Thread: And so the restoration begins...

speaking of boy what is his name

havent thought of it yet really! was thinking sarge! lol

the defender shall be named james after james bond! lol

took the seats off today, any of you have experience with reupholstering your own seats?


gonna buy croc jack and jackstands later and get the wheels off to see what the deal is with the brakes. hoping its just the end hoses or something. Will also get to cleaning the underchassis and removing surface rust on chassis and spraying rust converter/rust proofing.

took the tarp off the rear end too. looks fairly decent without it.

Raining at the moment so cant do any till it stops

How do i remove the bit that tugs on the trans brake? It snapped so its too short to be pulled by the lever. Gonna have to replace it.

Originally Posted by LoveB

How do i remove the bit that tugs on the trans brake? It snapped so its too short to be pulled by the lever. Gonna have to replace it.

take a pic of it cause i cant think of what you mean {or part number}
ps pm me your email addy and if i get those pics tomorow ill send them

Ill get pics up tomorrow.. How many liters of oil and what oil do i put it? 20w50 or is that too thick?

Originally Posted by LoveB

Ill get pics up tomorrow.. How many liters of oil and what oil do i put it? 20w50 or is that too thick?

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-uE...it?hl=en&pli=1

To bring up a detailed picture of this chart, click on the above link.





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i recon any oil at first{ theres a recent thread on" 1600 s1 engine oil whats correct......"}
i changed mine several times initialy {and scraped out the sump sludge} before putting in a clasic oil {penrite classis medium or light and penrite classis 90 w gear oil} ... the bigest difference was heaps less smoking and quieter engine , the gear oil however totaly transformed gear shifting...
I figure if its been sitting for dog knows how long clean it out with cheep oil and change after a few hours running rather than chemical flush

Yeah was gonna buy cheap oil, get it running, move into shed then get wheels off. Going to supercheap to get crock jack and stands so i can investigate underchassis further.. Raining so hard in syd at the moment