Anyone reading this and wondering where the pictures are that many of the posts hold reference to - my server crashed and I can't be assed rebuilding it. Probably easier to just get a photobucket account for the small number of pictures I generally post...

Anyways - an update.

I have decided to take this vehicle and join with ~50 others in next years Outback tour - to Birdsville via Broken Hill.

With that in mind, all work has stopped on the HT while I prepare this one for full registration.

Brakes have been inspected (they were near new) and bled.

Steering has been 'tightened' - new tie-rod ends does a wonderful job!

Handbrake ratchet assembly has been replaced and new shoes and drum fitted.

Transfer case rear output seal has been replaced - less oil on the driveway now.

Wheel bearings have all been checked and tested - replacements 'in the box' if needed.

New headlights. Headlight mod ready to be installed. New earth wire loom ready to be installed all over the vehicle in an effort to counter the years of corrosion.

Interior has been torn apart in an effort (successful) to find the leak that made the drivers footwell a footbath. The leak was where the roof is riveted to the gutter!

Windscreen has been replaced - along with new seals top and bottom.

New rubbers and hinge pins on the front vents and vent/fly/insect shields installed.

All bailey channels have been replaced.

I have new rubbers for the door seals.

Windscreen washer installed. (I used Defender spray nozzles that mounted beautifully in the 'extra' wiper shaft holes under the windscreen.)

New windscreen wiper blades and arms.

New door lock mechanism on the rear door - I had a 'break in' that damaged the existing lock beyond repair.

Wheels painted and awaiting the arrival of tyres already purchased - but I have another set that may make it through rego.

This coming weekend: both drive shafts get dropped and new universals installed. New pinion seal on the Salisbury. New diff plug on the Salisbury (the old one is so round it will be a vice grips job). Install door seals.

I am considering the removal of the free-wheeling hubs. I have read the pros and cons in here and have listened to people in the Land Rover club I belong to - still pondering it...


It's been a busy couple of months - more to come but not far from the roadworthy and rego now.