more coffe, more work
Had busy day, finally stripped the forks off the yzf. mmm six-pots…
No more things found wrong thankfully
More things wrong with the truck, looks like a hub seal on this corner.
More holes on this side
But it’s all painted in one colour!
Other good news : adjusted the brakes fully, stops great now, slapped in a cheap boost gauge, only making half the boost it should so there is more power to come!
might have forgotten a few things, keep forgetting to bring a camera with me.
The bin has been modded.
Sorta fixed my door
Old one was held on with some nuts that weren’t even close to fitting.
putting the glass in was straight forward, even if i had to make my own holes.
nice n’ tight
looser then some derogatory term involving prostitutes.
old door top, hard part was getting the old glass out, all the screw’s were quite seized.
Did this make the passenger side quieter? nope, you can see it in the pics, the really LOUD banging while driving is actually the plastic trunking used for the upper spots, great, i’ll just duck tape that up, lovely!. now i can here the gearbox hitting some where and upper part of the roof rack is cracked in the middle. quiet is overrated. also the front right wheel bearings are rough 😐
New shoes!
Filled out the archs perfectly.
has a slide or two on the old tyres, idiot motorists on phones and shit, i try to leave loads of space for stoping but some muppets you just can’f forsee. also, cracks!
chassis patch not so tidy.
limit straps are in shite
offset comparison.
Also got a spare wolf fitted with a 9.00×16, might pop it onto the rim just to see what that size looks like.
bugger all done again
and now i won’t have a day off next week either, so noting will be done then either.
out for a spin last weekend, cold as!
ted painted the bike trailer
Looks a bit too dark, but i think i’ll go with it any way with limestone wolf wheels and roof.
Since nifty fifty 2014 will be allowing modified bikes (no idea of the rules yet) i’ve shelved the idea of using the vintage frame. can’t be chopping the nice frame up, also supercharger ;D
may need a wiring loom………
Also previously i greased up all the track rods and noticed the steering was a lot better, but i noticed one of the grease nipples was pretty much rusted away. today i grabbed the whole track rod a gave it a twist, SQUEEK SQUEEEK! new track rod there any way lol
poke the land rover
Still haven’t found a decent leafer forum to ask questions, should i join pirate4x4 and suffer the suggestions to add ten tons of iron and a kitchen sink or ollr.net and put up with the gay bashing…
any way took some under body shots to help identify thingys.
Some leakage, very small, but it’ll have to be fixed 🙁 skinky diesel.
only a small bit on the ground
Salisbury axle i think.
stone’s flung from the rear wheel through the tub, like bullet holes!
Lt77 gearbox, gotta take the top off and do that gearchange bush.
More lt77 bell housing
Encrusted, poked a load off and found the adjuster for the shoes.
More poking, needs painting.
Tried to take drum off, but needed some imperial bolts to screw in, and nope don’t have. The edge of the drum is all chipped from someone else trying to hammer the drum off. also the clicker on the adjuster won’t click, adjusted it anyway, brakes much improved but there is more to do, probably at the rear or just tighter clearance’s at the front, hard to tell what clearance is needed with out the clicks,
First chassis hole, not in a bad place but i’ll still have to weld upside down, hate that.
Got paint! bit darker then what i wanted, so i’ll just use it for the underside/chassis.
Series two and a half-ish
I think this qualifies as a hybrid, series IIa with a bunch of series III parts and the discovery 200 tdi engine and gearbox, got parabolic’s too. and defender doors…
Only a bit of rust, but it’s all pretty solid
Carbon fibre on a land rover?
Brakes are improved with a servo, pity they really need a bleed.
Yeah em where’s me floor? long gone replaced with alloy plate and the foot wells have galvanised plate riveted in.
That knob is gone, it gets in the way when your using both arms to turn the wheel. and you NEED both arms. it’s a little better now with 40psi in the front tyres.
Not a bad idea.
Door tops are from a lightweight, and need replacing. the door are early defender i’m told.
With the other toys
This had to go, to quote OLLR, it’s gay.
Big improvement, not sure if i want the spots, will have to see during the dark.
Disco box puts the gear lever a bit further back but not impossibly far
No roof lining.
What are these for?
