MY16 D4 TDV6 - with a little Cambo magic for towing "The Brick"
MY95 RRC LSE Vogue Softdash "Bessie" (turning circle comparable to QE II) with MY99 TD5 and 4HP24 transplants. Back home Nov 22 after a magic overhaul by Chivalry
SADLY SOLD MY04 D2a TD5 auto Classic and MY10 D4 2.7 both with lots of goodies
Got a couple of jobs done at the weekend. I have a dual guage, temp and oil pressure that I wanted to fit, the usual place is in the L/H steering column hole but its hard to see there and I have a grabrail bag that will cover the guage, So came up with the idea to put it on the steering column, so made up a bracket to suit. Its out of the road and easy to see. When the engine is fitted I will make the tubing length to suit.
The other job was to put the sign writing on the tailgate. Klonk is a Queensland car, so Annard and Thompson should have painted this on before delivery. My daughter is on holidays from uni and likes art, so I put her to the test. We made up a stencil of the lettering and she hand painted ''land rover'' on to it. Vynal lettering would have been quicker and easier, but I prefer to see the brush marks. I think they were screen printed originally.
Cheers Steve
PS Gavin your welcome anytime you will have to be quick though. I have said it will be available for Anzac day, So will need to run it in before then. Aah the end is nigh, nothing like a dead line.
Nice paint job. My s2a was delivered by annand and thompson as well but they werent doing that anymore.
Cheers Rod
This weekend I got a couple of jobs done. First an electrician mate came around and we finished the wiring in the shed. Now I have 4 power points 3 lights in the shed and a LED floodlight outside, I now dont have to walk into the back corner of the shed by torch light at night. Anyway klonk got pushed out of the shed for the day, so got to see the tailgate signwriting at a proper distance instead of jambed up in the shed.
Got a top coat of paint on the doors, all went well but after an hour the paint was still glossy, it should have matted off by then. looks like the paint shop forgot to put the matting agent in. Rang them today and they cant add the agent in afterwards so Ill have to buy another lot. Also painted the couple badges I made and fitted one to the grabrail bag.
This weekend I should be able to pickup the engine from getting machined and start that. Need to borrow an engine stand from a mate, he has all the mounting brackets made as he has done 2 engines.
Cheers Steve
Were did you get the bag . I just have my drivers hand book floating around in the tool box in a zip bag & it is getting very fragile after all these years , that would be a better option for keeping it safe.
Wayne
Hi Wayne,
Got it from Tom Pickford when I got the hood. Toms spent plenty of time in Aus swallowing red dust in old landys. He can be abit slow answering emails if he's busy.
How is your 80" going.
Cheers Steve
Accessories : Grab Rail Bag 80"
Hi Steve,
Thanks for that info. I have not been able to work on Landy since around September last year when I fell down a 25mm step that I didn't see & tore the cartilage in my left wrist in 5 places. I only need to bolt the top back onto the gear box & prep & paint the doors to finish. I eventually found out a couple of weeks ago what they can do & the specialist has given me two options , the 1st is to cut a section out of one of the long bones in my for arm & screw a steel plate in to hold it together & put my arm in plaster for 6 months . He tells me one of the bones is too long & that has punched a hole in the cartilage, or do key hole surgery to clean up the joint & grind the bones smooth. I think I will be going with the second option, that will put me out of action for 10 days. I have also had an op on my right thumb to remove 3 rose thorns deep in the end of my thumb. So all around a bit useless at the moment waiting to get the stitches out next week.
Finally got the engine parts back from the engine shop. Had to rebore the spare block as the bores in the original didnt clean up at 040 thou, oversize . Botched that up I did. So the block has been washed, cleaned and the paint stripped from the outside. The rings have been gapped and fitted to the pistons, valves and cam fitted, and now have the engine stand ready to put the block on. Cylinder head is assembled and painted. All bolts have been sorted, cleaned, painted and bagged. The bolt painting is something I got from Dinty, A good idea but fiddly and time consuming. Glad thats the last lot. The next two weekends are booked up doing other stuff so will have to get it assembled in the evenings. Cant wait.
Cheers Steve
Lovely detail work on the engine, which is going to look absolutely glorious sitting in its engine bay.
Pickles.
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