Edd's Defender 90 Rebuild from Rust to rut muncher

Congrats mate haha yeh thats why im just keeping my eye out for a sound donor engine!

RIGHT! its been a while as got a bit crazy busy at work getting everything ready for harvest, but had a day off today so got the chassis completely stripped of everything, Some bolts on the bracket for the ball joint on the rear were ass holes so the spinning spark maker came out and sorted that problem out, the wiring loom is now out, im going to have to do some work to that/replace it.. and also took of all the rubber gaiters that i can use again, the rest will soon be scrapped.. heres some pictures of the progress..

How i started today..


THen managed to get it down to whats left!


Stood her up out of the way as the sheds getting busy with harvest equipment..
easiest way? Get the old forklift out, got my mate to drive whilst i guided her in.. perfect size too!



now just gotta wait for parts to start coming in!

Ok so this build has gone completely silent, thats due to harvest, i litterally havnt touched it, but during the harvest any time i've had i've spent picking up or buying parts,

but i now have my full set of tyres, rock sliders, tree sliders, engine, suspension and everythign and then collecting the chassis on tuesday so will have all sorts of updates for you all soon! Keep your eyes peeled!

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Right-o! look what happened here:


So im starting to make some progress now, going away fora couple of days next week, but apart form that will be flat out on the project! This afternoon i went down and started working on the chassis, i'm treating it like so:

-Wash with t-wash solution
-wash with water
-wash with t was again
-wash with water
-red oxide primer
-black Hammerite

here you can see the chassis being worked on the right hand corner started to be treated, and here you can see the effect that is required:


all done and treated:


then the red oxide going on! (with my little bitch for the day giving me a hand )



Then all done, just gotta wait for it to dry and then do the underneath tommorow, i could do it from laying down but would rather turn it over to do it properly!



Oh and heres just a cheeky pic because i like comparing the old and new shocks

Anymore progress mate?

Use tractol not hammerite! Looking good though

Any updates mate? I see from another thread you're having issues with the chassis radiator mounts?