What have you done with your Series 2 Land Rover today ?

[Alan Drover]

I delved into the detritus in the compartment under the passenger seat and most of it was binned. Now it contains 2 spill packs, a towrope removed from the spare wheel well and a heavy duty cross handle wheel brace i
Dog walking duties followed. Since the cooling system was overhauled the heater is much more effective now. It's actually noticeably warm.

[jkhackney]

We took the Dormobile out for a walk today in the Fall foliage, saw some flecks of snow/ice in the shadow of the canyon, but winter seems far away still.

[Countryview]

Swapped out the old autoera distributor for a powersparks electronic distributor whilst I consider whether to fit a refurbished Lucas with points, timed the engine which was a challenge for me as it's something I haven't done for about 35 years and took Stanley out for a decent run at last. On to the many leaks and seals that need sorting now!

[Space-Kook]

We took the Dormobile out for a walk today in the Fall foliage, saw some flecks of snow/ice in the shadow of the canyon, but winter seems far away still.

You've got to put that in for POTM! Fantastic!

[Adam1958]

We took the Dormobile out for a walk today in the Fall foliage, saw some flecks of snow/ice in the shadow of the canyon, but winter seems far away still.

You've got to put that in for POTM! Fantastic!

Such a cool picture! Makes me want to go on an adventure.

[Kev]

Finally ready to pull the crank out tomorrow.

(It's not on the stand now btw, but on the bench.)

[Littlelegs]

Cleaned the handbrake shoes having soaked them overnight in washing powder as advised. They cleaned up pretty well tbh, but will probably give them another going over. I'd say they're half worn so may replace them anyway.

I cleaned the rear prop up a little and split it as it was full of baked on grease, wax oil  and dirt. The cork washer under the cap on the shaft had gone brittle and disintegrated as I undid the cap, so I need a new one of them. To my limited knowledge it seems ok on the splines, no discernible looseness. The UJs surprisingly don't have any looseness either. Once the circlips have had a soak I intend to strip it all down and clean it more thoroughly.

I also split apart the transfer box output shaft and removed the remains of the bolts I'd had to cut to get the handbrake drum off. That is one big circlip. Cleaned that all up a bit and left it to soak overnight and will give it another going over tomorrow.

Put a little primer on the oil shield and brake drum now they're clean. One downside was that whilst cleaning the handbrake backing plate I found a couple of full thickness splits radiating out from the brake adjuster mounting holes, so it looks like I need a new backing plate. A fairly productive afternoon overall.

[Adam1958]

They seem to split at that spot quite often... they also thin a bit on those two bumps that position the shoes.
I spend a few hours welding mine back up, it was in similar or maybe worse condition than yours.

[simonbav]

I'll be using a little filler on this yet and will rivet a repair strip along the bottom edge tomorrow. I'm well pleased with the outcome.

[Littlelegs]

They seem to split at that spot quite often... they also thin a bit on those two bumps that position the shoes.
I spend a few hours welding mine back up, it was in similar or maybe worse condition than yours.

I wondered if they'd weld up. Sadly I can't weld, so I'll have to source a replacement for now. I'm thinking I may need to learn to weld before too long😂

[Adam1958]

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I wondered if they'd weld up. Sadly I can't weld, so I'll have to source a replacement for now. I'm thinking I may need to learn to weld before too long😂
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It's not a bad skill to learn. I've been trenching my nephew recently, and it's surprising how much you learn by teaching... anyway, there's bound to be someone in the club locally that could teach you. It's possible to teach yourself, but the little things that you take for granted after a while, that are hard to teach yourself, especially when you could pick it up off someone pretty quick.

[Ken]

I learned to stick weld adequately years ago by trying it. I never learned gas welding but recently bought a gas less mig welder, watched a couple of YouTube explanations on how to use it and have been very surprised at how easy it has been.
It's worth considering.

[Serious Series]

Cleaned the handbrake shoes having soaked them overnight in washing powder as advised. They cleaned up pretty well tbh, but will probably give them another going over. I'd say they're half worn so may replace them anyway.

I cleaned the rear prop up a little and split it as it was full of baked on grease, wax oil  and dirt. The cork washer under the cap on the shaft had gone brittle and disintegrated as I undid the cap, so I need a new one of them. To my limited knowledge it seems ok on the splines, no discernible looseness. The UJs surprisingly don't have any looseness either. Once the circlips have had a soak I intend to strip it all down and clean it more thoroughly.

I also split apart the transfer box output shaft and removed the remains of the bolts I'd had to cut to get the handbrake drum off. That is one big circlip. Cleaned that all up a bit and left it to soak overnight and will give it another going over tomorrow.

Put a little primer on the oil shield and brake drum now they're clean. One downside was that whilst cleaning the handbrake backing plate I found a couple of full thickness splits radiating out from the brake adjuster mounting holes, so it looks like I need a new backing plate. A fairly productive afternoon overall.

I might have a handbrake backplate albeit of a series 3 gearbox think they are the same. Will check today.

[gcc130]

I also have a spare back plate if required.

[simonbav]

Just time for one skim on my wing front today and a bit of sanding before the light failed. It bodes well for another skim on Thursday and paint.