Blood, sweat & beers ! 1984 Defender 90 restoration

Well thats it folks !!!! Painting finished, well Im all for not wasting and certainly hope that I dont find anything that I haven’t painted as Ive only got a jam pot of paint left over from 5lts just enough for the odd stone chip touch up

Well it would be rude of me not to celebrate this painting milestone

Well the 2000 piece jig saw begins! First off I decided to spray the chassis and axles again but this time with a semi gloss 2k Selamix paint, the jotun paint was good but did start to look a bit chalky. Now dry and the trusty spray booth dismantled its build time. First on is the galvanized Terrafirma heavy duty front strut turrets. Whoooo suit you sir !

UpandOver said:

Well the 2000 piece jig saw begins! First off I decided to spray the chassis and axles again but this time with a semi gloss 2k Selamix paint, the jotun paint was good but did start to look a bit chalky. Now dry and the trusty spray booth dismantled its build time. First on is the galvanized Terrafirma heavy duty front strut turrets. Whoooo suit you sir !

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Great work..take your time and enjoy it. Can’t wait to see the finished Land Rover.

Axles attached to the chassis with poly bushes and YRM Stainless nut and bolt kits.
Heavy duty progressive 25mm lowering springs from extreme 4x4

Looking good!

Extreme 4x4 shocks and HD lowered springs fitted to the front with galv spring plates and YRM stainless bolt kits

Rear hubs back on with some drilled and grooved discs, had to order some different caliper bolts as they arent the same as the front the early def had 7/16 unf bolts unlike the m12 fine front ! Have to pause the front hubs as I need to order some swivel to axle bolts and remembered when building the 300tdi theres one of the seven bolts that’s a dowel locator the bolt has a wider chamfered shoulder to stop any rotation of the swivel housing and putting the caster out of alignment. Hey this is what google recons and does make sense… bet for a minute there you thought I knew what talking about
Axles abandoned for today I thought I’d get the engine in, stripped it of water pump and timing casing I de-geased and painted the block terracotta red, had the paint left over from painting the series 3 5mb engine.
Clutch inspected and measured with digital calipers its only beded in, as suspected looking at the thrust bearing its as new. Cleaned the pressure plate and flywheel with some emery and the clutch is back on.
Came across a temperature sticker on the back of the head which must have been installed when the engine was refurbished by Turner Engineering, glad to report its not gone over temp.