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Wire brush on a grinder, wire brush in my hand, way too much elbow grease and clean away any grease or oil.... Then paint!! I've painted by hand with chassis paint and a paint brush (2 coats). I'm not looking for a show peice, only to reduce the chances of returned rust!!
Crackers have you been watching....
Once it's a rolling chassis I'll flush the inside of the chassis (still a lot of dirt in there) and the fish oil (or something like that) the inside, should be better than new!!
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Well the first step in the re-assembly!
Fitted the engine into the chassis tonight, next clean the gearbox, fit the hand brake (full of oil!), then rear diff rebuild.
I've got the week off next week, so should be some progress made.
Engine going in before the running gear? I'd have thought having wheels and suspension would be your first move.
Is that blue the factory engine colour?
Would have fitted the running gear first, but I'm waiting for Springs (father in law is sourcing them), that and needed to free up the engine stand. Can lift the engine at any stage as it is only sitting on the mounting blocks.
Dammit, that's a rational reason :eek: I thought they were forbidden :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by tibbsy
Am I right in imagining you need to buy/acquire/make an engine stand for the long term, but can get away with hiring a crane for only the removal and re-installation? Do you need a crane? I know they make it easier but with all the body off, and a strong 22 year old son, maybe... or is that a silly attempt to save money.
I've just waded through DaOot's story, I'll start yours at the beginning tomorrow night (no concentration these days).
Engine stand and crane - I purchased both, figured it would be an investment! I've used the engine crane a lot (lifting gear box, engine, diffs, even the chassis!). The engine stand is quite handy too, I've take the engine off the stand and will use it to hold the gearbox while I work on it!
I didn't consider the extra uses for the crane... and you can always sell the thing after the project. I'm thinking of an engine stand where you can rotate the engine because at some point, she'll have to be stripped and rebuilt (though I'm hoping to get her running for awhile as is)
Crackers,
No not the factory colour, The function of the car and being able to drive it is more important to me than detailed originality. At the end of the day it's a land rover, my view is they were a high functional car and it didn't matter what colour, how dented or what the condition as long as it did the function you needed or wanted!
So my restore is centred around being original but no fussy!!
So the spring I have are not real flash (apparently my rover was left in a puddle for a while, we so the previous owner said), well I'm having trouble finding new spring particularly for the front. Can anyone recommend someone in Victoria that can rebuild leaf springs?
