Thread: Barney - a 1958 Series II

Yes you can by moving the tumblers side ways so they disengage the gears in side them . You need to have extremely clean fingers other wise you will leave finger prints & the numbers will look worse. I had some new old stock speedo's & gauges a few years ago but have given them away now to friends who needed them .

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The 1400 and 1500 are the revolutions per mile (of the speedo cable). The 1500 will be off a swb and the 1400 off a lwb, but they really refer to the tyre size - standard 6.00x16 on the swb and 7.50x16 on the lwb, or 28" and 31" overall wheel diameter respectively.

Which is the right one for you depends on what size tyres you plan to run.

I would be very cautious about using anything on the odometer except water with a little detergent added, and even then, be very gentle.

Excellent info thanks John.
Must check what mine is when I go up a wheel size. Not sure if I’ll do this yet, but long trips really need the bigger tyre I think. I’m planning on driving her over to WA in a couple of years, so it’ll be handier if they are the larger size.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The 1400 and 1500 are the revolutions per mile (of the speedo cable). The 1500 will be off a swb and the 1400 off a lwb, but they really refer to the tyre size - standard 6.00x16 on the swb and 7.50x16 on the lwb, or 28" and 31" overall wheel diameter respectively.

Which is the right one for you depends on what size tyres you plan to run.

I would be very cautious about using anything on the odometer except water with a little detergent added, and even then, be very gentle.

You must get fed up with repeating yourself John.
I just came across you giving the same advice to pfillery back in 2011!!.. I must learn to search before asking...



Thanks again,
Peter.

Hi ho,

Quite happy with my efforts at restoring my steering wheel and thought I’d share a few pics.

I’d had a quote from a professional restorer, but too rich for me, so I thought “what the hell, it’s a Land Rover, I’ll have a go myself!”, what’s the worst that could happen? (At this point I’m always pleased I’m not trying to restore an Aston Martin or the like...)

This was what I’d started with, reasonably sound, but pretty tired with the usual cracking around the rim and chipped paint on the boss.










So I went to see my mate down at the paint shop and he mixed me up some 2-pack in a spray can, really cool stuff, I’d never seen this before. Both paint and hardener are in the same can, in different compartments. When you’re ready to mix it together there’s a special button you attach on the bottom of the can, pushing it in releases the hardener into the paint, shake it up and away you go. You’ve all probably seen it before but it’s new to me...


I got rid of the chipped paint with a light sandblast, then some flexible body filler around the rim







sand, sand, sand...




More filler, more sanding, getting close, spray putty, more sanding, more spray putty, more sanding, etc, etc...


Finally, some colour...
Note also threaded rod solution for painting all sides without hanging it from a wire. Just turn in over and reinsert it back in the hole.





Four coats later. In an extreme and impressive (for me) show of patience I even managed to keep my fingerprints off it for a full 24 hours!


Shiny!!









The chrome on the centre was beyond redemption so I have opted for colour-coded to match the body.
Looks alright I reckon...




So there here you go. Sometimes I even impress myself...


cheers,
Peter.

In other news the steering box has had to come back out. I filled it with oil and it embarrassed itself all over the shed floor...

I had replaced the seals( blue box)... maybe some gasket goo instead?

That is nice , real nice . I just bought a leather steering wheel cover to try to size up the rim on my 80" . May end up being a wast of $70 if I get it on & it is loose or doesn't look rite.

Looks superb

A couple of small jobs yesterday.
I took the steering box apart again and re-sealed it with Form-a-Gasket, no leaks now.
Also filled the radiator with water which immediately dribbled out around the water pump, glad I didn't use coolant. Dumped that out and fixed the leak, refilled - all good.

Working conditions in the shed, while adequate, are a bit cramped, and I get a bit fed up with looking at everything in close up.
So I pushed it out of the shed once more so I could see it all at once.

Here's some happy snaps for you...