So here's one of those questions that I probably ought to know the answer to already. But I don't. Do you use copper grease or similar with nyloc nuts? I want fastenings protected but does it reduce the grip of the nyloc?

Sad news. Could it just be stored for now? Pick up again later? It's hard though. The times i've had to pause mine due to lack of time, money or both. You have done a bloody lovely job of it though.

Have you seen this chap. Sounds similar to what you've just described.

Sounds like that price came from a Land Rover 'Specialist'. That probably adds £800 to the bill straight away. I've just realised you're in Spalding. We used to live in Little London before moving to Lincoln. I'm way out of touch with the area now. I'll bet if you try that local garage of yours...

Just seen this from a thread from earlier this year. Looks like it's on a 90 not series but similar I suppose. "I've spoken to a local garage that deals pretty much exclusively with Land Rovers. For the new seal to be fitted and a new clutch (may as well get it done while the engine or gearbox...

I tend to get very OCD and hung up on things. I'll bet with just a few mm out you won't notice when you put it all back together. If I remember correctly that panel sits on rubber spacers on the crossmember doesn't it? The missing mm's could maybe be made up there. I'm beginning to accept that...

I'm getting deja vu here as someone else was asking about this the other day. Is it too late to put the pieces back together in something like this. That's what I did and it kept me all lined up.

That looks great. Nice one.

Oh and I got the repair panel from Tony at The Welding Wood and sent back the Britpart one as it was bloody awful.

Don't know if this would be of interest. I made this high tech gadget to hold everything in the right place. It meant the repaired panel must end up the same shape in the end. Probably total overkill but that's the way I roll baby!

Sometimes you just have to get the job done. Frustrating though. When I win the lottery i'll set up the Landyzone communal workshop where we can all just do our projects. I'll provide all the tools, spares and materials. Anyone have any lucky numbers?

Is this a current thread? Date of first post is 2018? Anyway just in case here's a link to my tale of disasters. https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/steves-unexpected-series-3-rebuild.292955/ Thanks to @Dippypud for the diplomacy in saying it's been going on a while. 9 years I think which is...

https://www.famousfour.co.uk/workshop

They're better that the series ones. Series 3 anyway.

I couldn’t believe how intact and pliable that stuff was. I really like that puraflex stuff for a lot of things but it might be good to have a roll of something that won’t squish out of a joint for when you really want to separate things.

I've still got the old doors laying around so I thought I would try to salvage any useful bits for when I get round to sorting the back door. I don't need these doors as i've got two new ones. I really like the idea of using genuine old bits to refurb other bits. Sort of organ donation for land...

Thanks. I'll get there in the end. :D

Will do. I rounded the hole out a bit as someone in the past had hacked it about so that should also help. I'll find some of that strip and show you how it looks. 👍

That explains a lot of the problems i'm having. The end result i'm getting would do me if I could avoid runs. The next time I have a go then i'll go very much thinner and build it up. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.

Thank you. 👍