fire and left there untill the fire burns out and they cool slowly (not dropped into water) it gives them another lifetime!
Alternatively you could grate some soap over the rivets then heat them gently with a butane torch until the soap turns black, let them cool and see how you go. The soap is just an indicator of the heat being used so that the rivets will not melt.

Cheers, Mick.

1950landy

25th August 2013, 08:38 PM

I tryed annealing them , also tryed heating them & droping them inthe hole while still hot nothing worked . I find the claws on the speed nuts hold them nice & tight . I now buy my rivets from a bolt co here in Brisbane. Maybe when i finish the mini i'am building i will pull the hard rivets out & fit some of the new ones.

Dinty

26th August 2013, 05:26 PM

Well after a gruelling day in aged care, I only had approx 1 hour to play with, so I set about removing the alloy panels from the door tops, knock the rivet ends off with a very sharp chisel and punch the heads out, it didn't take long and this was the result
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1801_zps9878b005.jpg
a quick application on a an area of approx 7" square with paint stripper and it didn't take long to have one side devoid of paint, turn it over to attack the side with 5 layers of paint, this is where I had to call it a day (or rather an hour LOL)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1802_zps9d71c829.jpg
well that was my hour this afternoon, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps more of the same tomorrow arvo, hopefully I'm home on time:(,,.

mfc

26th August 2013, 10:11 PM

A day of aged care puts anew shine on stripping paint.... Like meditation ......... I've had days in that Feild that'd take 53 hrs strait stripping to relieve .... Perhaps I need a stripper pole;)
On a slightly more serious note what's you're strippers name??, I'm up 4 the same job in the near future

Dinty

27th August 2013, 04:25 PM

The paint stripper is a Bunning's brand "Diggers", it works well, as usual wash panels down throughly after using, I have not in 13 years had any issues with paint peeling etc after using stripper.
A little more done this afternoon, I finished stripping the alloy panel off the door top (RHS) and I also finished sanding the RHS door skin on both sides
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1804_zps30089ed6.jpg
it had a few minor blemishes which were up to 2mm deep, using the flat dolly and soft (wooden) hammer etc I have managed to reduce them to under .5mm, so not much spray putty will be needed, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I always manage to do something to my projects everyday, that way it just seems to flow on easily,,.:)

mfc

28th August 2013, 06:03 AM

Ahhh I read the diggers stripper earlier but thought it was " digger" the member and a noxious back yard brew lmao fool that I am... Thanks mark

Dinty

30th August 2013, 05:33 PM

The best part of the day was spent removing rivets from the LHS door, some were very stubborn:(. The layers of paint on panels on this Land Rover is nothing sort of amazing/ridiculous, 2 applications of stripper to get it down to this level, and look how the paint rolls off
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1805_zps34650911.jpg
while the paint stripper is doing what it does best, I had made a phone call to a local galvanizer, they advised me that all steel had to be free of paint etc :o:(, more work !!, so I made a start on the RHS door frame, the gal under the paint looks great, but I'm still going to have it redone at this stage
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1806_zpsc5538843.jpg
moving right along, I had run out of stripper, that's the first 4 lts, off to the local shop to buy some more and keep going
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1807_zpse44b8968.jpg
after I had removed all the paint from the outside of the door skin, I pressure washed it to neutralise any stripper left over, allow to dry in the sun and 40 minutes later it looked like this (and still does LOL)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1808_zps4e7ee697.jpg
my Metabo orbital sander makes short work of any stubborn paint etc, I still have about 100 disc's left over from my last project 113-372, anyway that was my day, only a short day tomorrow (afternoon shift), but it will be full day on Sunday;), cheers Dennis:angel:
ps some of the minor blemishes on this panel hopefully will be removed to make a nice smooth panel,,.

digger

30th August 2013, 07:53 PM

Ahhh I read the diggers stripper earlier but thought it was " digger" the member and a noxious back yard brew lmao fool that I am... Thanks mark

But if you are after DIGGER STRIPPER Im available for weddings, parties, barmitzvahs etc etc

64887
1800 HUBBA HUBBA

He did say just a little at a time

:)

Dinty

31st August 2013, 10:43 AM

This morning I removed the skin from the LHS door frame, what a mess underneath. :(
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1809_zps1d3a8c90.jpg
the skin has one small hole approx 2mm in diameter, an awful lot of crud trapped
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1812_zpsb3e01853.jpg
The door frame has a section of electrolysis on the gal, which chipped off easily enough
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1810_zpsd11895f6.jpg
anyone contemplating a restoration of a Series Land Rover should do this as a matter of course, to prevent further decay, not much else can be done today as I'm off to work in just over 90 minutes :o:( anyway back into it tomorrow, cheers Dennis:angel:

1950landy

31st August 2013, 01:44 PM

Thats the problem Aluminum & galv dont mix well.:o

Dinty

1st September 2013, 06:33 AM

I'm well versed with that problem (Electrolysis) having owned around 16 Land Rovers over the past 40 years LOL, the worst by far were the Series 3 in my opinion, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

10th September 2013, 03:49 PM

I had been watching for a pair of these
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1834_zpsc3606200.jpg
cheers Dennis

Dinty

13th September 2013, 02:34 PM

Having some time yesterday in between helping the good wife paint the inside of our house, I removed all the rivets (solid/pop types) and removed all the gal/strips off the tub, all safely set aside waiting for an opportunity to get them grit blasted, most are way too big for my cabinet:(.
Again this morning in between painting etc, I removed all the bolts holding the tub, my wife helped me lift it off, she said it is a lot lighter than the S2A tubs and I agree
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1835_zps42da6ebf.jpg
look at the dust that has accumulated on the chassis!!:o, well I suppose if you sit around for approx 5-6 years you would get dusty as well;).
The next items to be removed were the striker reinforcment plates, well the first screw took almost 1 hour to get off, my right shoulder is sore from holding a long square bladed screwdriver in position and turning the square shaft with a adjustable spanner, and holding in my left hand a right angled 1/2" drive extension fitted with a 3/16"W socket, turn it a little, apply some lubricant, turn it back, repeat over n over n over, LOL the other three came undone with no bother at all
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1837_zps0bd84c41.jpg
This was interesting a NSN (Nato Stock Number) on a Series 1 intermediate pipe, well I figured that the pipe was NOS but not for a S1 but a S2 C/R with the 2lt engine and upswept exhaust manifold
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1838_zps88acb31d.jpg
The exhaust system is all new NOS from front to rear
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1839_zpsd0a2816d.jpg
The tub has been cut around by somebody for whatever reason and it has this hole approx 840mm x 240mm it did have a patch riveted over it but it looked ordinary to me, I'm between trying to weld in a section (I have a Henrob welding torch etc) or have it professionally welded, or remove the panel and make a new one, I'm still to decide
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1841_zpscbde3b88.jpg
if it were a S2/2A I would simply replace the tub, but S1 tubs are a tad thin on the ground, anyway that's been my day, and we have finished painting our hallway it has 11 wall panels and 8 doors, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

14th September 2013, 12:18 PM

I've been busily occupied using the grit blaster this morning, cleaned up all these items that will need to be galvanised
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1843_zpsb06dde78.jpg
also straightening out small bends ? damaged sometime in it's past, just need to do the other bits as well, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

19th September 2013, 12:54 PM

Yesterday after work, I had a look at my grit blasting nozzle, it looked a tad ordinary:(, it is a Ceramic type and damn expensive for what you get, so I decided to make one of my own, using a donor 7/16" UNF Hi-Tensile bolt, about 1 hour later this is what I had, the Ceramic one is in front
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1875_zpsf28982dd.jpg
so I put it to good use this morning and some time later I had done all of these
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1876_zps957a531d.jpg
It took a while to do as I allowed my compressor to cool down for periods and in between time I was replacing this Diaphgram for one of my other Series vehicles
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1877_zps2b632a68.jpg
and helping the good wife with her continuing paint job;) cheers Dennis:angel:

Landy Smurf

19th September 2013, 02:10 PM

do you sandblast those small parts in a sandblasting cabinet or something else?

Dinty

19th September 2013, 04:44 PM

I have a free standing cabinet, it's reasonable size but I can't fit a Series door frame in though, I do on occasions use sand outside in the backyard, but I would never use the Garnet mix that's in the cabinet out in the open, way too messy n red in colour LOL, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

21st September 2013, 05:38 PM

Another very busy day still stripping paint of panels etc and still quite a long way to go yet :( I started with the instrument cluster and the cover panel for the hand throttle etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1885_zps3a469a09.jpg
with many coats of paint to remove, this is what it looked like for a period
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1890_zpse95fca1e.jpg
and after a clean up looks much smarter and ready to etch prime n undercoat
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1892_zps57e7923f.jpg
after lunch I started to strip the tailgate, so I could add the items to the ever growing pile of things to be galvanised
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1894_zps53d2dc05.jpg
tomorrow I will make an effort to strip the paint off the tailgate, cheers Dennis:angel:

magilla

21st September 2013, 10:55 PM

Hi Dinty,
What sort of paint stripper have you been using ?
The couple of bits I have done I have used a Motorspray product, and two maybe three applications and then finish it off with a pressure cleaner, its been pretty effective

Dinty

22nd September 2013, 06:29 AM

Bunnnings brand 'Diggers', it is exactly the same composition as automotive paint stripper, but cheaper ( well it is here where I live) some panels only require one application and others a couple of applications, if I had access to a cheap supply of Ilmenite I would have it grit blasted and all finished in under an hour, but sadly for me that's only a dream LOL cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

22nd September 2013, 04:24 PM

Well after a restless sleep overnight caused by a ??pinched nerve well that's what I'm putting it down too, who knows where it is, but it's sending jolting electrical impulses to my middle finger right hand, it's like holding on to No1 spark plug about every 50 seconds:mad::mad::mad::(:( it is giving me some what for:(.
The day has not been as full as I would have liked it to be, up @ 0600hrs went for a 5k walk, helped the wife with some of her jobs (refitting doors after painting etc etc etc) more pain from my right hand.
I did manage to get most of the paint off the tailgate, a quick hit with my Metabo orbital sander and it looks OK
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1897_zps430d88cb.jpg
about 2 weeks ago I bought another Metabo palm sander Intec 200, but do think I can buy pads for it???:mad:, no-one seems to stock the damn things, anyway rant over, hopefully I will be able to source some soon and do some corner work and take the pressure of my arthritic thumbs, gee don't ya just love getting old:p, cheers Dennis:angel:

Minikeg

22nd September 2013, 07:02 PM

if I had access to a cheap supply of Ilmenite I would have it grit blasted and all finished in under an hour

Can you use it more than once?
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Metabo palm sander Intec 200, but do think I can buy pads for it???:mad:, no-one seems to stock the damn things

There will be generic ones available surely?

Dinty

26th September 2013, 01:31 PM

Back looking at the outer wing RHS, somewhere in it's past it has been damaged and a stiffening rib added on the inside, held in place by two ugly rivets :p. A quick look through my supply of rivets and I had found countersunk pop rivets and csk solid rivets, so I drilled out one of the rivets and countersunk the hole to accept the csk rivet
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1901_zpse5b03f15.jpg
I looked at it and said NO, use the the csk solid rivet
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1902_zpscf412559.jpg
and five minutes late it was done, taken slightly below the surface so I can wipe with a small amount of filler
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1903_zps4ac0bbaf.jpg
it looks neat n tidy
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1904_zps1d0e8c66.jpg
so I removed the other one as well
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1905_zpsd473e402.jpg
then the good wife came home and needed a hand with fitting the last door catches on an inside door, so I stopped to help.
Scott, 20 Tons of sand (most likely Garnet) crikey where would I keep it, Illmenite does a better job but it's very messy/dirty black, but I suppose if you have somewhere to store n use it;):D, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps the other rivets on the back edge will be removed as well and replaced with Csk type,,.

Dinty

26th September 2013, 03:42 PM

Well back into it again, this time with the tailgate trying out my new Metabo palm sander, it works a treat, gets right into the corners;) and edges, here is an image of big M & little M together :D
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1907_zps5053526d.jpg
I'm still to investigate the small patch of filler on the middle panel, I suspect the T/gate has collided with something :( otherwise it's fairly straight, cheers Dennis:angel:
PS I consider it too hot to be mixing small amounts of body filler to cover rivets etc,,.

numpty

27th September 2013, 03:37 PM

Noice work as always Dennis.

That sort of damage on the centre is quite often caused by it coming into contact with a trailer hitch.

wrinklearthur

27th September 2013, 07:51 PM

----- That sort of damage on the centre is quite often caused by it coming into contact with a trailer hitch.

And trying to drag a load across the tailgate while it's resting on the towball or trailer coupling.
.

Dinty

28th September 2013, 03:11 PM

Well whatever caused the damage to both sides of the tailgate has now been obliterated. Lots of small dents removed with the aid of a flat dolly and my wooden hammer and sometimes a planishing hammer, very small amount of filler used in all cases
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1908_zps0e1e3bab.jpg
and later after light sanding
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1911_zps48d236a0.jpg
The spare wheel carrier on the bonnet got some attention also, I removed the two nuts both were thread damaged, knocked out some major dents in it, looks a lot better now
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1909_zps9b3e3694.jpg
it will be added to the box full of bits ready for the galvanizing process
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1910_zps5bfe6b1e.jpg
yesterday morning I took 5 231601 to have them grit blasted along with the door frames and the tub top cappings x 3 as they wouldn't fit in my cabinet, I can't wait for the bill!!!:(:(, anyway work tomorrow 0430hrs get up:(, good part is home by 1430hrs, if the wind has died down I might get some etch prime on a few bits that I have sitting around, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

ellard

29th September 2013, 09:00 AM

Hi there

Looking good Dinty........pleasure to read.

Wayne

Dinty

29th September 2013, 03:11 PM

Well, only a slight breeze blowing this afternoon, I helped the wife with a few small chores then mixed some vinyl etch primer and sprayed these items x 2
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1912_zps4d77e3b3.jpg
both sides all over, now I need to buy a good quality undercoat, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

30th September 2013, 03:57 PM

Gee the things I find when I go looking for something, I was checking if I had any enamel undercoat which I did not have, but found a full 4 lt can of Protec Vinyl etch primer, along a full 4lt can of spray putty and 2 cans (small) body filler, damn I just bought another small can just last week:(:(, I must be losing the plot LOL:p
Anyway with no undercoat to play with, I turned my attention to a group of 6 screws (3 each side of the tub), they are seized by electrolysis and crud on the threads + they have been painted over with enamel with hardener added :(:(
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1913_zpsa2fc6b0e.jpg
as you can see, a small hammer n screwdriver + 3/16"W spanner short shaft heavy blade screwdriver and I managed to get one of them out, so I continued tapping at the crap and rubbing over with a wire brush
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1914_zps1006605c.jpg
in an effort to free them up, hopefully the penetrating fluid will do it's job, if not a small application of heat will/maybe do it for me.
I do not like to paint over things, because if it has to be taken apart in years to come and if it doesn't line up it will look crappy:o, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Pedro_The_Swift

3rd October 2013, 05:47 AM

gee Dinty, those bolts look like they've been on HMAS for the last twenty. Yeild would probably work:angel::D

Dinty

3rd October 2013, 03:11 PM

Well today turned out to be an expensive day out :( the grit blasting bill came to $300.00 and I'm certain that I will have to take 2 items back to be redone as they put a clear lacquer over the steel that has to be galvanised :mad:
anyway here are the door bottoms in the back of my 110
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1915_zps69a4c7f3.jpg
and here are the rims and door tops
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1916_zps3f7b5bfa.jpg
then I drove over to Carrington and picked up two 1/2" x 3"L BSF bolts & nuts for the spare wheel carrier, then back over to Sandgate to pick up my rebuilt carburettor, it was $447.00:(, hope it works.
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1918_zps50b56af1.jpg
then a short run up the road to Minikeg's place to drop off an item the Justin P gave me at the Expo for Minikeg (Scott).
It was puoring with rain & hail as we drove into Hexham:(:(, anyway managed to get through it all and safely home.
Yes Pedro, they do look like they have spent time in the salt water:o, but I'm certain they will come undone with a little persuasion, cheers Dennis:angel:

Minikeg

3rd October 2013, 03:52 PM

then a short run up the road to Minikeg's place to drop off an item the Justin P gave me at the Expo for Minikeg (Scott).

Many thanks for your help, appreciate it :D

back_in

3rd October 2013, 09:32 PM

Hi Dinty
I hope it works toooooooooooooo
in my other life
I could have rebuilt 4 or more for them DOLLARS
perhaps I should not have retired
cheers
Ian

Dinty

4th October 2013, 07:00 AM

It looks good sitting there ;):p,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1919_zps63db403c.jpg
I promised my mate that I bought the vehicle off, that I wouldn't start it until he was here :( anyway just a few more days, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps an image of a well worn spindle shaft
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1921_zpsdf0e2404.jpg

Dinty

4th October 2013, 11:46 AM

Well these wheels were a waste of time, I have decided to junk them all :(.
Yesterday when I picked them up it was threatening a downpour (which it did), the rims were wet but they had something sprayed on them to protect them and I was in a hurry to get them and other parts under cover, the grit blasting job is the worst job I have ever seen
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1922_zps51de8346.jpg
bits like that all over the rims, even worse in between the riveted sections
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1923_zps4406a981.jpg
it took me some time looking at them all this morning, chipping away crud that should have been blasted, this is some of the crud/rust
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1925_zps6a834309.jpg
after most of the paint etc had been removed the rims are in a unsafe state for my liking :mad::mad::(:( very thin around the valve stem hole, rivets with parts of heads missing etc etc etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1928_zps0e00c4b1.jpg
so like I said I'm consigning them 5) all to scrap
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1927_zps9aa88c7c.jpg
a waste of $150.00:(:(:( cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I will not be using their services again either,,.

Dinty

4th October 2013, 02:02 PM

Trying to stay focused and not thinking about wasting $150.00 (grit blasting 5 rims):mad:, I decided not to waste time, so I hooked my Oxy gear and tried my hand at Aluminium welding, it looks OK to me but it hasn't penetrated right through :(
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1930_zps3575da9b.jpg
I took it back into the shed and locked it into a vice and bent it, it did have a crack open up on the left, but that area I had the flame too hot, the area right of center is after I adjusted the flame and it didn't crack
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1931_zpsbd50e169.jpg
so I guess a few more attempts before I wield the torch on the tub, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

4th October 2013, 03:22 PM

Thought I would mount the carburettor on the engine just for a laugh, well laugh I did, NOT!!! the throttle link was 180 out
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1932_zps45167976.jpg
geeez is anything going to be right!!, well I decided enough is enough for one day:o:(:(:( hopefully tomorrow will be different, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

5th October 2013, 01:07 PM

I needed to do something different so I decided to splash a bit of Deep Bronze Green about;):p. I wanted to spray the back (inside vehicle) of the tailgate with an Acrylic primer filler to fill in any minor blemishes etc, it doesn't take long to dry, so while it was drying I cleaned the gun (Iwata).
I had cleaned everything except the pick up tube, so I found my short length of brass brazing rod and cut a small piece of cloth, soaked it in thinners and was going to pull it through the tube, WRONG!!:(:(:mad:, the rag came off the brass rod and jammed in the tube:o:mad: Panic set in for a few seconds, I cleared the rag and finished cleaning the gun.
Light sand off and wash down with a clean cloth, allow to dry and it was ready for it's first coat of Deep Bronze Green:D:D, here it is after it's first coat
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1942_zps4973b11d.jpg
I had other small items that I wanted to put a coat of DBG on the inside, the Instrument panel, looks like sand but it's a smooth as a babies rear
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1943_zps7d6a2c4d.jpg
and the lower control panel etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1945_zps249fcdb8.jpg
attention then turned to the underside of the bonnet, I wanted spray the area covered by the frame
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1940_zpsc2115e75.jpg
and the mating faces of the frame got the treatment as well
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1941_zps679596b7.jpg
no more electrolysis on this Land Rover, now in a few days time if I can round up some extra hands, I will set the rivets that hold the frame to the bonnet, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

5th October 2013, 03:03 PM

While the paint is going off (it has LOL) I started to gather all the 2BA pan head screws etc that hold the instrument panel and lower control panel in place, a quick search through my 2BA supply and my 1/4" nuts n bolts and I came up with the goods
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1949_zpscf108db8.jpg
now to put all the panels somewhere out of the way, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I will run them all over with the appropriate taps n dies, then grit blast & etch prime, label and put away until the next batch of DBG needs to be mixed,,.:)

wrinklearthur

6th October 2013, 07:18 AM

Dinty

6th October 2013, 02:47 PM

Well I managed to run the 2BA screws n nuts through the 2BA die, I cheated a little and just clamped it in my bench vice :D
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1951_zpsc92915d8.jpg
did all 11 screws first, then did the same using a tap for the remaining 8 nuts
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1952_zps2bb6e6b9.jpg
I then place them in this strip of aluminium extrusion which I have tapped 2BA threaded holes 2BA clearance holes, also some 3 BA threaded holes as well, these are fiddly little items and I don't want to lose them in the grit blast cabinet:o;), so they all get fitted to something
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1953_zpsdc842661.jpg
some onto cardboard strips, but you have to be carefull as the grit does eat away the cardboard quickly as you can see
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1954_zps2e61b5a5.jpg
every item gets etch primed individually, the surface not seen gets painted flat black
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1955_zps2bc010a6.jpg
all the 2BA pan head screws cleaned up well here they are etch primed, I put them on cardboard strips so I don't get too much paint on my hands
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1956_zps5f5cf9ac.jpg
and here are all the items before they get tagged n bagged, and wait for the next round of DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1958_zps0e6bfe85.jpg
The bonnet topside needed to be etch primed, so out with the gear and it got 2 coats of vinyl etch primer, just needs to be rubbed down smooth
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1957_zps02d489ae.jpg
WrinkleArthur, I have a full set of BA taps n dies which I have had for some years (30+) they are readily available I bought those tap etc plus many many more to aid me with this item
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/Dennis034_zps61397d66.jpg
sadly I haven't done anything to it in a long time :( anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

8th October 2013, 06:29 PM

Well underway stripping the bulkhead down before grit blasting
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1960_zpsddfb7e32.jpg
and the other side after removing the wiring loom etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1961_zpse0e98a78.jpg
you may well ask 'why grit blast that!!??', well because it has a lot of imperfections in it and the only way to correct them is to have it grit blasted and start over again, the jobs just keep piling up LOL, cheers Dennis:angel:

ashhhhh

8th October 2013, 07:27 PM

Looking great!

Dinty

10th October 2013, 03:44 PM

Landy Smurf

10th October 2013, 04:42 PM

looking at doing some of these over summer,looking forward to how yours go

1950landy

10th October 2013, 09:11 PM

Been a busy day today, Modern Mtrs (Dungog) in the morning 0830hrs for a rego check on our 110, then down to Tomago to Hunter Galvanisers to drop off these items
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1967_zpsfef7b5f5.jpg
and these
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1964_zpsd0c8ba23.jpg
60 items all up, I just hope none of them drop off the wire:o, fingers XXXX'd cheers Dennis:angel:
I hope you tok the hing pins out of the seat box lid hinges . The pins are aluminum & will eaten by the acid in the pickle or will melt in the pot & you will have 1/2 a hinge when you get them back. Had it happen to me, still got the 1/2 hinges laying around here somewere.:mad:

Dinty

11th October 2013, 06:45 PM

Well I had good intentions today to get a heap of work done, first job was remove rad/supp panel n radiator, that went off without a hitch
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1971_zps474990e6.jpg
I was about to start on the final 2 bolts through the outrigger when Warwick L turned up for a yarn, and I had not seen Warwick for more than a year I downed tools went inside for a cuppa etc, at 1145hrs I had to ask him to leave as we had flights booked at 1300hrs local Tiger Moth, anyway we made that deadline it was good even though I got a touch of vertigo, no I wasn't sick but not far off it LOL:(:(.
After a short rest when we got home I got stuck back into removing the b/head and I have just finished stripping all the smaller bits off it
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1989_zps50ebe5f6.jpg
the b/head is now in one of my No5 trailers waiting to go to a grit blaster next week, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps thanks for that info re hinges etc, I sent them an email and they have removed them from my pile, if I get an opportunity to get there early next week I will take some tools etc and diss-assemble them, failing that I will buy new ones from P A Blanchard they have them listed as NOS @ 2.** each,,.

1950landy

11th October 2013, 08:17 PM

Another little tip when rebolting the guards to the front radiator panel is to bolt a bit of 1"x 1/16" or1/8" flat bar under the guard this will stop the inner guard flexing & stops guard flap which causes cracking of the guards.:cool:

Dinty

12th October 2013, 11:05 AM

It is warm outside in the direct sunlight :( I got back to removing the 6 screws on the tub sides, managed to get 5 out with some degree of difficulty, the last one I could not move either way, so it lost it's head as a last resort :(
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1993_zps3dfd02d0.jpg
the good wife was on to me re having the tub upside down on her precious grass as it belongs to the Poodle Patrol;):D, so after she had gone to her Bonsai meeting I thought I had better move it and get it into the shade.
I had previously marked all the spot welds with a white paint pen, I shook my head in disbelief at the amount of spot welds I would have to drill and break, well after approx 30 minutes I had removed the panel that the seat bases pass through, here are the first two I drilled out
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1994_zps0180e5e0.jpg
Meanwhile the b/head is sitting in my No5 trailer, hopefully after grit blasting I will be able to remove all these marks on flat areas of the b/head
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1990_zps11293d98.jpg
in the trailer
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1992_zps15ca5f3b.jpg
anyway it's time for lunch, and besides my cordless drill battery went flat so while it's charging so will I cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

12th October 2013, 12:19 PM

It's just after 1300hrs and I'v removed the offending panels, here is the one that the seat bases go through
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1999_zpsa13d7404.jpg
I forgot to add in the last post, after lunch I was back in the direct sunlight and no-one here to help me lift the tub and move it into the shade:( so it was work where it is, anyway after drilling all the spot welds or so I thought I found a couple that I couldn't see, my 3/16" drill bit and a very sharp thin section wood chisel soon made short work of them here is the panel before it was removed
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2000_zpsda3ef2b3.jpg
and later on
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2001_zps033b9949.jpg
and the tub without the panel,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2004_zps79876795.jpg
lots of electrolysis that you would never see normally, when I have dressed all the edges (to remove any high spots from spot welds etc) and squared them up again, I'm going to etch prime and paint them Deep Bronze Green, hopefully that will help protect it for years to come after I'm long gone:( anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps dunno what to do now:o:p:D it's never over in a rover,,.

wrinklearthur

13th October 2013, 07:52 AM

That is a idea that I use a lot of, when taking bolts and screws out I put them into a snap top bag.
No trouble fitting the parts back together, as there is no scratching about finding fittings.

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_1993_zps3dfd02d0.jpg
.

wrinklearthur

13th October 2013, 08:00 AM

Wondering if the cut out is to allow the running of a belt driven machine from a pulley fitted to the centre pto?

Are there any bolt holes in the floor of the tub where a pump or welder could have been mounted?

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2000_zpsda3ef2b3.jpg
.

wrinklearthur

13th October 2013, 08:12 AM

A couple of spares here, including a surprise for me, the right hand tub was off the 86" Land Rover I learnt to drive on the family farm 50 years ago.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
.

dreamin'

13th October 2013, 09:17 PM

A couple of spares here, including a surprise for me, the right hand tub was off the 86" Land Rover I learnt to drive on the family farm 50 years ago.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
.

That's a great yard, Arthur. Is it yours?

Roger

JayBoRover

13th October 2013, 10:34 PM

A couple of spares here, including a surprise for me, the right hand tub was off the 86" Land Rover I learnt to drive on the family farm 50 years ago.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/technical-chatter/66932d1381578192-what-did-you-do-your-landy-today-img_3541.jpg
.
Hmmm - I spy with my little eye a fishplate chassis:cool:.

wrinklearthur

14th October 2013, 09:22 AM

Dinty; That picture was of the tubs, that if you are interested could be used for the replacement panels.
Hope you don't mind me answering these questions here

Hmmm - I spy with my little eye a fishplate chassis:cool:.

That one with the early chassis still belongs to Paul who is getting rid of the rest.

He is hoping to restore it, myself and ---- are encouraging him to return it to a red colour, as there is a good chance it may have been one of the two used at the Cambridge aerodrome, they were painted red and were used by the fire chief as run around's, but they were not fitted out as a fire tender, with pumps etc.

That's a great yard, Arthur. Is it yours?

Hi Roger

The yard needs to be cleared, so Paul is moving his collection, ---- and myself are purchasing a good part of the collection so Paul can manage what is left.
.

Dinty

14th October 2013, 06:21 PM

I have measured up what I need and will buy the replacement panel (sheet aluminium) later this week cost approx $60.00, then just need to mark it out and fold the edges, easy stuff, cheers but thanks for the offer mate Dennis

brendanm

14th October 2013, 06:57 PM

Hi Dennis
I know I'm a bit further than just down the road, but if you wanted them I have the moulds that I used to round the guards to replicate the wheel arch. Can I recomend that you also take all the bracing off the original to refit to your new sheet.

Landy Smurf

14th October 2013, 10:37 PM

seriously can I adopt you dennis :p

Dinty

17th October 2013, 02:57 PM

Another hot blustery day good for nothing really, I had to do a compulsory education session at work @ 0900hrs x 2hrs, half the day gone/wasted, anyway I had items in my No5 trailer for grit blasting, so they took the drive to that location (no NOT the one I went to previously) anyway they will be ready early next week.
I had to find a secure location to leave my No5 trailer as I didn't want to have it tagging along in Newcastle, parking is a PIA at the best of times down there, so I took to one of my work locations in Maitland and left it there.
Hancock sheetmetal car park was almost deserted :o I could have taken my trailer, anyway my sheet of alloy was ready, this will be the transome behind the seats
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2011_zpsd28292b2.jpg
just need to mark it all out etc and fold the edges, hopefully refit it without any dramas.
We arrived home at 1430hrs message on the phone, Hunter Galv, my parts are ready for pickup :(:o:mad:, message received @1400hrs we were in the vicinity well within 10 k's of it at around that time, wish now I had given them my wifes mobile number, now it's a trip back to Tomago in the morning, anyway that was my day, cheers Dennis
ps Tony, my wife says I'm not up for adoption, sorry mate,,.:p

Dinty

18th October 2013, 03:39 PM

We headed off this morning early 0700hrs (early for the good wife LOL:p:p) all was going well until I changed lanes on top of the Hexham bridge so I could get to Tomago & Hunter Galvanisers. Well I had to drop my speed from 80k's down to 2k's (crawling along) for approx 1k to the traffic lights, that 1k took 20 minutes:o:o::censored:, unfortunately for me I was on the inside lane and couldn't get out:(:( to go to the next set of traffic lights) anyway it took longer to go from the Hexham bridge to the round-a-bout at Old Punt road than it did to drive from Cessnock to that location, my left leg got a workout, damn heavy clutch in a 110 with 3.9diesel. When I got within 300 mtrs of the round-about I went on the inside of all the cars etc and got to my destination, the reason for the hold-up was related to the large bushfire that was burning in the area, roads closed all over the place, anyway it was all good for me, I picked up my 54 items, here they are all laid out on the grass (Poodle Patrol area No 1)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2019_zps9c62c074.jpg
I had no sooner laid them out counted it all etc when I recieved a call from my mate Gordon telling me to come down to where he works as a Boilermaker so we could mark out & fold the aluminium sheet I purchased yesterday, here it is after that short journey
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2020_zps91b3fda6.jpg
all folded up, I did a quick trial fit, it seems A1;);):cool: but I will have to be on the ball/spot on etc etc when I go to fit it all up permanently:D:D,.
My sister n husband from Victoria will be visiting from Monday so I guess that is going to slow me up a tad, still lot's of action with Huey's (UH01) flying overhead with water buckets hanging below so that tells me the fires are still an issue, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

19th October 2013, 12:54 PM

It's warm outside and I'm as dry as :p, anyway I have made some progress on refitting the transome panel, first I had to remove the angle alloy strengthening strips x 3
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2021_zps4c951272.jpg
making sure I marked all the spot welds so I don't confuse myself by drilling extra holes, it had spot welds n rivets along it's entire length :o and multiples like these
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2022_zpsd5eaf235.jpg
after they were removed, I etch primed the mating surfaces and then set about dropping the last/first 25mm of the top angle, to allow it to sit flush under the side panels (both sides) so I clamped it up and knocked it down by placing a 2mm strip of steel clamped underneath,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2024_zpsccb2557e.jpg
it worked not as neat as I would have liked it but after all it cannot be seen anyway here is the panel bumped into place almost an interference fit!! LOL,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2025_zps3e1271c0.jpg
no rivets as yet, I still need to look long n hard at it before committing self to riveting it in place:D;) anyway back to it, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

19th October 2013, 03:06 PM

I had a dry trial run with 1 csk solid 3/16"dia rivet, I removed 1/16" off the head, drilled and csk all in one go
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2026_zps03db65bb.jpg
before using bucking bar, here it is seated etc, a quick run over the top with orbital sander
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2027_zps8f0001de.jpg
and the underside
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2028_zps9c50c522.jpg
I reckon I still need to practice more before trying it out on the side panels of my 86";) cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I'm using the old transome panel, to play with rivets,,.

Dinty

20th October 2013, 11:47 AM

I have fitted the first of many C'sk rivets to the side of the tub where I had previously drilled out spot welds, I'm reasonably happy with the first attempt
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2029_zps30154686.jpg
just needs a little more on the clean up, the back was difficult, as we all know spot welds are never in a straight line, this one was damn close to the bend
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2030_zps82a6589f.jpg
I didn't want to relieve the end of the punch making it too weak, that's how the gouge occurred under the rivet, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps the good wife is none too keen to hold onto the bucking bar, in this case it's a 14lb sledgehammer LOL;)

Dinty

20th October 2013, 06:00 PM

This afternoon I have successfully fitted the C'sk rivets to the tub sides, not being too familiar with Series 1's, I have to keep refering back to my parts pile that I have removed from the seat transome panel, so I don't put a heap of rivets (solid) in and have to remove them again because I forgot to rivet in something else:(;):), so far so good no stuff ups.
At present I'm stripping paint off this panel that is riveted to the transome panel
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2031_zpsd600b33c.jpg
it is in need of some repairs, so I'm the lookout for some 50 x 50 x 6 x 1.6L so I can clamp it up to the angle iron and square it all up again, once that is done I will etch prime and paint Deep Bronze Green while it's not fitted, that way I'm sure of covering the complete panel with DBG, anyway well that's been my weekend, back to work tomorrow and interstate visitors will slow me down, :( cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

24th October 2013, 10:21 AM

I guess I'm going to have to find something else to do :(, I've just picked items from the grit blaster, but it's blowing a gale outside
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2033_zpse1abd24d.jpg
the bulkhead inside my No5, wheels etc in rear of 110
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2034_zpsb4fc15b6.jpg
grille n rad/supp panel
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2035_zps14ad9cda.jpg
damn the wind, as it would be a great drying day for paint, well rego day next month for the other 8 Series + trailers, so I suppose I'd better get a move on, cheers Dennis:angel:

grey_ghost

24th October 2013, 10:35 AM

Hi Dennis,

I have been following this thread which much interest, and now much jealousy :wasntme:

Keep up the great work!

Dinty

25th October 2013, 01:01 PM

What a difference a day makes, only a very mild breeze temp in the mid 20's, so I thought a good day for applying spray putty to areas on the bulkhead, trouble is I didn't mix enough :( LOL silly old goot :mad:
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2036_zps7033417a.jpg
after cleaning the putty gun, I found a more small areas that will need doing, so I guess I will be mixing some more and soon.
I wanted to make a move on refitting the spare wheel holder that is riveted on the bonnet, but I wanted to apply a coat of Deep Bronze Green before fitting, so I mixed up a small amount of paint/thinners/hardener and applied it
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2037_zps91d38339.jpg
I had some paint left over so I put it to good use on this panel and some of it's 2BA screws etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2038_zps37cd13f4.jpg
still having a very small amount left, I sprayed the remaining dash screws n 2 1/4"BSF bolts
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2039_zps9429ed13.jpg
now just waiting for some help so I can hopefully set some rivets, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

26th October 2013, 03:58 PM

After some careful consideration I decided to scrap this panel
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2031_zpsd600b33c.jpg
it has too much damage/splits n cracks, I have ordered the material to replace it, I really need to get my head together as I should have ordered the aluminium to replace that panel when I was down at Hancock sheetmetal last Thursday picking up the aluminium for the door tops:(:(.
The remainder of the day has been spent using my Mapp gas torch melting the zinc out of the threads (bolts) that hold the door tops insitu, Zinc melts @ 400 degrees, so I knew I didn't have to light up the Oxy/acetylene, a quick rub with a wire brush removed the molten Zinc, let them cool down then run a 7/16"BSF die over the threads to clean them up.
The nuts had a 7/16"BSF tap through them, they all run up n down the bolts easy as, just the way I like it :D:D;)
Back onto the tub, cutting off the excess of solid rivets with a sharp wood chisel, then tap out the butt of the rivet/s, those that were stuck 3/16" dia drill bit soon enabled them to be removed without any damage to the aluminium rails, anyway that was my day, cheers Dennis.
ps I'm getting an itchy trigger finger, what with so much stuff laying about that needs a good coat of Deep Bronze Green,,.
,,.

Dinty

27th October 2013, 05:11 PM

Well it was certainly hot out in the direct sunlight today, my wife tells me it's only 26c, it felt like 40:(. My fingers are sore from sanding back the spray putty I applied a couple of days ago, the bulkhead looks like it has a heat rash LOL:p
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2040_zps0fa1f91f.jpg
I now need to get some blade spot putty and finish the job, etch prime n paint DBG:) anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

brendanm

27th October 2013, 06:01 PM

I like seeing these cars get a new lease on life. Thanks for the ongoing photos

magilla

30th October 2013, 06:24 AM

Well it was certainly hot out in the direct sunlight today, my wife tells me it's only 26c, it felt like 40:(. My fingers are sore from sanding back the spray putty I applied a couple of days ago, the bulkhead looks like it has a heat rash LOL:p
:

Na mate, as a painter and decorator by trade I can tell you that the traces of colour you're seeing combined with sore fingers = blood & sweat. Good work

Dinty

31st October 2013, 03:50 PM

Well my itchy trigger finger got the better of me this afternoon, had some items to be picked up in Newcastle off we went, it was around 1200hrs so we had lunch @ 'Rocksalt' very nice I may say:), I now have the aluminium to remake the seatbox mounting panel that is fixed to the transome panel, but I will have to wait until I can we can use the panbrake folder where my mate works.
My itchy finger got the brain going and I decided I would paint the tailgate and a few other other items, a short while later I had masked up and painted the outside of the t/gate, but Murphy's law kicked in 2 little bugs landed and made 2 huge ? marks damn and blast them to hell, they were quickly picked off but they had left their mark, I quickly moved the T/gate inside the house actually sitting on the breakfast bar:D:D swmbo ATM is fine with it
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2042_zps37e78b9d.jpg
it looks like I had missed a section but it is light coming under that panel, but after seeing it I checked and I have missed a few small areas under the metal hooks for the canopy, so it will have to be re-sprayed in a few days time:(:(
I still had plenty of paint left so out with 2 rims (the other 2 have the bonnet frame etc sitting on them), it didn't take long to coat them in Deep Bronze Green either
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2044_zpsa81ca5bc.jpg
still paint left over, a quick light sand on the instrument panel and a coat of DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2043_zpsffadd94a.jpg
yes it looks a different colour but it isn't, still some paint left, so the underside of the steel floor section off the B/head received a coat on the underside, no image of that as camera battery died:( anyway that has been my day, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

1st November 2013, 09:42 AM

Lovely morning here, up early and walked 5k's then got stuck into applying more DBG to rims. The items stayed in the house overnight:o:) much to my surprise swmbo never even mentioned them, two of them are still there!!. on the table!!.
After dusting off the rims and mixing DBG they were sprayed and they look the part too
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2046_zpsb772095b.jpg
I wanted to use up the paint, so I collected the floor panel assembly, up ended it, wiped it down & over with thinners, a quick coat of etch primer, it dries very fast;), then applied DBG to it
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2047_zps45043a19.jpg
yes I know Land Rovers were not painted on the underside, but I want this to last long after I'm gone:(:D, anyway I'm sure swmbo will have fun spending the loot when she sells them all, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

1st November 2013, 04:42 PM

Another productive afternoon with my mate Gordon, we managed to fold up the panel that attaches to the transome and cut new panels for the door tops
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2050_zps8a1dda11.jpg
that's Sophie (Daredevil Dog) checking out the work LOL, I suppose tomorrow I will mark and cut out the holes for the seat frames to pass through and a multitude of other holes etc, anyway great way to finish off the day, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps here is Sophie I forgot to add the image
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2049_zpse30dd4d1.jpg

Dinty

2nd November 2013, 09:20 AM

It;s morning tea time, I've been on the job since before 0800 so I figured I could have a break and give my lower back a break as well. I purchased this new (well new to me) filler, some of the panels have deep gouges in them and not wanting to use body filler I thought I would give this a try
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2051_zps30853698.jpg
it's called 'Hot Shot' easy to apply, using a flexible plastic spatula, I haven't tried sanding it as yet as I got stuck into marking out the rectangular holes x 6 for the seat base frame to pass through the panel
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2053_zps37bd34d3.jpg
with them all marked out as per the original, I needed to find something to suit the radius, to me it looked the same as some of the 2BA washers and I was correct, radius is the same;):cool:
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2054_zpsb5121404.jpg
after about 30 minutes of drilling etc and some filing it now looks like this
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2055_zps44672de9.jpg
thankfully no one will see the scribed lines as the seatbox bolts butt up to it, I tend to be a bit heavy handed with the scribing tool, but I think a quick hit with any of my orbital sanders will knock them down, anyway break over, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

2nd November 2013, 02:34 PM

I'm finished for the day now as we have a dinner date in Maitland:( some things just seem to get in the way of a good time;), anyway the couple of jobs I had on the go have been almost completed, here is the panel with 6 x rectangular holes cut in, and the edges angled,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2058_zps0f868e8b.jpg
I think I have got the radius of the corners almost right
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2057_zps77ed66be.jpg
just a little more filing before I clean all edges up, I offered the panel up to the seat box and clamped it in place, quite a few holes have to be located and drilled to mount the seat backs and bolt the seatbox to this panel after it has been riveted into place
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2059_zpsea6aa4d4.jpg
and just to help or complicate things I clamped up the old transome panel to check everything in place before commiting to drill any holes
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2060_zpsc7d31505.jpg
The middle cover off the seatbox that I filled with 'Hot Shot' has been sanded and etch primed, looks good, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

4th November 2013, 03:40 PM

Trial fit of this panel against the transome, shows that it still needs to be relieved along the sides
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2091_zps9378d2e9.jpg
the transome has approx a 2mm belly in it, but drops to just 3mm when the extra panel is in place, something is being pushed :( anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

7th November 2013, 06:12 PM

Way too warm to be working on the tub in the direct sunlight, what with the heat and reflected light off bright aluminium sheeting!, so I decided I would apply some more blade putty to areas on the bulkhead, but work under cover in the carport,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2092_zps2462841b.jpg
not too much hardener needed on a day like today, tomorrow is going to be hotter again:(, anyway here's how it finished up this evening @1845hrs
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2094_zpsfd189584.jpg
anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

wrinklearthur

8th November 2013, 08:48 AM

Hi Dennis

Thanks for putting up your photo's direct, doing that does save a heap of time in viewing them. :thumbsup:
.

Dinty

8th November 2013, 01:39 PM

Warm outside today, a little breezy at times, but not to be put off I set about rubbing back all flat surfaces again to get a coat of Deep Bronze Green applied, about 3 hours later this is what one side looks like
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2096_zpsb354ea62.jpg
I don't know whether it will need a light rub back and a second coat applied when I paint the other side, time will tell :wheelchair::( that's how my back feels ATM LOL:p.
I still had at least 90+ mls of paint left so I coated the underside of the center seatbox panel (no image), and still having about 40ml's paint left over, I thought well mask up the tailgate and paint where I missed it a week ago, so I set about masking it all up, took about 30 minutes and 3 minutes to paint :p
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2095_zpsca80a624.jpg
it only needed a small amount on each of the tilt clips, anyway now to clean the gun and have a coke (no alcohol :() I try to give it away for a couple of weeks at a time, gawd I might be an alcoholic LOL cheers Dennis:angel:
ps sometimes for me which ever way I upload images it still reverts to loading photobucket???:(:(

Dinty

8th November 2013, 05:34 PM

Continuing on from this afternoons foray with paint, I still had too much to waste, so I put it to good use.
I rummaged through the box of bits looking for items that belong to the bulkhead and come up with these, here they are after grit blast n etch primer applied
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2099_zps3000a09f.jpg
painting small items like this has it's drawbacks, you end up with green fingers etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2100_zps01b96d4f.jpg
everyone I work with say's gee you have small hands :(:( always getting picked on LOL, anyway here they are covered in DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2101_zps4deaf826.jpg
still having just a small amount of paint left, I quickly grit blasted the cover for the steering shaft, etch primed and coated the inside with DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2102_zps3029aee6.jpg
I will paint the other side when I'm ready to paint the other side of the bulkhead.
Here are the other items that I had painted earlier but had no images, here is part of the floor assembly
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2098_zps4f88086a.jpg
and the center seat cover panel
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2097_zpsd923cab6.jpg
the gun took some cleaning what with overspray and my green left hand + the gravity feed gun which took the remainder of the paint, anyway all clean now and waiting for the next job, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps before I apply the next coat of DBG, I will have a bigger list of things to paint, all etch primed and waiting,, weather not looking great ATM:(:(:(:mad:

Defender Mike

8th November 2013, 06:55 PM

Wish you lived a bit closer I could do with a good man on a spray gun.
Mike:)

back_in

8th November 2013, 10:28 PM

when and if you finish the rebuild
you could start a garden show with that green thumb
cheers
Ian

Dinty

9th November 2013, 04:27 PM

My day is over ATM, as it looks a lot like a storm outside, so I packed up etc.
I started the day by slipping down to the local hardware store and bought a pack of 25 alloy rivets to be used as sacrificial rivets to hold the internal frame insitu for when I'm ready to set the solid rivets, and to be honest I need the space, anyway the bonnet
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2103_zps9eac7e32.jpg
that has reduced the parts sitting around by a miniscule amount LOL.
Very soon after I pressed the good wife into helping me set the bulkhead so I could work on other issues
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2104_zpsd405443a.jpg
after setting it up, I started to sand down some area's that had been attacked by rust in the past, the bulkhead has been grit blasted by x 2, but my mate (the previous owner) did not understand what surface preparation meant, so it has had to be cleaned off once again,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2105_zps21affdfc.jpg
and a light coat of 'Hot Shot' blade putty applied to the area's, here is part of the bulkhead with some applied
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2106_zps2f9accc7.jpg
ATM the full face of the bulkhead has had a coat of 'Hot Shot' applied and is being allowed to dry overnight.
This little tool has allowed me to get into most places within the parcel tray's
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2107_zps1fa382c1.jpg
it certainly has saved me many hours of sanding, it's a ripper
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2108_zps5f539615.jpg
and cheap as chips.
Now a question, here is an image of a sequence of rivets 12 in all in groups of 2, down either side of the tub wheel box
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2109_zps3dea5f52.jpg
what I need to know are they genuine (aka as fitted from factory????) they seem to holding the angle support brackets under the wheel box, and are these small screws a std fitting on the floor of the tub????
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2110_zps5585005a.jpg
me myself personally do not think they would have been fitted, as they would have had a flat floor, any help appreciatted, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps back in.. I will finish this little vehicle unless I die early from some issue, here is a clip that represents the last 14 years of my life, all vehicles (+2 trailers) have been restored by me, as well as doing ongoing maintnance on them and our 110 Isuzu that we have owned for 22 years, the link Anzac Day 2012 Cessnock
Anzac Day 2012 - YouTube
cheers,,pps I forgot to add the only green thumb here is my wife,,.

back_in

10th November 2013, 08:44 PM

wrinklearthur

11th November 2013, 07:17 AM

Hi
just some thing you may not know
L/R did not paint were it was not need
under bonnets, mud guards etc only got over spray by mistake
don't paint if it is not need, the factory was still winding down from the War
that the one some of us can still remember
cheers Ian

Hi Ian

You are quite correct in what you say about the paint, it wasn't applied by the factory in those spots you mentioned, but as time goes on there is now a need to fully protect those exposed areas to preserve them.

I am not a 'Baby Boomer' as my Dad was too young to get to the war, but my wife who is a couple of years younger than me, does call herself a 'Baby Boomer' as her Dad fought in Gona, Northern Province, Papua New Guinea.

A sad time for the world, "Lest we forget".
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRchjpY6CDheWdTd_H-sfnUwtKXIdAPAIqtpTuVpkcTg_mTvWmawA
.

back_in

11th November 2013, 09:56 PM

Hi Arther
I spend a lot of time remembering those that have gone before in days of old.
I have spent 19 years in the Green Machine.
Every day I go through some form of pain from what I have put the body though.
I get a little short with them that sit on their BUMS and want the world to do every thing for them.
When the likes of us aged gentlemen have gone to a better place, we will not be pestered by Clowns asking questions, who do not want to accept the answers.
God help this country when the Sh.t hits the fan and we have to have to rely the younger generation rise up and save us.
They will not want to get out of bed until the iphone is fully charged and Facebook and Twitter are back on the air.
A passing thought, how many reading this really know what to day is and what it means for this our country, since Australia sent it's first man and woman away to war late in the 19th century over 102,000 have died for this country, for us, for our future children, for the freedom we now enjoy.
Spend a minute to remember.
Ian

Dinty

12th November 2013, 04:32 PM

Please, I'm asking politely here, not to hijack the thread with things "off topic", if you want to banter on about something please start another thread somewhere else, thank you.:):) yeah I know I'm a grumpy old sod.:(
In my post No 134 I stated that I knew that Land Rovers were not painted under neath etc, but I also stated that I wanted this vehicle to outlast me, and not rot away with electrolysis/rust etc, but I'm doing this the way I want to do it:D
This afternoon I have counted the floor screws and the screws that hold the middle seat box panel insitu, they have all been etch primed, washers done both sides, with the undersides painted flat black
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2114_zps7a588ff2.jpg
I even etch prime the screws on the underside as well
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2115_zps246f684a.jpg
eventually they will be painted in Deep Bronze Green (both sides)
I had also applied a light coat of 'hot shot' across the Rad/supp panel, it is yet to be lightly sanded, hopefully if the weather clears, I might get a chance to spray over the weekend, anyway cheers Dennis

back_in

12th November 2013, 07:45 PM

Hi
think you may find they were not painted
Galv type were was finish
to each is own
cheers
Ian

numpty

14th November 2013, 12:50 PM

Hi
think you may find they were not painted
Galv type were was finish
to each is own
cheers
Ian

:( Gosh. Read the post before yours. Dinty has stated he's doing it his way for good reason.

Keep up the good work Dennis.

wrinklearthur

15th November 2013, 07:16 AM

Please, I'm asking politely here, not to hijack the thread with things "off topic",
Sorry Mate, that was a bit remiss of me. :bangin:

In my post No 134 I stated that I knew that Land Rovers were not painted under neath etc, but I also stated that I wanted this vehicle to outlast me, and not rot away with electrolysis/rust etc
I agree with your approach and I'm watching this part of your restoration closely as I have a lot of similar body work to do on 'HECter'. There is a way to hide the protection of bare aluminium, that is by using a clear laquer to coat it.
.

Dinty

15th November 2013, 08:41 AM

I had been talking with a spray painter mate and I have come up with this colour to do all the floor screws etc, originally they were 'Sheradised' which is similar to galvanising.
There are companies out there that specialise in this process but to ask to have about 100 items done would be ridiculous, so I have gone down this path
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2118_zpsf749f272.jpg
the washers have been etch primed both sides, underside is flat black
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2117_zps9163503f.jpg
even the speed nuts, but I will have to wait for them to dry before painting the other side
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2119_zpsdaa8fe19.jpg
what colour will they be when dry???? is anyone's guess.
I hadn't thought of a clear lacquer for the undersides of the body, that would have been an idea, but it's way too late for that now LOL, one thing for the future if I ever do another, now to clean up and pack up as I'm on an afternoon shift today, have I ever said how much I dislike it!!:( anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps enamel paint with hardener is what I used,,.

Landy Smurf

15th November 2013, 09:00 AM

Even though originally didnt have paint on the underside of body panels I would still do what you have done. great work dennis

ashhhhh

15th November 2013, 02:42 PM

I probably would have gone the gal route, they would have done all the horrible cleaning work too. :D
Looks great though mate!

1950landy

15th November 2013, 09:36 PM

I probably would have gone the gal route, they would have done all the horrible cleaning work too. :D
Looks great though mate!
THESE BOLTS WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO SMALL TO GALS & YOU WOULD HAVE LOST MOST OF THEM . THEY ARE SMALLER THAN THE HOLES IN THE CENTRIFUGE BASKET & YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE THREADS FILLING UP WITH GALV.:mad: BUT YOU COULD HAVE HADE THEM ZINC PLATED, THEY DO SMALL NUTS & BOLTS . THE FINISH IS BETTER THAN GALV BUT NOT AS LONG LASTING. I THINK WHAT YOU DID IS THE BEST WAY.:BigThumb:

back_in

15th November 2013, 10:35 PM

Hi
A few years ago I acquired several 20 drums of cadmium plated screws, bolts, studs, washers, spring washers, every known bit by their 100's.
Parts by the dozens, including door locks to engine and gear box parts and housings, linkage bits, head bolts, shafts, pistons rockers etc, diff centres, and housings, steering balls, axles, tractor joints, drive flanges, shackles, etc etc etc .
Cadmium plating is or could be the best coating. It takes a long time to dull, these were done 15/20 years ago and look as if they were just done.
I used these in the rebirth of my 109, and still looks as if I only done it yesterday.
I suppose some may want them some time before they go to recyclers.
cheers
Ian

1950landy

15th November 2013, 10:46 PM

Very hard to get cabimum plating done now council's closed them all down just like the chrome platers & zinc platers . can't get it done in Brisbane , I beleave there is sombody in Sydney that still doese it.

Dinty

24th November 2013, 06:34 PM

I have been occupied with other task's, mainly club rego day, making sure all 8 Land Rovers & 2 trailers were up to scratch. Yesterday I had the pleasure of driving one of my S2A 88"GS to the registration location @ 9 mile creek just Nth of Raymond Terrace, in fact it was this one 113-372 ex Provo Sth Vietnam
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/113-372neatntidyagain.jpg
The weather looked ordinary at 0630hrs when I left home, fog was thick visibility was around 75mtrs, but that cleared about 10k's from home, easy run with little traffic on the M1 (or the parts that I used anyway LOL), I was 3rd vehicle there rego check over quickly and I headed home, but the weather had changed and a storm was very close, needless to say I got soaked with not having door tops on and with the back flap rolled up I was sucking in water droplets +++, anyway all good fun :(:mad:
Today (this afternoon as I had been playing with a Solex carby off my Bloodbox) I managed to lightly sand and apply a dusting of etch primer on the rad/supp panel,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2146_zpsdaaeb5ee.jpg
if the weather holds through the week I might be able to spray a few more items in etch primer in readiness for an application of DBG, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

numpty

25th November 2013, 07:51 AM

It seems just for a moment you inadvertently hijacked your own thread Dennis ;)

Dinty

25th November 2013, 05:19 PM

Nah mate, just an explanation for my absence of 9 days, first things first;), cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

28th November 2013, 05:48 PM

The past few afternoon's after work have been put to good use, preparing for a paint day today, these items had been rubbed back and prepped
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2152_zps7b908247.jpg
they are in DBG now, but up out of the way in the shed so no images atm, these two rims had been painted on the inside along with the rad/supp panel, now sporting it's first coat of DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2154_zpsb1eb5aa0.jpg
and yes I can see the small areas of undercoat, I ran out of paint :( and didn't want to mix a small amount, I will get them on the next paint day, which incidentally won't be tomorrow as storms etc predicted and I'm working a late shift.
A shuffle through my 2BA supply and I found a set of the off set washers that hold the cover over the steering shaft insitu, a quick hit in the grit blast cabinet brought them up like new, etch prime n coat with DBG, shown here in etch primer along with a cover from the lower left side of the bulkhead
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2149_zps7b357708.jpg
Still more small items that attach to the bulkhead getting stripped of paint etc and made ready for etch priming, running nuts n bolts over with taps n dies etc etc, anyway that was day, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

1st December 2013, 02:09 PM

It has a busy few days what with the lousey weather and afternoon shift, I have managed to get a bit further down the restoration road.
More paint stripper pressed into service this time on the vents, what a pain they were,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2158_zpse8df847f.jpg
they have now been stripped both sides, but I'm going to have to make a jig (R & Lhs) to hold them before I attempt to spray them, that will keep the hinges in the correct position relative to the hinge bar, that way I won't have any bare hinge bar showing, well that's the game plan:).
Some items that I etch primed mid week were painted in Deep Bronze Green this morning
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2159_zps5bd47c97.jpg
not a bad finish for an amateur, this one is almost mirror finish LOL
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2161_zpsa1a726c8.jpg
here are 3 of the larger items I painted this morning, drying in the shed & don't look at the mess in the background
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2160_zpsb2652ff3.jpg
I still had to recoat the 2 rims from last weekend they were repainted and are still under the carport, they will have to be moved later as the B.O.M are predicting storms this evening.
After all that and a double/triple check that I had no more items ready for a coat of DBG, I decided to use the small amount left and sprayed it on a few area's on the bulkhead that I had previously prepped (small rust indents), anyway I was happy with the painted surfaces they look OK to me, it's a Land Rover not a Lamborgini (if thats' how it's spelt) LOL
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2162_zps4923ace9.jpg
I had to be careful not to overspray or spray paint through any holes in the bulkhead, otherwise you end with frosted paint on the other side and I didn't want overspray on the bloodbox.
After lunch I asked the good wife to assist me in setting some rivets on the tailgate, as some of us know the gal/strips have to go back on in a sequence, bottom one first. I had turned a small tool to support the rivet head, so I moved my home made anvil outside so I had more room and could see better in the natural light, well it all went together too easy, and in no time all the rivets were in place along the bottom gal/strip
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2164_zps25919181.jpg
and at this stage I hadn't cleaned my Iwata spray gun, so I removed the pot dipped in with a small artists brush and touched up the rivet butts with some DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2163_zps60714803.jpg
yeah I know it's probably overkill but I don't care anyway thats been my few days off, cheers Dennis

grey_ghost

1st December 2013, 02:34 PM

Dennis - what more can be said about this restoration that hasn't already been said?

Absolutely brilliant - keep up the fantastic work.

You are an inspiration to us all!

:)

klonk

2nd December 2013, 12:51 AM

Can you shave using that dbg mirror. What brand of paint are you using?

Cheers Steve

Dinty

2nd December 2013, 04:38 PM

Not a lot happening here after work today, but I have put the radiator into the supp/panel and re-attached it to the chassis & engine:D, only needs clamps on hoses, hot wire, fuel supply and maybe it will start;).
anyway that's been my playtime this afternoon, cheers Dennis
ps Steve, Information off the 4lt can
Selemix (?brand of paint)
384-LINE
Colour ref BS-C.224
British Standard BS 381 Code 224
Deep Bronze Green
I buy this paint from a company called Ovesco, they are in Sandgate nr Newcastle, they also have a branch in Brisbane, link below, cheers
Ovesco - Hardware,Gas Stays,Drawer Slides,Rubber & Seal Strip,Water Tanks & Tool Boxes,Huck Fasteners & Tooling,Recoil,Threaded Inserts (http://www.ovesco.com.au/enquiries.php)

Dinty

3rd December 2013, 06:23 PM

After a relatively easier day at work today yesterday still flaring in my mind:(, a quick browse through a couple of sites looking for small bolts (2BA raised round head's) to hold the headlight buckets in place, no luck as yet.
Soon after that I was using the grit blast cabinet, to remove the last of the stubborn little bits of paint on the vents. It is very hard to remove the paint from the spot welds, so a spot of, spot grit blasting was the order of the day
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2165_zps5f18ec81.jpg
you can see where the spot welds are ;) but now paint free, while I was at it I went all over them, maybe etch prime them tomorrow after work. I need to get a few items ready for the next batch of DBG, anyway that was afternoon, cheers Dennis:angel:

1950landy

3rd December 2013, 09:08 PM

I recently bought a large quantity of early L/R & early Rover car parts new & second hand& there are a lor of S/H nuts , Bolts & screws , i think there are some 2ba round headed screws , next time i am at our workshop I will have a look . How many do you need ? You are welcome to what you need for free if i have any. There may be some new ones in the Lucas parts.

1950landy

4th December 2013, 02:31 PM

I found 5 2nd hand screws today . I may find some more in my shed at home. These screws are 2ba & the shaft is approx 14mm long .. Also CDA Eastland Trade supplies 1300 cda ets are supposed to have 2ba X1/2 " brass round head with slot metal threads.

Dinty

4th December 2013, 05:54 PM

A little more progress this afternoon, mixed up some etch primer and sprayed the vents all over with 2 coats, then got out my spray putty gun and after going the floor sections (topside this time) in an effort to fill in the small marks, scratches and waves from a flap sander that somebody has used in the past, for whatever reason, anyway 2 coats should fill any small gaps, I hope, here is an image of the job
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2217_zps4d02bfd9.jpg
it is forecast for storms tonight and some rain tomorrow, so I will keep plodding along getting ready for Fri/Sat/Sun when the sun is supposed to be shining, hopefully I will be able to splash some DBG about, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

5th December 2013, 04:38 PM

Continuing on with my quest to get as many items ready for grit blasting and painting in both Silver and Deep Bronze Green. I started with the 6 x 2BA screws etc that hold the vents on the bulkhead, and the speed screws etc that hold the regulator that controls the vents. My poor old compressor got a work out today
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2218_zps99263c2f.jpg
once grit blasted they are etch primed and all surfaces not seen get painted flat black
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2219_zpsac880069.jpg
the regulators were very hard to clean up, I dismantled what I could, but the build up of crud paint etc over the years was hard to shift
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2220_zps52608c65.jpg
they were also awkward to paint in Silver as well, but the task has been completed I think
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2222_zps0e845f7c.jpg
I still had a small amount of paint left, so a quick search for the bolts etc that hold the steering shaft supp/brackets etc, a quick grit blast etch prime and paint Silver, with still a little more left I whipped out the Hi-Lo lever cleaned it up and painted it as well, anyway that's been my day, Gus107 is dropping by tomorrow to have a look @ my junk, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

6th December 2013, 05:58 PM

Managed to get a few items cleaned and grit blasted today, I did the 3 bolts that hold the rad/supp panel, all cleaned n painted etc, now fitted. I found the 6 new 2BA screws to hold the headlight buckets in place
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2226_zpsaef06cf5.jpg
they are now flat black, I thought I was going to be able to fit the headlight buckets, but on closer examination the back of the first bucket I picked up looked very ordinary, so I stripped the paint off and grit blasted it, etch primed ready for a coat of gloss black
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2227_zps5f1b41ab.jpg
also spent some time looking for the small cover plate for the Hi-range knob as the vehicle didn't come with one, also the small ferrule that the spring locates in, also grit blasted more 2 BA screws n washers for the spare tyre bonnet mounts, I bought 8 from Dunsfolds earlier in the week, still waiting for a new SU fuel pump coming from the UK as well, but I guess with all the Xmas mail it could take a little longer to get here, anyway that was my day, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps Gus107 arrived about 1440hrs, had a look at all my Land Rovers, we yakked on about them for a while, I asked had he had a run & drive of a gunbuggy, he had not, so without any further ado we untarped mine and went for a run, methinks he liked driving it, he does have a short video clip, he had no sooner left for Stockton when the Grand kids turned up :(:( x 2 they are here for the weekend, the parents will be in and out all the time, gimme patience as they are into everything and very inquisitive, will I be able to get anything done:(:(
and I must apologise to Gus107, we got on talking (as you do) I forgot to offer him a drink or anything:eek::(, so Gus I'm sorry for that oversight mate, I hope I didn't offend you by that, anyway off to see the Xmas lights around the district as soon as it gets dark,,.

Dinty

7th December 2013, 02:45 PM

Well this morning I managed to find some items for this vehicle, as you know I didn't dismantle it in the first place, so I'm at a loss sometimes trying to work out what's with what etc. Today I concentrated on getting all the small items ready for the doors, i.e. nuts/bolts/washers etc, I was missing quite a few of the bolts that hold the hinges to the bottom half of the door frame.
A quick check around the usual suppliers no-one had exactly what I was looking for, and the closest bolt supplier was 34k's away and around (approx) 1hr 15mins return depending how many customers in the shop, so I decided to make do with what I had in stock. 1/4"UNF x 1" were turned down to 3/4" in length, set up in the lathe as such (a simple turning job)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2228_zps8f3e1efb.jpg
and within a minute or so they looked like this with the tit about to be removed, a quick wipe with a file and now you have a 1/4"UNF x 3/4" long
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2229_zpsa672f067.jpg
next task after making 8 of those was to locate the appropriate size washers and square section spring washers, an easy task when you have a bucket load of s/hand stock;).
Luckily for me I had the 4 nut plates (captive nuts etc), but as you would expect some of the bolts had frozen in place,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2230_zpsc362f390.jpg
and not wanting to twist the captive nut out and destroy the item altogether, I sought the assistance of some Map gas/ heat. Setting up a 1/4"W (5/16"BS) spanner in the vice,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2233_zpsbc3d6290.jpg
holding the plate with pliers apply some heat, a quick squirt of wd40, and always remember to tighten the bolt first just a little;) then back it off, 99% it works n works well, another squirt both sides of the bolt working it back n forth, I soon had them all out, without any breakages.
All nuts & bolts were treated to a run over with a tap and die to clean up the threads, then through the grit blasting process, they look very clean and tidy afterwards, I like to be able to look at bolt heads and read the manufacturer's name:) before and after they are painted, the nut plate with traces of paint on it was put back through and the old paint removed.
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2234_zps9e316cf9.jpg
It takes some time to etch prime all items separately, paint the unseen sides flat black, allow to dry then set them all up on cardboard, then mix the paint etc, spray and hang out to dry
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2235_zpsb027ab1e.jpg
and the nut plates and nuts for the door tops, ATM I don't have any square section 7/16" spring washers or flat washers for the door tops so they will have to be painted another day
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2236_zpsb31f8ce3.jpg
anyway that's been my day so far, spray gun cleaned, only need to roll up the hose, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps the grand kids have behaved themselves, following the good wife about and helping water n feed the bantams etc etc, they have gone to the movies in Maitland LOL,,.

Dinty

8th December 2013, 04:34 PM

Well the weekend is over :(, managed to fit in quite a bit this afternoon though, mixed some more Silver enamel and sprayed the couple of small areas on the vent regulators that I knew I had missed, while I was at it I sprayed the 4 hinges and the locking hasps for the seatbox, still had a little paint left over, so I resprayed the grille and the starter solenoid, Hi-range spring.
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2245_zps7371e606.jpg
I had a few smaller items like 2BA screws washers etc 6 for the vents, 8 for the spare tyre bonnet mounts, the small ferrule that the Hi-range spring is located in and the small panel that holds it to the floor, so I mixed some DBG and away we went, some paint left over, a quick whizz across the floor panels and it now has it's first coat of DBG on
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2244_zps16b311ad.jpg
and damn still paint left over, so I sprayed the vents with their first coat
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2247_zps0b60f3d4.jpg
everything all cleaned up including my hands anyway thats been my afternoon, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps the G/kids went home with mum n dad @ 1230hrs;) otherwise I wouldn't have got that much done, now to get x-mas out of the way,,.:p everything that had been painted yesterday, has now been bagged n tagged,,.

1950landy

8th December 2013, 10:08 PM

Next time you have paint left over that laundary trolley could do with a bit of paint. :cool: That will get you in the wife's good books.:BigThumb:

Carzee

12th December 2013, 09:13 AM

Hi Dennis, you've been hard at work I see. Got to love Bronze Green...

Waved as we drove up the Hunter late last Friday night. (very late).

Dinty

12th December 2013, 06:53 PM

Well I'm back on days off again, although had a funeral to attend this morning and off to Newcastle to pick up items that had been ordered etc, so I really didn't start work until 1530hrs.
I had refitted the tub a few days ago as I needed to move along with it, so this afternoon I moved one of the items that had been remade, set it up at the correct height from the top of the transome, clamped it up in place.
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2251_zpsc696a125.jpg
I also had installed a couple of rivets in the transome as well, I have done both sides, so many things to remember with what goes here n there and in what order they go in
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2252_zpse03ef1be.jpg
after this brain strain :p, I decided that I should do the lawn etc so I have a full day tomorrow, hopefully I will get quite a bit done, wish me luck that I don't bugger it up:(:o;), cheers Dennis:angel:
ps 1950 Landy, it ain't a Land Rover so I wouldn't waste my time, LOL I keep in the good books by putting the washing on the line etc etc etc, no seriously my wife wouldn't want me to waste my time with it,,.
I know there is another support bracket that has to be riveted insitu, but it will have to wait until I have cleaned it up, and had a chance to etch prime it and paint it both sides and the transome where it's riveted too.

Dinty

13th December 2013, 05:34 PM

Moving right along (as you do), I had to get into the tub today, when I remembered that I had some unwanted visitors that had made themselves quite at home in my carport, Paper wasps:o:(:mad:, I hate them, when I realised how close I must have been to them and they started buzzing getting agitated, it reminded me of when I picked up the chassis for my 109 S2A Wksp. It was covered in undergrowth thick as +++
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/KK2_zps7f3039a3.jpg
while cutting my way into this pile of jungle etc, it was thicker at the front BTW
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/KK1_zps8ac86566.jpg
I felt this hot burning sensation in my right hand, I thought I must have hit a thorn or something, so I kept cutting etc, wrong, I had 3 Wasps hammering my right hand, can't print what I said but I'm sure you get the idea, anyway had to keep cutting as no one else was going to do it for me :(:(:p, now what has this got to do with today???.
Well last night around 2200hrs I went outside with my small torch and a can of fly spray, good night dick, the deceased this morning
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2253_zps633240e0.jpg
with that off my mind, I could now concentrate on fixing panels together, here is the job about midday
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2255_zpsbe1b1459.jpg
I had etch primed the back of the pop rivets and the area on the transome to minimize electrolysis, and was it hot working out there :(:(, many a water stop throughout the day, this evening we have 3 of the 6 brackets for the seats in place
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2256_zpsa43ae1d0.jpg
The gal bits are held in place using 3/16" gutter screws, all holes have been drilled for the pop & solid rivets, I need tomorrow to finish the seat brackets, remove the seatbox again and drill all the holes out to the correct size (almost 7/16" dia holes), the seatbox was 5mm lower on the left side, that has now been rectified, anyway that's how I spent my day, I'm relaxing ATM, the good wife has gone out with 2 friends to a dinner/show to see todd mckenney, I would sooner listen to the 60's @ 6 on 2NUR Fm (103.7), anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps can some one tell me if the crank handle is on the top of the transome or is it down lower and the jack handle? in the upper position, I would like to get all the holes drilled asap, so I can work out in my head what I need, and which sides of the bolts are going to be painted in DBG with the opposite side in Silver where it sits on the gal bits..

107gus

14th December 2013, 03:02 PM

Progress is looking good Dennis! Good to meet you and see all the Landys, and now worries on the drink, I didn't think of it myself. ;)

Dinty

14th December 2013, 05:34 PM

My wife went out again today, to the bonsai christmas party/workshop, but I had instructions to keep an eye on her two new chickens, shown sitting here with mum
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2259_zpsdd6d4b64.jpg
and in the meantime I progressed with marking and drilling the remainder of the holes in the transome panel,
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
those clips will have to grit blasted and maybe painted Silver, if I can't find any unpainted ones. Meanwhile all the gal/cappings etc had to be removed so I could mark and drill the holes for the R & L stiffening brackets
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2258_zps0c85e955.jpg
at present I have just enough countersunk rivets to do the job.
After a quick lunch and with 12 o'clock ROCK (2NUR-Fm 103.7) blasting out, as it does every Saturday when I'm home, I thought it a good idea to run the orbital sander over the edge of the floor just behind the transome panel, before I start setting some rivets in, anyway I ended up doing the whole floor and the LHS rear panel
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2261_zpsb8521c7c.jpg
and you can imagine what I looked like, Kermit the frog, green all over except for around my nose & mouth as I was wearing my painting mask, anyway that's been my day, cheers Dennis:angel:

wrinklearthur

14th December 2013, 09:38 PM

----- and in the meantime I progressed with marking and drilling the remainder of the holes in the transome panel,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2257_zps3ad8d241.jpg
those clips will have to grit blasted and maybe painted Silver, if I can't find any unpainted ones. -----
Hi Dennis

There are five clips ( part number 05555 ) and if you need the measurement for the hole placement for the fifth clip, sing out and I can get it for you.

I'm trying to remember but I think those clips were originally black, again I could have a look tomorrow at the collection.
.

Dinty

15th December 2013, 01:39 PM

I'm looking a lot like that frog again, but alas I have run out of 6" sanding discs @ 100 grit :(:mad::(, but I would bet the neighbours are pleased;):p, well I didn't start until 21 minutes past 0800hrs, legal noise time in NSW is 0800 on a Sunday, anyway this was early into the job, with just a small patch left near the front door opening
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2262_zps0a05c456.jpg
I mentioned that I had run out of 100 grit discs, and just to show the difference I used 7 discs @ 180 grit just to almost complete the LHS, after using all those discs I decided to use paint stripper which removed most of the paint, I have washed it down, waiting for it to dry, then I will sand the remainder of the paint off, next job will be the wheel/seat boxs, anyway thats been most of my day, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

15th December 2013, 04:35 PM

I was looking for something else in the box of bits that I have for this vehicle, when I came across 2 x 6" lengths of angle iron :o, these needed to be fitted to the transome panel, they are the steel corner angle stiffening plates, so back out with some gear and work out how n why
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2263_zpsde173fea.jpg
some gal/cappings needed and small screws etc, all clamped up ready to drill hole for blind rivets and some countersunk
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2264_zps5e0755f6.jpg
and just when you don't need anything extra to do "Murphy's Law" kicks in, a rivet nail snapped off half way along the shaft, so out with one of my Dremel tools with a thin cutting disc, soon made short work out it LOL;)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2265_zps4ca57a01.jpg
2 x countersunk rivets set, check that the gal/strip clears them
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2266_zpsf4937dfa.jpg
a light spray with etch primer, job finished on the RHS
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2267_zpsce858c28.jpg
onto the LHS, all finished now ;), cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

16th December 2013, 05:13 PM

I struggled to do anything this afternoon, after another hectic day at work :(:(, anyway I mixed up a small amount of etch primer and sprayed the inside of the LHS inner guard
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2268_zps6e277d71.jpg
I was going to spray the outside, but after looking closely, the outside needs to be rubbed down all over, it has a light coating (weathering effect) that gets on un-coated aluminium, so needless to say it ain't etched as yet, clean gun, set BBQ ready have tea>>> that's the arvo over, LOL cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

17th December 2013, 04:13 PM

After etch priming the LHS inner guard yesterday, I had a look at the outside of the same guard this afternoon, after a quick run (with the mower) over the lawn.
Looking very closely at all the spot welds, and there are plenty of them, I started trying to get the paint out of them, I soon realised it was going to be a time consuming job, so out with an air line, hand held grit blasting tool from s****cheap (that I have had for quite some time and works a treat as well!!;)), run the compressor up and within 3 minutes they were clean enough for me, here are some of them
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2270_zps48752ab1.jpg
later a quick rub with some 600 wet n dry should remove the scuff marks, anyway that's something else done, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

19th December 2013, 03:24 PM

We have had the grand kids here again today, ******* school holidaze :(:p, anyway it was too hot for them outside;), so looking for a simple easy job to perform, I decided to clean up grit blast etc some 2BA screws/nuts washers etc for some of the smaller fittings that are peculiar to the seatbox.
I remembered that my mate Kevin had given me the 2 tailgate locking pins n chains with the staples etc, they looked very ordinary especially the 2BA nut
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2274_zps880a3346.jpg
another 2BA nut was sourced (as you can see) all were run through tap/die to clean threads, grit blasted etch primed etc.
Most of the heads were to be painted Silver
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2275_zps2edfe151.jpg
and some of the 2BA nuts washers etc had to be Deep Bronze Green,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2276_zps8078045e.jpg
so I went with the Silver first, I mixed a very small amount of paint (40mls) with thinners & hardener, here are the Silver items hanging on the line to dry ;)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2277_zpsdf7e8081.jpg
once finished with the Silver, a quick clean of the gun and mix up an even smaller amount of DBG and apply it
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2278_zps96e29285.jpg
anyway that's been part of my day, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I also grit blasted n etch primed the windscreen hinge bolts/washers etc,,.

Dinty

20th December 2013, 05:50 PM

Not much done today, as we had the gand kids down at the 'Tree Top adventure park' Minmi NSW, they had a great 4 hours there, it was warm @ 37c in the shade, we didn't get home until almost 1500hrs:(.
So rather than waste the rest of the day, I set about finding another 6 round head slot screw 2BA x 1/2" to secure the bonnet locking clamp onto the bonnet, 6 screws found, run over with tap n die, grit blast, etch prime. I mixed up a small amount of DBG to paint the 2BA nuts
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2299_zpscf9bad07.jpg
and the panel that the fuel pump and regulator etc are mounted on
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2298_zps3122052b.jpg
also I wanted to paint some DBG in the corners of the tub behind the seat R & L side before a stiffening panel is riveted into place, that done just a little paint left over, so I sprayed it on the underside of the Lhs guard,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2297_zps1dacdee2.jpg
at least now with that done it will reduce my chances of getting a run in that area when I spray it all, it all should dry quickly as it's quite warm outside, I know it was 43c in the shed, well it is summer, cheers Dennis:angel:

wrinklearthur

21st December 2013, 08:11 AM

Hi Dennis

I am thinking about using a spot welder in the same places that land rover did, when I get a spare moment I'll start a thread in tools about making one and building my own plasma cutter.

All the beer-st for Christmas and have a wild New Year! :spudnikparty:

.

Dinty

21st December 2013, 02:09 PM

Another very warm one, but if I don't do something to it everyday no-one will;), anyway today I grit blasted the other headlight bucket, along with the frame that holds the h/brake boot + brake n clutch pedals.
A quick coat of etch primer on all of them and while it was drying (all of about 5 minutes) I was busily using a sanding pad on the dash getting the inside ready for painting possibly tomorrow or Monday.
Here are the items that had been painted gloss black, headlight buckets
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2301_zpsfd1580d7.jpg
brake n clutch pedals
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2300_zps38a073e6.jpg
the dash almost ready for a light coat of etch primer
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2302_zps1bc88b13.jpg
well that's just about my days play finished, going out for tea with the good wife, christmas tea, as she will be in Rockhampton for 8 days from Monday morning, so I'm batching and living rough LOL ;):p, but I do have to look after the 'Poodle Patrol', bantams, fish, cat, bonsai plants etc etc etc, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

22nd December 2013, 03:14 PM

You can certainly tell it's summer :angel:, another very warm day to be out working in the direct sunlight, at 0800hrs I started to remove paint using my orbital sander, armed with a new box of 50 pads, it took 5 pads and approx 75 minutes to remove the bulk of the paint, still some small areas to do and some paint stripper to be applied
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2307_zps5debe964.jpg
I'm sure the neighbours are pleased that I'm kinda sorta finished that job for the time being LOL, well they have noisey parties etc, what goes around comes around;).
After lunch I set up to re-rivet the bonnet, by using 4 saw horses, 2 of each at different heights, a vice was clamped to a piece of 12mm plate on the lower of the 2 horses, it had the support for the rivet heads, the taller 2 had a 7.50 x 16 tyre on each,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2308_zps38574616.jpg
to help balance the bonnet, the good wife was pressed into service to balance the job, and in about 1 hour it was completed
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2309_zps07b4ca7e.jpg
after cooling down with a few drinks of H2o and a wet cloth well it was 36c in the shade, I had set up to this job behind the Series 1 but within 5 minutes the bonnet was too hot to handle, so I set it all up after moving my 110.
After recouperating the tub was removed off the chassis, so I can inspect the myriad of screws n rivets that are in the the tub, still not sure what is correct and what isn't
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2310_zpsd48839cc.jpg
now all I have to do is pack it all up as I have had enough for today anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

23rd December 2013, 02:05 PM

Not a lot happening here today, up early to take my wife to the airport, then on to Newcastle Hi-Tensile to collect some bolts, then home. No sooner home and a parcel arrived from the UK, I only rang them last week as I was getting concerned that I hadn't heard from them at all:o anyway tiz here now
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2314_zps1e69560b.jpg
then a short while later another small packet delivered by Oz post had 8 of these in it, minus the 2 BA screws of course
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2312_zps9d2fdbb3.jpg
the other 4 are for my S2A 88"GS Provo vehicle 113-372, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

ashhhhh

24th December 2013, 07:28 AM

I got the same pump, they look good. :thumbup:

Dinty

24th December 2013, 01:07 PM

Wet n miserable here today, fine mizzle non stop :(:(, just makes it hard to work out in it, what to do[bighmmm] well a knock on the front door a young fella asking if I needed to go out ?? as they needed to lift the cover off the sewer sub main out front, now I have been here for almost 3 decades and have never seen it lifted yet, poor camera ;) look at the cockies down there!!!!, where's the surface spray.
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2315_zps0ef1bbd1.jpg
anyway then they wanted to look down the other one in the carport, well I said you can look with your eyes, but it will take me about 2 hours at least to move 9 vehicles, they were gob smacked, they enjoyed looking at the vehicles especially the Series 1 as it's still down to it's bare bones.
After that excitement I still needed something to do, so I fitted the freshly painted headlight buckets back into the rad/supp panel, they look neat, but the flash has reduced the impact of the gloss black paint
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2317_zpsa7be53b8.jpg
it's still mizzling so back into the garage, and working on a minor fuel leak on the carburetor on my 109 bloodbox, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

27th December 2013, 02:10 PM

It has taken me most of the day today to prepare the bulkhead side that had not been painted in DBG, and with my T.A. absent ATM in Qld, it was a struggle to get it out of the garage and moved 50 feet and lifted n secured to the saw horses:(;), but I managed, just as well swmbo doesn't frequent this site LOL otherwise I could be doing it all by myself from here on in:o
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2331_zps8fc5ea7b.jpg
the paint sure does show any imperfections in the panels i.e. buckling etc, I just hope that I haven't missed any areas, as I do have a colour vision problem :(, anyway I suppose I will just have to wait until tomorrow to check if I have missed any spots, now to clean the gun, hose and me, my hair has stuck together at the front from overspray when doing the footwells, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

27th December 2013, 07:03 PM

After cleaning both spray guns and the paint off my hands and arms :( ( I still had a small amount of paint left but the Iwata gun wouldn't pick up, so out with the gravity feed gun, and recoat the fuel pump panel and assorted bolts etc that hold it to the B/head, also painted the cover panel for the hand brake lever and up the inside of the bonnet edges)
Last Monday I purchased 40 1/4"dia x 3/4"L bolts, I needed to reduce the length to 5/8", so a quick turning job, so far I have shortened 22 of them
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2329_zpsfdb6ef95.jpg
I had to stop and water the wife's Bonsai trees and secure her Bantam's for the night, anyway more fun tomorrow, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

3rd January 2014, 10:59 AM

I have spent some time this morning preparing to re-spray the inside of the bulkhead, so a lot of things had to be masked up to stop overspray, I hate that frosted look which is what happens:mad:.
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2348_zps4124ddb0.jpg
that has all the hole to the other side covered, now to complete the job
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2349_zps9f443a1d.jpg
the paper I'm using I bought back in 2002, when I started to re-paint my S2A "Bloodbox", I don't reckon I will have to replace it (the roll of paper) it must still have 30 meters of paper left on it.
My T.A is back from her holiday in Qld, I asked her opinion on where I had missed spots last time I sprayed, well the look on her face :o, I had missed quite a few spots up under the parcel trays, so I set about spraying it and asked her to check it again, I still had missed one spot that I had not painted before :mad::mad::(, anyway all covered in DBG now,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2350_zps6ece6b71.jpg
if I have still missed any spots 'so be it' I'm not painting it again, now to clean the gun after lunch, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps the blue masking tape is from bunnings, it's good tape as it doesn't bleed into previously painted surfaces and cn be left on for up to 10 days if req,,.

Landy Smurf

3rd January 2014, 11:53 AM

Thanks Dennis , great tips!

Dinty

3rd January 2014, 06:07 PM

Not to lose too much productive time, while waiting for the paint to dry/harden on the bulkhead, I though I might as well make a move and put in the remaining C'sk rivets on the side of the tub, and that didn't take long, so the next plan of action was the alloy panel on the door tops.
Just needed to mark the outline off the original panel on the door top, then transfer the panel onto the door top, clamp n drill a hole, insert 3/16" whit gutter bolt, drill another hole, add a bolt etc etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2351_zps71fe7d84.jpg
that's the LHS done, all holes have had the burrs removed, now to repeat the same on the RHS, then etch prime n paint in DBG, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

4th January 2014, 05:21 PM

With the confined space that we have here for all my toys and other things, I though best plan of action was to fit the bulkhead to the chassis temporarily ;) at least I won't be moving it around all over the place trying to work around it
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2354_zpsd88f1764.jpg
another item that needed to acted upon was the bonnet, now with b/head mounted sorta! ;) I thought well why not apply a coat of paint to the underside of same, so after mixing enough DBG to cover the bonnet and some other nuts/bolts earmarked to be painted in DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2353_zps7895535d.jpg
and as usual 'Murphy's Law' kicks in, a huge sudden gust of wind, yeah you guessed it a light sprinkle of dust settled on the fresh paint :( oh well, what can you do :rocket:.
Today I have had 3 different colours through the spray gun, DBG, Silver & Hi-Gloss Black, painting the heads of some bolts n screws Silver and the opposite end a different colour
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2355_zps384e52f5.jpg
I'm sure you get the idea, some bolts go through the B/head and onto items painted Black etc, anyway I have had some fun today, and a little further/closer to the end, cheers Dennis

Dinty

5th January 2014, 06:43 PM

This morning I had a minor sleep in till 0730hrs as I'm back at work tomorrow :(:( I'm usually up early everyday,
while I was getting up I started thinking about where to store the bonnet, [bigwhistle] why not on the B/head, so down into the box of "ready items to be fitted" and pulled the bag with the bonnet nuts/bolts etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2359_zps3d333f67.jpg
as you can see topside is Silver and underside are DBG as per my painting schedule for the bonnet, I only fitted 4 bolts (2 each side) and with the good wife's help the bonnet storage problem was eliminated
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2362_zpsc2912bd5.jpg
I keep moving the T/gate about because I'm worried I'm going to damage it, so with my wife's assistance I fitted some more of the Gal/fittings,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2357_zpsf5df8986.jpg
back into that 'Box' again to find the correct bolts for the pig tails
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2356_zps65f7d939.jpg
it is now safe in the back of the 'Bloodbox' :).
After lunch I set about marking out the alloy panel for the RHS upper door, setting it up with clamps etc, drill a hole fit a 3/16" gutter screw etc etc etc and in no time the job was done
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2358_zpse8651373.jpg
now to mix some etch primer and spray them both sides, trying to keep the panels cool was the problem but in no time they were coated both sides
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2360_zpseab195cb.jpg
I have marked them R & L etc with small letter stamps, and I have yet to round off the corners
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2361_zps98475d57.jpg
anyway that's been my day, cheers Dennis:angel:

wrinklearthur

6th January 2014, 06:00 AM

Hi Dennis

I don't suppose you have recorded the thickness of the floor plate of the 86"'s tub?

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Dinty

8th January 2014, 05:27 PM

Mate, in a word, No I haven't. I went outside to look at it but can't do that either ATM as it's upside down, and I have a rotten head cold :(:(:mad:
but in 2 other floor replacements (Series 2/2A) that I have done in the recent past I used 3mm alloy sheet, cheers Dennis:(

Dinty

12th January 2014, 04:39 PM

Op Rubic's cube in force this morning, moving vehicles about to accomodate my needs LOL;), I had to do 5 vehicle movements before I could achieve what I wanted :(:(. anyway it all went smoothly without too much stress.
113-372 was put into action to drag the Series 1 out of it's hideout
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2363_zps274f21f3.jpg
I couldn't move it, I found out later that all the brakes were dragging big time!!.
Once it was out in the open, turning the steering was the biggest issue, then moving about 25 feet on the crank handle, I thought once we hit the concrete driveway it would be a lot easier, wrong!!.
I bought our 110 in on the game and dragged it all the way down the front yard, and with a NOS 7.50 x 16 NDST tyre between the 2 bumper bars so to speak, my wife drove the 110 and I navigated the Series 1 back down to where it is now, mate was I sweating LOL.
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2365_zpsf2850b09.jpg
so I could put the gunbuggy where the Series 1 was, and 112-501 where the gunbuggy was. 110-850 has gone to a temporary home out of town in a garage out of sight etc.
All this took place because I want to repaint the chassis, I'm not entirely happy with the paint job, so a complete strip down has happened
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2366_zps305a3daf.jpg
in the meantime I have had several issues today with my SVT :(:( heart rate 160++ not good, it happens when I get stressed about doing things, anyway I managed to get on top of it all and complete the job, now to clean it all over the next few days and if the weather holds I will paint the rear end and re-assemble, then start on the other end :), cheers Dennis:angel:

digger

13th January 2014, 11:57 PM

Take it easy mate, get your engine right before you worry about the bloody car!!

It looks great, fantastic watching the step by step thread...thanks..

PS: have you thought about a multi story carpark/workshop area? :D

Im always willing to babysit one particular vehicle....:angel::wasntme:

klonk

14th January 2014, 01:45 AM

Hi Dennis

Had a simalar problem with my engine 220 bpm was the highest recorded, now a doctor has computerized it, it talks to the hospital over the phone and has a better memory than I do. My wife is pleased as the doctor actually found a heart and have had plenty of solar panel on the hat jokes. The doctors are polite also as I think they know about the sudden heart rate increase at 5am in the mornings. You just get a smile and a comment that ''it all seems to be working well then''.
But the best part is that I cant die untill someone comes to turn me off !

Cheers Steve

PS Dont stress, It can kill you.

wrinklearthur

14th January 2014, 06:12 AM

My Misses put her thumb down when I was getting recurring bouts of severe pain in the base of the skull. After a merry old chase around conventional and alternate medications, She now has me on a low sugar diet and that seems to be working for me.

When I step out of line the Wife hits me with a book, 'Sweet Poison' by David Gillespie

Look after that ticker mate. :BigThumb:
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Dinty

14th January 2014, 03:42 PM

I washed the chassis down yesterday afternoon after work, and this afternoon I sprayed the first coat of Gloss Black on it, nice colour Gloss Black, I can't put up an image as I don't know hpow to transfer the image from imageshack to AULRO:( I suppose I will have to learn somehow, my photobucket is at capacity, anyway cheers Dennis
ps thanks for all the thoughts n words, I think I might have overdone it a tad, not as young as I would like to be:o;),,.

grey_ghost

14th January 2014, 04:07 PM

Hi Dennis,

Do you have a smartphone? The reason why I ask - I was running out of capacity on my photobucket account also. Photobucket had a link that suggested I download their free "mobile" application.

Which I did on my iphone and I instantly got 10 times more capacity!! It's their way of trying to get you to use their mobile application.

I have no intention of using it on my iphone - I just downloaded the free application, because I wanted to get more space!

And as the others have said - look after yourself! :wasntme:

Dinty

14th January 2014, 05:33 PM

G. G, I showed the wife your post, she has a iphone thing and knows how to use it, :twisted: I don't though :( LOL, anyway she now has the app and I have the space ;):D
the first coat of paint applied this afternoon
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2368_zps26aafcc6.jpg
I will remove the 2 x lifting handles for the final coat of paint, and hope that the weather holds long enough for me to paint springs and diff/housing etc.
On Thursday I'm working in Maitland, so I will drop off the rear brake wheel cylinders, to have them fitted with S/Steel liners, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

17th January 2014, 03:58 PM

It's back on it's (temporary) wheels this afternoon, an eventful day LOL.
I started early, went for a 5k walk @ 0600hrs, then after a quick B/fast sorting where I needed to put things to paint them. The first job was to clean all the old paint etc off the brake drums, that was going well until this happened
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2370_zps59bae2a2.jpg
the spark guard came loose and started to go around with the wire wheel until the vibration/s shook it clean out of my grip, in the few seconds it took to reach in and turn off the switch, it destroyed 2 bags of aluminium cans that were nearby to be crushed, hence the plastic bag wrapped around the grinder, it also took off across 'HER' grass :(:( swmbo not happy about the turf being ripped up.
Anyway about 30 minutes later I had all the rubbish cleaned and the grinder back in action on the brake drums, then etch prime
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2371_zps405cee93.jpg
I used the engine crane to lift the diff/housing up n down, after moving the diff rearwards again the crane was used to lift the assembly while I fitted the RHS spring and the same for the LHS, and in between getting out of the heat and cooling down on n off all day, it started to go back together
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2374_zps84abca59.jpg
you can see the old brake drum securing screws, they are a tad ordinary and will be replaced, the threads (3/8"Whit) on the axle were cleaned using the 3/8"W tap, all wheel studs were run over with a 9/16"BSF die nut and the wheel nuts with a 9/16"BSF tap, the nuts spin on easily, just the way I like it.
While working outside the metal was damn hot to handle, so I put my small (very accurate) thermometer on the chassis rail, within 3 minutes it was reading 51c, no wonder I needed leather gloves on :(, anyway as of the this afternoon it is now back on wheels
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2375_zpsb4d60690.jpg
I'm still not finished as yet, still trying to work out how to do the rest without removing engine/transmission together, just have to pack the engine crane away for another day, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps I forgot to add, that I dropped off the 2 new rear wheel brake cylinders to be sleeved in S/steel, yesterday on my way home from work in Maitland,,.

wrinklearthur

18th January 2014, 07:49 AM

Hi Dennis

A close go with that angle grinder! :o

Which model Makita is it?

SYDNEY TOOLS - Makita Angle Grinders (http://www.expresstools.com.au/categories/8934-makita-angle-grinders)

I am not happy with the switch position on mine as it stays on if it is dropped, I'm now looking at a model with the trigger switch on the rear handle.
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Dinty

18th January 2014, 04:06 PM

Another warm day here, just like most places in Oz at the moment, the good wife had to go into Maitland this morning, so I went along as I needed to replace a part on the grinder that was damaged yesterday, went to all the wrong places though LOL :mad:, anyway while we were in the vicinity I took the opportunity to buy a small selection of nuts/bolts/square section spring washers etc that I needed for the job, and unfortunately fraction sizes for some bolts are no longer available, so I had to buy them a tad over length and shorten them in the lathe to suit
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2376_zpsb70bb77c.jpg
these are for the rear propellor shaft 1 1/8" in length (well they are now LOL) I bought enough to do both prop/shafts.
After lunch I set about refitting the prop/shaft and the exhaust system, gee doesn't Black paint and rubber attract the heat phew :eek::eek:, trying to keep legs n arms off the hot metal was a delicate balancing act :soapbox:.
After finishing those jobs off, I jacked up the front this afternoon removed the front wheels
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2377_zpse0b9202d.jpg
and was going to get into replacing the Spindle housings as they are pitted, not overly bad but I didn't like the look of them and as I have some really good ones here I thought I might as well swap them over, but the heat got to me, so It's going to have to wait, and with Australia Day next weekend, if I have a dead vehicle with NO wheels I might not be able to access anything, anyway that's been my day, cheers Dennis:angel:
ps Wrinklearthur, mate I'm not sure what type Makita, but it has the on/off switch up near the top of the grinder, my better quality Metabo has a better type of switch, as soon as you ease off your grip it stops, but I don't have any cup wire wheels to suit the thread on the Metabo,,.

Dinty

18th January 2014, 07:50 PM

It was much cooler 29c after 1900hrs and the work area was shaded, so I ventured back out and stripped the brake assembly off the RHS front,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2379_zps5f037b95.jpg
and while I was at it, run the 9/16"BSF die nut over the wheel studs, and a tap through the wheel nuts, that's a little bit more that I won't have to do tomorrow, :) cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

19th January 2014, 06:45 AM

Well after a quick 5k walk, I have taken the LHS to pieces while it was still shaded, a few hits with a brass hammer on the brake drum and it was off, wel it was only 0645hrs, now to move on a few other items, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

24th January 2014, 05:33 PM

I couldn't do what I wanted to do yesterday as we had some precipitation (not much) but enough to put a damper on things, so I got stuck into a couple of jobs for the good wife, I modified the wall hose mount and mounted two water feeders for her bantams.
This morning it was clear @ 0600hrs so off I went for a short 5k walk, then B/fast etc. We picked up the rear wheel cylinders in Maitland, they have been sleeved in S/steel, so starting with the LHS rear, I started to re-assemble it. Wrong, the anchor pin for the shoes was wobbling all over the place, loose so I thought, wrong again. After taking it off, I wasn't sure if it was U/S, the nut would not pull it up tight, so I made up a spacer washer to take it up tight
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2388_zpsaec62cb5.jpg
it is now very tight and the assembly + RHS are now back in place.
The chassis still needs to be repainted from the fuel tank forwards, but I have the B/head sitting up there, so not to be outdone, I dis-assembled the handbrake, removing all the loose paint etc, etch primed and painted it (dis-assembled)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2390_zps7ef1c4ab.jpg
after masking off what had to be, I let loose with some Gloss Black on the chassis
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
still a small amount of paint left, so I grit blasted the plates that hold the axle limit straps + bolts
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2391_zps24620f1a.jpg
After cleaning the gun it was still early, and with more precipitation on the way (raining ATM pouring in fact) I decided to mix some DBG and paint the alloy panels that are affixed to the door tops, both have been painted on one side, and the small alloy stiffening panels R & L of the door frames (no images of same) also painted a Pyrene fire ext bracket for 113-372 as well, anyway that's been my day, cheers Dennis:angel:

Dinty

25th January 2014, 02:17 PM

After a short 5k walk this morning early, I re-assembled the hand brake, the push knob still needs to be grit blasted and painted, chroming is out of the question, ridiculous money:o
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2393_zps5b8fee44.jpg
Last Thursday I bought a brass bristle wire wheel, so I could get up under the roll on top of the wings, it worked good enough, so after that I etch primed both outer wings. Next items on the agenda were the alloy panels for the door tops, some careful masking so as not to get overspray, mix some DBG and apply
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2395_zpsc64456b2.jpg
that's one of them, and that is the backhead of the boiler on my P class loco you can see in the background. A quick wipe over with some 600 wet n dry and the outer wings were ready for a coating of DBG (to preserve them)
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2394_zps18435680.jpg
I still had a small amount of paint left over, so out with this Jerry can and in no time it was recoated and hanging out to dry
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
the wind has picked up since midday, so not a lot has happened since, although I must say, the good wife has mowed the lawn today and allowed me to play;):D, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:
ps all the cardboard boxes are used/cut up to paint nuts/bolts etc or lay something on it to paint, when the job is over it will all get recycled,,.

Dinty

26th January 2014, 03:00 PM

My trades assistant didn't want to go anywhere today in a Series Land Rover:(:(, I had ideas of driving to Newcastle in the gunbuggy, to see the Black Cat low fly over the harbour. Anyway I put it to her that in view of that she has to help me fit 52 rivets to the door tops, she didn't flinch LOL, here they are
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2398_zps9d168bb5.jpg
here is my set up for setting this type of rivet
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2399_zps923cf8a9.jpg
and the rivet/s
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2400_zps49a033eb.jpg
after lunch I took her for a short drive out through the Aberdare S/forest, gee the tracks through there are deeply rutted, it will be the next area closed off, anyway that's been part of my day, cheers Dennis:angel:

107gus

27th January 2014, 02:44 PM

Looking good Dennis.

Dinty

31st January 2014, 03:55 PM

Another warm one here today, like most parts of the state. A bit slow off the mark this morning making phone calls about something that was going to happen but won't now, anyway such is!!
With my wife helping, we removed the bonnet and lifted the bulkhead off the chassis,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2401_zps4f4d5ddb.jpg
then I removed the front bumper bar and radiator etc, jacked it up remove wheels and secure the chassis on stands. A quick wash with some soapy water and blow off with air, mix some hi-gloss black paint and apply to chassis
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2403_zps0774f0c5.jpg
while I had black paint in the gun, I grit blasted some of the items that belong with the accelerator pedal etc, etch primed and painted gloss black
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2405_zps21b6cf28.jpg
the radiator was next, it is a new one, but after sitting around for the last 8 or so years it has got very dusty, so a quick blow off n brush and a coat of hi-gloss black, it looks new again
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2404_zps684a0da3.jpg
all items are now dry, what with the heat and the hardener LOL it doesn't take long.
Still a few more items to paint, radiator shroud and bolts etc, and the steering column, anyway that's been my day, cheers Dennis

Dinty

1st February 2014, 03:29 PM

A bit more progress today, still painting items gloss black, here is the radiator shroud, it was painted but it was flat black, looks a 100% better now
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2407_zpsd722c0c0.jpg
I also repainted all the nuts n bolts that hold the radiator to the supp/panel. The 4 blade fan n pulley got a freshen up as well,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2409_zps22e04144.jpg
The steering box is now also in the correct colour Gloss Black, so when the B/head goes back on I can refit it as well
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2408_zps19bddff0.jpg
The B/head sup/post LHS looked a tad ordinary, it took me some time to clean all the paint etc off it, I etch primed it and painted it, then disaster struck, It slipped from my grip and landed on the grass, GGGRRRRR
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2410_zps9e85e3db.jpg
I quickly picked it up, got some clean rags thinners and wiped all the paint n etch primer back off, you should see my hands, dunno how I'm going to get them clean before Monday morning, anyway etch primed the item again
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2411_zpsc1d9d204.jpg
then took my 110 to the car wash, it's currently drip drying with the doors open ATM, anyway another coat of Gloss Black applied, this time it didn't slip from my grip
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2412_zps5ebe1327.jpg
now to clean the gun of black paint, then mix a small amount of DBG to paint some washers and bolt heads that are on the inside of the bulkhead, these bolts hold the B/head to the sup/posts, anyway that's been my day, cheers Dennis

Dinty

1st February 2014, 05:58 PM

Well it was hardly the effort, LOL 10mls DBG, 10mls thinners, 5mls hardener and even then I had too much, all for 6 bolts etc,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2413_zps6529ce23.jpg
gun all clean everything else away for the night, but my hands are still paint stained, anyway cheers Dennis

Dinty

7th February 2014, 03:14 PM

Not a lot happening here of late, had some trouble with a tooth +++ still in pain but not as bad. Anyway the last post I put up about mixing a small amount of DBG was a waste of time etc, as I was going through the box of items that have been prepped and tagged and bagged, I found the 4 bolts that hold the bulkhead to the R & L steering sup/brackets, painted DBG & Gloss Black, damn..
Yesterday and this morning I had been playing with getting a dual gauge ready to be repaired, the temp side of things doesn't work, anyway I took the instrument down to Newcastle where I generally have them repaired only to be told OH&S has canned them from repairing such items, due to the explosive risks!! damn again!!!!!.. I did buy some fittings to attach an oil pressure gauge and one for the capillary temp gauge, I removed the fitting that was in the thermostat housing, only to find it was stripped!!
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2428_zps5cceb6e8.jpg
shock horror, so I set about removing the housing to get a closer look at the thread, it looked downright UGLY,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2427_zps906d4348.jpg
anyway I started a 3/8"BSP tap into the rusty hole, only to find that it was screwing in as normal, it cleaned the threads out nicely, much to my relief.
I noticed this gap before and have wondered if it is correct, the thermostat sits under and has 2 circular gaskets, but is this gap normal???
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2430_zps7918662a.jpg
Next little job was to remove the LHS steering sup/bracket
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2429_zps0a0dcb9e.jpg
so I could get a good look at the oil line etc, tucked up above the starter motor, turns out the thread size for the oil fittings is 1/8"BSP.
This morning I had to move the Series 1 up under the carport out of the direct sunlight/heat and cover the strips on both sides of the tub with paint stripper,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2432_zps41773640.jpg
I reckon I got most of it off, just a rub down with some paper will remove the remainder, I'm sitting here typing this and my back is killing me, slept way too long in the one position damn pain killers, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

1950landy

7th February 2014, 03:54 PM

Don't they have a thick "O" under the thermostat housing & no gasket, that's the way it was on my 80" & is correct.

wrinklearthur

7th February 2014, 04:47 PM

had some trouble with a tooth +++ still in pain but not as bad. ------ I'm sitting here typing this and my back is killing me, slept way too long in the one position damn pain killers, anyway cheers Dennis:angel:

Hurting both ends that no good. :(

What is your opinion about those couple of pop rivets in the tub that are holding the ends of the strengthening strip up underneath, do you think they could be original?

I have seen them before and thought they may have been a repair, but after seeing yours I'm not so sure.

1950landy

7th February 2014, 05:20 PM

Otto Instruments still repair the temp gauges, We had the tube repaired on the Jag late last year.

Dinty

8th February 2014, 05:43 PM

Another warm day here again, managed to get a bit further down the road towards having the tub presentable for etch primer. Some parts like these are just downright hard to manage,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2434_zps222f0995.jpg
so I thought blow it, I mean grit blast it, so I did
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2435_zps72881e31.jpg
all 6 of them and a heap of spot welds as well. My wife was away for the day so with much haste I cleaned up the mess and looked at some other sections of the tub that power tools cannot get into because of their physical size, so with time still on my side, I run up the compressor again and hit those parts as well
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2436_zps191a6c75.jpg
still a little bit to do, but gee it's a lot cleaner than it was, I did all the front edges of the seat boxes/transom panel while I was on the go
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2437_zps11d44265.jpg
just a little bit of residual paint left, then I should be able to re- rivet the panels together again.
It took me about 1 hour to clean up the grit etc, the good wife noticed that I had been using something, she is not colour blind like me LOL and could see things that I couldn't, anyway that was my day, cheers Dennis

Dinty

9th February 2014, 02:50 PM

Another warm day 36c, working most of the day out in the direct sunlight, I needed to put the parts of the radiator and rad/sup panel back together, before any of it suffers damage from sitting around the shed. I found some shade for a while and put it all together
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2441_zps68fa9a39.jpg
before I could fit the shroud, all the brass screws had to be finished in the lathe, as they had been shortened using a hack saw, which made it difficult to refit the hex nuts etc.
A quick rat through the box of items ready for fitting, found the 3 bolts etc that hold the radiator sup/panel + 9 rubber spacers, offer it all up, fit the top rad/hose to stop the radiator falling onto the water pump flange, line up the water pump pulley/fan blades etc, and managed to pot the 4 holes on my first try, refit the fan belt, then bottom radiator hose, WRONG!!!!, it wouldn't go on, I could not believe it.
The shroud is very close to the bottom outlet pipe, so it all had to come back off, I was not happy about that at all (insert many swear words/cusses here).
I had to back off all the brass screws, push bottom hose on, but could not fit the worm drive clamp, I had to undo it and feed it around then rejoin it!!, anyway with that done retighten all the screws holding the shroud, and refit the whole assembly back onto the chassis, after a short period it looked like this
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
and after checking that I had not missed anything, we refitted the bonnet, as the weather people say it might rain next week
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2445_zps8e0e58d9.jpg
Next job will be to get the door gaps correct, the LHS has a 5.5mm gap the RHS is double that amount + a little more. This has been compounded by the fact that the RHS B/head outrigger had been cut off and remanufactured (nice job at that) but it is a little too far forward, hence the big door gap. So after reading through the search engine in the UK Series 1 club it confirmed what I had already thought I would have to do, and that is cut the tube that the bolt goes through, some off the B/head, some off the chassis, so this will happen on my next 4 days off weather permitting.
The gap that exists on the RHS is way too big, the door locks would not have held, everything would have to have been packed way beyond what I would consider safe, anyway that's been my day, another step closer, cheers Dennis

wrinklearthur

10th February 2014, 06:26 AM

Hi Dennis

I hope this info helps any newcomers to your thread.

That top radiator hose needs to be shortened by 1" where it meets the radiator, as you can see it is slightly kinked.
They only make the one size hose and the replacement hoses are made longer so they can go on the 88" as well.

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2442_zps022f1631.jpg
.

back_in

10th February 2014, 09:03 PM

Hi
looking at the top hose, the advice is correct.
cheers
Ian

Dinty

14th February 2014, 02:54 PM

I have been on the phone talking with the good people at Otto's, they are going to repair my dual Oil pressure/water temp gauge, thank you to those forum users who steered me in the right direction. I had shortened some 5/16" bolts that will hold the tub to the chassis, and etch primed them, along with the RHS steering sup/bracket and a few other items they all received their top coat of Gloss Black yesterday, along with a few other items
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2450_zpsa54ab766.jpg
Later in the day, I needed to move a few things around to get my 110 in the backyard up on ramps,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2448_zpsebbbb6ee.jpg
a small fuel leak has me puzzled, after wiping everything dry I still cannot find the source of the leak. I also like to keep the underside of the vehicle looking good, and having some Gloss Black left over, a quick clean up and wipe over with thinners, it now looks a little better
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2449_zpsc726b69d.jpg

Moving right along with the bulk/head door gaps etc, I measured the gaps that I had from top to bottom R<>L. The LHS has what I consider to be a nice even gap, it was the RHS that needed the attention, and it got it today, out with a 5" angle grinder with a 1mm cutting disc, work out the best way to attack the job, with minimal sparks etc getting onto and in the Land Rover, anyway the job before
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2451_zps865840fc.jpg
about 5 minutes later I had removed a nice 3mm slice from the base of the B/head, allowing for the 1mm disc =4 mm, I tried to take an image of the cut off, but it's all blurred out
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2452_zpsd6bb0885.jpg
after driving the bolt back through, it now looks like this
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2453_zps45aef98e.jpg
the door gap on the RHS is now approx. 7-8mm which is much more respectable.
A quick browse through my box of parts ready for fitting, I located the 3 chassis bolts that hold the steering support panel/bracket,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2454_zps461333ec.jpg
all chassis bolts and the 4 that hold the steering sup/bracket to the B/head have all been fitted but have not yet been tensioned, for obvious reasons. While I was browsing in the box of parts I came across the blanking panel for LH drive, and seeing I have been sinking blind rivets into the transom panel for the stiffening panels etc I thought well lets whack these 4 in,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2456_zpsfc37b50e.jpg
well fitting the bottom 2 is going to be problematic/difficult ++, I might have to do what the military did when fitting the Nomenclature plate 4 x 2BA screws etc.
Before removing the doors I tried the Gal/strips, to check for height alignment,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2457_zps87017c99.jpg
they look OK to me, anyway cheers Dennis
ps I knew about the one size fits all hose, I will not cut it off until I have checked the fit with the guards on etc, when happy with the result then I will shorten it, but it is good advice for new players,..

digger

15th February 2014, 04:54 PM

As usual great job...
keep plugging away, looks great.

Keep the tips etc coming also... cheers

PS
I could grab one of your vehicle to help clear the congestion....
just to help you understand...

MMMM which one??......:angel::twisted:

Northern Lander

19th February 2014, 07:30 PM

Hi Dennis,
Re you quandary about the LH steering blanking plate, Land Rover riveted the top the way you have and the bottom from the other side.
The vehicle is looking very nice, a job well done.

Wardy

Dinty

21st February 2014, 05:56 PM

Well after a short but savage illness that I picked up at work and 36 hours behind where I wanted to be this afternoon.
I had marked out a piece of 10mm plate with the opening for the door handle L & R, it has been flame cut, but no time to bring it down to the correct size as yet
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2467_zpsc8cdc193.jpg
that will happen tomorrow now.
The door skins have had their 3 edges folded up at 90deg
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2462_zps9bf25284.jpg
the door frames fit like the proverbial finger, very neat, I cleaned off all the marking pen and the edges have now been etch primed and painted DBG just because I had some paint left over from a small job this morning.
First off I had to buy some new longer front bumper bar bolts as I am going to fit towing/lifting rings to the front bumper. I didn't buy new washers, I searched through my pile of 3/8" stuff and found sufficient quantity, fitted them 4 at a time to a 3/8" bolt and turned them down to the desired size, I took an image of that but it's too blurred, grit blast them all etch prime and paint them in Silver enamel, here they all are hanging out to dry, 8 for the front bar and 8 for the lifting handles at the rear
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2465_zps2d5b9723.jpg
A quick clean of the gun, mix some DBG and spray the auxiliary instrument panel, shown in etch primer
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2464_zps155b2bc1.jpg
and here hanging out to dry in DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2466_zpsa283d438.jpg
I also made 2 small spacer washers to fit behind the panel where the 2BA screws pass through, and when securing it, (similar idea to the dash nuts that are threaded 2BA for the main instrument cluster) the spacer stops the panel getting distorted by over tightening of the 2BA screws, anyway that has been some of my day, even though we need the rain I hope it doesn't rain until late afternoon tomorrow, cheers Dennis

chazza

22nd February 2014, 11:03 AM

It is probably too late to tell you Dennis, but if you are going to use the steel plate as a hammer-form to turn up the edge around the door handle opening, timber works just as well.

MDF is a useful thing to use, but any hardwood is ideal as well, and it is cheaper and easier to work,

Cheers Charlie

Dinty

22nd February 2014, 02:30 PM

Well it took me a lot longer than I anticipated to file the die down to the correct size, I did have my die grinder hooked up to air with an assortment of cutters and flap sanders, which took the majority of the excess metal off, but I file finished it.
I thought I'd better do a practice run on some scrap material first, just to check for any potential issues, luckily there were none, here it is while I mark out the initial shape, then free hand the smaller size inside and tap it over using a plumbers wooden mallet and small light ball pein hammer
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2468_zpsb1584b27.jpg
the outside
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2469_zps2f73ef26.jpg
the die and the donor scrap item
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2470_zps1fb797bf.jpg
a quick trial fit over the LHS door, just like the proverbial finger
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2471_zps3f111b4d.jpg
I thought I had best have lunch then make a start on the real thing, anyway it was all very straight forward, as the new skins were made a very neat fit on the doors and the die was made to suit as well, mark it out, then we were at the point of no return
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2472_zpsfd312768.jpg
a few more holes around the curved edges
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2473_zps760060f1.jpg
file off excess aluminium down to the line, apply the die with clamps and some soft wood on the outside face of the door skin to stop bruising the skin, gently tap all around the edges and if all went well this is what you end up with
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2474_zps1bcf08dc.jpg
the almost finished job sitting on the door frame
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2475_zps1fa0bdc1.jpg
Next was of course the RHS skin, same application, the die is marked R<>L so it was impossible to stuff it up
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2476_zpsf12e4a07.jpg
and in no time at all it was finished, then I drilled the rivet holes
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2477_zps50c2134f.jpg
I consider that's enough excitement for a little while, but later this afternoon, I will fit some 3/16" metal threads through the rivet holes, to hold the skin securely while I drill the holes for the door hinges, maybe tomorrow (if it ain't raining) I could etch prime the inside of the door skins and apply some DBG, anyway it should rain this afternoon as a local show is on and 'The Boss' springsteen is out at Pokolbin, so rain is almost a certainty LOL cheers Dennis
PS chazza I did consider wood at first buy my wife reminded me about how much I hate working with wood, at least with metal if you remove just a tad it can be built up with weld, but thanks anyway cheers,,.
pps last act of the day, drilled and fitted door hinges
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2478_zps9458fffe.jpg

Dinty

23rd February 2014, 06:04 PM

No sign of rain this morning, so we set up to continue with the 2 door skins, one of the gal/strips was fitted and the rivet holes across the top were drilled
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2479_zpsd2f9be32.jpg
the door skin held in place by two 3/16"W metal threads, also the same was used to secure the gal/strip, and in next to no time both skins had all the holes in the right place
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2482_zps33994a4d.jpg
in between I fitted the RHS door to the bulkhead and took a snap
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2480_zps02f209c8.jpg
After lunch the good wife wanted me to help her cat/bird proof her chicken coop, so I had to stop and help
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2484_zpsfc6ec168.jpg
back onto the job at hand, mix up a small amount of etch primer and spray the inside of the 2 door skins
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2488_zps1d199304.jpg
and while I was at it, spray the outer side as well, with that finished for the time being, I retrieved the windscreen frame and dismantled it, ready for galvanizing, soon
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2489_zps7e93ce17.jpg
and remembering that a person here wants to buy my Isuzu block, it's going to be difficult to get out of the shed
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2485_zps1bae63b1.jpg
anyway that's been my day cheers Dennis
ps and yes I know that I'm not the first person to have remade door skins, it is so easy, if I had more time and some access to gear 24/7 I would have a go at making some flat sides of the tub as well, like other restorers have done, I tip my hat to them,,.

back_in

23rd February 2014, 08:57 PM

Hi
did you get the second fold on the bottom of the door skins?
cheers
Ian

Dinty

26th February 2014, 02:55 PM

A little more done today, I refitted the rear shock absorbers and axle limit straps, don't you just love fitting the split pins on the lower shock mount (not) LOL
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2490_zps50028f99.jpg
I ratted out my small tool for the job and it was done in seconds.
Then I had to wait until my paint (undercoat) was delivered, so out with the RHS inner guard and sprayed on surface filler to fill all the small scratches from the body/sanding files
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2492_zpsc7e8ad0c.jpg
then wait 2-3 hours for it to harden, meanwhile my package arrived, so read directions and mix up enough and spray the door skins both sides
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2491_zps93d7cc31.jpg
it looks a lot like rain outside, so I have packed up for the afternoon, cheers Dennis
ps Ian asked about the 2nd curve on the bottom edge of my door skins, well I have not done that, I'm not expecting any issues from folding the skin over the door frame. I did notice that on the ? original skins that the double fold feature trapped an awful lot of debris+++ and this will eventually rot (electrolysis) right through the door skin, so with a bit of luck I will get away with not having them, and if I stuff it up well I guess we do it again, anyway it wont be the first time LOL ,,.

Dinty

8th March 2014, 06:55 PM

This is like going to confession LOL, not a lot has happened over the past 10 days, except some engine work for one of my other Series 2A's, I do not like having too many jobs on the go at the one time.
Anyway the engine has been sorted, parts ordered etc, so this morning I set about rubbing back the inner guards and applying a coat of etch primer & undercoat
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2514_zpsc5658628.jpg
tomorrow (sometime) I will attempt to rub them back with wet n dry, n see how they fare, anyway cheers Dennis
ps the guard on the right has all openings covered with masking tape as it had been painted in DBG on the inner side,,.

Dinty

9th March 2014, 03:37 PM

The door skins have been prepared for painting as well as the inner guards, smooth as silk they are
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2518_zps8d5f1ad7.jpg
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2519_zps9c012561.jpg
well that's all for today on the Series 1, cheers Dennis

Dinty

14th March 2014, 02:32 PM

I think my paint is going off, this morning I opened the can and it appeared to have a slightly thickened skin on top?, anyway I stirred it around fairly well, added some thinners and thought what the heck, I can use it as a first coat
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2520_zps139f50d5.jpg
as you can se it is a tad flat in the finish, never mind a couple of coats won't hurt, maybe it will help preserve the door skin against electrolysis, cheers Dennis

Dinty

15th March 2014, 03:41 PM

A bit of a mixture today, needed to sort out some things for my other engine rebuild, then rubbed one of the door skins that I had painted yesterday, then onto the more serious work of undoing what some one in the past has done to the tub floor.
The wheel box arches had 3 spots where 2 rivets had been inserted, most likely to stop further deterioration of the support angle brackets up under the wheel arch, shame they didn't know about C'sk rivets in the first place
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2521_zps678072d8.jpg
with all offending rivets removed, I turned my attention to the rivets and screws (gutter bolts) that had been inserted through the floor to stop the steel supports from rattling, bloody hell, all you needed to do was replace the 3/16" rivets, anyway I will have a neat pattern of C'sk rivets across the floor, anyway once painted I intend to have a rubber matt in place
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2522_zps3f7550f4.jpg
well it looks like a storm outside, so I have packed up for the day, cheers Dennis
ps the Country Music Chnnel is on about 6k's away, they could be in for a wet evening LOL,,.

Dinty

16th March 2014, 09:40 AM

I did a quick experiment with the DBG paint that I have, I mixed equal volumes of thinner/paint and give it a try, here is the outer guard with it's first coat of DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2523_zps4de19c54.jpg
in the image it looks like the rear top has been missed, it's only a reflection off the house, one of the door skins copped it's second coat
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2524_zps9d21f13f.jpg
my good wife has allowed me to sit it inside the house, to minimize dust etc, anyway no more painting today as I have run out of hardener, cheers Dennis

1950landy

16th March 2014, 09:48 AM

Hi Dennis, Just one Question . What filler do you use on your Alum. Brand & is one that has alum filings mixed in it. I am asking for a friend who is about to start on the body of a ex RACQ 80".
Thanks Wayne

Dinty

20th March 2014, 05:40 PM

I have fitted the RHS door skin to it's frame without any difficulties, here it is with the 4 solid rivets in-situ
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2527_zps5df11ced.jpg
the door skin is slightly thicker than the original, it is 1.2mm, I need to dolly the folded edges down using a heavy soft faced hammer and a flat panel dolly, anyway that was a small part of my day LOL cheers Dennis

Dinty

26th March 2014, 05:06 PM

Well now I should be able to try and start the engine
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
it has been to Otto instruments Qld, the image does not do it justice.
The wet weather had put paid to any ideas I might have had regarding painting panels etc, anyway hopefully I can get into it between showers, cheers Dennis

digger

26th March 2014, 06:30 PM

Well now I should be able to try and start the engine
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
it has been to Otto instruments Qld, the image does not do it justice.
<<snip>> cheers Dennis

Dennis,
great work as usual..

Out of interest, what condition was the guage in before?
and can you give me a ballpark idea of what it cost to get done please

cheers

hope the spin up goes smoothly (although I expect no less from your work!)

Dinty

26th March 2014, 06:44 PM

Here is an image of the instrument as sent to Otto's
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2433-Copy_zps8b17d80d.jpg
the temp capillary gauge had lost it's Ether and did not work, the Oil pressure gauge did work and was reasonably accurate, but anyway I asked them to go right through it and they did.
The cost was $187.00 for the instrument repair/calibration etc and $11.00 return postage, + $7.00 postage to get it there, it took approx. 3<>4 weeks all up, I suppose that depended on how much work was logged in before mine, I'm quite happy with the result, cheers Dennis

OverlandByLR

26th March 2014, 06:46 PM

Hi Dennis
Excellent work :D:D
Been reading thread for awhile.
Please remember to video the first engine start.
the first start is a great moment.
All the best
Kc

Dinty

29th March 2014, 06:10 PM

One step forward, two steps backward LOL. Well that's how the day went, as I said a day or so back, I was close to being able to start the engine, well all that went out the side door today.
I fitted the brass adaptor for the temp capillary gauge, then went to fit the capillary bulb, wrong!, it is too long, as it hits the thermostat. So armed with that, I rolled some cloth tightly and plugged the hole, meanwhile I started to fill the engine/radiator with water, only to find it leaking badly from somewhere around the water pump??, I don't think it's the seal in the pump, but who knows at this stage, not me that's for sure, so I decided to do something else.
I will get my head around the issue with the cooling system leaks, but I needed to mount the extra instrument panel, so out with the right gear and get into it, but first of all I had to retrieve the panels from storage
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2563_zps895c8d7f.jpg
and find the 2BA screws needed for the main inst/panel in this box of stuff
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2564_zpsc361d7f2.jpg
and low n behold when I opened the box they were on top LOL
this is where the extra panel will fit
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2561_zps63643731.jpg
First of all fit the main inst/panel so you can check the alignment of the aux/panel, mark carefully and drill the holes, we are using 2BA Pan Head screws just like the rest of the dash screws, so to give them a little clearance on the threads I drilled the hole last with a No11 drill, that should give the threads about 2<>3thou clearance making it easier to fit/unfit without damaging the threads
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2565_zps0a855658.jpg
next task is to work where to cut the hole for the hex nut on the capillary bulb to pass through the bulkhead, carefully mark the spot, double check before drilling. I use a air conditioners fitting tool for cutting holes, it does a neat job every time, here is the tool
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2562_zpsad99ea7a.jpg
the hole has to be enlarged to 3/8" to allow the threaded rod to pass through, then fit the cutting tool,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2566_zpsc6542652.jpg
and screw it in, sometimes you have to use a adjustable spanner to turn the threaded bar, but it does cut
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2567_zps17d6d781.jpg
in no time at all
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2569_zps3500d2bb.jpg
leaving a neat 1" hole. The edges will need a touch of DBG on them next time I have paint mixed, this is what happens to the metal that is removed
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2568_zps44ffbb83.jpg
I trial fitted the panel with the gauge in it
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2571_zps7586043b.jpg
The aux/panel has a 2 spacers fitted on the 2BA screws
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu319/DJM110/IMG_2573_zpsf4876d17.jpg
they are made of aluminium, this will stop some-one in the future over tightening the screws and buckling the panel, as is what happens to an awful lot of them, anyway that was part of my day, cheers Dennis
ps tomorrow I will shorten the oil pressure line and connect to the gauge, fill the sump with oil and crank it over to get oil pressure without starting the engine, wish me luck LOL