Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

Originally Posted by Dinty

then a short run up the road to Minikeg's place to drop off an item the Justin P gave me at the Expo for Minikeg (Scott).

Many thanks for your help, appreciate it

Hi Dinty
I hope it works toooooooooooooo
in my other life
I could have rebuilt 4 or more for them DOLLARS
perhaps I should not have retired
cheers
Ian

It looks good sitting there ,
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps63db403c.jpg
I promised my mate that I bought the vehicle off, that I wouldn't start it until he was here anyway just a few more days, cheers Dennis
ps an image of a well worn spindle shaft
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psdf0e2404.jpg

Well these wheels were a waste of time, I have decided to junk them all .
Yesterday when I picked them up it was threatening a downpour (which it did), the rims were wet but they had something sprayed on them to protect them and I was in a hurry to get them and other parts under cover, the grit blasting job is the worst job I have ever seen
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps51de8346.jpg
bits like that all over the rims, even worse in between the riveted sections
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps4406a981.jpg
it took me some time looking at them all this morning, chipping away crud that should have been blasted, this is some of the crud/rust
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps6a834309.jpg
after most of the paint etc had been removed the rims are in a unsafe state for my liking very thin around the valve stem hole, rivets with parts of heads missing etc etc etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps0e00c4b1.jpg
so like I said I'm consigning them 5) all to scrap
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9aa88c7c.jpg
a waste of $150.00 cheers Dennis
ps I will not be using their services again either,,.

Trying to stay focused and not thinking about wasting $150.00 (grit blasting 5 rims), I decided not to waste time, so I hooked my Oxy gear and tried my hand at Aluminium welding, it looks OK to me but it hasn't penetrated right through
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps3575da9b.jpg
I took it back into the shed and locked it into a vice and bent it, it did have a crack open up on the left, but that area I had the flame too hot, the area right of center is after I adjusted the flame and it didn't crack
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psbd50e169.jpg
so I guess a few more attempts before I wield the torch on the tub, anyway cheers Dennis

Thought I would mount the carburettor on the engine just for a laugh, well laugh I did, NOT!!! the throttle link was 180 out
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps45167976.jpg
geeez is anything going to be right!!, well I decided enough is enough for one day hopefully tomorrow will be different, cheers Dennis

I needed to do something different so I decided to splash a bit of Deep Bronze Green about. I wanted to spray the back (inside vehicle) of the tailgate with an Acrylic primer filler to fill in any minor blemishes etc, it doesn't take long to dry, so while it was drying I cleaned the gun (Iwata).
I had cleaned everything except the pick up tube, so I found my short length of brass brazing rod and cut a small piece of cloth, soaked it in thinners and was going to pull it through the tube, WRONG!!, the rag came off the brass rod and jammed in the tube Panic set in for a few seconds, I cleared the rag and finished cleaning the gun.
Light sand off and wash down with a clean cloth, allow to dry and it was ready for it's first coat of Deep Bronze Green, here it is after it's first coat
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps4973b11d.jpg
I had other small items that I wanted to put a coat of DBG on the inside, the Instrument panel, looks like sand but it's a smooth as a babies rear
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps7d6a2c4d.jpg
and the lower control panel etc
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps249fcdb8.jpg
attention then turned to the underside of the bonnet, I wanted spray the area covered by the frame
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psc2115e75.jpg
and the mating faces of the frame got the treatment as well
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps679596b7.jpg
no more electrolysis on this Land Rover, now in a few days time if I can round up some extra hands, I will set the rivets that hold the frame to the bonnet, anyway cheers Dennis

While the paint is going off (it has LOL) I started to gather all the 2BA pan head screws etc that hold the instrument panel and lower control panel in place, a quick search through my 2BA supply and my 1/4" nuts n bolts and I came up with the goods
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...pscf108db8.jpg
now to put all the panels somewhere out of the way, cheers Dennis
ps I will run them all over with the appropriate taps n dies, then grit blast & etch prime, label and put away until the next batch of DBG needs to be mixed,,.