I had to work yesterday morning but in the afternoon I got a lot of little jobs done that were required to move forward. Changed the oil in the transfer case and gearbox while I've got good access. Both lots came out looking well used but not glittery or anything. The gearbox drain plug had a...

It had been removed when I bought it and what was left of it (the sensors etc) were knackered. Free is free :p

I'd suspect that you managed to raise the value of the SIII by the end of it though :D This Disco will always be worth sweet FA Not much to report today, didn't have much time. I stripped the air suspension wiring out of the loom and tidied everything up, didn't have to cut any wires. There is...

Worked late again tonight. This might be brief, I'm knackered. Fitted the rear shocks. I couldn't find one of them at all yesterday, then earlier today remembered that I'd thrown it in the boot when it broke off the old chassis. Would you believe that i had to resort to the angle grinder...

^^ Don't read this if you didn't read that ^^ Moving on... I gave the bare metal a quick clean with the flap disc to get rid of most of the weld spatter and started primering the bare bits, then noticed a couple of small un-welded bits, so had to strip that back and weld them up Long story...

I have been a very busy bee today. Ross did a bang up job of most of the welding during the day as he wasn't out on a job. Thanks Ross! I finished at 5 and picked up from this point. Nice to see it supporting it's own weight again, dog approves First job was to pull the back axle...

Of the freelander or the ex wife? :p

Yeah, unfortunately, a couple of the fittings didn't want to let go. Some previous owner or other replaced the solid lines to the back, did a **** poor job, and didn't bother using the clips on the chassis to secure them. They also, for some reason, decided to put a compression fitting joiner in...

I wasn't aware pubic wigs had threaded fasteners? :confused:

My colleague Ross has informed me that tomorrow is the day and he'll get to welding, so I finished up a couple of things after work to get things ready for him. These nice lengths of 5x70mm steel plate were kindly provided by the skip at a local engineering firm I was working at the other day...

It has the same number of wheels as my disco currently has. :rolleyes: On that note, time to cheat death once again. up under the front spring mounts was looking crusty and I thought I'd better do it properly while i've got access to everything. I'm trying to conquer my phobia of the needle...

Will this do? I call it "Life, uh, finds a way"

I did, made sure to order 90/10 cupronickel as NPG said :cool:

Sheila's wheels rang me yesterday to discuss my renewal. The poor lass couldn't understand quite why i burst out laughing :p I'm (still) waiting for my esteemed colleague to come up with this fancy MIG he keeps going on about, so in the absence of being able to get in the workshop this weekend...

That is F***g sexy :cool:

Thank you both! Superstars :cool:

Howdy, I need to run new hard brake lines to the back of my D2. I haven't got access to it at the moment to measure, can anyone confirm the diameter of pipe i need to buy? 3/16? And are the fittings to the flexible hoses metric? Thanks! :D

In the absence of a man wielding a MIG welder, we paint. New fuel tank cradle Rust inhibiting primer to the left Kurust to the right Pause for happy dog If it wasn't immediately obvious, and I HATE painting, but more paint = betterer.

In that case it can go with the rest of the rusty bits in the work scrap pile Got those pesky holes drilled and the chassis halves tacked together today. The inner plates of the new chassis section lined up nicely and i tacked them right in but the outer plates were spread away from the old...

Might make it as far as the scrapyard :D