Hello from Houston

Trench Rat said:

I've still got a way with my series. Mechanically done, the water pump and fuel tank are replaced. Just some cracks in the body work, an oil leak (which i'll be making a thread about as there's two locations...) and undoing some of the absolutely piss crazy sealing jobs the PO did to her.

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gstuart said:

Indeed ur find this forum extremely friendly and helpful, is like a large dysfunctional family, lol

Here’s my D3 , bought it as a project 2 x years ago, have virtually torn the thing apart , just got a few bits left to do, after rebuilding suspension, airbag system etc , its been well worth it as I really like it

Look forward to the rangie pics plse



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gstuart said:

Sounds an awesome project , I had the pleasure of doing a chassis swap on my old 88 diesel many moons ago

Ah yes the bodges , like ur godself winds me up beyond belief , think I spent nearly a year sorting them out as I kept uncovering them, ie, cable ties to secure brake lines , wire connectors glued together , looms not secured in correct clips , list went on and on , but at least I know it’s all been done properly

Know it also takes a lot of time sourcing parts etc and putting things right

Would have really liked to have seen ur project , have u got any threads running at the moment , will check them out if u have plse

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Flasc said:

She's a beauty ! It's well past midnight in Houston . So, I will end my diatribes now . Thanks for your suggestions pictures and comments .

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Trench Rat said:

Did you sell the 88? There's something great about working on the old ones, theraputic even.

cable ties to secure brake lines , wire connectors glued together

Sweet christ... what goes through peoples minds?

No active threads at the moment, i didn't really catalog what i was doing other than the fuel tank, didn't think it was major enough. I have some pics but it's mostly in this very moment in time. I might upload some later when home from work.

The main bodges i want to undo are the sealed shut (and painted over) front vents and the silicone that has been used to stick the roof on... I'll do some threads when i get on it.

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