Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

Well, Thank you gents for that information, now I know to keep a lookout for the pump that suits the S1, cheers Dennis

There is a lot of other british cars that had there fuel filter mounted up on the fire wall. The problem with the old pumps are the insulation in the coil brakes down also the diaphgrams go hard & cause the coil to burn out . I hace a number of pumps here but they don't work. I'am sure you can still get them new , I was looking on ebay the other day & there was some on in Victoria selling nrw SU look a likes at a reasonable price . Genuine SU pumps are very expensive up around $400 Wayne

Just took the 2 SU pumps out of "connie-sue", she has 2 tanks, nothing but trouble have fitted and aftermarket pump happy now.

So Dennis depends on if you are after an oringal series 1 or one that runs when expected

Mrs hh

I found this pump on Ebay , says it's for S2 & S2a but will also fit S1. I asked the seller & is low pressure pump& should bolt straight on. It's not a bad price , to get one out of UK is about $400 & a kit to rebuild a pump would not be cheep .& it looks the part. There is another on Ebay at the moment a little cheeper but it is light blue in colour & out of UK. at least ihis is out of Australia & much easier if there is a problem

Well after a short break and re-arranging a support post in our existing carport, and not able to do anymore until later in the week, I decided to have a look at what was needed on the 2 guards I have stored here.
Somewhere in this vehicles past, the 10 nuts n bolts that hold the outer panel have all been replaced with ? 8mm metric stuff (poooh),
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as you can see in the image, I removed one of the bolts and refitted the correct size, next I had a look through my stockpile of 1/4"UNF nuts n bolts and found the required amount ( I think) along with washers spring washers
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run the nuts n bolts over tap n die to clean the threads, then grit blast them all
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they have all been etch primed both sides etc, the under sides of the washers have also been painted 'Flat Black'.
It was a nice afternoon, so I took about 40 minutes off and took the gunbuggy for a run, on returning I thought better check my supply of paint stripper and most of all had it gone off??!!, well no it hadn't, I painted on a small area and in no time it was looking like this
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but I had forgotten to put on some disposable gloves, my fingers are burning where small splashes of stripper have hit them , anyway it got too cool outside, so a quick hit with the hose to neutralise any stripper left on the job, anyway cheers Dennis

I am waiting for the steel for the carport ext, so not to waste time I set about stripping paint off one of the guards, it is not quite finished but after 3 hours using paint stripper, it looks like this
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...pseb462ad5.jpg
leader of the Poodle Patrol checking it out as well, tomorrow I strip the outer guard off, cheers Dennis
ps the inner side of the guard looks like it is still painted, but it is very shiny, with only minor traces of the original primer on it,,.

What a day weather wise , damn fog didn't lift here until 1300hrs, everything wet/damp, my steel shipment arrived this morning at 0830hrs but no movement on that other than to shift from view in the front yard, hopefully it will get erected on or around the 20th July.
When the fog lifted (eventually) I placed the RHS guard in the sunlight to dry off the moisture, after that I separated the outer part of the guard and cleaned up between the 2 mating surfaces, so that when I paint it, there will be no ridges/lines of old paint
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...psa3a16cf0.jpg
I then decided as it is getting cool again outside to mate up the 1/4"UNF nuts/bolts n washers etc that I etch primed (and painted the undersides flat black) so I can paint them in DBG
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps964abb85.jpg
the other side
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?'maybe Sunday if the weather is good, nothing done tomorrow, working night shifts again, anyway cheers Dennis

Today I made a start on the RHS guard, it must have had some panel damge in it's distant past. My paint stripper is ?? possibly past it's use by date (if they have such a thing) as it is not removing paint like it did when first purchased in 2010, but none the less it is still working, but needing two coats to accomplish the task.
It has softened some "bog" Land Rovers n bog don't mix very well, time will tell when I remove it all
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps74aaf2ee.jpg
the bog is on the top panel at the front, and it would appear to be approx 2mm deep
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps9d638293.jpg
anyway it is getting too cold for my liking outside ATM so I have finished for the day, work tomorrow x 3 daze, then erect the carport for said Series 1, hopefully get it home in a week or two, or maybe?? what with work construction and All British day in Newcastle on the foreshore, hopefully it will not rain, so many Land Rovers to choose from,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eet7BeqsoY
??? which one to take?? LOL, cheers Dennis