I bought a 1989 "90" a couple of weeks ago ... no MOT so I knew it was going to be a bit of a project, but I drove it about 100 miles home, wasn't too bad, brakes a bit weak. It's got a 300TDi engine in it though which runs very nicely.
Poking around underneath revealed a fair amount of rust on the rear member, so I decided to bite the bullet and chop it off. (Cue lots of jokes about chopping yer member off etc etc).
Blagged a bottle of argon from my neighbour (very useful chap!) and welded a new one on. Welding upside down under a landy is not exactly fun, molten metal running down yer sleeve, burning the hair of your chest, you get the idea
About 100 metres of MIG wire and a splish of Hammerite later, it looks like new Apart from the chicken-poo welds, ahem.
And then thanks to information on this very site (here) l, I fixed the brakes before work this morning, someone had fitted the return springs on the rear shoes wrongly. MOT during the morning, I'm on the road
So, hello, by the way
Poking around underneath revealed a fair amount of rust on the rear member, so I decided to bite the bullet and chop it off. (Cue lots of jokes about chopping yer member off etc etc).
Blagged a bottle of argon from my neighbour (very useful chap!) and welded a new one on. Welding upside down under a landy is not exactly fun, molten metal running down yer sleeve, burning the hair of your chest, you get the idea
About 100 metres of MIG wire and a splish of Hammerite later, it looks like new
Apart from the chicken-poo welds, ahem.
And then thanks to information on this very site (here) l, I fixed the brakes before work this morning, someone had fitted the return springs on the rear shoes wrongly. MOT during the morning, I'm on the road
So, hello, by the way
