Thread: My 1955 86" rebuild.

Well doesn't time get away when your having fun, NOT. I'm still finding things that have been affected by the flooding back on 21st April, nothing major but still annoying. I have been playing quite a bit with my S2A 109 W'ksp Land Rover, this one

just in case you had never seen it, it has been giving me some grief but hopefully there is light at the end of the tunnel LOL.
Today I uncovered the Series 1 for the first time in many weeks, it started but then stopped, out of fuel, quickly rectified and away it went, I ran the engine until the temp got up around 75c, then switched it off.
Needing to move along, I decided to strip the RHS door lock mechanism, it had thick multiple layers of paint (green) all over it, well after 5 mins in the grit blaster soon sorted that out

all the screws are 2BA, they have been run down with tap n die, now everything has been etch primed.
While refueling the tank I noticed that the gasket (cork) underneath the petrol cap had split, so I made one from thick gasket material

it will do until I can find something else as a substitute, anyway that's been part of my day, cheers Dennis

I have been away from this project lately fixing other issues on other vehicles, hopefully that issue has now been resolved.
Today I unpacked the Exmoor trim seats that were imported into the country back in late January 2015, this morning I have fitted them up complete with all the split pins and ?? anti rattle spring washers (fiddly little items they are) anyway as per the rulez of the site, the image

I have yet to open the split pins slightly, to stop them slipping out, anyway cheers Dennis

Dinty this looks amazing! Just finished the whole thread (started last weekend)

Like everyone else who's reading this, I now want to find an s1 to restore! All I need is the time, money, patience and ok from the other half!

Keep up the excellent work!

Dan

I'm still getting sidetracked with other issues on other Land Rovers that I own, and at present I have been working on my sssshhhhhhhhh! gunbuggy (sssshhhh so digger doesn't hear about it) anyway I hope I have resolved the issue with the carburetor.
Yesterday sometime I was fiddling with the LHS door lock mechanism, part of the body of the mechanism has a split in it,

it needed brazing so out with oxy gear and in no time the split was brazed up

all parts had been grit blasted etch primed and painted Silver, it just needs re-assembling, all 6 x 2BA screws etc were run over with tap n die, I cheat a little and use a battery powered drill to run the screws down through the die

well it does save time and wear n tear on your wrists, it is amazing the power those types of drills have, anyway cheers Dennis

What are you doing with my gunbuggy? And it isn't shhhhh its mmmm!!!

Just fixen it for ya mate LOL, gee you don't miss anything do you cheers Dennis

Love the surgical ward quality workbench

That is an absolute mess since the garage was flooded about 6 weeks ago, mad panic picking up items off low shelves n the floor, there is just not enough hours in any one day to rectify the situation, cheers Dennis