Reply With QuoteYou'd like that, wouldn't you? You bitter little man - you'd love to see me fail.Originally Posted by wally
Master
Have you lost interest again?
Wizard
SupporterYou'd like that, wouldn't you? You bitter little man - you'd love to see me fail.
Wizard
SupporterP.S. Just to spite Wally, I will be getting stuck back into the Landy this weekend after yet another hiatus. I'll hopefully be putting in the new shockies and doing a number of other timely little jobs....
Master
I had the billy on but it boiled dry and I got bored waiting. I bought my own bun loaf.
Wizard
SupporterGot a little bit done today: got the rear shockies on (will add something to that other thread on that...), fitted the seals to the door tops and fitted the tops to the doors temporarily to start to get the "hang" of the doors right, changed the u-bolts on the front axle (also another thread...) and cut and fitted the door rubber for the passenger side door. Still a bit of work to get the door to line up nicely (determined this time not to start butchering stuff to make it fit).
Using non-standard stuff like the pinchweld for door seals does make the job a bit fiddly - but hopefully all these little tweaks will be worth it.
John
Wizard
SupporterMore photos.
Master
Hi John
Those shocks look the goods. Waiting for the word before I place the order!!
You are doing a great job. Really starting to come together now.
Will be up your way next week. Would love to call in and have a chat and admire your work if you will be around.
Cheers, Martin
Master
Stop fiddling around with the bloomin thing John!
Wizard
SupporterIt's very enjoyable adding little touches like original gaskets between the door handle mechanisms and the doors - the sorts of things I never even knew were on the vehicle originally.
The other photos show the passenger-side door being lined up. Basically, I loosened off the hinges completely, clamped the door where I wanted it to lie, then tightened the hinge to the firewall, then tightened the hinge pin, then lastly tightened the hinge to the door itself. This seemed to work pretty well to use all the adjustment in exactly the direction I needed it.
Wizard
SupporterHere are some photos of the pinchweld in place on the driver's door. It is a bit fiddly getting things to fit, but it works. The driver's door does not fit as easily as the passenger's, but that is because there is less of a margin of room between it and the rest of the bodywork (blame my workmanship, rather than Land Rover's build quality). I'll get it sorted, eventually.
One annoying thing is that one of the threads on the captive nuts on the driver's side appears to be cream-crackered. It was fine (I thought) before. Anyway, I hope it all holds, as I am not pulling it all apart now.
This shot of the interior of the passenger's door shows how it's coming along.
John
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