A well used 80''called Klonk

**klonk** · 22nd September 2015, 12:38 AM

Well slow progress, Ive had to do a couple of reworks. The first was to modify the rear spring leaf clamps that Id made. I made them longer than standard on purpose to allow for some extra spring travel, but on assembly with the weight of the diff and housing hanging on them I noticed that the second leaf was rubbing the front spring mount, it had seperated too much, so had to redrill the bolt holes and shortened the left over. see photo, the near spring is reworked ,the back one shows the problem.The second issue was the stub axel brass bush on the front axel that Id replaced. Thanks to John (JDNSW) in another post I found that I didnt allow enough clearance between axel and bush, they need 020 - 030 thou clearance, not the 005 thou Id allowed. So these were removed and machined again. Should have read the green bible! Could have been nastie if they had seized. Been making up the springs for the foot pedals, took awhile to find something the correct size and strength and then make them fit. Also got back into panel beating mode on the rear tub, a very time consuming job. Cheers Steve PS Sorry for the weird post Ive had computer issues, seems its still not right. I cant post the photos and I cant make the text do what its told.

**crackers** · 22nd September 2015, 09:04 PM

It's either annoying or satisfying to redo stuff isn't it. Sometimes you're annoyed you screwed up, others it feels good to get something right.

**klonk** · 5th October 2015, 09:54 PM

Well Ive commandeered one of the kids laptop,as my old clunker computer hasnt been fixed or replaced. Ive spent too much on klonk lately. So I get the handme down computers as ''you'' dont need anything as good as we've got to look at old land rover stuff on the internet! So I can make do with an old computer as long as I get land rover parts.

So back to the photos I didnt get to post. The first is the leaf springs I had to rework, I made the leaf clamps too long and this left all the hanging weight of the axel on the top leaf only.

The second and third are the brake springs I made up. I think I have them in the correct places, looking in the parts book its hard to tell if the brake switch one goes in the arm or in the little plate. opinions please.

The rest is the tub panelbeating in progress, this corner was badly bent inwards as someone had reversed into something. The floor took abit to get straight, it was badly bent and all the struts underneath were bent and broken and the floor was sitting on the chassis and the middle below that.

**crackers** · 5th October 2015, 10:09 PM

Regarding your pedal set up, I thought I'd be able to answer your question simply by showing you a photo of Wombat's before I pulled them apart... only I appear to have a different setup. My pedals are all on the outside of the chassis rail whereas yours seem to be on the inside. Of course, yours is a 51 where mine is a 56.

**klonk** · 5th October 2015, 10:25 PM

The rest of the tub. Cleaned up with stainless steelwire brushes, soap,water and elbow grease. one with coarse bristles one with fine.

A little surprise I found in the drivers side door that had broken door latch mount, I dont know how they got the last steel bit in there but I cant get it out without drilling out the spot welds on the frame, thought it was abit heavy on one end.

Cheers Steve

**LandyAndy** · 14th October 2015, 06:15 PM

You are doing an excellent job Steve.Looking forward to getting a ride around Albania in the finished job

Andrew

**klonk** · 18th October 2015, 11:50 PM

Well planed to have green paint on the tub this weekend but due to a 50th birthday party and the weather and I needed to tidy up some of the spot welds that had some bog in them, I missed. So will be ready for next weekend.

During the week I had a parcel turn up, I think the best part is opening the old packaging.

Cheers Steve

**LandyAndy** · 19th October 2015, 09:15 PM

Your 50th Steve?????
If so you olde bastard

Im not that far behind,next august

Andrew

**Bundalene** · 21st October 2015, 06:15 PM

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The second and third are the brake springs I made up. I think I have them in the correct places, looking in the parts book its hard to tell if the brake switch one goes in the arm or in the little plate. opinions please.

I scraped a kilo if crud off this one ( a 1951 model) to get this pic - hope it helps

Erich

**klonk** · 22nd October 2015, 12:54 AM

Erich ,
good photos thanks. I made the little quadrant spring mount , I knew there were two types but didn't know which one to make.

Andy

Sorry not me, your five years too late but August is a good month.

Cheers Steve

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