101RRS
21st June 2007, 05:43 PM
Well “Baby” the series 1 88" is home :)– a quite uneventful trip – the Freelander is a good tow vehicle.
I am pretty happy with what I have got. The engine runs well though the clutch feels a bit low so might need to be replaced – gearbox and engine oil is all nice and clean. The body is rough but nothing a hammer and some body filler won’t fix in the short term. There is plenty of surface rust but none of the stuff that makes holes. It has no brakes but the handbrake is superb. The car has been used over rough ground with both chassis X members around the gearbox bashed in severely. :( Likewise both front springs have sagged and punched holes in the chassis – not good but repairable.
Work list in order, will be brakes, new front springs (I might do the lot), chassis welding, replace tie rod ends, new clutch and then electrics. Nothing too hard. Then rego and drive, drive, drive.:p
So – can you put parabolic springs in a series 1 and if so where do I get them and how much? I had the same sagging problem in my first series 1 and could not springs so had them made from the specs in the workshop manual. If parabolics are not viable can you get new springs already made up or will I have to get them specially made like I did last time. I can get everything else I am likely to initially need locally.
So much to do – so little time :cool:
Garry
I am pretty happy with what I have got. The engine runs well though the clutch feels a bit low so might need to be replaced – gearbox and engine oil is all nice and clean. The body is rough but nothing a hammer and some body filler won’t fix in the short term. There is plenty of surface rust but none of the stuff that makes holes. It has no brakes but the handbrake is superb. The car has been used over rough ground with both chassis X members around the gearbox bashed in severely. :( Likewise both front springs have sagged and punched holes in the chassis – not good but repairable.
Work list in order, will be brakes, new front springs (I might do the lot), chassis welding, replace tie rod ends, new clutch and then electrics. Nothing too hard. Then rego and drive, drive, drive.:p
So – can you put parabolic springs in a series 1 and if so where do I get them and how much? I had the same sagging problem in my first series 1 and could not springs so had them made from the specs in the workshop manual. If parabolics are not viable can you get new springs already made up or will I have to get them specially made like I did last time. I can get everything else I am likely to initially need locally.
So much to do – so little time :cool:
Garry