A word of warning. If you value your sanity do not investigate shades of silver. There are more of them than colours in a rainbow. I'm still on the pills six years after doing some Alfa wheels.

Black, lime white, or matching green. Leave it there and walk away without a backward glance.
 
Going for black wheels
Main
Posted by min200 Fri, August 15, 2014 12:13:55


After some deliberation I have decided to go with black wheels. I had to nip into town this morning to pick up some new work boots so I bought a few cans of black spray from pound land of all places!

After getting back I tried it on the wheel on the Landy and was impressed with the way it looked!



I then got the rest of the wheels out and gave them all a couple of coats.



Im am going to go with a black bumper front and back but that will have to be next week when I get the chance to get back to town on some errand Im sure the wife will have for me and buy some more spray!

Landy Project Costs

Land Rover £375

Sanding Discs £11.70

Ignition Barrel £20

Heritage letter £21.75

2x Batteries and rear 1/4 light £35

Pair Battery Terminal Clamps £3.99

Floor pan nuts & bolts £6.50

Grinding disc £2.25

Under Seal £8.99

Complete set of lights £85

5 Litres Primer £24.99

4 Discovery Wheels £10.20

Rear Door £21.00

Front Door £20.00

Handbrake spring £1.50

2 Discovery wheels

Two seatbelts

Wing Mirror

2 Headlight surrounds

2 headlight frames £60

2 Front Doors £60

Nato Green Paint £36

Rear Window Seal and insert £9.99

Wiring connectors £3.00

2 tins of silver metal paint £7.00

Fuses & Sandpaper £4.50


5x tins black spray £5.00


TOTAL £832.36
 
Bumpers & Brakes
Main
Posted by min200 Wed, August 20, 2014 17:59:40


Today is the first day of six days off and I don't have to go on holiday with the Wife and kids or do anything in particular in fact I am just going to please my bloody self until I am told to do differently. The best thing is Wifey is at work until the weekend so I really do have a few days to myself!

Following on from blacking up the wheels I thought I would spray the bumpers black as well. So after a trip to the shops to buy some more paint I set to cleaning down and spraying up the front bumper....and it rained.

Not to be put off or have a bit of water ruin my good holiday mood I thought outside of the box...




and painted it in the greenhouse! The veg might taste a bit well paintish but that's just the new type of veg I am growing.

As I looked at the rear bumperettes I decided that spraying them in situ was a bad idea as there was a bit of a breeze and quite frankly I couldn't be arsed to take them off just to change the colour so I headed for a nose around in the shed. I came up with some black hammerite that was abandoned at the back of a shelf and there was just enough to give three good coats.



They have come out quite well. I did look at the Nato hitch but I am pretty sure that I am going to change it for a ball so I can drag a shed behind me when we go away for off road weekends so it was given a miss this time around.

By now the front bumper had dried so I set to digging out the new bolts and offering it up to the Landy. I remember it being a pain to get off and because it has a bit of a bend in it the nearside did take some "adjusting" with a hammer and pair of grips to get it on right. Then of course the bolts wouldn't drop down but after a couple of scuffed knuckles and some choice language from me they went in.

Then came fitting the washers and the nuts. For this may I recommend bribing a small child to put them on because if you have fingers the size of sausages like myself you have no hope! In the end, and I am being serious here, I had to balance the nut and washer on the end of the ring spanner then feed t into the gap and try to get the threads to bite. So back to choice words and more blood but they all eventually went on and the results look better than I thought they would.



At this point in the proceedings I decided I wanted a roast dinner and a cup of tea so I took half an hour off to get all of that in motion because I AM on holiday and whats wrong with a Wednesday roast?

Then onto the brake system. If you remember I had some luck with the transmission brake but I didn't hold my breath on that luck lasting. Todays job was just to free off all of the brake adjusters so in I went with the WD40 and to my surprise I had the right imperial spanner for the adjuster 1/2.

On the front drums the adjuster was toward the bottom of the back plate and they both just freed off and started moving winding the pads back nicely.






On the back drums the adjuster is toward the upper part of the back plate





I jacked up each end to make sure the wheels/drums moved freely enough ready for a strip down inspection.

The inspection will be later on as there is also a problem with the servo or master cylinder.

I then changed a few of the old fuses for new ones




and I have a few spares if you need any!!



That will do for today because the roast is nearly done and it smells gorgeous!!
 
Looking good, I think you may have 2 adusters on the fronts though. They look like TLS (twin leading shoe) so you'll have an adjuster for each shoe.

Can't believe how little you've spent vs how good it looks - I'm well jealous :)
 
Looking good, I think you may have 2 adusters on the fronts though. They look like TLS (twin leading shoe) so you'll have an adjuster for each shoe.

Can't believe how little you've spent vs how good it looks - I'm well jealous :)

Yet another valuable piece of advice thanks chap :) I shall investigate further!

I think the money will soon be mounting up as we get into the mechanics of it.....
 
Leaks and Clutch
Main
Posted by min200 Thu, August 21, 2014 20:02:33


I awoke this morning feeling bloody great as it is yet another day off and Wifey then walked in with a cup of tea informing me both she and my daughters were off to her sisters for dinner this evening, apparently its a weekly thing they do, so I would be by myself doing as I please...heaven!

Well I didn't get off that easily as my youngest wanted to go swimming this morning but hey ho life is about memories eh so we jumped on our mountain bikes and went off for a couple of hours.

When I returned it was straight into shabby work gear and into the shed digging out the clutch master and slave cylinders and off to the Landy were I found this rather large leak...







It's coming from straight above it were the shaft goes into the transfer box...I think? Would one of you knowledgeable please tell me what it is and what seal needs replacing please and how to do it, in fact you may as well just pop over and fix it for me. yea a long shot I know so just the info would be a big help ;)

So I chucked some sand over it and popped an oil tray under it and left it to its own devices for now.

Onto the clutch I headed and the first job was to get the clutch pedal and master cylinder housing out.



I unscrewed the pipe work that goes to the slave cylinder first using the 1/2 spanner.



Then I had to undo the six bolts from inside the Landy running along the bulkhead next to the clutch pedal to release the framework.




After a bit of twisting around wiring brake pipes and the such the whole thing came out with the usual Land Rover sacrifice of some skin blood and choice language.



I then undid the two bolts holding the master cylinder onto the framework and it was ready for the new one to be fitted. I nearly forgot to remove the pipework coupling housing to put on the new one but noticed it was still on just as I was throwing it into the wheely bin so that saved a scramble through week old food to find it again!

As you can see the old master was well past its best!




While the framework was out I gave it a quick rub down and a spray up in the handy black paint.

The I refitted it all and went onto the slave cylinder.





If you have never had to fit a clutch slave cylinder to your motor be thankful to whatever god you pray to! What a ballache of a job it is! The best way was to jack up the front onto axle stands then try to get yourself and tools into the tiny gap on the passenger side behind the exhaust and on top of the chassis. Sounds easy eh!

I first took off the pipework whilst trying to keep the falling rust out of my eyes and the clutch fluid from running too far up my arms! Then I removed the bottom bolt holding the slave in...BIG mistake. Because the slave was seized it then pushed up on the top bolt whilst you were trying to remove that making it impossible to keep the socket in place so I attached some thin rope and pulled the cylinder back down refitting the bottom bolt.

Then I removed the top bolt first followed by the bottom with no problems. Whilst doing my Houdini impression I fitted the slave but then the pipe coupling would not screw into it for love nor money so after ten minutes I crawled out and made a brew. I decided it had to be a thread issue of course and took a torch back with me and a very thin screwdriver. Sure enough the thread on the coupling was ever so slightly bent just after the first turn so I carefully straightened it out with the screwdriver and it popped straight in first time.







Then came the bleeding. Well long story short it didn't really want to so after an hour of pumping pedals I remembered someone saying about reverse bleeding from the slave up with the old fashioned oil cans so I gave that a go with my eldest daughter watching the reservoir for bubbles and levels. She says there was air and I managed to stop it from overflowing as well which was nice.

There is now pressure on the clutch pedal but also some play and no amount of fannying about seems to change it But the gears do now engage. I havnt had the engine running but the wheels are off of the ground and they lock nicely when a gear is selected.

The exhaust was also retightened because I really want to get the engine running again this weekend to see if the clutch is working properly and the last time I started it it sounded like a Lancaster bomber!

So again another good day on the Landy and if it drives I think I may just pee myself with excitement just a little.

Landy Project Costs

Land Rover £375

Sanding Discs £11.70

Ignition Barrel £20

Heritage letter £21.75

2x Batteries and rear 1/4 light £35

Pair Battery Terminal Clamps £3.99

Floor pan nuts & bolts £6.50

Grinding disc £2.25

Under Seal £8.99

Complete set of lights £85

5 Litres Primer £24.99

4 Discovery Wheels £10.20

Rear Door £21.00

Front Door £20.00

Handbrake spring £1.50

2 Discovery wheels

Two seatbelts

Wing Mirror

2 Headlight surrounds

2 headlight frames £60

2 Front Doors £60

Nato Green Paint £36

Rear Window Seal and insert £9.99

Wiring connectors £3.00

2 tins of silver metal paint £7.00

Fuses & Sandpaper £4.50


5x tins black spray £5.00

5x more tins black spray £5.00

Clutch fluid

Exhaust putty

WD40 £8.49


TOTAL £845.85
 
I've just had my slave cylinder replaced at the garage... Glad I didn't do it myself now! :D
Good work though.

I need to do SOMETHING to mine today! Tempted to paint the disco wheels...
 
That's what I need... Motivation! :D
Buuuuuut I changed my mind and bought a pressurised sprayer so I can change my gearbox oil, really needed doing!
 
See you ended up doing a harder job I should start charging for motivational talks :D:D:D

Saying that I should get out there now I have finished my chores for the day and do something as well!
 
Haha! Yeah too bloody hard, I can't get the main drain plug undone, seems seized solid and I've only got a large adjustable instead of the 32mm spanner I need :/ haven't got a tube wide enough to slot over the adjustable either!
 

Similar threads