Hi Arron I have never driven a Discovery but many people seem to love them, they are known to be good off road but more comfortable then the Defender, when you look I have seen some threads where people start to cut out the rust and find it goes deeper and deeper.
They seem to be able to show defenders how to rust !
 
Well it has been remarkably mild here this evening so spent half an hour in the garage and got the first of the top coat on the axle.
Another tomorrow hopefully, need to give the paint as long to dry as I can before I start assembly at the weekend, I may even see if I can get away with putting it in the house where it is warm :eek::oops:


 
aaronmorris said:
Another tomorrow hopefully, need to give the paint as long to dry as I can before I start assembly at the weekend, I may even see if I can get away with putting it in the house where it is warm :eek::oops:
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not sure what I envy most about you Aaron...your time/money...your skill...or your long-suffering Doris!!:D:D:D
 
raywin said:
Hi Arron I have never driven a Discovery but many people seem to love them, they are known to be good off road but more comfortable then the Defender, when you look I have seen some threads where people start to cut out the rust and find it goes deeper and deeper.
They seem to be able to show defenders how to rust !
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Come to think of it Ray, it may actually be first one I have actually driven myself, but can see why people own them, quieter, comfier, warmer, but then you get back in the Defender and their is no comparison, their is just something about them.
But yes, they certainly can show defenders how to rust, this one has the rot illness too.

Beneagles said:
not sure what I envy most about you Aaron...your time/money...your skill...or your long-suffering Doris!!:D:D:D
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Haha, thanks :) Not to mention the neighbours :eek:o_O
 
Spent another hour or so in the shed tonight, another coat on the axle, and another big pile of parts arrived today.
All the stuff for the rear axle, discs, pads, calipers, bearings etc, plus the rest of the stuff to get it to a rolling chassis stage, springs, shocks, turrets, rear shock mounts, steering damper, various nuts/bolts and a several other bits and pieces I may need.
So also started painting the calipers and the rear shock mounts, again another coat tomorrow depending if I can be arsed or not :oops:
 
Al2O3 said:
Original calipers not worth refurbishing, Aaron?
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Yes and no, I suppose they could be mate, but they are rusty as anything and pistons seized in, I just thought easier and quicker to buy new.

GATSO said:
O M G I'm still on rebuild number 1 !!!!!!!!!!!! and your starting number 4 !!!!!! lol puts us slow coaches to shame ,,,loving them all tho ,,,,,:cool:
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Ay, you've built more than most of us on here in the past though mate ;) But cheers :)

mick the builder said:
And me!
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Thing is Mick, where most have other commitments in life to take their time, I don't have any as such, well this is it, so I probably get to spend more time on mine than some.
That said, if we end up moving house it will come to a grinding halt as I will have nowhere to finish it, for a good year I would think while I get myself settled in and sorted.
 
aaronmorris said:
Yes and no, I suppose they could be mate, but they are rusty as anything and pistons seized in, I just thought easier and quicker to buy new.
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Yeah, if the pistons are seized in it's a pig of a job. I got stuck with one of my rear pistons and so had to buy a new pair for the back. Spent ages on it, so you're right it can be a massive time saver.

aaronmorris said:
Ay, you've built more than most of us on here in the past though mate ;) But cheers :)
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To a very high spec anorl :)


aaronmorris said:
Thing is Mick, where most have other commitments in life to take their time, I don't have any as such, well this is it, so I probably get to spend more time on mine than some.
That said, if we end up moving house it will come to a grinding halt as I will have nowhere to finish it, for a good year I would think while I get myself settled in and sorted.
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Doesn't it have a garage or a large shed? :eek:
 
Al2O3 said:
Yeah, if the pistons are seized in it's a pig of a job. I got stuck with one of my rear pistons and so had to buy a new pair for the back. Spent ages on it, so you're right it can be a massive time saver.


To a very high spec anorl :)



Doesn't it have a garage or a large shed? :eek:
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It currently has a garage, probably the same size as the one I have now, but the whole point of moving is it is a bigger house and a bigger garden, albeit more money and we have to raise the capital, but it should be worth it, it might not be as suitable straight away, but long term it should be much better overall, garden is about 40m long, so hopefully I can build what I want down their and still have more garden left than what we have now.
But the first job when/if we move in is to put a fence up as their is non, not looking forward to that :eek: But with 5 dogs it has to happen.
So yes, their is a garage, but it will probably be full of all the other crap that is usually in the shed/sheds here, so a big shed will also have to be built, or I just go all out and build a big garage and don't do anything projects wise until that is built, but we'll see, who knows what will happen yet, we're just waiting to hear it is all going to go through.
All I want to know is, are we moving or not so I can start organising some stuff as it will be a mammoth task, but it needs to be watered down somehow, beit, bin/scrap, sell or keep.
 
I'm the same Aaron, we have had an offer accepted on a house in the country with a field in front where I'm going to build a workshop, we just need to sell this bloody one! I've bought all of the parts to do the bodywork on mine but I don't have anywhere to paint yet or anywhere to work currently.

On an unrelated question what grit DA sanding pads do you use? I have found such varied answers online.
 
aaronmorris said:
Yes and no, I suppose they could be mate, but they are rusty as anything and pistons seized in, I just thought easier and quicker to buy new.



Ay, you've built more than most of us on here in the past though mate ;) But cheers :)



Thing is Mick, where most have other commitments in life to take their time, I don't have any as such, well this is it, so I probably get to spend more time on mine than some.
That said, if we end up moving house it will come to a grinding halt as I will have nowhere to finish it, for a good year I would think while I get myself settled in and sorted.
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If you've got a fence to put around the property, with gates and everything, as well as a very large shed/big garage to build, then that will take a lot of weekends. Fencing and shed building is canny work in the evening when the light nights come back. Having said that, I can't see you lasting a year without working on your Landy project. I think you'll come up with some ingenious way of getting stuff done. :)
Sounds like an opportunity to get a much bigger garage/workshop though Aaron! That's a big silver lining to keep your eye on. ;)
 
Well had a reasonably good day today, first job this morning was the get the front axle out of the garage, get some wheels on it and fit radius arms.





I then finished building the rear axle up, had already bolted the diff in and stub axles on on Friday night.



Again, rolled it outside, wheels on, trailing arms, a-frame ball joint and it was ready to go on.







Chassis strapped up ready to lift and start putting axles on.



Front axle on.



And rear axle on.
Done on my own with the assistance of the engine crane, much easier with two, but that rarely happens so manage without, just takes a little longer.



I then started bolting the rear shocks on, a-frame arms etc..





So their we have it, a rolling chassis, and pretty chuffed to be at this stage, seems like something is happening now :)









Last job I managed to do was bolt the steering box on and panhard rod mount, also had a little look around in the shed and found a couple of galv brackets left over from last time, so stuck them on too.

Lashing eyes.



And middle tub brackets.
Also found some chassis - bulkhead brackets but don't have any m8 bolts a 100mm long to fix them to the chassis.



Forecast to piss it down all day tomorrow so I very much doubt much will happen, bloody weather :(
Still dubious about stripping the donor, house move is going through, solicitors instructed to go ahead on eithers side, I have said I'd like to move before Christmas, as would the bloke who wants to buy ours, estate agents say highly unlikely, never understand why it takes so bloody long to be honest.

Plenty of time to strip it, but probably not plenty of time to sell it all, which means it would end up going to the scrap yard so I don't have to take it with me.
Been thinking it would be nice to have the engine and gearbox in before we go, but that means stripping it, so not sure what stage to get it to or leave it at.
Would be nice to have the bulkhead on also, with pedal boxes attached, steering column etc, but can't see it getting that far.
 
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