Thread: New Project...

I managed to do it on my own - with a load of messing around I might add! - but I found a pair of pointy nose pliers easier than an open end spanner. Not ideal I know but I just couldn't keep a spanner on it, whereas I could keep some pressure on the pliers without rounding anything off.

Still, I can only imagine a second pair of hands would make the job miles easier!

Ok, there is a way if you have access to a welder.... Remove the plate, making sure that the lower x member holes accurately match those in the x member. With the plate clamped in the vice (so that the face which goes against the x member is facing up). Thread the nuts onto the bolts with the nuts atop the drop plate. Now for the tricky bit. Find and cut a piece of 25x6 flat that fits nicely between the nuts. Weld this flat bar to the nuts. If the nuts lift slightly during welding, use the bolt as a lever and straighten it back up. You now have the two nuts welded together. Drop the 'linked nuts' into the trough in the rear cross member having coated them with never cease. Fit the dropper plate, making sure that the two bolts thread into your welded 'link nuts', and tighten. No spanner needed! Easy to remove next time! (even just welding a small piece of flat to each nut will stop them spinning when tightening...)

Or undo the 3 mounting bolts about 1/2 inch and jiggle the drop plate around until the 4th bolts slides through,this is Landrover inbuilt tollerances

Nice looking restoration,going by the marks in the tailgate centre strip I would suggest it has had a Pintle Hook fitted at one stage and that damage is consistant with the tailgate being dropped down with the hook jaws open, as I have similar damage on my ex-army 2a.

Going by the pics of your vehicle when you got it I would suggest it is ex govt. either Commonwealth or State as the extra fill holes would be for fuel and water tanks internally, someone that may be familiar with this would be JDNSW on this site, as he did a lot of exploration in the interior of Aust in geological searches.

cheers

Originally Posted by UncleHo

going by the marks in the tailgate centre strip I would suggest it has had a Pintle Hook fitted at one stage and that damage is consistant with the tailgate being dropped down with the hook jaws open, as I have similar damage on my ex-army 2a.
cheers

That's interesting. The tailgate on my IIA has very similar damage. I don't know much about who fitted/used pintle hooks (I had just assumed it was only a military thing). I wish I knew my vehicle's history...

...Unless, of course, I was to find out that it had been stolen at some point. Schtum, schtum.....

Hi All,

I decided today that I would clean-up the windscreen.. It is the (as far as I can remember) last part that needs to be cleaned/sanded/cleaned/painted...

First up - here is a picture of the registration sticker.. According to this it was last registered in 1992, and it's a 1960:


Here is a picture of the windscreen before I did anything to it:


I found an issue - at the top of the windscreen, there are a row of holes drilled along the front of the windscreen. These holes do not go all the way through the frame. But they are a concern because water will get in there and be trapped. I was thinking that perhaps at some point there was a sun shade installed or perhaps something else like a safari roof? (My other Landy does not have these holes)


What should I do to these holes? Try and find a self taping screw that fits?
Would putting a pop rivet in there work? Or squirt some silicon in there? I am worried that water will get in there..

After a few hours of sanding & cleaning - here it is ready for a coat of paint.
You can see the row of holes mentioned above - all the way along the left hand side of the picture:



Another little job was to re-fit the badges on the firewall. Sorry not the best picture out there!



Lastly - I intend to fit 2 wiper motors to the Landy. I thought that I had all of the bits required, but then I realised that on the outside I need:



I have seen the rubber seal (7 - "Rubber seal for escutcheon") on the internet... But I have not been able to find part 6 "Escutcheon for windscreen wiper motor". Would anybody have one that they want to part with OR know where I can purchase one from?

Cheers,
Tom.

Hi Tom,
The row of holes in the windscreen were for when a soft top was fitted, and extra panel fitted above the windscreen with the row of sharks teeth. It was bolted and riveted on.
If you are not going to ever fit a soft top I have seen the holes pop riveted up.
Hope this helps

Wardy

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

That's interesting. The tailgate on my IIA has very similar damage. I don't know much about who fitted/used pintle hooks (I had just assumed it was only a military thing). I wish I knew my vehicle's history...

Standard fitting on virtually all Series sold in Australia was towing jaw 90518674 - "fitted as standard to all export models except Swiss vehicles" according to the 2a/3 Optional equipment book.

And these marks on the centre rib look to me like the ones from impact with one of these towing jaws - seen on almost all 2/2a/3 tailgates!

John