The pictures show you are doing a good job - keep at it!
John
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Working on a Land Rover is a strange thing, its a mix of "Why on earth is it put together like that" and "Who thought that was a good idea at the time"...
But you would still stab someone if they tried to take it from you
I'm still alive and still working on the land rover, I'm just bad at updating things apparently. So update...
The rear springs are done and after much swearing getting the first reassembled I came up with an ingenious solution for the second using a bit of threaded rod and a few good clamps.
The rear brakes are rebuilt with all new shoes, springs, and wheel cylinders.
The rear of the chassis has been painted (finally)
The bulkhead is off and in slightly worse condition that I thought, quite a few cracks in the metal.
The top of the engine is rebuilt and has all new seals, oil, oil filter, contacts, condenser, and a new water pump because to get the gasket I needed it was about $15 with shipping, to get the gasket with a new water pump was $25.
I have heard stories of the valves on the axles getting jammed open and the diffs becoming a mix of sludge and rust so I was a little worried when I finally took off the diff cover plate, but was relieved to find that the rear diff is immaculate, it looks brand new so I'm guessing it was changed not long before the vehicle ended up sitting in a paddock.
On a side note I want to murder whoever thought that putting those little red rocks along the middle of my driveway was a good idea, water blasting the engine and middle of my chassis scatters them everywhere and it takes forever to clean them up.
Also i cleaned the fuel tank up and hung it up to paint only to get drip, drip, drip. a tiny amount of fuel was still in the tank and found its way to a small leak, so tiny I cant see it but I can see the tiniest amount of fuel leaking from it, so that's fun.
Going to modify the angle that the top hose comes from the radiator cause there is no way that I can get a hose from that to the water intake on the Holden engine without folding it in half.
I'll have to get some pictures of it with the engine properly assembled and radiator back in, and at my rate of updates that would probably be in a few months
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Working on a Land Rover is a strange thing, its a mix of "Why on earth is it put together like that" and "Who thought that was a good idea at the time"...
But you would still stab someone if they tried to take it from you
Still alive... It's been a while, I had a few work issues, then a few health issues and then this covid thing, its amazing how easy it is to put a project on hold for a few months and you next time you look at it you realize a few years have passed.
Anyway its been a busy month (for the land rover at least)
I finally finished painting the rest of the chassis that I didn't get around to doing last time.
The bulkhead is finished all holes patched and ready to go back on. (it looks a little rough in parts but its solid).
The bonnet is back together and looking good.
I'm in the middle of rebuilding the front driveshaft, it was a little worn, just waiting for parts.
I have a pile of other bits waiting for some bench space to get cleaned up. Once the bulkhead goes back on I can start moving parts back onto the vehicle.
Hope everyone is doing OK out there in covid land, at least the break in work has got me back to working on the project again.
Stay safe...
Working on a Land Rover is a strange thing, its a mix of "Why on earth is it put together like that" and "Who thought that was a good idea at the time"...
But you would still stab someone if they tried to take it from you
Only just found this thread.
I looked at this wagon some years back, it was in a paddock in Sommerville, there was a Series II shorty as well amongst a lot of other cars. I think the guy was a towie.
I remember the Gundooee wording on the door.
Best of luck with it.
Colin
'56 Series 1 with homemade welder
'65 Series IIa Dormobile
'70 SIIa GS
'76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
'81 SIII FFR
'95 Defender Tanami
'58 Series II (sold)
Motorcycles :-
Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C
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