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Fitted this today. It doubles up as a radiator muff and will be removed 1/4/24. Much smaller versions fitted to the dogs' collars and our jumpers.
Today I have mostly been... replacing the glass in my windscreen so I can see all the things on the other side.
Seems brake cleaner is dandy for softening up that horrible crusty gloop that they used originally.
Fitted a GPS speedometer pending a cable replacement in a few weeks time. The present cable has only lasted about a year :ranting
I welded the left hand tailgate hinge on the chassis and put the tailgate back on. It's good to see it looking wholer than it has for ages. Another step closer of this five year rebuild.
Waved my Lightweight off to its new home.
Started to look at my Station Wagon. I took the steering box off and took it apart thinking it would be a nice easy rebuild. Alas not - new inner column and bearing seats.
Another order to Blanchards...
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First outing with the radiator muff today and collected my much modified MGB cylinder head from the nearby garage that had checked it for any distortion and had reground the valves.
I needed to push the car round in the garage today, I couldn't budge it. Had to start the engine, tried moving it backwards and forwards, thinking it was a seized brake, no it moved but stopped quickly. Turned out the handbrake was sticking on. After adjusting it, decided that wasn't enough. Pulled it apart, after admiring a bone dry inside of the handbrake drum (I must have put the seal in correctly). Turned out the handbrake actuators were seized. Then fun and games, as I didn't want to remove the backplate. Current position is the actuators are cleaned, polished, greased and back in.
Inspired by Alan Drovers Poppy I fitted this one to my series
I see you have a capstan winch too.
Hello Diffwhine
I wonder if you could indulge me and my dire lack of engineering knowledge and explain what to look for on an item such as your steering shaft that would indicate if it's worn and needs replacing.
Thank you
Andy
Morning Andy,
If you look at the picture below, I have highlighted two wear points. This is the bottom bearing race and bottom bearing seat on the inner column. These are supposed to be smooth and unpitted... There is no way a run of ten ball bearings can sit there and turn smoothly. Its the lowest point in the box, so any water collects there and you get corrosion as well. Once through the case hardening, both column and bearing seat are scrap.
The upper one is the same. This one has worn because its gets exposed to air and rusts.
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Started painting and cleaning up the columns and steering boxes. In the photo, you can clearly see the difference in heights between the early and later columns. The shorter one is 1959 and the longer one is 1965. Just waiting for 3 bearing seats and one later inner column from Blanchards and the fun can start... Its not fun - its actually really frustrating chasing ball bearings round the steering box and bench, but we will get there in the end.
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Turned out the handbrake shoes were worn out! The adjusters and actuators were at the end of their travel. They were the originals as well. Fun and games today getting the springs on the new shoes and installing them.
Photographed, disassembled, and started to clean up the under bonnet toolbox. Found some well preserved DBG under a tar-like coating. It was beautifully shiny, gave me second thoughts about doing a patina build last night, but the rest isn't in good enough condition.
Got the bits marinating in paint stripper currently, and I'll start working out a few dents this evening.
You've done more in the past two days than I did in the last two years! Keep it up and keep us posted.
i love seeing the paint thats been hidden for the last 50-60 years, always makes me smile too with how perfect it still looks.
I put a station wagon roof on one of my other 88s today, after its been sat with no roof on for the last 3 weeks in all this rain, poor fella
started instantly after sitting for those 3 weeks though :RHD
Did some last-minute checks before taking the 6 cylinder to the NEC Classic Motor Show this week:
Adjusted the timing, adjusted the carb mixture and tickover, then fitted Accuspark electronic ignition and a red rotor arm to the Lucas 45D6. This advanced the timing slightly, however the engine seemed to prefer it.
Finally and most importantly, fitted a nice new Series 2 Club sticker :cool
I got a coat of Galvafroid on the tailgate chassis bracket, wire brushed and coated the chains too. I dug out the seat box, trial fitted it in order to calculate the area of 1.2mm ali I need to replace the ends I made from galv sheet thirty years ago. Putting that in place brought a smile to my face as once again it becomes recognizably closer to the working vehicle it once was.
Quote from: diffwhine on Nov 05, 2023, 09:54 AMMorning Andy,
If you look at the picture below, I have highlighted two wear points. This is the bottom bearing race and bottom bearing seat on the inner column. These are supposed to be smooth and unpitted... There is no way a run of ten ball bearings can sit there and turn smoothly. Its the lowest point in the box, so any water collects there and you get corrosion as well. Once through the case hardening, both column and bearing seat are scrap.
The upper one is the same. This one has worn because its gets exposed to air and rusts.
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Thanks for that I appreciate the effort. Perhaps an idea for B2L could be an article or even a series of articles written by the experts amongst us to help the less knowledgeable people ( like me ) in the subtleties of parts assessment etc
Regards
Andy .
Good idea. We will put some thought to it.
Tacked in a support piece of angle before i start hunting spotwelds to replace the bulkhead foot.
Will do the new footwell separate after the foot is completed rather than go mad with the grinder and lose alignment/where im at.
Return to France did nearly 1200 miles all in , only problem passenger wiper stopped about 30 miles from home had worked loose can't complain been using for two weeks non stop and on way back was getting around 26 mpg on motorway not bad for a old 2.5 na oil burner . :cheers-man
I got the enthusiasm finally to build up my two steering boxes. The 1959 box went together beautifully and required hardly any different shimming from what was in it when it was stripped down. Less lucky with my 1965 box. Plays suspended while I track down some more shims. Its a none genuine column and new genuine bearing collars, so the machining may be very slightly off. Another post to follow looking for shims... :thud
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Took a lot of bolts out the last few days as tomorrow I am removing the roof so the tub can be removed into my garage to get the rear rail and rear 1/4 panels replaced and repaint the whole lot.
Hopefully complete before Xmas.
Well today I got the roof off my landrover and removed the rear tub to start replacing the rear quarter panels and the Z rail beneath them ,massive progress due to a mate helping me.
Rear rail and panels out. Lot of fettling to do before fitting the new parts.
Tyre pressures checked. They weren't far out but far enough out not to use a manual pump to put about 3psi in a 7.50. It takes a surprisingly long time even with my large trolley compressor. The T Max twin cylinder compressor was used connected to a 17 year old Deka Intimidator slave battery which was fully charged and gave more than enough power. The compressor draws 45 amps.
Extended bar for mounting spare wheel in back by a couple of inches.
Like mine. I turn the Wolf wheel around so the dish faces the bulkhead and store small items in it.
Time for my neighbours hedge pruning session!
Drove to our area meet, came back it was a bit cold so had the window shut - enjoying the heat.
However, a bit of a headache, possible exhaust fumes in the cab, checked the manifold nuts which took a tweak or two. If that doesn't fix it, take it apart and put exhaust paste on it.
Heat? In a Series Land Rover?
The series has become are daily driver since wifey decided to reverse the eurobox in the series thankfully the bumper of eurobox is plastic and boot lid is/ was glass smashed into a million pieces and only a bit of black paint on the Land Rover so am happy no damage at all as if there was I would be a widower by now :cheers-man
Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, but quite a few of us have been manning the stand at the NEC Classic Motor Show. In my view, the best club stand by far. Nice to see lots of familiar friendly faces.
Final day 3 tomorrow...
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All the other club stands that I saw in our area were just a few vehicles parked up. All credit to all who designed and built our stand - it's obvious that a great deal of time and effort went into planning, design and execution. Something to be really proud of.
Well said Mark. The stand looked fantastic on Thursday morning and that was before set up was complete. My Dad will be there tomorrow manning the stand. Well done everyone!
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Put the tools on :cool
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Picked out some spot welds and removed the bulkhead foot. New vs Old.
Last night, drove YOD 120 miles back from the NEC back to lancashire in the dark and rain 60+ on thee motorway sections and it never missed a beat not bad for a geriatric land rover driven by a geriatric driver. It did 500 miles when I went to Wales in September for the weekend off roading. On one of the dealer stands in the middle of all their flash cars there aws a SWB station wagon that was a bit rough with an asking price of around £20000. It had a notice on it saying it had been driven 150 miles to the show
Peter
Well it was last weekend.
Weekend triangle trip. Saturday Glasgow-Edinburgh in sunshine, stopover, Sunday Edinburgh-Walkerburn (again in sunshine) and a trip to the Glentress MTB trails and another overnight stopover.
Then early on Monday morning a difficult 2.5-hour drive in the dark and lashing rain from Walkerburn back to Glasgow.
I had to stop and dial the voltage regulator screw up half a turn, so that the dynamo was still keeping 12.5V on the system with the headlights, wiper and demist fan all working together without a break. Wiper not really keeping up with the rain, and I hit some road-width-wide and unavoidable puddles at ~40 mph that caused a bow-wave to break over the top of the screen and roof.
Engine kept on running, not missing a beat :)
Took it for an MOT.
It passed with one advisory: 'various oil leaks, not excessive'.
Seems fair enough to me :RHD
Oil leaks, just a land rover marking its territory and protecting its chassis. Well done Tim
Did they do the brake test on a rolling road or with a Tapley meter?
Peter
Quote from: Peter Holden on Nov 15, 2023, 05:14 PMOil leaks, just a land rover marking its territory and protecting its chassis. Well done Tim
Did they do the brake test on a rolling road or with a Tapley meter?
Peter
Thanks, Peter.
Handbrake was tested on the slope leading to the workshop.
Not sure how he tested the foot brake. I missed that bit.
After transporting the dogs for a walk and exercising the 4wd mechanism I was informed when parking at the dog foodstore that my reversing lights weren't working. I tactfully explained there were none fitted. The complainant then said he used to drive Land Rovers. I suppose it was the clear rear lenses that confused him. :shakinghead
Quote from: Andrew on Nov 15, 2023, 12:02 PMWell it was last weekend.
Weekend triangle trip. Saturday Glasgow-Edinburgh in sunshine, stopover, Sunday Edinburgh-Walkerburn (again in sunshine) and a trip to the Glentress MTB trails and another overnight stopover.
Then early on Monday morning a difficult 2.5-hour drive in the dark and lashing rain from Walkerburn back to Glasgow.
I had to stop and dial the voltage regulator screw up half a turn, so that the dynamo was still keeping 12.5V on the system with the headlights, wiper and demist fan all working together without a break. Wiper not really keeping up with the rain, and I hit some road-width-wide and unavoidable puddles at ~40 mph that caused a bow-wave to break over the top of the screen and roof.
Engine kept on running, not missing a beat :)
I had a puddle incident a couple of years back driving home from my mum's. The road was almost empty and it was chucking it down so on a very wet road I didn't see the small lake and ploughed straight through it , no problem until I got to the roundabout a few hundred yards further on and tried to stop for a bus. I only just avoided t-boning the bus as I frantically tried to push the pedal through the floor.
Of course I had forgotten about the old 'Try your brakes ' routine required with drum brakes after going through water.
Lesson learned there
Andy
I successfully made new aluminium seat box end panels and got the driver's side fitted. I bought a m2 1.2mm ali sheet for £44 before I saw both ends delivered from Ebay for £38 so I've plenty left to make the passenger underseat box with. I have to slot the sill fixings yet.
Some weld through primer to the new bulkhead foot and attached. Footwell next.
Sorted out the NSF indicator. I had to replace it eventually, fortunately I had a spare.
Quote from: Tom66 on Nov 20, 2023, 12:39 PMSome weld through primer to the new bulkhead foot and attached. Footwell next.
Nice puddle welds! Not a pigeon dropping in sight! I suppose that iron ore next to it is the old footwell? :thud
Quote from: jkhackney on Nov 20, 2023, 06:30 PMQuote from: Tom66 on Nov 20, 2023, 12:39 PMSome weld through primer to the new bulkhead foot and attached. Footwell next.
Nice puddle welds! Not a pigeon dropping in sight! I suppose that iron ore next to it is the old footwell? :thud
Thank you! It is indeed, its all new to me so i dont want to go taking out too much at once as i have no memory either 🤣
Thats the next job pick out the spot welds in that footwell and replace the whole thing.
Although the new NSF indicator was in position it wasn't very secure as the area where it fixes has disappeared a bit. I had a look in the local DIY shop and found a strip of metal with 4 drilled holes. They were too big but I bought it as I didn't have any scrap steel. I drilled a small hole and enlarged it until the self tapper screwed in. I then cut of the small piece with the hole, cleaned the edges on the bench grinder and then positioned it inside the wing. It worked so I made another. I didn't need a third as that screw was ok. The light is now secure.
This is on a Series 3.
Quote from: Alan Drover on Nov 23, 2023, 05:38 PMAlthough the new NSF indicator was in position it wasn't very secure as the area where it fixes has disappeared a bit. I had a look in the local DIY shop and found a strip of metal with 4 drilled holes. They were too big but I bought it as I didn't have any scrap steel. I drilled a small hole and enlarged it until the self tapper screwed in. I then cut of the small piece with the hole, cleaned the edges on the bench grinder and then positioned it inside the wing. It worked so I made another. I didn't need a third as that screw was ok. The light is now secure.
This is on a Series 3.
I have 2a wing that's done the same thing, a completely missing (corroded) piece where the N/S indicator should be. Most strange.
Decades of exposure to corrosive elements.
Quote from: Alan Drover on Nov 23, 2023, 09:43 PMDecades of exposure to corrosive elements.
Sure, the combined effect of those three iron screws.
I reproduced the passenger side seat box reinforcer from 1.2 ali to replace the one I made from galv sheet back in '92
Got a noisy front prop on the 6 cylinder so I think it's time for new UJ's. Found these new-old-stock Unipart items on eBay for less than a pair of new GKN items. Lovely.
Quote from: Bloke on Nov 25, 2023, 07:55 PMGot a noisy front prop on the 6 cylinder so I think it's time for new UJ's. Found these new-old-stock Unipart items on eBay for less than a pair of new GKN items. Lovely.
I hope they are decent ones , I complained back in the early 1980's about a Unipart one supplied by the Main LR dealer, I bought for my S3 to both the MD of LR and Unipart, as I believed it had less capacity ( Smaller bearings) than the Hardy Spicer originals. I was told the whole world stock ended up being withdrawn and replaced. I knew the engineer at LR whose desk my letter landed on and he said the LR MD went ballistic, as Unipart had not consulted LR before buying different inferior parts. to use as genuine spares. This was just after one started seeing Unipart Numbers appear as supersessions in parts books. I was sent a Hardy Spicer one from Unipart as a replacement.
Landrover Len 210
Sold my 71 fc 110 yesterday,very sad to do but necessary for it to be rebuilt in my time.
I am now left with a load of series parts
Quote from: Len on Nov 27, 2023, 09:30 AMLandrover Len 210
Sold my 71 fc 110 yesterday,very sad to do but necessary for it to be rebuilt in my time.
I am now left with a load of series parts
I feel for your sadness, Len. What did you mean, "necessary for it to be rebuilt in my time"?
Did the new owner not want the accompanying parts?