Aidso
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So I thought I would start a wee thread to keep it all together rather than a million and one posts.
Always wanted a Landy. Never fussy as long as it was not a rangy. So had a few quid saved up and saw a series 3 109" for sale. Decided to go have a look. The guy also had the S2 for sale. But anyways went to look at one and got both. Now I knew from the start they needed a bit of work. Ended up with BOTH.
Have them in a lovely wee shed and decided to start on the S2a as the chassis was already done and it had already been striped.
What little did I know of how much had been stripped. It has a 2.5td(19j) in it which had basically just been thrown at it. The engine mounts were totally out.
And there was no gearbox cross member. So order new cross member and removed engine and engine mount. To refit the engine mounts and cross member I held the whole lot on a crane reattached crossmember to gearbox and put the remaining mount in. I then connected the rear prop to give me placement. So engine all siting square I tacked the engine mount and crossmember. Then unbolted the engine and box and took them back out so I could properly weld every thing. (Not the best welding but it holds)
Then back in with everything.
Then back on with the bulkhead.
While we were doing this we also stripped the front wheels to try and get more studs in as it currently only had 1 in drivers side and 2 in passenger side. Looks like someone rattled in the wrong studs as the hub is threaded.
Bit of a problem as you can no longer get S2 hubs. So I am now on the hunt for some used hubs. (Hint hint) done the back wheels all perfect back up to 5 studs and 5 new nuts.
Next task is the brakes and fuel tank. Currently there is now pipes at all.
Always wanted a Landy. Never fussy as long as it was not a rangy. So had a few quid saved up and saw a series 3 109" for sale. Decided to go have a look. The guy also had the S2 for sale. But anyways went to look at one and got both. Now I knew from the start they needed a bit of work. Ended up with BOTH.
Have them in a lovely wee shed and decided to start on the S2a as the chassis was already done and it had already been striped.
What little did I know of how much had been stripped. It has a 2.5td(19j) in it which had basically just been thrown at it. The engine mounts were totally out.
And there was no gearbox cross member. So order new cross member and removed engine and engine mount. To refit the engine mounts and cross member I held the whole lot on a crane reattached crossmember to gearbox and put the remaining mount in. I then connected the rear prop to give me placement. So engine all siting square I tacked the engine mount and crossmember. Then unbolted the engine and box and took them back out so I could properly weld every thing. (Not the best welding but it holds)
Then back in with everything.
Then back on with the bulkhead.
While we were doing this we also stripped the front wheels to try and get more studs in as it currently only had 1 in drivers side and 2 in passenger side. Looks like someone rattled in the wrong studs as the hub is threaded.
Bit of a problem as you can no longer get S2 hubs. So I am now on the hunt for some used hubs. (Hint hint) done the back wheels all perfect back up to 5 studs and 5 new nuts.
Next task is the brakes and fuel tank. Currently there is now pipes at all.
