Billy's budget defender project

JNEC · Jan 19, 2013

Front and rear drivers are both slightly higher than passengers side

Billy B · Jan 19, 2013

Thanks gents, new springs it is

Billy B · Jan 23, 2013

It was to cold to treat the chassis so i Started cleaning up the doors

Hopefully back to the chassis at the weekend

trax · Jan 23, 2013

Good stuff! keep it up

prior1188 · Jan 23, 2013

Looking good!!

Billy B · Jan 26, 2013

No rain, not freezing paint on chassis and axle first thing

Then We drained the blackest thickest oil that ive ever seen and replaced the oil pressure switch, the old one had leaked everywhere and I mean everywhere, cause it had been cross threaded by one of the previous owners

Cleaned the oil filter housing and tapped the oil switch thread with my brand new tap and die set, money I could have done without spending

Hopefully tomorrow more cleaning and painting if the rain buggers off

Billy B · Jan 30, 2013

Had a day off today so I cleaned up the radius arms and turrets

One of the turrets has rusted through, can I weld them up or do I get new ones
I think holy ones is an mot fail

And cleaned and painted my front wheels, shiny

Bought a timing belt kit to be fitted at the weekend, hopefully my uncle will show me how to fit it as engines is not my strong point

If we don't end up working on my daughters cars that is

gse1986 · Jan 30, 2013

For the price, i'd get new turrets. Galvanized too!

Shock Absorber Turret - Galvanised

Billy B · Jan 30, 2013

Good shout, I've never used paddocks before as brookwells is just round the corner, but paddocks seem a lot cheaper

Cheers

Hunter92 · Jan 30, 2013

Enjoying reading this!! did it take you long to learn how to gas weld?

Billy B · Jan 31, 2013

Hunter92 said:
Enjoying reading this!! did it take you long to learn how to gas weld?

It was part of my apprenticeship and you get better over time, but similar to mig welding if you set it up properly it is easier, it still takes me ages to get the mig right

If you had all the equipment to practice with you can learn in no time

maverick451 · Jan 31, 2013

Im really enjoying this thread!

What did you use to clean up the radius arms, thinking about having a go myself.

Billy B · Jan 31, 2013

maverick451 said:
Im really enjoying this thread!

What did you use to clean up the radius arms, thinking about having a go myself.

I used a knotted wire brush on my grinder and a couple of wire brushes that fit in my drill

Make sure you put goggles on and wear gloves the knotted brushes shoot wires at your face

Billy B · Feb 2, 2013

The weather was good today, so we set about putting the axle back on

New heavy duty springs

Shiny new galv turrets

Shame my new springs are a different yellow than the paint I used on the other bits, but hopefully they will spend most of the time covered in mud

Put the front wheels back on as a temporary measure, just to get them out the way as I'm running out of backyard

Finally can any one tell me if I've fitted the yellow bar the wrong way round, I suspect i have

Next weekend We will hopefully get the timing belt an the hubs sorted

td5tool · Feb 3, 2013

Yes it should be the other way round to sort of follow the line of the axle if that makes sense

Billy B · Feb 3, 2013

td5tool said:
Yes it should be the other way round to sort of follow the line of the axle if that makes sense

Cheers That's what I thought but the off set bit doesn't sit central with the bit of the axle that sticks out like I assumed it would so i swapped it round, I will take your word for it

Thanks

Billy B · Feb 9, 2013

My uncle and i Took all day today to clean paint and repair the front hubs

Got to dark for Pics but got the track rod back on as we'll

Try to get the brakes cleaned up tomorrow

200tdi ayre · Feb 9, 2013

Dr_evil said:
Replace with Bearmach HD Blues

Not HD's unless there's a big winch going at the front, just standard height bearmachs or OE

Billy B · Feb 9, 2013

200tdi ayre said:
Not HD's unless there's a big winch going at the front, just standard height bearmachs or OE

Out of my price range I'm afraid, I've had to settle for HD brit part specials

At some stage there should be a winch going on, hopefully

200tdi ayre · Feb 9, 2013

Billy B said:
Out of my price range I'm afraid, I've had to settle for HD brit part specials

At some strange there should be a winch going on, hopefully

Britpart springs are actually meant to be alright, the only thing

only thing about HD's is they usually raise the ride height and are harsh if you don't have extra weight on

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