Series 3 SWB Nut and Bolt rebuild

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Having freshly galvanized the original chassis do I paint it black or leave it as it is ?

  • Yes - Etch, prime and paint black

    Votes: 10 90.9%
  • No - Leave it galvanized

    Votes: 1 9.1%

  • Total voters
    11
  • Poll closed .
Door frames blasted, a few repairs done to the bottom rails then primed ready for new ali skin.
 

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New door skins and galv door tops arrived today from sp4x4. Bonded the skins to the original door frames that had been blasted repaired and painted. Hammered the edges over then a quick once over with 240grit DA. All ready for epoxy ali primer
 

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Well a very productive day, epoxy primed all the doors, sills, new door hinges and gave the wings another coat they’re all ready to go with the bonnet for some marine blue. Auxiliary dash panel refurbished, sanded and painted then found a replacement plastic cover strip with no damage on the net, ebayed a new brake warning light holder and a pull fog switch.
Just sat down with a beer and contemplating wiring in the dash …….
 

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That’s a cracking day deserve a few more beers, my task today was to stop the clanking exhaust by making a spacer for the clamp never got round to it , spent half a day cleaning out one cupboard:(
Can you show some pics of the landy as is please
 
Thanks Steve I’m very pleased with the progress this week. Here’s some piccys fresh from the man cave !
 

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Incredible job you’re doing and not far away now, wiring up looks a bit of a headache, looks like you labelled up the old one which will help a lot
 
This weekends tinkering include , finishing off the wiring, fiting the dashboard. Glad to say that most things work, fitted new modern flasher relays, and I need a new dash light toggle switch, and the jury is still out on the fuel sender unit …. With so little fuel in the tank its hard to tell.
 

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This evenings handy work was fitting the windscreen and the handbrake. Although I messed up a bit while fitting a stainless rivet into the handbrake ! Doh ! Hammered the rivet thats half way down that holds the small triangle piece that connects the rod from the button just to realise that the rivet hadnygone through the triangle bit that it was suppose to hold ?!! Retard !
 

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A few hours in the garage today got the bonnet stay back together and the galv back panel rivited onto the rear tailgate.
Made the centre rivet on the stay was made by grinding a flanged m8 bolt to a rivet shape, heated it up red hot then hammered it flat and mushroomed the end.
 

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Dash now complete with the washer tubing routed and the wiper motor cover painted and vinyl polished.
 

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Gearbox tunnel fitted, handbrake complete with new clevis and pins
 

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Seat bases and runners painted
 

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Sense of anticipation is heightening finishing line and 1st drive must be in sight, Looking fantastic , What kind of clips did you use to attach brake line to,chassis, I’ve got the long one front to back unsupported, thought the mot man would pick it up a fortnight ago, bought these but keep snapping when tapping in chassis holes
 
I used them, drilled a hole and then put fresh paint in it. Used a punch to hit the clip in the middle. The hole needs to be a fairly tight fit to make sure they don't come out again. However for the pipe to the rear I used the zinc plated clips with the self tapping screws
 
I used the small plastic clips, however they do seem rather flimsy, if they do pop out I have some small stainless ‘p’ clips that I may pop rivet onto the chassis through the existing holes
 

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