right guys i am back

i need help found some rot that i didnt expect

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here both sides is gone what can i do about this ?
 
been a long summer but made some progress finally lol

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I love this RCP stuff
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I got 4 of these for £125 bargain I think
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snapped a trailing arm moving it about the driveway
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needed the heat and magic fluid for this one
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spare trailing arm painted up and bushed up ready to fit
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while I was out of welding gas I started on the front suspension work
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I have more to upload but thats all for tonight

comments welcome as usual
 
not sure if they are staying or not they may get swapped again for some 2+ springs
Nice springy spacers :)

question is for a bit of a daily/weekend warrior what shocks should I fit all sorts of mixed reviews of TF and BP Cellular etc

I want it to perform on the road and do some off the road stuff (my mrs Freelander with Its handles the stuff I usually get up to)

cheers
 
I can highly recommend the Terrafirma Pro Sport shocks, had them in standard height and now +2" and they're superb, very good value for money :)
 
If you don’t want the lift I’ve found the stardard britpart shocks and springs to be completely fine so far.
 
What are they like on road ?
Also are you on tf springs or spacers or any lift at all ?
Previous standard LR springs with Terrafirma shocks, was perfect, I don't have anti roll bars on mine and there wasn't anything like the body roll I was imagining with them, now on Terrafirma pro sport & +2" medium duty springs, very comfortable and handles much as it did on std height springs.
 
Previous standard LR springs with Terrafirma shocks, was perfect, I don't have anti roll bars on mine and there wasn't anything like the body roll I was imagining with them, now on Terrafirma pro sport & +2" medium duty springs, very comfortable and handles much as it did on std height springs.
good to know I am going to be buying a new spring and shock setup
for now I got a set of nearly new super gaz shocks for 45 just need washers as guy lost them I have new bushes ready to fit tho
 
ok so I have been doing more work but seem to keep forgetting the camera

I ordered full mintex discs and pads stainless calliper rebuild kits new steering damper new power steering pump service kit and various other odds and ends

And it totally ****ed me off today for lack of better words now I have some advice if your doing something like this do it only while you enjoy it don't do it as a chore or a job the second you stop enjoying it you start the that will do attitude and start slacking off
if you get ****ed off walk away
if you get frustrated walk away
if you stop enjoying welding rebuilding painting just walk away do something else !! come back later

ok so I finally put my shocks on 3 corners at least
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I stripped the rear end and attacked it with various wire brush attachments to clean her up but for 23 years old she's in good condition well at least the chassis is
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All painted up with 2 coats of buzzweld CIO
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Yes I know my springs need replaced but I am still on the fence as to what to do 2+ springs and 2+ blocks or just 2+ springs I have the 2+ blocks fitted just now
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I also hit this side with wet n dry 3000g to clean up 23 years of what looks like never been washed paint
then got the rotary out and polished a little (my pad exploded others ordered)
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So I cut the holes out at the alpine windows both side the exact same after 2 hours of bending plates and binning them trying to get a perfect but weld joint I lapped the bottom half and but welded the top
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So I then attacked the rear body x member cut the rot off and welded in a 5mm Dunbar plate hopefully stop it being damaged from heavy crap being dropped on it
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I have also nearly finished the boot floor about 1 full days welding to be done hopefully be done for the weekend
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now onto some brake work as can be done at night in the shed I stripped all 4 callipers off and decided to put them into an electrolysis bath for 24 hours and I am still shocked at how well this works zero effort I want a tank big enough for the whole car to be dipped in
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this is the after but before paint picture and this was after a pleasure wash so I ordered all the rebuild kit and stainless pistons to bring these old girls back to life
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after all the clippers had been derusted by salty water and electricity I painted them black with CIO and fitted new stainless pistons and seals (thanks LRTV Youtube for inspiration) painting was perfectly timed as we are redoing the back bedroom for the arrival of the new born in July so paint fumes are aloud in the house as gloss stinks anyway yey

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Now !!!! onto todays job strip old rusty disc off and replace
HA!! never that simple at all
OSF - wheel bearing installed with a chisel and tighter than me and thats saying something
NSF - wheel bearing had 2x hub seals fitted one to the front of the hub in-front of the bearing and the 2nd on the inside like normal wheel bearing has ate half the front seal and is totally US
OSR - wheel bearing is installed correctly and well lubricated also a Timken's part YEY
NSR - Wheel Bearing was that tight I had to use a 6ft bar to undo the adjuster nut yes the adjuster nut that is supposed to be 61nm back it off 90 and do it up to 4nm yes 4 not 400 just 4nm thanks

not only has it cooked the bearing but its totally destroyed the stub also I was less than amused retired to my man cave to calm down

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it does look nice sadly staying on its stands another week at least

yes the Panhard rod bolt Is loose I am waiting on a new one I damaged that one and don't feel its serviceable

so lessons learned today
1 using a chisel to do a wheel bearing adjuster nut and lock nut up isn't only bad practice but dangerous at Best Buy the £3 tool !!!
2 some people should not be aloud to have tools not even the plastic ones toys R us sell (sold)
3 Always assume the worst and if you need to remove a part to replace another just buy them because god knows some clown would of killed the original one anyway


on the upside my power steering works a charm now and no more Leakes also managed to stick up the fuel system so its now all sorted

boot floor to be riv-nutted in and rear driers quarter to be put back on properly then seats door seals

4 wheel bearings and mot that should reveal a list of what I have forgotten

she is nearly "finished" I mean road worthy finished may never actually happen

cheers and night guys

PS currently the wife drives a 2002 TD4 Freelander (got her out of that god awful zafira last year) we paid 480 with 3 days mot bit of welding and a couple Flexi pipes and she was golden its now done 51k in our ownership in 8 months its fair past its best but its still going now my mrs has been driving 2 years something nicer is on its way to us

we need bigger as baby number 2 has a nice massive new pram that does not fit in the Freelander with the seats up so we are on the hunt for a facelift TD5 disco 2 auto full leather electric etc etc as our new family waggon must be auto as she is short and can't reach the clutch in my mates td5 because of bump hitting the steering wheel
 
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