Series 2a restoration

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Originally Posted by Chinookflyer

No expert but in the words of the great Clarkson - how hard can it be?

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And we've all seen some of the jobs hes done :p

Remember the golden rule: Never do anything you can't undo... even if it means dragging the remains to an expert and throwing money at him until he does the job for you (guess how I know this :angel:)

A MIG welder - you lucky so and so. I expect you know how to use it too. Hmmph. :p
There's just not enough steel in a Landy to justify buying a MIG welder, plus doing a course on how to use it. Different if I was restoring a Mini or an MG... or lots of them. Let's face it, I'm in completely the wrong industry (library) :(

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Originally Posted by Chinookflyer

No expert but in the words of the great Clarkson - how hard can it be?

And we've all seen some of the jobs hes done :p

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I know he's carefully cultivated the 'most ridiculous man on earth' tag but I've often wondered just how hopeless he really is. He's highly intelligent and seems a good bloke when playing himself, not the part, but he could still be a complete numpty when it comes to mechanicals. Gee, he might even have a partially restored Landy in the garage :eek:

Now, back to the Series 2a that is supposed to be the subject of this discussion :cool:

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Originally Posted by crackers

Remember the golden rule: Never do anything you can't undo... even if it means dragging the remains to an expert and throwing money at him until he does the job for you (guess how I know this :angel:)

A MIG welder - you lucky so and so. I expect you know how to use it too. Hmmph. :p
There's just not enough steel in a Landy to justify buying a MIG welder, plus doing a course on how to use it. Different if I was restoring a Mini or an MG... or lots of them. Let's face it, I'm in completely the wrong industry (library) :(

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Plan to do a lot of practice runs before and cut out and weld. If the practice does not go well I guess I will get an expert in to do the job. I have had the Mig for a while - very useful bit of kit. This project is teaching me a lot of new skills - so why not welding.

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Originally Posted by Gerokent

I know he's carefully cultivated the 'most ridiculous man on earth' tag but I've often wondered just how hopeless he really is. He's highly intelligent and seems a good bloke when playing himself, not the part, but he could still be a complete numpty when it comes to mechanicals. Gee, he might even have a partially restored Landy in the garage :eek:

Now, back to the Series 2a that is supposed to be the subject of this discussion :cool:

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Not sure that he would be very impressed with a 2a!

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Originally Posted by Chinookflyer

Plan to do a lot of practice runs before and cut out and weld. If the practice does not go well I guess I will get an expert in to do the job. I have had the Mig for a while - very useful bit of kit. This project is teaching me a lot of new skills - so why not welding.

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Being more or less the class idiot (for a variety of reasons) One of the tasks I have set myself is to get to grips with welding at some point. It would be good to see how you get on.
cheers,
D

Well, I spent a little over an hour this afternoon @ this location, had a good bo-peep at what n how he is going, the verdict>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
he is doing OK for a bloke like me who knows very little, but he is on a steep learning curve, if he is agree-able, I would love to go over on Saturday morning and dismantle his front end for him, anyway a phone call in the morning will sort that out LOL cheers Dennis
ps it was good to put a face to the name this afternoon,, cheers,,.

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Originally Posted by Dinty

Well, I spent a little over an hour this afternoon @ this location, had a good bo-peep at what n how he is going, the verdict>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
he is doing OK for a bloke like me who knows very little, but he is on a steep learning curve, if he is agree-able, I would love to go over on Saturday morning and dismantle his front end for him, anyway a phone call in the morning will sort that out LOL cheers Dennis
ps it was good to put a face to the name this afternoon,, cheers,,.

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Wish I knew a quarter of what you know Dennis lets touch base tomorrow - would love a hand on Sat I have been dreading those springs!!

I had a call from Dennis - Dinty. He was in Rockhampton and wanted to come over and take a look at my LRs. No problem with that I normally can't get anyone to enter the shed and be bored by my progress. Anyway Dennis came round last week and took a good look at Kath and Wilf. He then texted me to see if I wanted a hand on Saturday. Did I want an hand - of course. So On Saturday I had the pleasure of working with a true LR expert.

In a day we managed to get the steering, suspension, and difs off the 2a. I learnt more about land rovers in one day than reading about ten books on the subject.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/11/228.jpg

The chassis is just about ready to go off and be blasted. Many thanks Dennis. I am looking forward to visiting his collection in December.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/11/229.jpg

While Dennis was in Rocky I asked him to show me how to get a core plug out. Basically you hit it on one side - we used a socket extension - did not take a picture but here is the place using a screw driver
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/11/225.jpg
You then prize it out on the opposite side with a screw driver

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/11/226.jpg

And that's it

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/11/227.jpg

It was that easy wasn't it Dennis?

Now I will take off the manifolds take the other plugs out (including the one on the back of the engine) clean the block out with a pressure hose and re-fit.