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General => General discussion => Non-Golf gallery => Topic started by: shepgti on 26 May 2012, 11:36
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well thought i would start a thread for my new toy as it may interest some, was an impulse buy as it came up for sale a few doors down and was pretty cheap.
Landrover 90 2.5 TD
runs and drives great but needs work on the rear crossmember and a small patch in the batter tray.
possible 200tdi conversion may occur at some point
quick snap
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Like :cool:
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:grin: got one then, :laugh:
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My boss has put a 4.6 V8 in his with Edelbroch carb's and manifolds, goes like a rocket and sounds feckin awesome!
These things are so easy to Mod with loads of room for upgrades either under the bonnet or underneath.
I would love a Landy they are super cool :cool:
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:grin: got one then, :laugh:
Yea finally! And as its not a daily it can be properly offroad prepd
My boss has put a 4.6 V8 in his with Edelbroch carb's and manifolds, goes like a rocket and sounds feckin awesome!
These things are so easy to Mod with loads of room for upgrades either under the bonnet or underneath.
I would love a Landy they are super cool :cool:
Would love the sound of a v8 but couldn't even afford to fuel it!!!
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:grin: got one then, :laugh:
Yea finally! And as its not a daily it can be properly offroad prepd
My boss has put a 4.6 V8 in his with Edelbroch carb's and manifolds, goes like a rocket and sounds feckin awesome!
These things are so easy to Mod with loads of room for upgrades either under the bonnet or underneath.
I would love a Landy they are super cool :cool:
Would love the sound of a v8 but couldn't even afford to fuel it!!!
The 3.5 that came out got about 10/15mpg, the 4.6 gets 15+
He is going to put the EFI on from the Rangey that donated the engine, so should see a few more mpg's :cool:
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LOL - you need this...
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?board=56.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?board=56.0)
Good luck :grin:
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The paint is way past saving trust me! :grin:
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The paint is way past saving trust me!
Along with the rear cross member, probably one or two of the outriggers, the engine before too long and almost inevitably the sh*tty LT77 gearbox.
Will not end well, or cheaply.
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Chassis is surprisingly solid. The engines are cheap to fix, don't fancy breaking the box though. Give it a couple if months and it will put jap crap to shame ;)
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http://www.dunsfold.com/
These guys are cool, any probs give em a ring :wink:
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Gearboxes arnt really too bad to sort can strip them down fairly easy :smiley:
Good on ya getting a 90 though, im a mechanic for landrover and been waiting for something like this to crop up myself!!
And imo i think they look way better tatty :cool:
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Win! Landies rock.
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Chassis is surprisingly solid. The engines are cheap to fix, don't fancy breaking the box though. Give it a couple if months and it will put jap crap to shame ;)
That I doubt...........
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Win! Landies rock.
coming soon to the horne motor museum collection :grin:
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looks awesome! i want one :cool:
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Looks cool, have built a few in my time stick a 200 tdi tune the pump up you ll never look back
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coming soon to the horne motor museum collection :grin:
:grin:
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Win! Landies rock.
coming soon to the horne motor museum collection :grin:
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if a 200tdi comes up cheap ill buy it. starting on the chassis protection tommorow if it doesnt rain!
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started some work on the chassis. New rear crossmember ordered, no idea when it'll turn up as no one is planning on doing any work for the next 4 bloody days! (except me! :cry:)
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started some work on the chassis. New rear crossmember ordered, no idea when it'll turn up as no one is planning on doing any work for the next 4 bloody days! (except me! :cry:)
Perfect way to spend the long bank holiday weekend :grin:
I drove my mates old 110 County once, it was a V8 monster, cool though. It blew the head gasket though which meant it was laid up for a couple of months before it got a replacement engine from a Rangey. Sadly he sold it, but it was a hoot to drive around.
Good luck with the refurb.
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Just need to get a new welding mask and it should be on by the weekend!
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f**k me that was shot.
Love working on my dads custom 100" defender...
Just recently cleaned, sanded/brushed, rust etche primered, then painted the chassis and axles.
Their are grease nipples on the prop and mmm somewhere else, keep these greased up!
A bit of the linkage is prone to wear, pop the gaitor off under the knobs and have a gander for any wear.
Need to catch that paintwork! going to be using some zinc oxide primer on my dads doors soon to stop them rotting away :sick:
It's a Land Rover, something will always need doing.
thats a good thing :cool:
weird how the rear of the cahssis was quiet rotten but the front is mint :laugh:
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Land Rovers - often used for putting boats in salt water - hence the rotten rear of chassis.
That said my mate, Sean's just spent a couple of weeks replacing the rear section of his K-plate TDI, so it may just be that 'they all do that, sir'.
He had to do the front outriggers as well. Have you poked about with yours yet? :grin:
That's the thing about Land Rover's - they're so badly engineered, there's always something f*cked.
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the boats and salt water may be the reason.
the outriggers and mint, not even any surface rust (think it must have been waxoiled for alot of its life)
was watching a landrover workshop dvd earlier and the phrase 'when working on a defender, expect every bolt to break' :grin:
my main critism of the design is that they are designed for offroading yet everything underneath is a mud/water trap! :laugh:
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Most defenders/ land rover's rear cross members do seen to rot. I work at a independant land rover place and have lost count of how many I've seen, the outriggers are pretty common aswell.
That's exactly why I don't like working on them, everything I go to undo is rusty and corroded.
That said would still love one though.
Putting a 200tdi in it sounds like a plan, the defender boys at work swear by them
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Never driven a 200tdi but have heard good things about them plus they can be tuned :evil:
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Correction!
Putting a 200tdi in it sounds like a plan, the defender boys at work swear at them
Only because the TD motor that came before it was so gutless and ineffectual.
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Worked on quite a few LT77's on rover sd1's, always thought they were fairly decent boxes.
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New rear crossmember welded on and red oxided
for the mo
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New shiney bits arrived today. Fitted the shocks and doing the exhaust tommorow
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Looks much better, careful with parts from Britpart most parts like shocks are ok, a fair amount of parts they sell are pants.
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Looks much better, careful with parts from Britpart most parts like shocks are ok, a fair amount of parts they sell are pants.
yea wont be buying wheel bearings or anything from them!
a possibilty of how it may end up looking
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Love a Landy! Me & my mate used to go up & down his Mum's massive drive aged 16 in their SWB series 3. In 2WD they handbrake-turned beautifully. In 4WD they bounce :laugh:
I also love the fact you can take the roof of with nothing but a spanner :grin:
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Love this :cool: :afro:
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Cheers guys. Exhaust fitted yesterday now just need some new tires/wheels and a couple of bulbs/lenses and itll be ready for an mot!
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just need some new tires/wheels and a couple of bulbs/lenses and itll be ready to fail an mot!
:grin:
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Brakes are all being changed, and hopefully changing most things mots check will result in a pass :grin:
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Brakes are all being changed, and hopefully changing most things mots check will result in a pass :grin:
Remember to bed them in before presenting and check those balljoints for play. :wink:
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need rimage? my dad has a set of dunlop 1340 steelies 16x7j
im wolverine1091 by the way!
What they look like?
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need rimage? my dad has a set of dunlop 1340 steelies 16x7j
im wolverine1091 by the way!
What they look like?
will get a pic tomorrow after i clean them
Ta
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Not really my cuppa tea im afraid. Cheers anyway.
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Working on my tarty side :grin:
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Will be getting new shock turrets and shocks for the front. Will also be bashing out the dent in the front wing.
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Was all coverd in oil so its all mint. Think its got a new front axle on it!
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Small update, fitted new front shocks and galvanised turrets and just placed a large order to sort lots of niggly bits that need doing! (prices are ex vat)
Polyurethane Panhard Rod Bush - Set of 2 ANR3410P £6.40
Ordered: 1
£6.40
Power Steering Belt ERC5146 £4.24
Ordered: 1
£4.24
Steering damper - Britpart RTC4472 £11.70
Ordered: 1
£11.70
Panhard rod bolt BH114167 £1.00
Ordered: 2
£2.00
Nut for panhard rod bolt NV114047 £0.54
Ordered: 2
£1.08
Headlamp backing bowl - complete with chrome ring and fixing screws S5400 £7.95
Ordered: 2
£15.90
Sidelight assembly RTC5012 £2.55
Ordered: 4
£10.20
Sidelight Bulb 10211 £0.21
Ordered: 4
£0.84
Rear light assembly RTC5523 £2.55
Ordered: 2
£5.10
Stop/tail light bulb 264590 £0.24
Ordered: 2
£0.48
Number plate light XFC100550 £4.45
Ordered: 1
£4.45
Fog lamp assembly PRC7254 £4.80
Ordered: 1
£4.80
Reverse lamp assembly PRC7263 £4.80
Ordered: 1
£4.80
Side repeater light - 90 fr 331793/110 fr 331921 to 95MY PRC7044 £3.50
Ordered: 1
£3.50
Brake pad retaining kit STC8576 £2.95
Ordered: 1
£2.95
Timing Belt Kit - 2.5TD TIMINGKITTD £14.85
Ordered: 1
£14.85
Fan Belt 563132 £1.02
Ordered: 1
£1.02
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how its currently sat
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all new shock setup. (DH not the mint outriggers :wink:)
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This is a sweet project and making me wanna buy an lpg v8 that I have been eyeing up for a while...
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That turbo looks like new!
the shaft doesnt feel like new :lipsrsealed:
cheers sam.
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Coming along nicely... This is one of my favourite build threads - nice to see some old british iron getting put back in to good working order.
If it wasn't for the poor economy and back breaking seats I might consider it myself...
Thanks for posting and keeping it updated. :smiley:
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Cheap chinese copy off ebay maybe?
:undecided: maybe, still the sooner it goes bang the sooner ill chuck a tdi lump in.
Coming along nicely... This is one of my favourite build threads - nice to see some old british iron getting put back in to good working order.
If it wasn't for the poor economy and back breaking seats I might consider it myself...
Thanks for posting and keeping it updated. :smiley:
nice to feel the love for the landy. On the subject of seats i may see if i can get hold of some leather recaros (poss mk3 ones) and weld them to the landy bases.
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Can't beat new bits! :cool:
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today saw most of the lights fitted, electrics are getting there too.
changed the bushes in the panhard rod to floflex ones
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also fitted the new steering damper. Now need a new track rod end for the drag link and a ball joint for the steering drop arm.
rad removed for the moment, sourcing a new one
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looking quite clean in there now
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another thing that needs attention is the front right brake caliper which has 1 seized piston
how it'll spend the night.
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Gd work mate. Love landys
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Got quite alot done the last couple of days, changed the cambelt, rewired the starter motor as it was duff, changed oil and filters, refitted everything to the front end.
Still got a lot left but its getting there!
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still ploding along, bought some hankook mt's now just need some modulars.
changed the trackrod on the drag link and the ball joint on the steering arm.
front wing preped and primerd just need some paint now!
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need a new brake hose as the thread is knackerd also does anyone have any good tips for freeing a stuck piston in my caliper??
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Pump it out using compressed air.
Pump it out using hydraulic pressure from the brake system.
Buy another from the scrappy.
Buy a new one from the stealers.
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still ploding along, bought some hankook mt's now just need some modulars.
changed the trackrod on the drag link and the ball joint on the steering arm.
front wing preped and primerd just need some paint now!
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u261/shep306/20120713_185627.jpg)
need a new brake hose as the thread is knackerd also does anyone have any good tips for freeing a stuck piston in my caliper??
Got afew tips, what we do at work is get someone to pump it out via the pedal, make sure you have pads in the non seized side obv and hold the non seized piston with water pump pliers so it dosnt pop out.
Pump it out as far as it will go, without it falling out. Get some light grit emery paper, wrap it around it and rub it down + clean it up.
Get some WD, spray it like fook, and get a pry bar and push it in as far as you can get it.
Get the person inside to keep pumping it out, you keep pushing it in, eventually it will free off, in out, bla bla, sure dont need to teach you how to suck eggs :laugh: :grin:
Trust me, 19oatcake - 2012. It works every time :smiley:
Seriously want a 90, top work so far!! Dont hesitate to hit me up with couple questions if need be work on them every day :smiley:
At work were doing a 60 plate puma with high lift kit, diff guard, wide arches, fooking huge wheels, rock crawlers, fancy bumper re-sprayed orange + black like g4 etc etc atm, if your interested i'll upload some pics if you want :smiley:
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. Sorry, posted it twice :embarassed:
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looks like that truck is getting some serious love. bet it won't take long once you start driveing it for the TD to leave, i allways end up twerking the pump and turbo so there not so painfully slow the old TD dosnet like been tweeked they all seem to go bang but 200 / 300 tdi's out of discos are cheep and only need minor tweeks to fit and they turn up well and run on veg oil very well :smiley:
forget the rover V8 tho it sucks we had one 3.9 that used to get low- mid 20's on the mpg department probem is the old V8 will run forever if you keep throwing headgaskets at it but they are actualy about knackerd after about 60K and need a rebuild.
need to find a bellhouseing from a south african 2.8 6cyl bmw powerd 90 and bolt a more intresting bmw 6 to it out of an M5, it pissed over 90's various hot rover v8's including some running TVR lumps and soposedly top end superfand RPI motors ( and better on fuel )
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cheers for the replys guys. Ref the brake caliper i need to wait for a new brake hose before i can hookit up and pump the piston out, i will try and lever it as i feel once its broken the 'seal' it'll be fine as the one next to it was the same but managed to free that one.
do have an issue with the clutch/pedal which i think is the last thing to sort out really, it has a really short travel and doesnt seem to spring back enough? maybe just needs a new clutch?
when i can afford it a tdi lump will be going in for sure :wink:
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small update, fixed the front caliper and changed the rear shoes. Bodywork is coming along nicely. Will be need a new master & slave cylinder for the clutch which isnt too expensive. now just need some rims for my tyres!!
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great work! Really coming along. Would love a landy project sometime.
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nice 90 i have a discovery 3.9 v8 but its tuned to a 4.1 runs on gas
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Alot of sanding done today!
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Nice shiny paint under the old decals!
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Been a while since an update!
changed the clutch master cylinder so now it goes into gear nice and smooth, just need some rims now and it'll be ready for an mot.
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Changed a few more bushes over to poly ones today.
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May well be getting some wheels next week.
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Some new rims! Just need to have my tyres fitted now!
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Looks great....I used to be a bodyshop guy at a landrover specialists. Spent alot of time working/modding on these old things. So much potential.
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Loving the Landy, I know a TDI makes sense but a 4.6 just sounds so much better than a tractor :grin:
I'm so envious of Landy owners :cool:
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Will def be putting a tdi in at some point!
Changing the windscreen rubber tomorrow along with a few other bits that need sorting then it'll be near an mot!!!
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Why not just buy a more recent one?
For 5900 + vat you could get a decent one, eg...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201224475761809/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/6000/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/maximum-age/up_to_10_years_old/model/defender/make/land_rover/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/sw1a2aa/page/1/radius/1500?logcode=p
Waste of time doing up an old land rover. It will let you down when you are in danger.
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Why not just buy a more recent one?
For 5900 + vat you could get a decent one, eg...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201224475761809/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/6000/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/maximum-age/up_to_10_years_old/model/defender/make/land_rover/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/sw1a2aa/page/1/radius/1500?logcode=p
Waste of time doing up an old land rover. It will let you down when you are in danger.
You really know nothing about cars so keep stum. Thank you.
I was having a ball until my helper cracked the screen by pushing too early! Need to source another screen now.
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Why not just buy a more recent one?
For 5900 + vat you could get a decent one, eg...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201224475761809/sort/default/usedcars/price-to/6000/maximum-mileage/up_to_80000_miles/maximum-age/up_to_10_years_old/model/defender/make/land_rover/onesearchad/used/onesearchad/nearlynew/onesearchad/new/postcode/sw1a2aa/page/1/radius/1500?logcode=p
Waste of time doing up an old land rover. It will let you down when you are in danger.
You really know nothing about cars so keep stum. Thank you.
As it happens I know rather a lot about cars , I also know quite a bit about living and I do know this; your early twenties should be one of the most productive and fun times of your life. It really is a waste of your life spending hours and hours tinkering with a rusty little car.
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Waste of time doing up an old land rover. It will let you down when you are in danger.
I think you'll find most Land Rovers will let you down - you don't need to do them up.
your early twenties should be one of the most productive and fun times of your life. It really is a waste of your life spending hours and hours tinkering with a rusty little car.
Jeez, where's your sense of fun - your early 20s are all about mucking about with cars, as are your late 20s, early 30s and late 30s as well. I'll let you know about the 40s when I get there, but I have my suspicions....
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25 here and have a WELL rusty and old and small car tinkering habit.
This is looking ace Shep, will be good when done.
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I am happy to help with my experience.
I wasted some time restoring an huge Yank Tank from the early '70's, a muscle car no less, with a 7.8L engine. That was in my twenties. I now realise every second of that job was wasted time that I should have spent womanising, boozing, trail riding, starting a business, writing a book...
Perhaps fair enough for a genuine muscle car but to do the same for an old Land Rover is just silly. The only old LR's you see round here are driven by bald, fat, red faced, grubby pensioners. Ex farm workers or sold-up small farmers. Not cool in Kendal.
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geting there slowly now, replaced the throttle cable and painted and fitted the new wheels also fitted some hella spot lights to the front which i found in a barn :cool:
snaps;
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/8151131546_0f52302b3f_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepgti/8151131546/)
20121103_141513 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepgti/8151131546/) by shepgti (http://www.flickr.com/people/shepgti/), on Flickr
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20121103_141528 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/shepgti/8151102503/) by shepgti (http://www.flickr.com/people/shepgti/), on Flickr
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Waste of time doing up an old land rover. It will let you down when you are in danger.
I think you'll find most Land Rovers will let you down - you don't need to do them up.
your early twenties should be one of the most productive and fun times of your life. It really is a waste of your life spending hours and hours tinkering with a rusty little car.
Jeez, where's your sense of fun - your early 20s are all about mucking about with cars, as are your late 20s, early 30s and late 30s as well. I'll let you know about the 40s when I get there, but I have my suspicions....
40s are still messing about with cars :grin: unless you have cash to burn
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New windscreen now in, getting sort of close now!
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sorted just in time for some snow :wink:
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sorted just in time for some snow :wink:
Yea i hope so!
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Hand sanding an entire landrover is not good for your hands! :laugh:
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Roof will be black too eventually.
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new headlights went in (right) much brighter than the old crap
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just need to fit a new washer jet then its off to the MOT :shocked:
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ok it is now "finished" and hopefully in for an mot sometime this week! :laugh:
Before
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After
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top transformation :cool: :afro:
I know how much you wanted another landie - looks good :smiley:
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cheers mate, cant believe ive managed to get it to this stage tbh :grin:
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A lot of hours have gone into that! It shows!! Top work :cool:
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Well done mate looks awesome... ready for some green lanin'?
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Well done mate looks awesome... ready for some green lanin'?
too right :wink:
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Skillz :cool:
Cracking work :smiley:
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cheers,
MOT booked for tommorow, see how many things we can fail on!! :rolleyes:
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Very jealous. Good work!
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Well good news and bad news, Good news is it didnt fail on anything i cant handle. Bad news is it failed on;
o/s front brake pipe (between caliper and flexi) has a kink possibly from a knock at somepoint so needs replacing
handbrake efficency too low, have tighted up the cable quite a bit and feels good but is hard to tell?
and lastly combined braking efficency was too low, possibly linked to the brake pipe and due to the fact i dont think the new pads have been bedded in fully yet. Will also completely re-bleed the system as it feels a little spongy(need 2 rear drum bleed nipples)
All in all not bad for its first test in 5 years
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not bad at all that mate, :afro:
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Make sure youve got your rear shoes adjusted properly. Seen afew people adjust those not enough which wil cause the spongyness.
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Yea will tighten them up a bit i think :tongue:
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Real life popped up yet?
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Looks real enough to me and will be a lot of fun.
Shouldn't have bothered with the re-spray - Land Rovers look better with patina.
Make sure you know the law around driving rights of way before you go green-laning. Lots to come unstuck on.
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Oh god... my ISA is quivering :grin:
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Looks real enough to me and will be a lot of fun.
Shouldn't have bothered with the re-spray - Land Rovers look better with patina.
Make sure you know the law around driving rights of way before you go green-laning. Lots to come unstuck on.
to be honest if it was all the same colour to start with i may have left it :undecided:
i think ill be leaning more towards pay and plays than green laning due to such issues..
Front brakes are now fixed however whilst working through bleeding the system the rear bleed nipple thread in the drum slave cylinder broke so now have 2 new ones to fit! hopefully wont be long before it earns its years test.
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See if there's a club that does trials anywhere near you. Cheapest form of motorsport known to mankind and good fun.
Will improve your driving, too.
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I think there is 1 or 2 near by that do 'guided' lanes. Got a silverstone 4x4 experience which i may learn something from!
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:embarrassed: :embarrassed: :embarrassed:
I can't believe I've only just come across this! Sorry.
Nice one, Love it. :cool: Done a good job turning it around.
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I think there is 1 or 2 near by that do 'guided' lanes. Got a silverstone 4x4 experience which i may learn something from!
You'll learn far more at a trial.
Find a club near you here:
http://msauk.org/site/cms/localGroupFinder.asp?category=469
If you've not done anything like that before I guarantee you will have more fun than green laning and it's a lot more directed than a 'pay and play' day.
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Out of curiosity how much has this set you back so far ??
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Out of curiosity how much has this set you back so far ??
800 for the truck and about the same again in parts id say
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great stuff :afro:
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cheers guy,
frustrating trying to get it finished really, waiting for my insurance renewal mid march so i can multi car this and my insignia.
heres the new drum slave cylinders ready to fit
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upgraded the dash 501's to LED's a slight improvement.... :whistle: (speedo has leds, on the right is the fuel gauge with the 501 still in!)
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and a clutch slave cylinder if i feel like getting coverd in hydraulic fluid..
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Thats a proper bargain.. I want one but they dont come up that cheap really
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Thats a proper bargain.. I want one but they dont come up that cheap really
If they do they get snapped up! main thing is to look for one with a *little* rot as you can drive the price down and the repair panels are a decent price and straight forward to weld
i was very lucky finding mine tbh especially as ive since discoverd a private landrover dealer in the farm down the road!
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wow is that fuel gauge really that dim!? :shocked:
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wow is that fuel gauge really that dim!? :shocked:
yep, good old fashioned british design :whistle: :grin:
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Oi - don't pick on British lighting design - Golf2 and 3s are hardly paragons of clarity in the night, especially after a light or two has gone. :grin:
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And old fords, as I've just discovered! :whistle:
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all fixed ready for another mot, shame i can't bloody afford it at the moment!!! :angry:
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cheeky window tint on the rears aswell.
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well after waiting ages it has finally passed its mot!!!
got up to its max speed of 55 on the way there, good times :evil:
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all fixed ready for another mot, shame i can't bloody afford it at the moment!!! :angry:
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cheeky window tint on the rears aswell.
Looks amazing, Love it!
Seriously though, 55? Are you sure?
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ok it'll probly hit 60 (down hill)
currently on the hunt for some cheap insurance!
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just insured for a bargain price of 280 quid!
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:afro:
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new (small)steering wheel has been orderd to give me a bit more elbow room! :grin:
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decided i would set about replacing this
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template
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will be leaving it 2 switches for the moment, just need to polish it up
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lovely work cant beat cardboard templates lol
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worked a treat :wink:
been eyeing up a few engines on ebay but people are paying silly money at the moment!!
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small update,
fitted an A bar and painted the bumper.
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also did the 4x4 experience at silverstone which I loved and was an eye opener as to the defenders capability offroad as I havnt done much true offroading!
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Looks good :afro:
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cheers chuff :cool:
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Get yourself down here at the end of June/start of Sept for one of the 4x4 Club's driving days - have some proper fun.
Ping me for a good deal on a ticket over. :cool:
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Will definitely have a look into that nearer the time dh, cheers
Mean while here's the New lump ready for a service
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Lifting a 1/4 ton engine out a van onto a stand is not the easiest thing to do! :laugh:
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Real good work mate,should fly along with that 200 in .
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audience approved
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coming along nicely now, engine is all hooked up to the gearbox, fuel lines are hooked up bar blanking one of that's not needed now. electrics were 'fun' but are all sorted and it's cranking which ment undoing the crank bolt was a bit easier.
timing belt and tensioner changed
old
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New
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the old belt looked fairly new so hopefully that's a sign the engine has been looked after!
still to do- hook up the New custom down pipe, connect up the pas pipes, lower the rad mounts on the front x member, hook up water hoses and turbo intercooler hoses.
hoping to have it running this weekend!
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Looking good. The whole crank the engine trick scares the hell outta me for timing belts. :grin: I guess nothing can go wrong if there's no fuel though!
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How's it getting along then?