Thread: Lettie

Originally Posted by garrywlh

Lettie is ROAD WORTHY!

Registration tomorrow.

OMG

**checks map**
Phew, she's far enough away for me to feel safe on the roads

Suddenly going to become a Landy commuter for a bit are we? Got that first bush track all planned out?
Have fun with her mate (and don't get her dirty )

Originally Posted by garrywlh

Wish me and Lettie luck.

Now that I've finally got the wipers working and installed (about time!), she is going in for RWC this week (Tuesday). Seriously nervous.





I have Series LR Parts Manual and Operation Manual standing by to answer any tricky questions from a non-LR inspector about what is or isn't 'authentic'; but, other than that, I don't know what else to do to prepare her. After months of tinkering, there are no further issues that I'm aware of, but, hey, I'm not a RWC inspector.

Will keep you posted.

Garry

That is smick

I know that Dinty had to do some fancy manoeuvring when fitting NOS doors to 113-372 - something to do with fine-tuning the location of hinge bolts?

As you can see, Lettie's doors are almost right, but there is a 'bow' in both of them, such that the driver door is very hard to close without operating the handle, and the LHS door rattles annoyingly when I'm driving.

Is the problem with the doors, or their fitment to the body, do you think? The PO has installed non-standard rubber lining and perhaps this is slightly the wrong size?

cheers,

Garry

It looks from the pics as though the door is aligned well with the firewall, but then that's giving a big gap at the back - is that gap even, or crooked? Too think a door rubber will cause closing issues. I don't know if the originals are available any more, but not 100% sure.

Can you take a better pic of the panel gap at the back? The sceond pic is a bit hard to make out. There is adjustment on the latches if thats the only problem, but if they are not pulling in far enough and are too tight, then the rubbers may need to go.

Will the rubbers come off easily? Maybe remove them, then adjust the doors and see if you can get them how you want them and get the doors closing right. If you can get that far, then it will answer your question.

Original type door rubbers are avaible. These are riveted to the door frames. As bacicat obsersed nonstandard ones will be hard to shut and can bend the doors if really bad!
Nice neat swb. Just remember that panal gaps on l/rovers have no set ting! Varies from mild to wild !

Thanks fellas,

I have already adjusted the latches as much as I think I can, so will remove the rubbers and try that then maybe chase up some new seals and see if that does the trick.

As the old joke goes

"There only 2 man made things that can be seen from space."

"The Great Wall of China and the panel gaps in Land Rovers"

Lettie looks fantastic Garry, Congrat's
Regards Ian