Thread: Series 2a restoration

Thanks Denis had a real slow start to the year due to work but well into again. Very pleased how well that back cross member has come up.

Also got the water pump fitted to the S1 - will have a go at fitting one of your springs next weekend. The engine on it fires up almost on first turn.

All the best Scott

Very nice, look forward to watching the build up. Makes me want to do a 3rd one, but SWMBO would leave me if I did. Hey, that would make more room in the workshop

I have spent the past couple of weeks working on the springs. Dennis had provided fantastic instructions on how to do this - thanks mate. This is what the looked like before I started:



First job was to take them apart by bending out the spring clamps.Then clamped the spring together before removing the center bolt. Then removed the clamps and pulled the leafs apart.





Out came the bushes:



I then cleaned them up using a flap sander on an angle grinder and a wire brush. Here is the before and after result:



Found this on them:



Then lightly greased the leafs and put them back together. Used de-greaser to get them clean before etch priming and painting. and here is the finished result:



I then took apart the shakles, sand blasted them in my small cabinet, primed and painted - and here is the before and after:



I have done the front and rear springs. the rear springs are easier because they have bolts rather than bent clamps. Very happy with the result.

Now into the cleaning blasting and painting stage. I am trying a few parts in molasses - but because Wilf was given a very rough paint job and most parts have paint on them I think most parts are going to have to be blasted - we will see.

You've done well, I only got to the pulling them to bits stage, then I just chucked them in the bin as it looked way too much like hard work. I still have to order the replacements yet.

It was a lot of dirty work - but rewarding when you get to the painting stage. I nearly gave up half way through the second front spring when I realized that the first one I had done had a leaf missed out - it had got missed up with the rear leafs!!!! so I had to unbend and re-bend the clamps for a second time. I think replacements are quite expensive - maybe I am just a tight arse!

The numbers should make it easy to get the springs back in the right place - remember right and left are not the same!

John

Originally Posted by Chinookflyer

It was a lot of dirty work - but rewarding when you get to the painting stage. I nearly gave up half way through the second front spring when I realized that the first one I had done had a leaf missed out - it had got missed up with the rear leafs!!!! so I had to unbend and re-bend the clamps for a second time. I think replacements are quite expensive - maybe I am just a tight arse!

They are expensive, which is one reason I still don't have them. . Not nearly as expensive as some other bits I've bought, so not bothered in the grand scheme of things, it just takes a bit longer to do.

One small step for Land Rover a giant leap for Wilf the Land Rover. The first part goes back onto the chassis. The rebuild begins