Anything ???
:coach
It's the first day of my Land Rover's summer which meant removing the poppy/radiator muff.
As well I knocked up a replacement spacer for the driver's side step. There's a lug on the step which butts against the centre mounting bracket to keep the step level but without the spacer the step will move and suddenly drop a bit when I'm standing on it. Crude but effective.
I had intended to replace the centre exhaust bracket but the ground was damp and dark clouds appeared after the morning sunshine so I'll leave that for another day.
Was loading up for trip to tip, then remembered it classed as a van. So need to apply for a permit. :thud
With Hampshire County Council all I had to do was to give the registration number of the Land Rover and no permit needed. It's now registered with them and that's it
Same as Alan, registered with HCC and all good...never been questioned at the site to date.
Painted the large number of small parts that comprise the handbrake and its mechanism.
Even having done at least two of them before, I still have no recollection of where all the different size washers and sundry pieces go......
It's a good job I like puzzles. :coffee
Been investigating a wandersome speedo, which lead a knackered prop shaft bolt, a very loose output shapt nut to finding an oil leak, oily handbrake shoes etc. All in a weekends work. Now waiting for the spares to arrive to get it all sorted out.
I started off painting the 88's seat rails and hung them up to dry. I cut a new rubber seal for the steering column at the bulkhead. Fitted a replacement intermediate exhaust pipe (thanks Chris), cut new rubber pads for under the tub and fitted them, then made up and fitted a new n/s rear brake pipe and bled the brakes. I've still not found my third tub floor support. I hope I uncover it as I reassemble.
Fixed the dashboard voltmeter that suddenly decided to stop working. The earth wire had come adrift so a new forked connector crimped on and slotted over a nearby fixing bolt restored power.
Didn't rain this morning so roof is on ready for trip back to Blighty next week
Quote from: Theshed on Apr 01, 2024, 01:36 PMWas loading up for trip to tip, then remembered it classed as a van. So need to apply for a permit. :thud
It fairly simple process, apply online with vehicle details and they send out permit, not sure of the timescale but I get 3 visits.
I was initially refused last time I applied as my Email is 'shedload'. They thought I was a business.
Emptying sheds ! 😂
Tried out my new speedo cable by driving up the nearby motorway - spot on, and a solid needle. I've never had it so good, and the cable came in a blue bag!
I've been pottering tidying up a few bits so far this week. Removed, stripped and cleaned up both wiper motors, which need new seals (ordered) but work fine. One bolt holding the adapter onto the motor spindle snapped so I had to drill it out, but other than that no dramas.
I also stripped the heater vents to bare metal and removed the untidy red gloss paint, rust treated and painted in black.
Removed the steering wheel horn centre piece and stripped off the rusty bronze green paint, rust treated and painted that black. Just done a second coat and once dry will reassemble.
Also cleaned up the door stays, which someone had painted bronze green. It was flaking off and showing signs of corrosion. One of them was quite bent so I used the blow torch to warm it up and a little hammer encouragement straitened that out.
Oh and I packaged the Solex carb up and sent it off for fettling. Not too bad considering.
A few pics below to show my progress.
Finally did something for my own Series 2... I bought a set of those plastic window runners off the Series 3 Club. Not cheap, but by far the most sensible solution. They certainly look the part. Time will tell when I eventually get round to fitting them.
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Got it out of the garage to meet a visitor. Started first time after 2 secs so no embarrassment
Quote from: Paul4978 on Apr 05, 2024, 12:58 PMGot it out of the garage to meet a visitor. Started first time after 2 secs so no embarrassment
I'm sure the 2A was able to start no problem... What about the other one? A mate of mine locally is on his 3rd engine... :thud
I probably should qualify that jibe by saying that I do like them - they have started to grow on me at last. Took time, but I appear to be turning a corner.
Quote from: diffwhine on Apr 05, 2024, 02:10 PMI probably should qualify that jibe by saying that I do like them - they have started to grow on me at last. Took time, but I appear to be turning a corner.
Me too, I now think they look good, but no way I could justify the expense. His is a diesel hybrid. Not a plug in though.
Nothing with my Series 2, but I managed to load a long wheelbase transit with enough useful bits to run quite a stall at Newbury tomorrow. I've brought a Series 2 Club flag which I will attempt to fly from the back of the transit if I can find a means of attaching the two together.
Come and say hello - I should be indoors this time if they've taken my booking correctly. If not you will find a very grumpy diffwhine sitting in the mud outside demanding a refund...
We fitted these (Series 3 club plastic window channels) on my 2A having finally replaced the modern rear window panels with period-correct station-wagon windows. As we were replacing the doors too, we used the plastic channels there as well, despite getting a "free" set of the old felt/steel channels with the new doors.
The channels are exactly as good as all the posts I've read about them. Fiddly to fit (various types of adhesive via trial and error) but worth it in the end. Now I can hear just the horrible noise of the 200tdi, rather than the horrible noise of the 200tdi and a window hammering along beside my right ear :-)
https://timfoster.smugmug.com/Land-Rover/Photos/i-fxQ6b8B/A
- tim
Tim,
What adhesive did you end up using?
Picked up the new v8 2a from Leeds and drove it to Surrey .Had to stop for fuel at Watford gap but did spend part of the journey in the outside lane
Finished fitting the splined wheel studs in second hub.
We had a cracking day at the Newbury Sortout. I reckon I got rid of well over 3/4s of what I loaded in the van yesterday. Saw lots of Series 2 Club members and had a thoroughly good day.
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At least you were out of the wind. I hope to go in October.
For the first time in a long time all the pieces of my lightweight are in the same place, thanks again diffwhine.
Quote from: diffwhine on Apr 06, 2024, 08:18 PMTim,
What adhesive did you end up using?
I'll check with David (the poor unfortunate who did most of the work) but I believe he went with Stixall in the end.
- tim
Took the battery mower and the Hayterette to the garden machinery centre. The unbalanced blade on the battery mower was dealt with on the spot with apologies.
In the afternoon at last I fitted the new centre exhaust mount with the stainless steel clamp. I must have rushed fitting the old one as it was out of line and the top bolt hole was torn. This time I was more careful and lined it up properly and put copper grease on the bottom clamp bolt as the old one took some shifting but fortunately it broke.
Today was allocated to sorting odd jobs for friends and family. No urgency required so ideal for the Land Rover which promptly rewarded me with a new metallic whistle/ whine.
Fan belt off, neither the water pump or alternator to blame, dizzy lubricated, vacuum pipe all secure....hmm, thoughts of disintegrating clutch, potty mouth moment, cup of tea.
The last job had been a carb refurb, best check that anyway and success, a loose carb securing nut and air being sucked in past the gasket!
There was also a reminder clunk on the trip round, chassis bush replacement in the rain tomorrow, yippee!
Unwrapping NOS parts from those old brown boxes, and wax cloth and all the rest of it is the most exciting thing... must be my inner archeologist perhaps?
B-C layshaft.
Took out the horrible car seats, removed the tank from the rear tub and cleaned up the rear bumperettes. Then pondered all the chassis welding. Great! But the sun was out, so not all bad.
Nothing special, just a tip run and charity shop run.
Took the land rover out for another menure and hay run.
Then proceeded to introduce our 4 month old son to the wonderful world of Land Rovers :gold-cup
You can't start em young enough😁
-Davy,,
Took the grinder to the chassis to clean up. And the hole got bigger. Shocker!!!
It can't be as bad as mine was and I still managed to save it... It took a lot of steel! I actually wore out one MIG welder.
Ah. It's already had outriggers at some point. They will need doing again at sooner than later. I can see there will end up being more plate than original. As a matter of interest. What size steel. I was thinking 2mm. Bit easier to work with. MIG should do the job. Shouldn't have to resort to oxy acet.
A good MIG and .8mm wire worked well for me. For the main rail repairs I think I used 2.5mm, but I can't actually remember.
With the help of my mate Bill (who's recently acquired a '53 Rover P4) bashed about half the remaining solid rivets necessary for completion of my rear tub repairs. Pinch me. One of these spring days the bugger's going to be running!
fixed/solved a few stupid issues thats been around since I rebuilt it.
wobbly dipstick, replaced with a spare I had, the olive on the old one was beyond gone
renewed the injector pipe rubbers, that hold them together/anti rattle
made a rubber pad out of old innertube for the oil bath to sit on, so it isn't metal on metal.
made it so the door actually shuts properly, now I can literally push it with 1 finger, very lightly and it shuts perfect. better result than I expected with that one.
and finally redid the lift pump using whatever spares I had laying around, had a new one laying around, but it has the glass bowl on it for the early diesels, so I used the old top on the new bottom, result. no more air leak/oil/diesel mixing from the rotten diaphragm. started up better than ever too! - some previous owner decided to do away with the studs and nuts system and installed alan key bolts that were far too long. so I put studs back in from a spare plate I had.
not bad for about 5 hours work and never getting rid of anything saved me again :cheers-man
Collected replacement microwave this morning. The young salesman who loaded it was impressed with the Land Rover and when I told him it is a 1975 one he said it's older than his parents.
Yesterday i finally got round to replacing my front diff after we suffered with intermittent clunks from the front when in low range during last years trip to Spain
The good news is that with the help of little Isaac and a nice neighbours driveway we got it done in about 6 hours.
The bad news is the diff we took out seemed fine 🤦
Was a lovely day here Saturday so got her out the garage again after winter hibernation.
Gave the fuel pump a few good pumps until the carb was full, choke out, span over a few times and fired right up.
Hopefully next weekend I'll check over the gearbox and diff oil levels and will then be ready for a camping weekend after that.
Craig.
You could eat your dinner off that Craig! Lovely.
Took mine out for another short test drive to check all the drive-train and brakes. All working smoothly so ready for the bodywork to come off for paint.
I haven't done anything with YOD today but I did collect some parts from our club chairman on my way back to Lancahire from our trip to France. He is awash with series parts at the moment and he is selling them at a very advantageous price. If you need anything then just message Diffwhine first
Peter
And he bribed me with a bottle of lovely French brandy... Great to see you Peter.
well I was out tinkering and waiting for someone to show up, then a 'man' in a scrap van screeched to a halt outside the house and asked me if the land rovers are all scrap, expecting him to be joking I laughed and said no....but he was serious, then went on to tell me "councils got removal orders for them all" "they need to be taken away"...I assume that works with old ladies or something. not sure if he expected me to run out and hand him to keys to the land rovers or what ???
told him no they don't and he pulled a face and off he went, maybe it works on some people or something, never seen anything like it, no shame or anything. parking the van in front of the gates for a few weeks now :coffee
needed to type this somewhere as I was amazed someone was so brazen with talking crap. never seen anything like it, had quite a few snooping around the past few weeks though, not a care in the world if they're caught in places they aren't meant to be, "just looking for scrap" as they're climbing over fences, looking in windows and bending shed doors...
anyway, in the end I got the tick over a little better since I changed the lift pump :RHD
Continued arranging a place to move, store and restore "Flos"
I have a place but now working out cover/shelter situation... currently there is none.
At this rate the rebuild will be the easy bit :thud
Neal
I put a dozen rivets into my rear tub repairs yesterday that I could reach with my two hands, with eleven remaining which require my mate Bill's assistance (notwithstanding the missing tub support) before it can go back on the vehicle and the rest of the bodywork follow. So tantalisingly close after five years of single minded, painstaking attention that in terms of time sacrifice I've questioned my sanity more than once. Step by step by step by step. With no more work possible on the tub I started marking out parts for an ali centre seat box tool tray.
I found a wren's nest alongside the rear tub which was a nice surprise.
Incidentally, I noticed another nest, possibly a robin, in a photo of the old rear cross member I took on dismantling four years ago.
Friday I fitted "MudStuff" ABS door cards to the 2A, very smart but quite a bit of trimming (other than the accepted passenger door lock hole) had to trim quite a bit to get over the door top bolts and more for the door check rods.
That looks a tidy job. I will be doing mine at some point in the future.
We just show people like that a window full of our German Sheps. Tends to do the trick.
Removed FW2 wiper unit from 67 2a SWB. Disassembled, cleaned out all old grease, greased and reassembled. Tested great. No new parts required, even the cork gasket was in decent shape. Light coat of paint and back in the vehicle.
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Great job. Nice when something goes to plan.
Bought insurance. Need the L/R when we get back home Fri 3rd, as car has no MOT and couldn't be fitted in until Tue 7th due to bank holiday weekend.
I finally have CliVE back on the road following the discovery of a leaking core plug behind the timing chest on my 200tdi!
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Toby helped put it back together!
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I was able to take the opportunity to tidy a few things up under the bonnet including putting a new Ali rad in as my copper end tanked rad was stolen from the shed while CliVE was in bits. The Ali rad is from ebay and arrived in 2 days and was £10 more than a britpart plastic tanked one!
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A quick run out to check over everything completed and now planning a much needed repaint!
Pete-with-a-V
Last leg of journey this morning , back home 1200 miles with no problems . Roof off tomorrow so can put in garage . :pedal
Oiled the throttle linkage and the accelerator pedal pivot points with Drylube silicone oil.
Went to the funeral of a good friend in Sheffield and brought back my 1958 rad which has been pressure tested and had the brackets straightened
Peter
Picked up a series tailgate for my light weight. Yes, I know it's not right, but it is a damn site better than the cut in half 90 door. Had to swap the tailgate pins over as the are in a slightly different place and need some tweaking. Looks better though. Interestingly the colour under the pin bracket looks like the shiny original, rather than what it is now. Whatever colour that might be.
My normal work car was out of action, so have been cutting about in the 88, it's made a tricky day a real joy. That's the power of old cars I guess.
Painted a new badge for the front grille on my 109" Station Wagon.
Craig.
Put a pin in the handbreak linkage so it can be parked on hills again.
^^^
That's always useful I find. Errant escapee Land Rovers do take some catching.
I started the project to clean up and rebuild a set of side steps for my Station Wagon. Nothing to fit them to yet, but made a start...
Reminds me of the film, The gods must be crazy.....
Watch from about 3:48 onwards on this link but well worth getting a copy of the full film if you don't already have one..
https://youtu.be/t127UCrtvLw
Craig.
Prepping the steering wheel and painting (spray)
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Quote from: diffwhine on Apr 24, 2024, 04:03 PM^^^
That's always useful I find. Errant escapee Land Rovers do take some catching.
And that is exactly WHY I had to start Grover's rebuild all those years ago. And after Grover had been caught the Police Chief, after he had finished laughing, suggested I start the rebuild ASAP.
Larry - there's a story in there which I want to hear...
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Wished her happy birthday this morning.
57 years ago today she rolled off the production line and on the 9th of May 1967 she was dispatched and started the journey to Malta. I assume they just sat outside somewhere at the factory in that 2 week interval?
In the production process, there is a period when a vehicle finishes being owned by manufacturing and then goes "ABS". That is "Accepted By Sales". This is when a vehicle is signed off as complete and correct and becomes a saleable stock unit available for release and dispatch. Vehicles usually go ABS about 2 weeks after they complete manufacturing, so that would make sense. Its still the same today as far as I am aware.
Decided to sort out rattling gear lever , found out flooring was fastened down with nuts and bolts that were rusted , lever housing has been messed with so new housing ordered and spire screws so flooring can go down and removed easily . Took a while to remove 60 plus years of grease and muck but all clean now .
Quote from: diffwhine on Apr 25, 2024, 07:48 AMLarry - there's a story in there which I want to hear...
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I live in a really small town,less than 1,500 people. It's a relatively quiet town, not a ton of traffic.
About 4 years after I purchased Grover the transmission started popping out of gear and the transmission brake was nonexistent. One day I parked in front of the hardware store in town. The front parking apron is stopped down towards the road, which is also the busiest road in town and one of the busiest in the county.
While I was in the hardware store Grover popped out of gear, rolled out the parking area, across the street and into the gas pump area of the gas station across the street. Grover literally stopped right next to one of the pumps, on the fill side!
I walked outside just in time to see Grover come to a stop, and about 50' from me stood the chief of police and the hardware store manager - laughing their butts off.
I walked over to Grover and a few minutes later, so did the chief. While still chuckling the chief said "you're damned lucky there was no traffic; get it fixed." In reply I said "Grover's thirsty, what can I say". Luckily the chief was a friend.
Nice one.👍
Checked the tyre pressures. Strangely all 4 were correct.
Forcibly removed the moss and a few more pieces of paint with the jetwash. Getting closer to the regular paint job, approximately once every 17 years.
Quote from: Craig T on Apr 24, 2024, 04:13 PMReminds me of the film, The gods must be crazy.....
Watch from about 3:48 onwards on this link but well worth getting a copy of the full film if you don't already have one..
https://youtu.be/t127UCrtvLw
Craig.
That's great. I enjoyed watching that.
Quote from: Larry S on Apr 26, 2024, 01:41 AMQuote from: diffwhine on Apr 25, 2024, 07:48 AMLarry - there's a story in there which I want to hear...
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I live in a really small town,less than 1,500 people. It's a relatively quiet town, not a ton of traffic.
About 4 years after I purchased Grover the transmission started popping out of gear and the transmission brake was nonexistent. One day I parked in front of the hardware store in town. The front parking apron is stopped down towards the road, which is also the busiest road in town and one of the busiest in the county.
While I was in the hardware store Grover popped out of gear, rolled out the parking area, across the street and into the gas pump area of the gas station across the street. Grover literally stopped right next to one of the pumps, on the fill side!
I walked outside just in time to see Grover come to a stop, and about 50' from me stood the chief of police and the hardware store manager - laughing their butts off.
I walked over to Grover and a few minutes later, so did the chief. While still chuckling the chief said "you're damned lucky there was no traffic; get it fixed." In reply I said "Grover's thirsty, what can I say". Luckily the chief was a friend.
This happened to my uncle many years ago, he had a 109 station wagon which was probably a 2a.Something let go in either the handbrake or gearbox and it rolled down his sloping driveway across the main Scalby Road in Scarborough and into the driveway opposite , parking itself neatly by their garage door.
Took the Landie to our model railway club in Glasgow, about ten miles on the new tyres, they worked well though noisy at 30 mph but quieter above 30. I had decided to get rid of the old radial tyres which were approaching 20 years old although they had plenty tread left. The steering is lighter at low speed and believe it or not the motor doesn't wander quite so much. I wanted the 'old look' of Crossply tyres and had been reading various pros and cons on here and elsewhere. As the Landie is only occasional use and not a daily driver I fitted Deestones. These tyres were a brand new batch from late 2023 manufacture and I was surprised to find the rubber was quite soft so maybe a more modern type of rubber than the previous crossplies from years ago and indeed very much softer than the Avon TM I have as a directionless spare. Obviously I haven't been out in the wet yet and probably won't be unless there is an unexpected shower of rain but I drive carefully and with plenty space given to the car in front but I will be wary in the wet as some people have said.
:RHD
As it's been raining I decided to do a "little job" of tidying up the Smiths heater. As is the way this escalated somewhat. :))
The spring locks were corroded on the case and took some freeing off, but popped off eventually. The fan was well rusted on but penetrating fluid and heat freed the grub screw and it slowly relented and was removed. The door flaps were rustier than expected and the spring tabs broken and one handle chipped, so I drilled the relevant rivets and unscrewed the handles so I could give the whole lot a decent clean.
The casing had a lot of flaking black paint so I thought I may as well remove that and neaten it up. Should it be painted black or natural metal? Any advice appreciated.
If anyone has any idea what size rivets I'll need to refit the doors to the casing and fit the clips it'd be much appreciated.
Doors and fan rust treated and in primer ready for paint tomorrow. I've decided I may as well remove the motor and heater matrix and check them as well, but ran out of time today.
Obligatory pictures showing progress (or not).
Today I drove back to London after a lovely trip to Wales.
Exterior of round heater should be crinkle-finish black paint.
I went camping with the series one club at their southern spring rally.
A very wet few days unfortunately but still fun nonetheless. I was the only series 2 there but I was made to feel welcome by all and everyone I spoke to, loved the younger model.
Friday was a talk in the evening by Alex Bescoby of The Last Overland fame, Saturday was a trip to the Dunsfold Land Rover Collection and then a trip to a local brewery for a few drinks and live music. Sunday was pack up very wet equipment and wander home at your own pace as a planned visit to another local series one owners collection and workshop, had to be cancelled due to a water logged field we were planning to park in.
Land Rover is now parked up again in the barn with the door and windows all open to dry out a bit!
Certainly gave me some inspiration to get on and get my 86" station wagon on the road.
Craig.
Neighbours cat inspecting the newly installed vent seals. They are Britpart items and he thinks they may be too hard and thick for the vents to shut easily. I told him if he's going to be that critical of cheap parts he can leave on the next boot out of the workshop.
That first shot has to be a candidate for the monthly picture competition!
The cat may well be right though!
The cat, aparantly, has more wisdom than me. They are indeed a poor fit. Too thick and hard. I've left the vents as tight as I dare and there's still gaps. Might settle down in a year or two ???
In use as the works van with 2 trips to the tip within from my sister in laws house. Gives me an excuse to use it and whilst out I filled up with diesel at £1.51 per litre
Peter
I filled up on Sunday. My gauge said I had some left but I got this much in!
Aren't they 45 litre tanks?
Yesterday, so the last day of April, I decided to start taking the drag link off to change the ball joints. Needless to say one of them was so lose it spun, but it seems clear I have to remove the relay and steering box arms to get the ball joints out anyway. Ran out of time, but will clearly need to use a puller and then probably refresh the steering box while I am at it. Looks tight. Is there a technique to this, I wonder!
Quote from: Craig T on Apr 25, 2024, 10:38 AMWished her happy birthday this morning.
57 years ago today she rolled off the production line and on the 9th of May 1967 she was dispatched and started the journey to Malta. I assume they just sat outside somewhere at the factory in that 2 week interval?
Ah, thanks for the reminder.
My Series 2 was registered in April '64 and so was I !
So that is when we where both 'born'.
Picked up a load of York Stone for my garden, from Freecycle. Great resource.