Introducing DaOot

**Cannon** · 8th November 2014, 07:31 AM

It had to happen I guess.

Got a call from the boy child yeterday afternoon that he was stranded as he couldn't select any gears.

I suggested moving the car back & forward (he had some strong young mates with him) & see how he got on.

No go.

Fortunately I work close by so I went to check it out.

Sure enough it was very difficult to select a gear & reverse had no 'gate' type resistance.

Something wrong with the selectors was my diagnosis

brilliant I know.

Anyhow after a bit of jiggling around we realised that all of the gears were selectable so I got him to drive home while I followed & said to start taking the floor out.

I headed back to work but I soon determined that he was going to need some help & that it was going to be way more fun with him than at work so I turned around & went home.

To cut a long story short we got the floor out & discovered this:

Broken spring.

So while the boy child was removing the gear stick I went over to our local LR specialist to get some new springs.

I'm always amazed how much they know as when I'd described what I needed they rattled off the part number from memory & supplied them from out the back in no time at all.

On my return I found that the gear stick had been removed & it was a simple job to fit the new springs & put everything back together.

The boy child was really happy that he'd fixed it as he'd done most of the work & I'd only picked up the parts & held a spanner or two.

Way better than work

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**Cannon** · 8th November 2014, 07:59 AM

I forgot to mention we had some extra help as well

**67hardtop** · 9th November 2014, 08:28 PM

C'mon, we know the real truth....The helper was the young 'un....

Cheers Rod

**Cannon** · 20th November 2014, 09:27 AM

We spent yesterday replacing the clutch master & slave cylinders.

They were both leaking pretty badly.

I guess the extra work they've been getting lately after sitting for so long finally wore them out.

We didn't need to remove the floor to get the slave out as it is the "new" style which was good.

So it's all back in now & working well, although the pedal feels a bit heavier.

**Cannon** · 3rd January 2015, 09:47 AM

DaOot has been getting out and about with the boy child a lot.

There's been trips to the beach, camping, taking the dog for swims & generally getting out and about.

It's good to see that the boy child enjoys driving so much as he always takes the long way home.

Here's a picture he took on the way back from the Sunshine Coast.

**Dinty** · 3rd January 2015, 10:21 AM

That's a good looking rig, cheers Dennis

**Themadmob** · 3rd January 2015, 10:35 PM

Great shot, Great restore

**ezyrama** · 21st January 2015, 08:42 PM

DaOot is looking great. So much fun to drive aren't they.
Cheers Ian

**Cap** · 25th January 2015, 08:46 AM

Great thread. I am looking for a project in near future and been torn between a 2 door RRC or a Series. Just keep coming back to the Series, dont know why but always loved them even tho the RRC is also fine machine. Pitty i cant have both

**debruiser** · 25th January 2015, 03:23 PM

Great pic! DaOot is looking great!

Originally Posted by Cannon

DaOot has been getting out and about with the boy child a lot.

There's been trips to the beach, camping, taking the dog for swims & generally getting out and about.

It's good to see that the boy child enjoys driving so much as he always takes the long way home.

Here's a picture he took on the way back from the Sunshine Coast.

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