Thread: Series 2A SWB restoration

More resto pics as promised.

Pictures from left to right:
#1 shows the passenger side rear brake assembly after it's initial clean/degrease (but before sanding).

#2 Passenger side rear again, the brake assembly now cleaned, sanded/de-rusted, and painted. Also shows the chassis painted and the wheel arch sprayed in sound deadener.

#3 Me painting the primer onto the passenger side front brake assembly after cleaning and sanding.

#4 Passenger side front brake assembly now painted in primer.

#5 shows the passenger side front brake assembly with the top coat of paint, the chassis & wheel arch painted, and a new zinc-coated footwell MIG welded into place. [PM me if you want the contact details of the mobile welder].

Harry Jnr

Hello Chaps,
much resto work has been carried out and continues.

It looks like a part off the Titanic, but no it's the air cleaner assembly, before cleaning & sanding.


Air cleaner assembly, oil filler & breather caps - cleaned, de-rusted and painted.


Here is a photo of our custom-fabricated aluminium fuel tank versus the leaking original



Here is the replacement fuel tank, some splash panels, and the steering box cover awaiting a coat of sound deadener.


Spraying the sound deadener onto the splash-guard


More to come over the following days
Harry Jnr

Hi Harry Jnr,

Wow - fantastic work. Great pictures - very motivating... Keep the pictures coming! You are doing a great job there.

Regards,
The Grey Ghost

More resto work.

Here is one of the four brake drums after being sandblasted:


Here one of the drums is being masked up on the inside (where the brake shoe linings will contact the inside of the drum), prior to being spray painted:


Here are the drums, all looking nice and shiny after Dad sprayed them in Ceramic brake paint that can withstand brake temperatures of up to 500 degrees Celsius . Standing on the picks whilst the Landy is hurtling down a steep winding mountain road will certainly make them glow. We write from experience . . .


And now it's goodnight from us. Sweet dreams, dear 'rivet counters'

Looking good guys...

Yet more sanding. . . .

Here is the combined brake and clutch remote reservoir, affectionately known as the 'jam tin', by fellow Land Rover spanners.


To de-rust it, i used this


...and this


And then after being treated with a proprietary convertor chemical, painting begins with a zinc primer.

Originally Posted by harryj

Yet more sanding. . . .

Here is the combined brake and clutch remote reservoir, affectionately known as the 'jam tin', by fellow Land Rover spanners.


To de-rust it, i used this


...and this


And then after being treated with a proprietary convertor chemical, painting begins with a zinc primer.

Bean Tin I have heard this called too...

Restoration continues. . . . .

Here is the battery surround/air-cleaner support before sandblasting.


Here it is again, sandblasted, primed, and painted in hardened industrial gloss-black enamel.


Cheers,
Harry Jnr