Thank you.Some really nice work here - how's the finger? Can't believe they suggested leaving it in....
Sorry, misunderstood. I didn't realise that some didn't have those bits.It's not the pads I'm referring to, I have these and agree they are necessary to sit between tub and chassis.
What i mean is the small metal inserts within the steel ribs (2 in each rib). My ribs don't have those, but I see some places sell them to retrofit. I gather they are something to do with the defender and series differences but I can't see what they actually do ??
I got some replacements from YRM.
Good luck on Tuesday chap - those bits of wire sometimes find their way through gloves too (not that you should not wear gloves of course) - they are nasty little buggers...
Me neither. I sometimes wonder if it will ever happen though.Cant wait to see the final car
Nonsense - you're on a roll.Me neither. I sometimes wonder if it will ever happen though.
Thanks mate but I have a feeling that you will soon rapidly overtake me. Just when the weather and the daylight is with me other commitments have just kicked in big style. Work is going bonkers with the manager whose been in post for all of a month committing us to impossible deadlines for completly changing the way we work. I'm also starting work on our own little side project to be done over and above the day job. This will either lead to me having a chance of retiring at a sensible age or mean that i'm so knackered that it won't matter anyway. Whatever though my landy time may well be heavily curtailed. You can't have it all ways. Anyway I have drunk far too much wine for a mid week evening and it's my long day at work tomorrow so i'm calling it a night.Nonsense - you're on a roll.
There's a bit of healthy competition in Holland of course that should help to nudge you along - so far you're a few steps ahead - but you know perhaps...
Nightmare new boss? Oh dear is it just wazzing up a lamp post to demonstrate primeval dominance? If so I can recommend the "yes sir, Mr President" approach and carry on as usual. If you get caught out do the Cartman approach of "I'm sorry I did not understand the question"...Thanks mate but I have a feeling that you will soon rapidly overtake me. Just when the weather and the daylight is with me other commitments have just kicked in big style. Work is going bonkers with the manager whose been in post for all of a month committing us to impossible deadlines for completly changing the way we work. I'm also starting work on our own little side project to be done over and above the day job. This will either lead to me having a chance of retiring at a sensible age or mean that i'm so knackered that it won't matter anyway. Whatever though my landy time may well be heavily curtailed. You can't have it all ways. Anyway I have drunk far too much wine for a mid week evening and it's my long day at work tomorrow so i'm calling it a night.
...I'm trying to get mine finished too, but finding time at the moment is so hard!
Thank you very much for that. Progress has stalled at the moment but I hope to keep doing a few little bits.Good afternoon, just read complete post instead of working, well I am the boss! Ha ha ha. Flipping brilliant post and I am sure when I start work on my Series III it will be this post I will keep coming back to for inspiration. Top marks all round
if you want someone to look at things with you give me a shout , i often get similar and get a mate to give another viewI think I have reached an absolute low point in this project. No photos at the moment as I haven't had time lately. The body tub is on and I have put the bulkhead back on even though I haven't started work on it yet. I hoped to get an idea of how things lined up but the only thing I know for sure now is that nothing lines up. My lad helped me to refit the bulkhead and even at 9 years old he just took one look at it and said 'well that's not right'. Whoever fitted the new bulkhead outriggers in the past has managed to get the passenger side mounting point 2.5cm lower than the drivers side. It looks bloody awful. When I first got it it sat low on the drivers side like they all do because of knackered springs. Now it is low on the passenger side and I have not got a single guaranteed correct bit to measure from and line up to. When I look back at the first photo on this thread I can't believe it looks quite straight. I just don't know where to start because everything needs adjustment. I have a fortnight off work soon. We will be abroad for one of the weeks and I won't have any time for garage work. To be honest it's a bloody good job because I feel so negative about the whole thing at the moment that I could cheerfully scrap the bugger.
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