Well Chassis Sourced and collected. Thanks to BB for driving there & back & supplying Van. and to Channi for turning up at the workshop. Purely so he could give us an hand, get the chassis off the trailer and into the workshop.

So the Strip down and rebuild begins. :eek:

Total spend to date:
Trailer Hire Free :D
VAn Hire Free :D
Chassis £100
Fuel to collect Chassis £45

Total Spend £145
 
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Best wishes.

Keep on with the spendOmeter, be interesting to see how low you can keep it ;)
 
Been down the workshop, to make a start on cleaning it out.

Took some pics of the chassis.

Think it's fair to say the arse is rotten. :( Loving the filler in this pic :eek:

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Spring mounting May need a bit of plating.
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Got a lovely towhitch off it. fromt plate is about 1/2" thick. :eek:
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Rest of Pics here.
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Whats the plan now?

Shot blast, repair it then galv? Or you you just gonna freshen it up and do it all over again in a couple years on a brand new galvo marslands?
 
Whats the plan now?

Shot blast, repair it then galv? Or you you just gonna freshen it up and do it all over again in a couple years on a brand new galvo marslands?

Repair chassis, swap everything over sell it. And buy a CSW
 
Oh yes and I won't be buying blind off ebay. :eek:

After we've sorted the chassis properly and swapped everything over I'd be tempted to keep it if I were you.

After all.....























You'll never recoup the labour cost :D
 
I've been down workshop today to get rid of a load of ****e and make some space. 3 trips to tip in the fiesta. and ya can't even tell I've made a start. :(

Had to drag 4 gearboxs 2 complete axles a transfer box and a pile of props, steering bars etc half way across workshop & stack em out the way in the corner.

Anyone wanna buy a 300TDI rear diff, lt77 Disco Gearbox or transfer box off a 300TDi disco??
 
Off the top of my head The gearbox has about 150k on it But it's been sitting around for about 4 years now And will need a good clean up. The transfer box I know is in good condition as it came off the last Disco I had.
 
Today I've spent another day clearing the workshop out and have finally made a big enough hole to be able to set the chassis up ready to be cleaned and fettled.
 

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And getting that chassis up on them Blocks on my own was a right ball ache. :(
 

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