aaronmorris
Head's a shed
I find I say "I'm just nipping out for 5 I wont get dirty"
Next thing I've been outside all day and my clothes are f*cked
So I now no longer have decent clothes and everything is "scruffs" Not like I go anywhere anyway.
I find I say "I'm just nipping out for 5 I wont get dirty"
Next thing I've been outside all day and my clothes are f*cked
So I now no longer have decent clothes and everything is "scruffs" Not like I go anywhere anyway.
min200
Active Member
Well if you see me out on the drive working on it when you pass feel free to stop and have a nose at it and a brew
min200
Active Member
Tanks and Switches
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Posted by min200 Sat, September 27, 2014 18:50:26
Have you ever been volunteered for a job at work and you think "yea why not it will make a change and a few extra quid" then as soon as you started doing that job thought "Why in Gods name did I say I would do this?" Well that's where I am at now.]
12 hours a day 6 days a week seemed like a great idea bringing in extra cash but the actual job is mind numbing as hell! Basically I am a traffic director whilst a massive area outside of the biggest warehouse we have is being re tarmacked so I get to argue with outside drivers that they cant park their trucks there and basically puch people around to keep the flow of trailers moving....I would rather be hung up by my pubic hair on the nearest light bulb than do the next two weeks I have left on it!
But there was a silver lining as we finished phase one within a couple hours of arriving at work this morning so I promptly ran off home before I could be found some other mind numbing chore for me to do by those folk in the offices that all they seem to do is compare job titles and measure each others dicks!
So onto the landy as soon as I got home with the unexpected extra time I had in the day. I decided on rebuilding the fuel system that I stripped out last time I had any time on the old girl. First was to remove the old fuel pump that was caked up with some sort of fuzz and cobwebs.
The fuel lines were brittle as hell so getting them out wasn't a problem.
Two bolts that hold the fuel pump on cam off easily and to my surprise there was no gasket behind it so it may of rotted away or not been there to start with but it made cleaning the face up for a good fit of the new pump easy.
I popped the pump on and then fitted new brake line front to back but discovered that the flexi hose that connects to the carb was perished but does it have to have that? Is it going to cause me any great problems without it? I shall be asking around to see but fitting it later wont be a problem.
Then it was onto fitting the 88" fuel tank. Apart from cutting a hole in the floor for the filler to come out of it wasn't really a problem apart from the fact that if you don't have a large high jack, two pairs of hands or the use of the force you will struggle to do this by yourself.
Having said that the lovely ladies of my home just looked at me like I had asked if they would clean the front driveway with their tongues when I asked for a helping hand so I went and dug out my big jack, my spare set of hands, quickly read up on my jedi mind powers and got stuck in. After 20 minutes of mild foul language dropping tools when I really could have done without doing so and a couple of trapped fingers later the tank was in.
I connected the fuel pipe then looked at the wiring from the twin tanks realising I had not marked or taken any notice of what two wires I would need to plug back in for the fuel gauge to work called myself a few derogatory names and added it to my list of what I must find out as well as finding out where the fuel filler cap should be so it works and connects to the tank as its supposed to.
After a quick tidy around, the driveway was starting to look like a jumble sale with tools and rubbish strewn all over the place, I decided to fit the new brake switch. It wasn't too hard but I did have to slacken off the top nuts on the brake servo in order to remove the old and fit the new brake switch.
After some fiddling around I actually got the brake lights to work! That's one set of lights on the rear of the motor that actually do!!
There was one troubling thing I did notice while crawling around under the landy and that was maybe a couple of bolts might be missing from what I think is the clutch housing...could be something else mind but Im learning as I go here but they are missing in the following pics if anyone can shed any light on it...
So another pleasant afternoon spent pottering about when I should have been working which has made it so much more enjoyable.
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Posted by min200 Sat, September 27, 2014 18:50:26
Have you ever been volunteered for a job at work and you think "yea why not it will make a change and a few extra quid" then as soon as you started doing that job thought "Why in Gods name did I say I would do this?" Well that's where I am at now.]
12 hours a day 6 days a week seemed like a great idea bringing in extra cash but the actual job is mind numbing as hell! Basically I am a traffic director whilst a massive area outside of the biggest warehouse we have is being re tarmacked so I get to argue with outside drivers that they cant park their trucks there and basically puch people around to keep the flow of trailers moving....I would rather be hung up by my pubic hair on the nearest light bulb than do the next two weeks I have left on it!
But there was a silver lining as we finished phase one within a couple hours of arriving at work this morning so I promptly ran off home before I could be found some other mind numbing chore for me to do by those folk in the offices that all they seem to do is compare job titles and measure each others dicks!
So onto the landy as soon as I got home with the unexpected extra time I had in the day. I decided on rebuilding the fuel system that I stripped out last time I had any time on the old girl. First was to remove the old fuel pump that was caked up with some sort of fuzz and cobwebs.
The fuel lines were brittle as hell so getting them out wasn't a problem.
Two bolts that hold the fuel pump on cam off easily and to my surprise there was no gasket behind it so it may of rotted away or not been there to start with but it made cleaning the face up for a good fit of the new pump easy.
I popped the pump on and then fitted new brake line front to back but discovered that the flexi hose that connects to the carb was perished but does it have to have that? Is it going to cause me any great problems without it? I shall be asking around to see but fitting it later wont be a problem.
Then it was onto fitting the 88" fuel tank. Apart from cutting a hole in the floor for the filler to come out of it wasn't really a problem apart from the fact that if you don't have a large high jack, two pairs of hands or the use of the force you will struggle to do this by yourself.
Having said that the lovely ladies of my home just looked at me like I had asked if they would clean the front driveway with their tongues when I asked for a helping hand so I went and dug out my big jack, my spare set of hands, quickly read up on my jedi mind powers and got stuck in. After 20 minutes of mild foul language dropping tools when I really could have done without doing so and a couple of trapped fingers later the tank was in.
I connected the fuel pipe then looked at the wiring from the twin tanks realising I had not marked or taken any notice of what two wires I would need to plug back in for the fuel gauge to work called myself a few derogatory names and added it to my list of what I must find out as well as finding out where the fuel filler cap should be so it works and connects to the tank as its supposed to.
After a quick tidy around, the driveway was starting to look like a jumble sale with tools and rubbish strewn all over the place, I decided to fit the new brake switch. It wasn't too hard but I did have to slacken off the top nuts on the brake servo in order to remove the old and fit the new brake switch.
After some fiddling around I actually got the brake lights to work! That's one set of lights on the rear of the motor that actually do!!
There was one troubling thing I did notice while crawling around under the landy and that was maybe a couple of bolts might be missing from what I think is the clutch housing...could be something else mind but Im learning as I go here but they are missing in the following pics if anyone can shed any light on it...
So another pleasant afternoon spent pottering about when I should have been working which has made it so much more enjoyable.
min200
Active Member
What can you do in 5 mins?
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Posted by min200 Sun, September 28, 2014 20:09:43
A proper day off today and as it turns out it was my wedding anniversary...whoops. Now luckily I was up very early because of the daft hours im working and downstairs I found a card from Wifey to me. Soooo I quickly headed out to "walk the dog" before she woke up and actually found a decnt bunch of flowers at the petrol station up the road along with a blank card to write in! I mean what are the odds of finding both at the local BP? talk about luck on my side!
So with Wifey happy when she woke up we headed off into Derbyshire to have a hunt around a carboot/market and lunch out in the park at Matlock. While we were sitting there it came to my attention what ****e parenting goes on in the world. There was a women screaming at a two year old that he was a waste of space and needed to wlk faster, a Dad looking more at his phone while his kid was doing his best to drown himself in the river but the cream de le cream were the parents that were just smiling at their daughter who just kept screaming at the top of her voice and this was a scream that could break glass over a ten minute period because she wanted an ice cream.
Now when I was a kid I got a slap if I stood out of line, if my parents weren't there to do it any other adult that was kicking around would happily stand in and give you a slap if you were being a ****. I have slapped my own kids on the very rare occasion it has been needed and they have turned out to be ok with no mental scars but we seem to have the first generation that was raised without punishments for their actions now having their own kids whilst having no clue what to do to discipline them. Honestly it takes everything I have inme not to first walk up to the latest little ****s and tell them off whilst slapping their parents at the same time.
Still enough of my griping Wifey decided she was going to hoover the car out so I had a window of twenty minutes to do something Landy related but what can you do in that time without getting filthy?
The answer is gators. Two gators one on the handbrake and one on the 4wd knob.
Easy enough to do just whip out the screws take off the old gators and refit!
The old gators were past their best!
Then the hoover went quiet so playtime was over. Next job will be to finish the fuel pipe cap bit on the bodywork at some point over the next couple of weeks.
Main
Posted by min200 Sun, September 28, 2014 20:09:43
A proper day off today and as it turns out it was my wedding anniversary...whoops. Now luckily I was up very early because of the daft hours im working and downstairs I found a card from Wifey to me. Soooo I quickly headed out to "walk the dog" before she woke up and actually found a decnt bunch of flowers at the petrol station up the road along with a blank card to write in! I mean what are the odds of finding both at the local BP? talk about luck on my side!
So with Wifey happy when she woke up we headed off into Derbyshire to have a hunt around a carboot/market and lunch out in the park at Matlock. While we were sitting there it came to my attention what ****e parenting goes on in the world. There was a women screaming at a two year old that he was a waste of space and needed to wlk faster, a Dad looking more at his phone while his kid was doing his best to drown himself in the river but the cream de le cream were the parents that were just smiling at their daughter who just kept screaming at the top of her voice and this was a scream that could break glass over a ten minute period because she wanted an ice cream.
Now when I was a kid I got a slap if I stood out of line, if my parents weren't there to do it any other adult that was kicking around would happily stand in and give you a slap if you were being a ****. I have slapped my own kids on the very rare occasion it has been needed and they have turned out to be ok with no mental scars but we seem to have the first generation that was raised without punishments for their actions now having their own kids whilst having no clue what to do to discipline them. Honestly it takes everything I have inme not to first walk up to the latest little ****s and tell them off whilst slapping their parents at the same time.
Still enough of my griping Wifey decided she was going to hoover the car out so I had a window of twenty minutes to do something Landy related but what can you do in that time without getting filthy?
The answer is gators. Two gators one on the handbrake and one on the 4wd knob.
Easy enough to do just whip out the screws take off the old gators and refit!
The old gators were past their best!
Then the hoover went quiet so playtime was over. Next job will be to finish the fuel pipe cap bit on the bodywork at some point over the next couple of weeks.
easye1
Banned
funny you talk of hoovers.
when ever i do car works that makes mess, i have a little mains powered hand held hoover that has a flexi pipe....
great for hoovering out places your working in, or into hollow voids, or if you drop that last nut and cant reach it..
back when I was under my landy for months welding in my spare time, I used this hoover constantly..its little J cloth type collection bag just gets hand washed out if it gets oily
under or on a landy - it gets oily..
when ever i do car works that makes mess, i have a little mains powered hand held hoover that has a flexi pipe....
great for hoovering out places your working in, or into hollow voids, or if you drop that last nut and cant reach it..
back when I was under my landy for months welding in my spare time, I used this hoover constantly..its little J cloth type collection bag just gets hand washed out if it gets oily
under or on a landy - it gets oily..
min200
Active Member
Birthday Bonus
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Posted by min200 Sat, October 04, 2014 17:44:00
Well today is my birthday and its the big 4-1, perhaps I should now rename the blog just turned 41 but it really doesn't have the same ring to it.
Anyway I can hand on heart say it has, so far, been the best birthday I have had in years! A new laptop (how very extravagant!) proper ales in bottles, slippers and chocolate to put Thonton's to shame BUT there was on extra bonus that I had to pay for myself but it was worth it!
The last but best present was a full length roof rack with ladder for the Landy at a cost of £100 delivered!
The chaps who dropped it off helped me pop it onto the project as well which saved me some stress of trying to put it on myself and the results are pretty good as well!
That's all I can get in today as I need to get ready to be dragged out to a restaurant for a slap up meaty mal and a few real ales to boot. It's a dirty job but I will try to persevere!
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Posted by min200 Sat, October 04, 2014 17:44:00
Well today is my birthday and its the big 4-1, perhaps I should now rename the blog just turned 41 but it really doesn't have the same ring to it.
Anyway I can hand on heart say it has, so far, been the best birthday I have had in years! A new laptop (how very extravagant!) proper ales in bottles, slippers and chocolate to put Thonton's to shame BUT there was on extra bonus that I had to pay for myself but it was worth it!
The last but best present was a full length roof rack with ladder for the Landy at a cost of £100 delivered!
The chaps who dropped it off helped me pop it onto the project as well which saved me some stress of trying to put it on myself and the results are pretty good as well!
That's all I can get in today as I need to get ready to be dragged out to a restaurant for a slap up meaty mal and a few real ales to boot. It's a dirty job but I will try to persevere!
min200
Active Member
happy birthday mate whenever you read this...
41 eh....
25 years ago to me
Thanks for the birthday wishes old timer
elan23
Active Member
OK 1) 'missing bolt' is wading plug hole I think ie. don't worry.
2) I am building up the courage to start on my own 109 LWB exMOD so I follow your post with interest.
3) LRO magazine seem to be sorting an ex MOD 109, interesting but they could have made a much better journalistic job than they have (imho).
2) I am building up the courage to start on my own 109 LWB exMOD so I follow your post with interest.
3) LRO magazine seem to be sorting an ex MOD 109, interesting but they could have made a much better journalistic job than they have (imho).
min200
Active Member
Yea I should have said I was told it was a wading plug hole and the plug itself is on the bracket just below it.
just get stuck in on your 109 who cares if you make the odd wrong turn just smile to yourself admit a lesson learnt and write online about it so everyone can have a laugh at your expense...oh wait no that was me lol
I may have to go and buy LRO and have a look at that then.
tyre man dave
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tyre man dave
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hand painted
last sunday
apart from wheels
last sunday
apart from wheels
tyre man dave
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