A few progress pics [Archive] - Australian Land Rover Owners

JohnboyLandy

29th October 2018, 10:46 PM

Hi All,

After my original post back in 2016 (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/leaf-sprung-military-land-rovers/241096-my-new-project-iia-109-gs.html) I haven't posted many updates, but I have asked a lot of questions !!

So here's a few pics from this year.

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Enjoy !

Cheers,
John

Don 130

30th October 2018, 08:29 AM

It's looking great John. Keep up the good work
Don

weeds

30th October 2018, 12:10 PM

Chops

30th October 2018, 12:18 PM

Aww nice,,

Geez, some of you guys are certainly setting the bar high for the rest of us [thumbsupbig]

DiscoMick

30th October 2018, 01:57 PM

Lovely work.

JohnboyLandy

30th October 2018, 07:44 PM

Thought I never see an little screw jack again.....I made one of these way back in 87 when I was doing my pre-vocational training at TAFE.

Come to think of it I haven’t seen mine for awhile.

Yeah, my screw jack is a TAFE job too, from about 1983. The other TAFE tool I made was a bush drift, but I can't find that anywhere [bigsad]. I also had a mate of mine help with some welding last year, and when he came around, he brought his TAFE screw jack too, which looked pretty similar to mine.

Cheers,
John

weeds

30th October 2018, 07:50 PM

Yeah, my screw jack is a TAFE job too, from about 1983. The other TAFE tool I made was a bush drift, but I can't find that anywhere [bigsad]. I also had a mate of mine help with some welding last year, and when he came around, he brought his TAFE screw jack too, which looked pretty similar to mine.

Cheers,
John

Amazing...I’ll have to look for mine.

JohnboyLandy

8th January 2019, 12:35 PM

A couple more progress pics ...

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All painting done, fuel tanks in, clutch filled and bled, yet to fill and bleed brakes. Working on electrics at the moment, got enough wiring done to hit the starter on Sunday to see if it cranks over and it did !. Hoping that this coming weekend will have the braked bled, then put some fuel in and start it !!

Cheers,
John

Scottish_lion

8th January 2019, 02:10 PM

That looks bloody lovely. So nice with the refurbed wheels and the paint looks ace, nice work.

OneOff

8th January 2019, 02:29 PM

Looking great John,

I'm working on electrics at the moment as well , but I reckon you'll be out on the road well before I am.

Peter.

JohnboyLandy

9th January 2019, 09:51 AM

Thanks guys. The body paint is a bit hit and miss, I used enamel, and how well it sticks depends a lot on the primer (if any), and of course my evolving spray painting skills. The wheels I sprayed with Kill Rust "Classic Cream" without any thinner.

Peter, if you need help with your wiring, let me know. Did you buy a harness ? I'm making mine from individual wires from Autosparks.

Cheers,
John

OneOff

10th January 2019, 08:01 AM

Thanks for the offer John, we will talk soon about that.

A small update on the electrics install over on my thread.

JohnboyLandy

21st January 2019, 10:05 AM

It runs !!

After two years of not being started, the engine ran on the weekend. See video :

https://youtu.be/NiCf5UmuiBQ

This milestone means my starting / ignition and charging wiring all works fine.

I had some trouble with the fuel pump, it was basically doing nothing, but after I disassembled it and freed up the valves it worked enough, but new one on order.

Cheers,
John

OneOff

21st January 2019, 03:13 PM

Well done!!

You must of got busy after I left... stinking hot too!

Peter.

JohnboyLandy

21st January 2019, 03:52 PM

Yeah Peter, the painful part was getting the fuel filler fitted in place so I could get some fuel in the tank. Then I double checked all the electrics just to safe. First attempt to start on Saturday afternoon was a failure with no fuel coming through, so I consulted the neighbourhood petrol head brains trust on Saturday night over a few drinks, and worked out the fuel pump was not too good.

Next : seats and test drive :-)

Cheers,
John

gromit

21st January 2019, 04:35 PM

I had some trouble with the fuel pump, it was basically doing nothing, but after I disassembled it and freed up the valves it worked enough, but new one on order.

I had problems with a couple of vehicles where the pumps stopped working.
Suspected a split/perished diaphragm but every time I stripped the pump there was nothing wrong but I eventually twigged that the valves were stuck. Turned out to be old fuel that had turned into 'varnish', ran OK when I fiddled with the pump but when left for a few months the fuel evaporated off and the valves stuck shut.

Flushed the tank, replaced the old fuel and all OK, no repeat as long as the fuel is reasonably fresh.

Colin

JohnboyLandy

22nd January 2019, 08:29 AM

gromit

22nd January 2019, 08:37 AM

Thanks Colin, yeah my problem was the valves too, but even after freeing them up the pump still wouldn't fill the filter, it was really just a trickle coming through.

The pump I have looks like it's an after market one as the valves can't be replaced, no valve seal / valve retainer in mine, so I just ordered the new one.

Cheers,
John

Another problem the 'varnish' caused was blocking of the fuel pickup tube. Each time fuel was drawn up it applied another layer of varnish to the inside which eventually almost bocked the dip tube. Only found this when I stripped & de-rusted the fuel tank.

Hope the new pump fixes it for you.

Colin

JohnboyLandy

18th March 2019, 10:18 PM

More electrics done - lights, indicators, wipers etc, just need to finish the dash / instruments.

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And it runs of course !! Well that's after a new fuel pump. Good confirmation that my ignition and charging wiring is all good.

YouTube (https://youtu.be/NiCf5UmuiBQ)

Cheers,
John

mick88

19th March 2019, 09:39 AM

Another problem the 'varnish' caused was blocking of the fuel pickup tube. Each time fuel was drawn up it applied another layer of varnish to the inside which eventually almost bocked the dip tube. Only found this when I stripped & de-rusted the fuel tank.Hope the new pump fixes it for you.ColinColin I am told a mixture of Bicarb and White Vinegar is the go for dealing with aged/solidified ULP.I have not given it a go myself as yet, but a member of a vehicle club I am in said he had to recently clean a couple of petrol tractor carbys that had "varnish" in them and it worked a treat.Maybe we need a "ready reckoner" here on AULRO for all these secret "Martha Gardner/Shannon Lush" type potions that are needed for various applications on our Land Rovers.Cheers, Mick.

gromit

19th March 2019, 12:46 PM

Colin I am told a mixture of Bicarb and White Vinegar is the go for dealing with aged/solidified ULP.I have not given it a go myself as yet, but a member of a vehicle club I am in said he had to recently clean a couple of petrol tractor carbys that had "varnish" in them and it worked a treat.Maybe we need a "ready reckoner" here on AULRO for all these secret "Martha Gardner/Shannon Lush" type potions that are needed for various applications on our Land Rovers.Cheers, Mick.

Mick,
BP sent me a formula, I'll have to see if I can find it. From memory it was a mixture of 3 different solvents just can't remember what they were.....

Found it !

40% Toluene
30% Acetone
30% Methanol

Colin

OneOff

19th March 2019, 07:18 PM

Getting close John, what are you going to do when it’s done?

bemm52

19th March 2019, 08:29 PM

Getting close John, what are you going to do when it’s done?

Drive around in it [thumbsupbig] that's what I did[bigsmile]
sorry couldn't help myself[bigwhistle]

Cheers Paul

mick88

20th March 2019, 07:08 AM

Mick,
BP sent me a formula, I'll have to see if I can find it. From memory it was a mixture of 3 different solvents just can't remember what they were.....

Found it !

40% Toluene
30% Acetone
30% Methanol

Colin

Thanks Colin,
I'll write that one on the shed wall.

Cheers, Mick.

4bee

20th March 2019, 07:47 AM

OneOff

20th March 2019, 01:16 PM

Drive around in it [thumbsupbig] that's what I did[bigsmile]
sorry couldn't help myself[bigwhistle]

Cheers Paul

Yes, and in pretty quick order started work on a couple more... at the same time!

4bee

20th March 2019, 02:38 PM

Thanks Colin,
I'll write that one on the shed wall.

Cheers, Mick.

Where would we be without shed walls to write on?[bighmmm]

Where I live is a former agricultural property with a huge shed for Vehicles, Horse stables, Packing etc

Scrawled on the corrugated iron walls in chalk, are details of chemical brews that were used way back then with some not so nice ingredients in most ie. 2-4-5-T for Blackberry eradication, 20oz to 100 gallons of water. etc, reminder dates when the Piston pressure pump leathers were replaced, names, bearings greased & misc other details. Other notes are becoming faded now.

Not quite a history of this place but was well on the way.

It seems one of the problems with 245T was erectile dysfunction but as they all seemed to have large families it didn't appear to bother them.

Sorry to go OT.

bemm52

20th March 2019, 06:53 PM

Yes, and in pretty quick order started work on a couple more... at the same time!

Youve been spying on me[biggrin]

nearly got one chassis rust free 109's are a lot bigger than 88's and a lot harder to flip and turn

Cheers Paul

mick88

20th March 2019, 07:31 PM

It seems one of the problems with 245T was erectile dysfunction but as they all seemed to have large families it didn't appear to bother them.

Sorry to go OT.[/QUOTE]

Cripes.....did they write that on the shed wall too! ;)
or just a joining date and an oestrous table?

Cheers, Mick.

JohnboyLandy

21st March 2019, 09:17 AM

Getting close John, what are you going to do when it’s done?

Yeah, drive it Peter. If I can get the brakes really really good, then daily driver !!

Cheers,
John

bemm52

21st March 2019, 04:35 PM

I drive mine as often as I can around Bemm, maybe once a fortnight I'll drive to Orbost or Cann River both about 120ks round trip runs like a dream......but it did take me about twelve months of tinkering to get it running sweet and stopping, clutch is not 100% yet but I believe it's slop or ware in linkages not to fussed will probably extend rod....but will be more vigilant next time I've got a car in pieces before rebuild.

You will find you will get more than the defender wave with all manner of cars and motorcycles thumbs upping[bigsmile1] enjoy your ride they are fun to drive and very capable of road[thumbsupbig]

PS fly screens on the vents are a good thing if you haven't already got them

Cheers Paul

4bee

21st March 2019, 07:09 PM

You will find you will get more than the defender wave with all manner of cars and motorcycles thumbs

Yep, not quite the same when a Series comes towards you & you are in a powered window vehicle & have to find the window switch & drop the window before you can give a good wave. A wave is not always visible through the windscreen depending on reflections etc.

Series is a quick slide of the glass & away you go.[biggrin]

JohnboyLandy

24th March 2019, 09:05 PM

A few weekend progress pics, dashboard pretty much done.

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Cheers,
John

Cap

25th March 2019, 06:08 AM

Nice progress. Can i ask where you sourced the extra gauge panel from?

4bee

25th March 2019, 07:09 AM

JohnboyLandy

25th March 2019, 03:02 PM

Nice progress. Can i ask where you sourced the extra gauge panel from?

Hey Carlos, it's from ebay "charlieccu", it's the 2.5" panel. You can get wider ones as well. It comes blank, and I drilled the two 52mm holes for the 2" gauges and smaller holes for the warning lights.

Cheers,
John

JohnboyLandy

25th March 2019, 03:04 PM

WHAT! No USB Ports? [biggrin]

Cap. No biggy. Mine was simply made with a bit of 2mm Ally sheet. Easy to source & work. Have a photo somewhere of one I made way back.

Johnboylandy may have another suggestion.

There's a ciggie lighter, so a USB adapter will have to do :-) There was a ciggie lighter socket in the vehicle when I bought it, so a rather large hole to fill, so I just replaced it with a new one from Jaycar.

Cheers,
John

ezyrama

27th March 2019, 11:12 AM

Looking good John. We'll have to go cruisin' out to Numinbah when your finished

JohnboyLandy

28th March 2019, 10:14 AM

Thanks Ian, yeah definitely up for a trip out.

I'm thinking about taking one week of work, and just get it done, doing it on weekends only is really dragging it out when I'm so close now.

Cheers,
John

ezyrama

29th March 2019, 10:48 AM

The most relaxing holiday you can have. Rebuilding a Landy 🤣🤣

1950landy

29th March 2019, 11:08 AM

The most relaxing holiday you can have. Rebuilding a Landy 🤣🤣
Rebuilding an old Land Rover can be quite the opposite most of the time But very satisfying when all works out.[bigwhistle]

4bee

29th March 2019, 11:21 AM

Unless it shows up all the little things one meant to finish off prior to setting out.[bighmmm] [smilebigeye]

Then it would be :wallbash::Thump: