Next up, I thought it would be a good idea to complete the clutch pipe installation. The last part of the puzzle was the rigid pipe between the top flexi and the slave cylinder. Time to get some fluids into the clutch system for the first time 😀. After checking all the connections, I bled the...

Made a bit more progress today with another couple of jobs done. Before fitting the front propshaft, I noticed that the sliding yoke never had a grease nipple on it. It was blanked off with a bolt. Not sure why that would be, but I had a search around in my spares and found a new grease nipple...

😂 Always glad to be of service! lol.

The new front wing support brackets arrived from eBay, but unfortunately they don’t come with the securing brackets so I made some. I had some galvanised steel plate, so I cut a couple of plates to size, drilled holes to match the original centres and welded some m6 bolts in. Gave it a coat of...

Next up, I cleaned up and painted the front propshaft, and sourced some new nylon nuts to fit it. Once greased, it was ready to fit…

Did some catch up on some of the unfinished jobs today. The parts for the handbrake linkage arrived from Blanchard, so I cracked on with that, fitting a new clevis, spring, relay pivot pin washer and spring retainer. I greased up the moving parts and put it all together and adjusted it. One more...

I moved onto the front propshaft, which isn’t a job I was really looking forward to! I bought a pair of new GKN branded uj’s and one, new old stock Unipart which is actually made by GKN as I found out when I opened the box. I prefer GKN uj’s as they seem to fit well and last too. I hammered out...

I hope so, but I have it on good authority that as long as you don’t abuse the box, it will last. 🤞

Thanks Wagon Loon - yep, when I was an apprentice fixing lorry brakes, truck owners didn’t like spending money. They would ask me to fit brake linings instead of buying complete shoes as it was a fraction of the price 😀. Didn't know that you could get linings for Landrovers until I found these...

After fitting the lever, I found the relay and rods, stripped and cleaned them. A going over with the wire wheel on the bench grinder, I primed and painted the relay with satin black. I checked the centre wear bush and it was in good condition. I had a new pivot pin, so after a good coat of...

With this initial success, I thought I would push it a bit and look at the handbrake lever and mechanism. I had a pick of three levers. Somehow I seem to have collected a trio of them, and none of them very pretty! I gave the best one a bit of a wire brush by hand but it needed more, so I moved...

Next up was fitting the gearbox onto the engine! couldn’t wait to get another big bit fitted 😀. Was a bit of a faff though, due to the weight and trying to do it myself…. After calling in the cavalry 2 hours later it was in, within 15 minutes 😂. I fitted two new gearbox mounts along with new...

Next up was to assemble everything back together and fit it to the transfer box. I made a gasket and used some sealer for the oil thrower. I cleaned the brake drum with thinners, abraded the brake surface and gave the outer a coat of paint. Coming together now 😀

After stripping the shoes off, I put them in the vice and chisled off the old friction material then sheared off the old rivets. Cleaned them up and gave it a light dusting of black paint to smarten them up a bit. I love the fact I have new old stock linings which are oem manufactured and...

When I stripped down the brakes, the adjuster was completely seized, so I ordered up a new one. It was a ‘county’ make which seemed to be decent quality and a good fit too. Just the same price as Britpart. I also stripped, cleaned and rebuilt the expander mechanism. What a faff that securing...

Moving on to the leaky oil seals, I stripped off the front output shaft drive flange and housing, cleaned it all up, replaced the seal, gasket and refitted with a new split pin. It was a doddle, so moving on to the handbrake drum, I removed the drum to be met with a gungy mess! 🙁 Time for some...

Decided to take the plunge and have a look at the gearbox over the weekend. First thing to do was strip out the slave cylinder and clutch release arm. With that, it became clear that the slave cylinder had been a slave cylinder too long! I could not believe the amount of gunge and corrosion...

Sounds like a fuel mixture which is far too lean when the choke is off. Have you set up the mixture when the engine is up to running temperature? If you don’t have access to a CO meter, then you can tune the mixture by ear, but you need to be sure that the carb is clean, the needle or jet is...

Don’t know if this is the same issue for sure, but downdraft Weber carbs on Ford v6’s used to suffer from similar problems. The main reason for this, is the carb base where it bolts through the spacer to the inlet manifold can deform when it gets hot. This causes the fuel mixture to lean out and...