Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
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Still on that 94 Softdash
When welding was complete, I converted the rust and then primed, painted and waxed the inner wings The RH rear inner wing needed a lot more attention Welding near this bad boy is not for the faint hearted. There was no smell of fuel. Prior to welding near the tank I used some co2 from one of those fucking useless car extinguishers in the tank and then resealed the cap. No issues but that didn't stop my sphincter working overtime. Next up the customer was complaining that the ABS light doesn't always go out. Reading the codes found issues with both front sensors. NSF hub had 5mm play in the swivel pin. like epic amounts of play. The swivel ball mad Titanic look to be in quite good shape. Rebuilt both front hubs with new swivel balls and pins. set up the back lash and problem resolved. Next up, "can you just weld up that hole on the bottom of the a-post" well this is 30 mins into that job. I had to remove the front wing because I smelled bodgery Yep, the footwell is not connected to the bulkhead side except for some expanding foam and a long woodscrew Without even resorting to Mr Tappy (LR special tool #1) this was the view into the front drivers foot well. Oh ffs. Call customer ask what he needs me to do etc Well he had to dig a little deeper into the piggy bank but was able to get it welded back together and solid. Not a restoration but a much better quality repair job than was in place already. Then my own Range Rover got some workshop time. Rear cross member was not happy. Nor is the boot floor / rear inner arches. Far too many patches over the years and a whole year sitting doing fuck all in my yard. Well it all needs to come out. I like this car and i need it back on the road More to come, maybe tomorrow #nackered
When welding was complete, I converted the rust and then primed, painted and waxed the inner wings The RH rear inner wing needed a lot more attention Welding near this bad boy is not for the faint hearted. There was no smell of fuel. Prior to welding near the tank I used some co2 from one of those fucking useless car extinguishers in the tank and then resealed the cap. No issues but that didn't stop my sphincter working overtime. Next up the customer was complaining that the ABS light doesn't always go out. Reading the codes found issues with both front sensors. NSF hub had 5mm play in the swivel pin. like epic amounts of play. The swivel ball mad Titanic look to be in quite good shape. Rebuilt both front hubs with new swivel balls and pins. set up the back lash and problem resolved. Next up, "can you just weld up that hole on the bottom of the a-post" well this is 30 mins into that job. I had to remove the front wing because I smelled bodgery Yep, the footwell is not connected to the bulkhead side except for some expanding foam and a long woodscrew Without even resorting to Mr Tappy (LR special tool #1) this was the view into the front drivers foot well. Oh ffs. Call customer ask what he needs me to do etc Well he had to dig a little deeper into the piggy bank but was able to get it welded back together and solid. Not a restoration but a much better quality repair job than was in place already. Then my own Range Rover got some workshop time. Rear cross member was not happy. Nor is the boot floor / rear inner arches. Far too many patches over the years and a whole year sitting doing fuck all in my yard. Well it all needs to come out. I like this car and i need it back on the road More to come, maybe tomorrow #nackered
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Excellent updates, sounds like business is going great too.
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Cheers for that. Busy as ever and not surprised if you can manage to cut A pillars out and get everything to line back up correctly afterwards, I bet its great fun*.
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Can't weld but hate rust, not that keen on R-R stuff although I do like the early cars. Despite all that, I love this thread even if most of it tends to result in jaw ache from gaping in awe.
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Thanks for the comments, appreciate that
Next instalment while I am waiting for #3 son to cook my supper. Chicken Bhuna
My 1993 Vogue, with the rear crossmember, or what was left of it pulled away I found somewhat alarmingly that the body frame had dropped an inch or so. There was a clear crease on the boot floor near the LH inner arch. I was able to jack it back up and into place but that is not the end of this debacle. I might have overloaded the old duchess a tad As the lower sections of the rear goalposts (uprights ether side of the rear tailgates) had rotted away I chopped it out and reconstructed using 18 gauge steel. 1.2mm for a bit of extra beef over the factory standard 20 gauge steel The construction is a little more complex as there is a relief that the lower tailgate swings into. once flapped back and painted this will look factory again. The final check before going berserk with the welder is to refit the lower tailgate and check that it aligns with the lock pins. Also essential at this stage to check that the top tailgate, which locks in the lower tailgate, closes properly. With a little care and a lot of pissing around I am also able to manipulate the gaps between the lower tailgate and the rear light surrounds. And then I was out of time! Back to paid work again Customer B-Suffix 1973 Range Rover that is in for me to assemble had the worst steering ever. I stripped down the RH hub and swivel to rebuild with new gaskets and shim it out correctly. Then I started on the steering box, after pouring the best part of a pint of muddy water out of it I was able to disassemble. Two big bearing races on the input shaft had completely disintegrated. The roller that goes into the upright worm is also seized solid. A shame because the box looked like it might have been a refurb unit from a few decades ago that had been otherwise unused. Jury is out as to whether it is a boat anchor or not. Back onto that Lincoln Green 1976 car, the engine has had lots of gimmicky "upgrades" that I cannot understand but anyway. because of these mods and the lack of concourse potential I persuaded the customer to head down the route of a pair of EFI dual port exhaust manifolds, rather than expensive stainless headers. Part of the service I provide is to use experience to advise where improvements can be made. Low compression 3.5 V8 really doesn't need stainless headers. The y-pipe supplied was a mild steel efi job, which mated up nicely to EFI steel front pipes. The middle box is stainless and no idea what is going on at the back end. However manifold to centre silencer is now in place Now onto the big news, Dad is selling up his home in Devon. This presents me with an issue because his barn is half full of my stuff and I have 4 cars waiting in his field. Bugger. lots of road trips to pick up stuff
Sandy the Landy waiting patiently for me to drag it's arse 200 miles to my workshop. But first piles of gearboxes, tools, spares, engines etc need to be shifted More to come
Next instalment while I am waiting for #3 son to cook my supper. Chicken Bhuna
My 1993 Vogue, with the rear crossmember, or what was left of it pulled away I found somewhat alarmingly that the body frame had dropped an inch or so. There was a clear crease on the boot floor near the LH inner arch. I was able to jack it back up and into place but that is not the end of this debacle. I might have overloaded the old duchess a tad As the lower sections of the rear goalposts (uprights ether side of the rear tailgates) had rotted away I chopped it out and reconstructed using 18 gauge steel. 1.2mm for a bit of extra beef over the factory standard 20 gauge steel The construction is a little more complex as there is a relief that the lower tailgate swings into. once flapped back and painted this will look factory again. The final check before going berserk with the welder is to refit the lower tailgate and check that it aligns with the lock pins. Also essential at this stage to check that the top tailgate, which locks in the lower tailgate, closes properly. With a little care and a lot of pissing around I am also able to manipulate the gaps between the lower tailgate and the rear light surrounds. And then I was out of time! Back to paid work again Customer B-Suffix 1973 Range Rover that is in for me to assemble had the worst steering ever. I stripped down the RH hub and swivel to rebuild with new gaskets and shim it out correctly. Then I started on the steering box, after pouring the best part of a pint of muddy water out of it I was able to disassemble. Two big bearing races on the input shaft had completely disintegrated. The roller that goes into the upright worm is also seized solid. A shame because the box looked like it might have been a refurb unit from a few decades ago that had been otherwise unused. Jury is out as to whether it is a boat anchor or not. Back onto that Lincoln Green 1976 car, the engine has had lots of gimmicky "upgrades" that I cannot understand but anyway. because of these mods and the lack of concourse potential I persuaded the customer to head down the route of a pair of EFI dual port exhaust manifolds, rather than expensive stainless headers. Part of the service I provide is to use experience to advise where improvements can be made. Low compression 3.5 V8 really doesn't need stainless headers. The y-pipe supplied was a mild steel efi job, which mated up nicely to EFI steel front pipes. The middle box is stainless and no idea what is going on at the back end. However manifold to centre silencer is now in place Now onto the big news, Dad is selling up his home in Devon. This presents me with an issue because his barn is half full of my stuff and I have 4 cars waiting in his field. Bugger. lots of road trips to pick up stuff
Sandy the Landy waiting patiently for me to drag it's arse 200 miles to my workshop. But first piles of gearboxes, tools, spares, engines etc need to be shifted More to come
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General workshop view, 1976 Lincoln Green on the left and 1973 B-Suffix on the right. I have now covered the B Suffix with a dust sheet so I can concentrate on the Lincoln Green car and also the 1989 Vogue SE outside. Keeping up? The is the Zenith 36-IV carb from Sandy the Series 3 109 Landy. Last time I fired it up it was flooding badly. Wanted to find out why. Degrease first. rebuild later No time for that though. Lincoln Green Range Rover came complete with a gearbox cover panel that I found to be 45% filler and papier mache. anything salvageable was taken and I sold my customer my 2nd to last LT95 (4 speed gearbox) cover that needed just a few small repairs The surface was cleaned of old underseal using a needle scaler, then a zip wheel, then a prep wheel, then rust converter on any surface rust, then an epoxy primer and finally a satin black top coat. Sealed in using nuts and bolts rather than spire nuts and clips. And lots of seal sealer. That drivers door that I rebuilt / frankenstien'd was reconnected with its original door skin and fitted to the car with zero shims, I subsequently found that the a-post had been welded in slightly too far back. (not by me, I just repaired what was already in place) Zero shims was a risk but it fits and seals. Front wing was loose fitted to confirm alignment Replacement passenger door that only needed localised repair was painted inside using the lincoln green satin paint. The customer is keen on the sahara dust / poo brown door. I am not so sure. The heater needed a complete rebuild, a few replacement used old stock flaps, new felts and a motor. On the 1989 Vogue SE, I pulled away the inner wing and started to explore a world of bodges and patches Sometimes the only thing to do it cut it back to what remains unmolested yet fitted by the factory More to come
General workshop view, 1976 Lincoln Green on the left and 1973 B-Suffix on the right. I have now covered the B Suffix with a dust sheet so I can concentrate on the Lincoln Green car and also the 1989 Vogue SE outside. Keeping up? The is the Zenith 36-IV carb from Sandy the Series 3 109 Landy. Last time I fired it up it was flooding badly. Wanted to find out why. Degrease first. rebuild later No time for that though. Lincoln Green Range Rover came complete with a gearbox cover panel that I found to be 45% filler and papier mache. anything salvageable was taken and I sold my customer my 2nd to last LT95 (4 speed gearbox) cover that needed just a few small repairs The surface was cleaned of old underseal using a needle scaler, then a zip wheel, then a prep wheel, then rust converter on any surface rust, then an epoxy primer and finally a satin black top coat. Sealed in using nuts and bolts rather than spire nuts and clips. And lots of seal sealer. That drivers door that I rebuilt / frankenstien'd was reconnected with its original door skin and fitted to the car with zero shims, I subsequently found that the a-post had been welded in slightly too far back. (not by me, I just repaired what was already in place) Zero shims was a risk but it fits and seals. Front wing was loose fitted to confirm alignment Replacement passenger door that only needed localised repair was painted inside using the lincoln green satin paint. The customer is keen on the sahara dust / poo brown door. I am not so sure. The heater needed a complete rebuild, a few replacement used old stock flaps, new felts and a motor. On the 1989 Vogue SE, I pulled away the inner wing and started to explore a world of bodges and patches Sometimes the only thing to do it cut it back to what remains unmolested yet fitted by the factory More to come
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Next up
Accessory drive belt broke on wifes car as she arrived at my yard. there is no tensioner on these things. you install them with a tie wrap, a flat blade screw driver and a tyre lever. 30 mins flat. Nice to see something easy to fix. My middle lad came back from a backpacking holiday in Mexico. bought this back for me. World record flatulence. Rebuilt and rewired the switchgear and gauges. everything now works. there was a world of hamfisted gibbonry going on here before I started. 1976 Lincoln Green, A very sociable robin has moved into the workshop. I think he likes me shouting "oh you cunt!" fitting up stuff like this takes forever. put it back in scruffy and patinated? no! the customer wants the unbonnet area to be super tidy. As the only thing holding the rear inner wings to the car is now the lower crossmember, I need to pull it forwards to get the panel gap at the trailing edge of the rear door right. It is about 1cm too wide. ratchet strap easily pulls it into place. will get around to doing this and welding it up in the coming weeks. A half day on my car the 1993 Vogue
This is it all pulled into the correct location. with a self tapping screw holding it in place the strap can be removed and the door closes onto the catch with a satisfying ker lunk Next I need to make up a repair section to connect the side curtain of the inner wing, to the new floor and arch - the black bits This lot needs to come out and be replaced before I can align everything and finish up the welding Door gaps are as per Lode Lane, i.e. can you fit a Christmas Ham into the gap? no! fabulous then that is good enough.
More importantly the door shuts and opens easily and the seals all meet up where they should
more is coming
Accessory drive belt broke on wifes car as she arrived at my yard. there is no tensioner on these things. you install them with a tie wrap, a flat blade screw driver and a tyre lever. 30 mins flat. Nice to see something easy to fix. My middle lad came back from a backpacking holiday in Mexico. bought this back for me. World record flatulence. Rebuilt and rewired the switchgear and gauges. everything now works. there was a world of hamfisted gibbonry going on here before I started. 1976 Lincoln Green, A very sociable robin has moved into the workshop. I think he likes me shouting "oh you cunt!" fitting up stuff like this takes forever. put it back in scruffy and patinated? no! the customer wants the unbonnet area to be super tidy. As the only thing holding the rear inner wings to the car is now the lower crossmember, I need to pull it forwards to get the panel gap at the trailing edge of the rear door right. It is about 1cm too wide. ratchet strap easily pulls it into place. will get around to doing this and welding it up in the coming weeks. A half day on my car the 1993 Vogue
This is it all pulled into the correct location. with a self tapping screw holding it in place the strap can be removed and the door closes onto the catch with a satisfying ker lunk Next I need to make up a repair section to connect the side curtain of the inner wing, to the new floor and arch - the black bits This lot needs to come out and be replaced before I can align everything and finish up the welding Door gaps are as per Lode Lane, i.e. can you fit a Christmas Ham into the gap? no! fabulous then that is good enough.
More importantly the door shuts and opens easily and the seals all meet up where they should
more is coming
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My car, the 93 Vogue, the RH rear arch and floor really didn't put up much of a fight. I welded the new arch to the new floor and then ran out of time again. Door frame went in after repair and unsurprisingly the drop glass was very tight Left it and worked on the passenger side frame, the horizontal section below the quarterlight is a typical place for these things to rot. Chop it out and reweld is the only option. There are a few more bits to weld on when fitted the drop glass can be lifted with a finger and almost* drops back down under gravity. Unless it is like this the window winder will be very heavy in operation Finally the trailer hire company had a 16ft trailer available for a weeks hire. After a 6h 30m drive to North Devon on Grockle Friday of Half fucking term I was loaded up with the first of four cars for the return trip temporary location near my work unit. Ready to be tarped up Drove back down to Devon on Sunday, loaded this one up for a drive home on Monday Emergency coffee and piss stop And then there was 2, once unloaded drove straight back down to devon to load #3 4 days, 1000 miles and I am 5/8th of the way through.
My car, the 93 Vogue, the RH rear arch and floor really didn't put up much of a fight. I welded the new arch to the new floor and then ran out of time again. Door frame went in after repair and unsurprisingly the drop glass was very tight Left it and worked on the passenger side frame, the horizontal section below the quarterlight is a typical place for these things to rot. Chop it out and reweld is the only option. There are a few more bits to weld on when fitted the drop glass can be lifted with a finger and almost* drops back down under gravity. Unless it is like this the window winder will be very heavy in operation Finally the trailer hire company had a 16ft trailer available for a weeks hire. After a 6h 30m drive to North Devon on Grockle Friday of Half fucking term I was loaded up with the first of four cars for the return trip temporary location near my work unit. Ready to be tarped up Drove back down to Devon on Sunday, loaded this one up for a drive home on Monday Emergency coffee and piss stop And then there was 2, once unloaded drove straight back down to devon to load #3 4 days, 1000 miles and I am 5/8th of the way through.
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit
Workshop is near High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire
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