Six??!! Is that how many I have? I always lose count after three.
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Six??!! Is that how many I have? I always lose count after three.
In my experience, the "reinforced" wheels are Australian made late Series 3 rather than military. My set of them are off a 1981 civilian 109.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnno1969
John
I've resisted the urge to post another picture of those wheels (they're so pretty...).
Here's the overdrive gradually moving into position. In these photos, I am just checking the fit. I had the sump extended back when I started this project in 1824, and it will hopefully keep things running much cooler when it's all back on the road.
I will run a thread on the overdrive modifications and how they go when the Landy's running.
Cheers,
John
You could probably find room for your second spare wheel next to the fridge (if you move the trampoline).
What happened on the weekend? Nothing?
I've been stopping places from burning.
The Landy just kind of sat there.
The rims have dried nicely, though. So, I guess something happened on the weekend. It just wasn't very spectacular.
Just got the wheels back from getting the tyres fitted and balanced. They look mighty purty.
Hands up everybody who's undertaken a project on their vehicle and, when the weekend rolls around, thinks "Great. In the next two days I will get jobs A,B,C and a little bit of D done..." - and then manages to get a little bit of A done, give up, do B, not have the parts/tools for C and start D too late in the day so the light runs out and everything has to stop.
I thought so.
Today, I managed to get all the steering gear in and properly adjusted, so I can't complain..... but, really, when I think about it that was just doing up a few balljoint nuts and checking clearances here and there. It should have taken minutes....
Yesterday, thinking I was almost home on the job already, I failed miserably in getting the overdrive fitted. I am being somewhat delicate in my approach (except for the bits where I hit it with some 4"x2" hardwood...) as I do not want to damage anything. It has all-new-everything all the way through it and it seems that the fitting of the overdrive to transfer is a little tight. I am being cautious as the modification to the sump may have led to distortion or swelling through the welding heat. This doesn't seem to be an issue, though, as after a light clean-up with emery paper it fits-up easily enough. The new bush inside the input shaft is very tight on the gearbox mainshaft and I think that is where the holdup lies. So, I did the prudent thing and downed tools yeaterday before I damaged anything. Walked away. Had a cuppa.
Then today I made a wee bit of progress in shaping the "legs" for the aircleaner bracket. Slow job.
Here are a few photos. Steering gear (under all that dust is all the new paint somewhere), modified 200Tdi aircleaner box in all its glory and a few wheels looking beautiful and Limestone-y.
Toodle pip.
John