Thanks mate, as above I've ground it down a bit to check it's solid but wish I'd have gone a little further now you guys have mentioned it - I've already started painting the chassis up now. :doh:
Great stuff
That is an aftermarket electronic fuel pump, no idea why it was put there, it makes a horrid loud "tick tick tick" sound when running and is in the way of where the coil should be. I've got an original pump ready to go on when I start building him back up, along with another military fuel tank to replace to rotten one.
Yeah the oil cooler doesn't look like the military one - must have been changed out at some point. Seems good though.
Cheers for all the comments guys, it's great to see other people interested in your project.
Here's a few pics from todays little paint session, managed to use a whole 1/2 litre tin of POR-15 doing just one coat of the rear half of the chassis!
To be honest I think I've applied it a little too thick as it's dried to a bit of a hammered finish. At least I know for when I do the second coat.
I've stayed away from all the suspension mounts as I have new springs, shocks, shackles, pins, u-bolts, and check straps to go on! I'll paint around them once they're all on. I've left the shackles soaked in WD40 for now...
Here's a picture for rhino, as I know he's a mssive fan of
bodged-up electrics on a Series:
Next up is getting the front wings off, getting the front half of the chassis sorted (gotta order some more POR-15 too!), fit the rear suspension, clean up the axles, steam clean the gearbox, and overhaul the brakes...and 100 other things!
Tom
