Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

Well, it's back to work tomorrow, where have the past 18 daze gone!!! .
This morning Sunday, swmbo does her weekly wash of bed linen etc ( she does other stuff thru the week as well, but Sunday is the big day ) so before I started any jobs I decided to do the lawn in total, about 1 hour later with a little help from the wife, that job was completed.
In the back of my mind, club registration is coming up (22/11/14) for 8 Land Rovers + 2 trailers, so with that in mind, I thought I'd best be checking lights/stop lights/blinkers/wipers/horn and most importantly the brakes.
All was going well until I got to this Land Rover

Sshhhhh!!it's a gunbuggy, digger might see it!!!
the RHS front blinker n side lights did not want to play, no wonder with the wires that were under the wing, anyway none of my doing, most likely the last owner, anyway all fixed now, soldered and covered with heat shrink! .
Whatever day the inspection happens, I need to be able to move vehicles about, so where to put items that have been painted that are waiting for fitting etc, ?? I have just the place right here

and here

the bonnet will have to be removed when the inspection takes place, but at the moment it's up out of the way.
With some help from other forum users who supplied images etc, I have made up a temporary fuel line to the SU pump

it has been a reasonable success, but I fear it's going to have to be remade, as I'm not sure whether it will clear the throttle linkages etc

anyway the tools needed to do such a job

now all I need to do is find the item that I bought years ago from 'Scottish John' that fits into a jerry can and makes it a fuel tank, then at least I will be able to start n drive the Land Rover to move it as needed, cheers and Thanks to those who supplied me with the much needed images, Dennis

Hi Dennis, did you have the original fuel line to copy? If not then let me know and I'll send you one off my '56 86" to borrow as a template if you need it?

Well I was back at work today, just like a lot of others I suppose , anyway while having lunch today I decided that when I got home that I would re-fit the original fuel tank, instead of mucking about with a jerry can with one of these in it

I had already retrieved/mounted the tank on the jack baseplate, and was about to take it up into position,

when I remembered that this item had to be fitted, unless you have extremely small hands

so into the box of painted items I went and found the 6 screws that hold them in place ( 3 each side),

with that done, it was full steam ahead to fit the tank, back into the box of bits again to retrieve the 6 bolts that hold the tank

after I had fitted the tank, I had a go at the LHS of the tub, where I did a magnificent job of buggering up the paint job last Friday, so that's one area that has been rubbed back, waiting for my next stuff up LOL cheers Dennis

Originally Posted by Dinty

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All was going well until I got to this Land Rover

Sshhhhh!!it's a gunbuggy, digger might see it!!!
the RHS front blinker n side lights did not want to play, no wonder with the wires that were under the wing, anyway none of my doing, most likely the last owner, anyway all fixed now, soldered and covered with heat shrink! .
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SHHH nothing!!! The alarm my spy fitted went off when you touched it....

Ohh, I mean I felt as though something was happening with it!!...

My 'source' tells me he wired the alarm in under the guard using some wires there that seemed loose..... mmmm

cant expect too much he has paws not hands

That car has been nothing but problems maybe it could go somewhere else far away for someone else to look after....MMMM who would be willing to take that on???

Back to the S1, when you consider the amount of work you are doing and the quality you insist on from yourself- you surely have to expect to have a crappy day every now and again!!

Keep up the good (actually great) work, and keep your chin up.

We are all loving this thread and your work and explainations are top class.

Hey Digger, I'm no expert as I've said many times before, and yes some daze are diamonds, some daze are stones.
Moving along as you do, and I do try to do something to my projects everyday, I'm still working on removing that gigantic stuff up from last Friday, I had been using wet n dry paper and I did try that this afternoon, but it is very warm out there and working on my knees in the back of the tub, between my knees & shoulders I gave up on the wet n dry method and put power tools into action, well I have enough of them .
It took approx. 25 minutes to do virtually nothing with the wet n dry method, the power tool took a few minutes to take it back to bare alloy,

the paper I was using is 80 grit, but it was clogging up with dry paint, so off to the local hardware store to see if they had something different, and they did, the lighter colour paper is still 80 grit, but after 10 minutes or more, it was still functioning quite well, compared to the Yellow strip which you can see is quite clogged

both of the sanding paper is available @ the place called B******'s, it is available in 1meter or 5meter rolls, it says it's for timber, but I'm just using it for paint LOL.
The surfaces will need to be done over with the tried n true method which is 'wet n dry' rub with a rubber block, anyway cheers Dennis

Well yesterday I had been using the power tools again on the ?? paint job
that I stuffed up, but had to pack up not long after starting the job as the weather closed in really quickly, we had rain n hail, high winds etc.
Anyway this morning we had to take 'Max' (Digger's sleeper) he has gone to a Dog show in Sydney, then it was home n into it. I need to make the vehicle be able to be started n moved under it's own power, so a long hard look at the items I had on hand, and then a quick job on the lathe,

to make one fitting useful, and in no time it was all connected, Ignition on fuel pump ticking away happily, but no fuel being picked up??????.
So back to the tank and look in with a torch, the pick up seemed to be too close to the bottom of the tank, so a slight bend was put in, still no pickup from the pump.
After undoing lines and blowing through them, even took the fuel sedimenter bowl back off and it checked out OK, the only thing left was the line between tank n Sed/bowl, fire up compressor, wind up the regulator to 120psi, my wife was up front checking what if anything blew out, well something did as well as some fuel that I had tried to gravity feed (trying to prime the lines) re-connect that line turn on ignition pump very quickly picked up fuel, ripper!!, a squirt down the carby, it fires then stops
check that the accelerator pump on carb is working NO it isn't .
Remove line from carb to pump, take top off carb look in NO FUEL dry as a bone. Disconnect fuel line elbow on pump, place empty plastic coke bottle over pump outlet, turn on ignition, fuel sprays up into coke bottle ?? the line to carb subjected to a big blast of air, gawd knows what came out as it hit me in the lower abdo, it stung as well .
Re-connect line to carb, turn ignition on, hit starter button, engine splutters into life YIPPPEEE let it run for a minute, grab camera
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it's always a good feeling to see it move for the first time, even if it's only 8<>12" forward n backwards.
My elation didn't last long as I noticed a fuel leak from the carb, where the accelerator pump joins the body of the carburetor, it was leaking fuel badly, so first thought the body screws ? maybe loose, I could only manage to turn them about 4<>6 degrees not much at all, but that made no difference, it still leaked +++.
So I took the pump off the carburetor, to find that the gasket was incorrect,

so down into the depths of the shed, get another carby, take off the needed item check the gasket, a good solid cardboard type was on and it was removed successfully, fitted to pump and back onto carburetor, except the screws 4 which hold the pump body to carb, the 2 screws @ 0100 & 0500 were stripped in the body,

methinks when it went together they have stripped the threads.
So back into the shed, find receipt for job $447.00 Sept 2013, ring them up, explain situation, No problems they say drop it down and we will put some heli-coils in, so in the morning I will remove it and take it down, 2 steps forward 12 steps backwards always the way with me lately, anyway I cannot post images as P/bucket is down, cheers Dennis
ps photobucket was working but dropped out again,,.

Another day, another job , first off though, I took the carburetor to Newcastle, but I had to leave it behind, ?? dunno when I will get it back, I will give them a week, then give them a shake .
On my way home I dropped in to see Graham D @ St Joseph's N/home, he has allowed me to mention him to all those who know him .
I was stopped on my way home by a large Police presence along one of main roads, I was OK as I had not had any alcohol for daze ,.
At home I moved the windscreen frame out of the shed, it needed some remedial work after having it Galvanized, all the holes for the small screws that hold the screen in place had to be re-drilled, some holes still have to be re-tapped.
Not having any glass I needed to be able to check dimensions with a couple of the strips in position, I determined that I could get 6mm laminated glass in place, so off to the local to secure a small section of 6mm glass

yes I would agree that frosted glass isn't a good idea for a windscreen , but it showed me that 6mm laminated glass will fit.
I have a few but not all of the alloy fixing strips, those that I have have been grit blasted and etch primed now, they are also marked to show where they fit

well that's been my time in the yard today, now off to retrieve 'Max', he was a success at the show in Sydney, cheers Dennis

A little bit of success over the past 2 days. Yesterday I spent bent over the windscreen frame, drilling out the 37 screw holes for the screws that hold the retainers for the windscreen, I used a No 44 drill to open the holes that had been closed over when it was galvanized, then with a good fitting screw driver, screw each one into the hole, I ended up walking like a half shut pocket knife for hours afterwards anyway I am glad that task is finished.
While I was at it, I remembered that I hadn't seen the wing nut assembly x 2 that hold the pivot arms, I have a medium sized box that all painted items had been placed, but I couldn't remember seeing them at all, so in a slight panic as to what has happened to them, I rummaged through some other items and found them, still unpainted etc, so a quick hit in the grit blast cabinet & etch prime them

they are now painted Silver and in situ on the screen frame.
This morning up early n into it, I masked up the underside of the bonnet, blanking off all holes etc, it took me some time to do it, and in no time my back was complaining just like yesterday ,

I didn't want any overspray so I covered the whole underside to minimize that issue. The bonnet topside was lightly sanded, then etch primed, 2 coats of undercoat primer, rub down with wet n dry 600 grit, blow off with air check that no water droplets are about, place in the sun for approx. 20 minutes, put it back on the stands, then I allowed it cool down while I had lunch.
After lunch, I went back to my old mix of paint, mixed it added hardener, and crossed my fingers that I wouldn't stuff it up

anyway it looks alright to me, not quite dry as yet, so it may have to stay put until I get home from work tomorrow, anyway that's been my day, cheers Dennis