Thread: Meet Max

That metal plate is what retains the dash on left hand side. Underneath you’ll find four small nuts lock washers and flat washers that when you remove them plate comes out. You’ll find underside of that plate is usually like the top

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

So I haven't done a lot on the Rangie this past week - I've been busy with work and crook also.

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I am currently chasing up some parts for the doors - which is proving to be more difficult than first thought... The parts that I had purchased are for a RRC, but for the later ones - not the earlier ones..

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Cheers,
GG.

PM me with what you need for the doors. I'm guessing the plastic ball joint links at the least.

I have stuff I'll never use.

DL

Hi All,

Not a huge amount done in the last week - been trying to source window parts (difficult and not yet solved). But did manage to remove the drivers side window channel - have a look at how rusted out it is in sections:



Next job - was to give the car a thorough pressure washer clean - inside and out..

Masked up the dash as best that I could - I didn't spray water directly on the dash anyway, but you can't be too careful:



Then up onto the hoist - and used 2 cans of degreaser on the oily bits:



This pic was taken after the SECOND round of underneath...



Basically I:

* Drove the car outside and washed the inside
* Waited 24 hours
* Drove the car inside
* 2 cans on degreaser
* Washed underneath
* Waited 24 hours
* 2 cans of degreaser
* Another pressure wash.

The last picture was after the second round!

I have a few small jobs to do before I send the car off to the painter / seats off for restoration.

Cheers,
GG.

After cleaning the 2 Door - I wanted to make sure that it started and ran okay (that nothing electrical had got wet..)

I started the car and it ran fine, but when I pushed down on the accelerator cable - it went straight to the floor and the car stalled...

Looking around after removing the air filter - I found this:





For a split second I did think about doing a macgyver on it - but then I remembered that I had a brand new, spare cable in my parts stash..

I don't remember buying it - but I recently did a bit of an audit on all of the parts that I need, and I found it..

Next step was to install it - the under-dash side was an absolute pain to install - basically it's done by feel...

The car started fine - but when you pressed on the accelerator it would cough and stall.

I went to bed and slept on it.

Last night - I adjusted the accelerator cable (nothing that I had ever done before), got the revs to sit on about 650 - and she runs great, and now doesn't cough or stall..

Although this is a minor mechanical task that most people have probably done a thousand times - for me it was a first, and I was quite chuffed..

While out there last night I also started to tinker with the engine bay - which can really do with a good detail..



Cheers,
GG.

Hi All,

I spent some time on the 2 Door over the weekend...

Firstly - this arrived during the week.. It's an original coin pocket designed to go where a radio does. At this point I won't be installing a radio in the 2 door - rather I will be listening to the 3.5 V8 as it purrs along..



Next job - tidy up the 2 brackets from the upper tail gate. Before and After:





Next - the tailgate handle. Before and After:









Next remove the air-horn - to be thrown out:



Next - tidy up the tailgate lock:



Next - remove the bonnet scuttle bracket:



Pull it apart:



And cleaned:



The tailgate finishing cover - before and after:





The bracket that holds the carpet to cover the tools - before and after:





Next - I removed the handbrake cover:



The metal strip that goes over it - broke into pieces:



So I will have to make one up - here is the start of it:



I'm also going to replace the hi-lo boot:



Cleaned-up the front number plate holder:



These are the home made brackets for the upper tailgate. It's a modification to strengthen the tailgates struts - I will be modifying the bracket to tidy it up:





I clear coated the 5 x wheels and 2 x bumpers as well, but didn't take a picture as you can't really tell...

And that was about it for the weekend.

Oh - and I ordered some more parts!

Cheers,
GG.

Hi GG,

I've had a good look, but don't have the bits you need.

The 'home made upper tailgate brackets' could well be for the mod that makes the struts keep the tailgate shut by triangulation.

cheers, DL

Hi All,

This weekend marked a turning point on this restoration..

Firstly - in the below pictures you will see some new brackets (top of the picture) and the old brackets (bottom of the picture). These brackets mount to the body - and you attach the lower tailgate struts to them. The original (home made) brackets looked very flimsy, with very little meat left in sections of the metal.. Luckily I know a very hand guy who fabricated the new brackets for me. A BIG THANK YOU to Mick88.

The new brackets are intentionally larger to give more strength to them.



And a very quick test fit:



Next came the turning point - my baby is being sent off to paint:



I followed the tow truck to the panel beater, and spent about an hour going over the rust spots that I had found - and the "alterations" that the previous owner has made to the vehicle... I had a good chat, inspected some of their work, and left feeling confident.. The ETA for the car returning back to me is "end of feb". Which works fine with me - as I have a lot of other parts that I still need to restore.

First job - clean up the drivers side window - Before and After:





Next job - clean up and restore one of the rear sliding windows. Before, during and After... The old window tint was glued on with titanium.. I think that I used 5 razor blades when removing it from this window! I only managed to slip once with the razor and sliced some skin off my bracing hand. I'm not sure what the glue holding the tint was - but it stunk as I removed it.







Next job - the other sliding window - Before and After:





As yesterday was a good day for painting (27c) - I decided to etch prime some of the components that I had already cleaned:







A few hours later - the first top coat:







I still have many small components to restore, plus send the seats away for restoration. But the momentum is still strong - although the bank balance is low.

Cheers,
GG.

Hi All,

On Saturday the carpet kit arrived and I'm very happy with it:



Yesterday I spent the day cleaning up the drivers door handles, grill and head light surrounds.

Here I have etch primed the tailgate handle, tailgate locks and the drivers door handles:



Here is the first coat on the head light surrounds:



And the grill:



I also clear coated a few other bits - but didn't bother taking any pictures of those..

I still have many, many individual parts to sand back and paint, while the car is away getting it's re-spray.

I also sent the front & rear seats away to be fully restored - a very expensive (but well worth it) exercise...

Merry Christmas to all and hopefully I get stuck into more parts over the coming weeks.

Cheers,
GG.