Thread: starting series 1 restoration

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

I only cleaned up the hole it was mainly like that(I squared it up if you get what I am saying) but I will go and prop it up

I under stand what you are saying Tony.
With a hole that size its a great opportunity to clean out all the loose rust inside. I did mine from the front using a length of conduit attached to the vacuum cleaner and afterwards sprayed the inside with a product called EXTROL. It totally seals the surface and is impervious to air. 2 coats is sufficient to seal the metal.
For spraying inside I used long length of hard 10mm PVC pipe attached to a degreasing type spray gun, bought a small brass spray head that had minute holes in the side around the circumference and also in the end. Also used it to also do the chassis rails on my old Daimler Mk2. It drips everywhere and if you catch it in tines it can be reused.
Good luck, keep up the good work
Peter

did some more cleaning and are about to get bearing numbers and seals and other things we need for the gearbox, transfer and front and rear diffs hopefully we will order them today also started paint stripping with not much success on the tub

big day again did not get exactly what i wanted to but still.cut the wing of the rear crossmember aswell as a bit more paint stripping to the tub i have it down pat now what the best way to get it off is unfortunately it was to dark to take any decennt photos even with flash on

also tried to get the water pump off but it will have to wait till next time as there are to many snapped bolts

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

also tried to get the water pump off but it will have to wait till next time as there are to many snapped bolts

Good luck with the water pump bolts
You are going to have to be good drilling those little suckers out
Best of all is finding BSF bolts to fit. Doable but good luck. Fiddly job..........

hey man
looks like yor doing a good job
just wondering what you found the best method of stripping the paint was, also what brand stripper are you using

Originally Posted by shaunh

hey man
looks like yor doing a good job
just wondering what you found the best method of stripping the paint was, also what brand stripper are you using

my method is get that green scour cloth and put that on the sander go over the area with that for a while then put the paint stripper on and leave it there for about 15 minutes and then hit it with the sander for a while then just put paint stripper on the bits that are left.is alot better then a scraper and doesnt leave and scratches in it and using the cloth and sander brings it up nice and smooth and it can also go over bumpy stuff i gave the gal capping on top a go with just the sander and cloth and it brings it up awesome specially the rivets