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For a spacer perhaps you can cut a piece out of a nylon cutting board and shape into a wedge to suite. Not sure how durable it would be in that particular application though. Since I bought a cutting board years ago to repair the window rollers in my D1 I've been finding all sorts of uses for it.

Also where I've got bolted connections between dissimilar metals I've been replacing the washers with galvanised ones. If anything I'm hoping it will mostly protect the bolt because I pulled a lot of heavily corroded ones out but potentially it could help for something like door hinges.

If that was my problem, I would arrange a puller onto the two bolt holes, then warm around the outside edge of the dented area to a black heat using a fine oxy-acetylene tip, then using a steady pressure with the puller draw the section out to it's original position as the heat transfers.

With some more painting practice it would be finished.
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Or you could use the 'Agricultural' approach.... Bolt a spare hinge post on it, put a ratchet strap between the windscreen eyelet and the rear tub to support the bulkhead, then give the hinge one good belt forwards with a lump hammer! :) This'd b fine if you were not past the painting stage.. Looking good tho! Just thinking about it, if you were to use a flap disk on the mating face of the hinge to bulkhead, and sand a taper towards the front, it would cause the eyelet to move back out the more you sanded..

Even though I haven't done the brakes (installed the shoes, brake springs) - I decided to fit the wheels/tyres. I am sick of working on the car while it is on axle stands, and as it is getting heavier and heavier as things go back onto it. I also want to give the suspension time to settle before I tighten it up - so on went the wheels/tyres:

Passenger front:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps541441f3.jpg

Passenger rear:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps38e7dbd5.jpg

Passenger side profile:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3a676fe2.jpg

Drivers side profile:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6116fd44.jpg

Next job - install the battery box:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8e2a0f48.jpg

Then the air cleaner:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psc8914459.jpg

Then the various throttle linkages - the carbie end:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8a1c4761.jpg

The main link going across the firewall:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...ps69dd8f3f.jpg
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...psf99eac61.jpg

I managed to put the main throttle link on backwards - on the drivers side there is a spring, and only one side of the link has the hole for the spring.. Murphey's law - when I went to put the spring on I couldn't, because the linkage was on backwards... Naturally un-did everything and went at it again. It's now on properly.

Next up - install the choke cable/panel:
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/...pse42dd020.jpg

That's it for the weekend - still a massive amount of jobs to do, but getting there slowly.

Tyres look great - they really look the part. :)

Lovely :cool:

I agree - the tyres do look the part. Can you tell me what they are - I can't quite read the wording on the side walls.


Thanks


Nic

Hi Nic,

I plan to do very little km's in this Landy (I have a LWB Series II Ute, a 101 and of course my daily driver, and the wife's car).

I hunted around for quite a while and settled on the tyres you see here - cheap at $89 a pop, but they are retreads. Some people love retreads and some people hate them. But I figure that I will be doing very few km's, and I just couldn't justify spending $250+ a tyre.

Here is a link to them on ebay:

7 00 R16 NEW Retread MUD Tyre 7 00 R16 FOR Land Rover Truck OR Trailer in Cranebrook, NSW | eBay

Hope that this helps.

That's the rub Grey Ghost. I've been quoted $200 -$250 plus for each tyre - so at least $1,000 for 5 tyres for a vehicle that won't get a lot of use. I'll just have to win Lotto I guess.


Thanks for your response.


Nic

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Originally Posted by newby@54

I've been quoted $200 -$250 plus for each tyre - so at least $1,000 for 5 tyres for a vehicle that won't get a lot of use.

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Hello from Brisbane.

An alternative route that can be worth following is to keep an eye on eBay or mooch around your local Toyota outlet to see if anyone is flogging the tyres and wheels off a new Land Cruiser in order to fit a set of wider tyres etc. Some dealers with a high turnover end up with quite a few sets of wheels (4's or 5's depending on whether they replace the spare as well)

The standard Land Cruiser tyre ex-factory is a 7.50 X 16" Dunlop (Japanese) Road Gripper - usually comes fitted with the tube and new steel rim - neither of which are any use, but you might sell them on Gumtree.

They usually go for around $170-$190 per tyre/wheel combination but I picked up 5 of these for $120 a piece late last year with nil kms on them. Just a matter of patience and looking around.

Not everyone likes Road Grippers, but it is an option.

Arthur in Tasmania mentioned to me once that the Army used to turn their LR tyre stock over from time to time, which is another avenue.

Cheers,