Freelaner
Landy Driver
bloody red oxide! tis a big red hand print on me kitchen door ya messy bugger!looking forward to doing the outriggers now though mate.
Redhands in yer kitchen
big si
Well-Known Member
it's ok all the plumbing's plastic not copperRedhands in yer kitchen
Freelaner
Landy Driver
discomania
Well-Known Member
You're getting there!
Can I add, don't put the tow bracket back on the same way it was fitted when you bought it, the rear crossmember is not strong enough for mounting it like that, even less so now you have an aftermarket, thinner steel, replacement.
It should have the mounting plate and the two stuts which connect to the chassis rail.
Can I add, don't put the tow bracket back on the same way it was fitted when you bought it, the rear crossmember is not strong enough for mounting it like that, even less so now you have an aftermarket, thinner steel, replacement.
It should have the mounting plate and the two stuts which connect to the chassis rail.
Little bit of work today. Got both rear outriggers off, prepped and welded a new one back on. The near side outrigger was the worst bodge i have ever seen. Remnants of the original were tack welded on to some copper pipe that was hammered into the chassis. Luckily i managed to get most of it out before welding the new one on. The offside one was a nightmare too. Every bolt was either welded on or so rusted it needed cutting off. No matter. 8mm bolts are hardly rare. On to the pics!
More work on Bogey today....
Hardy Spicers in the rear prop, new bump stops all round. And O/S/F outrigger replaced.
My god that last one was a major effort. Hard getting access to cut the old one off, then finding a mahoosive hole, crudely patched up by the DPO with 1.2mm steel :/ Cut all that crap out and bladdered in a nice thick piece
More picatures!!!
****ty DPO patch
**** cut away ready for patch
Patch fed inside chassis and seemed up
Various chicken **** welding pics
Hardy Spicers in the rear prop, new bump stops all round. And O/S/F outrigger replaced.
My god that last one was a major effort. Hard getting access to cut the old one off, then finding a mahoosive hole, crudely patched up by the DPO with 1.2mm steel :/ Cut all that crap out and bladdered in a nice thick piece
More picatures!!!
****ty DPO patch
**** cut away ready for patch
Patch fed inside chassis and seemed up
Various chicken **** welding pics
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As it turns out.. you were right about the money pit, and the over priced nature!!
Loads of work done again today.
New Doors on with ally military tops. Swapped the locks over from old doors as i have the key and they fit the strikers better.
Cut the tailgate mounts off old crossmember and welded them onto new one, fitted tailgate very nicely.
Decided to modify my snorkel to fit as a 300 rather than a 200 as my N/A heater box would majorly get in the way of any pipe work. Sorted that mod out and attached it to the wing. Drilled some holes in the windscreen surround and used some self tappers to attach snorkel brackets.
Also fitted my BFG MT's and took off my ruined sills in preperation for some rock sliders
PICS!!
New Doors on with ally military tops. Swapped the locks over from old doors as i have the key and they fit the strikers better.
Cut the tailgate mounts off old crossmember and welded them onto new one, fitted tailgate very nicely.
Decided to modify my snorkel to fit as a 300 rather than a 200 as my N/A heater box would majorly get in the way of any pipe work. Sorted that mod out and attached it to the wing. Drilled some holes in the windscreen surround and used some self tappers to attach snorkel brackets.
Also fitted my BFG MT's and took off my ruined sills in preperation for some rock sliders
PICS!!
Cracking thread buddy.
birtanedaha
New Member
Good stuff, but that welding is ................well,,,,,,,,,er,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just,,,, er chicken ****.
Cheek lol. Show me your welding to 30 year old porous as f00k ****ty steel. I could dress it back to be alot prettier, but as long as its solid with good penetration and not just surface weld then i am not all that fussed
kato Disco
Well-Known Member
Great thread and an enormous amount of work carried out. Well done, I can't wait to see the final pics when it's all painted.
