Hello all
First time landrover owner here, well bought a discovery 1 a month ago... but yeah always wanted a 110 and here she is!
So I'll get straight into this...
The car is a 1986 ( I think) defender 110 with a 19j 2.5 TD engine in it... I picked it up from south wales about 3 weeks ago with the plan on putting a m57 engine in from the e46 330d/e39 530d.
I've always been a bimmer fan and know the engines pretty well. Don't get me wrong the standard 300tdi you can put in these are great, pretty bombproof but just lack torque... especially when towing - and since ive towed with a mapped 330d and loved the torque.. it made total sense.
So picking her up from the lad down in Newport
Back at the unit
So the next day got the 110 back into the unit, and what a struggle that was! the 110 did run but theres a problem with the gearbox so couldn't get any drive... had to make up a tow/push bar to mount to the discovery to get her in... much faff later we have a 110 in the air.
Was very nervous about getting her up in the air, one because they're a heavy ol beast and 2 because I was dreading what I was going to find...
about 6 hours later of using an angle grinder more than a socket set.... we got to this stage
So really there isn't much holding the chassis onto the body, its really very agriculturally simple its brilliant! Apart from the seized bolts...
End of day 1...
Start of the next day mean getting the chassis out the way and outside to give a look over...
A big thank you to a good friend of mine who came all the way back from Portugal to help me... I mean that's what I thought he came back for anyway.
Anyway the chassis
So as you can see pretty good! it needs a new rear crossmember, few chassis outriggers and a good
clean up, waxoyl and paint!
'how bout that shell'
Pretty fubar'd
Oh yeah make a dolly for the shell first, that bit shoulda gone up there somewhere....
Anyway... The Strip down of the shell
First off the roof
The wings
Doors other wing
Bulkhead
annnnd seat box
So Bulkhead... hmm rusty bulkhead.
As you can see from the above photos... pretty bad. I've never done something like this before, but I think I can save her, YRM do some brilliant repair panels so I reckon i'll go down that route...
This was a massive catchup, removing the seatbox was the last job I did and its in that current state at the moment... The next job is to order the panels and tackle the bulkhead... I really need to buy a portable media blaster for the project I think...
Anyway as always thanks for reading!
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@mathewashmore
@selectmotorsport
First time landrover owner here, well bought a discovery 1 a month ago... but yeah always wanted a 110 and here she is!
So I'll get straight into this...
The car is a 1986 ( I think) defender 110 with a 19j 2.5 TD engine in it... I picked it up from south wales about 3 weeks ago with the plan on putting a m57 engine in from the e46 330d/e39 530d.
I've always been a bimmer fan and know the engines pretty well. Don't get me wrong the standard 300tdi you can put in these are great, pretty bombproof but just lack torque... especially when towing - and since ive towed with a mapped 330d and loved the torque.. it made total sense.
So picking her up from the lad down in Newport
Back at the unit
So the next day got the 110 back into the unit, and what a struggle that was! the 110 did run but theres a problem with the gearbox so couldn't get any drive... had to make up a tow/push bar to mount to the discovery to get her in... much faff later we have a 110 in the air.
Was very nervous about getting her up in the air, one because they're a heavy ol beast and 2 because I was dreading what I was going to find...
about 6 hours later of using an angle grinder more than a socket set.... we got to this stage
So really there isn't much holding the chassis onto the body, its really very agriculturally simple its brilliant! Apart from the seized bolts...
End of day 1...
Start of the next day mean getting the chassis out the way and outside to give a look over...
A big thank you to a good friend of mine who came all the way back from Portugal to help me... I mean that's what I thought he came back for anyway.
Anyway the chassis
So as you can see pretty good! it needs a new rear crossmember, few chassis outriggers and a good
clean up, waxoyl and paint!
'how bout that shell'
Pretty fubar'd
Oh yeah make a dolly for the shell first, that bit shoulda gone up there somewhere....
Anyway... The Strip down of the shell
First off the roof
The wings
Doors other wing
Bulkhead
annnnd seat box
So Bulkhead... hmm rusty bulkhead.
As you can see from the above photos... pretty bad. I've never done something like this before, but I think I can save her, YRM do some brilliant repair panels so I reckon i'll go down that route...
This was a massive catchup, removing the seatbox was the last job I did and its in that current state at the moment... The next job is to order the panels and tackle the bulkhead... I really need to buy a portable media blaster for the project I think...
Anyway as always thanks for reading!
Follow my instagram for more regular updates
@mathewashmore
@selectmotorsport
