It's the small stuff that really seems to be ridiculous. I was looking at the small copper washers that go on the fuel filter banjo bolts and they we're £2.50 each! :mad:crazy. I'm trying to buy good condition genuine stuff now for things like the seatbelts and various brackets I need to try and...

I'd say go for it. The YRM repair sections are great. Pretty much anything on the doors can be repaired if you have the time and the patience. I only bought a new door as I was in a time crunch to get stuff to the painter. Probably better to repair than buy as everything defender seems to cost a...

Bit of an overdue update. Spent the last two months doing the mind numbing work of prepping the body work for paint and working some mental hours to try and get some funds to pay for the paint work. Everything is out with the painter now so thought I'd post up some of the more interesting bits...

Awesome fab skills there. Did you have to make any repair sections for a bit further up? Nobody seems to make them and I had to make mine. Nothing as neat as your work though! :oops:

Thread watched! Look forward to watching the progress. :)

Yep they can be. It's tricky and you need to be careful with the grinder but it can be done. Watch this space for an update and I'll post the pictures up of how I done it. :)

Right, bit more progress this week. Starting the push to get bodywork ready for paint so first jobs are altering the td5 bulkhead to fit and starting the laborious task of repairing the front doors. Bulkhead started off like this before i stripped it bare. Decided to get a bulkhead with all...

Cheers! It's a 200tdi chassis that I had the td5 fuel tank mounts put on when I ordered the chassis from Richards. The reason for the rear tank rather than the under the seat tank is because my seat box was knackered and I managed to pick up a tdci one dirt cheap. I was originally gonna run both...

Had some time off this week so got a few more bits done on the landy. My fuel tank cradle from yrm had been delivered so first job was to fit it to the chassis and drop in the td5 tank. I swapped the td5 pump in the tank to a row spec 300tdi one as advised by mr aaronmorris so that it would work...

Cheers bud, this is the kit i bought: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zinc-Electroplating-Plating-Kit-for-Car-and-Bike-restoration-/252378263135?hash=item3ac2eaae5f:g:NqMAAOSwtJZXWBS8 Seems a bit pricy but for the amount i saved on new bolts and all the other various brackets and things i have plated...

Good luck with build dude!

Right managed to get the pics off my phone so this post will update the build to how it sits at the mo. As I prefer the stock chassis look to the bare galv look the chassis was washed in t-wash then treated to a few coats of primer followed by a few coats of frost extreem chassis black paint...

Thats the problem. I dont know if its the floor out of level or a twist. Ill have a measure of the outriggers tomorrow to double check. Thanks for the heads up! :)

Thanks all for the positive comments. I may yet have issues with mine yet. It Is my first rebuild so may just be a big pretty boat anchor yet!

I have done a quick check as when i first got the chassis and it was sat on axle stands it seemed like there was a slight twist in it. :eek: Ill just have to deal with it if it is problem down the line. Considering they are supposed to be built in a jig ive read alot about other peoples being...

Thanks bud! Reading through your build thread was one of the things that inspired me to go for a full on rebuild. I did think about replacing all the bolts but it would have cost a bomb! What I done instead was buy a zinc plating kit off a well known auction site and re-plate all the bolts. Took...

Hi all, been lurking on here a while reading through all the great build threads and picking up alot of good info. Thought id put my build up too incase there is anything im doing that others might be interested in. Anyway we picked this 200tdi 90 up last year as a run around for my wife and...

Ah brill, just a case then of extending the lines and wiring. Cheers for that bud.

Sorry to hi-jack this thread but was wondering if you could tell me what you had to do to alter the td5 tank to work with the 200tdi? Read that the td5 tank has a pump in the tank where as the 200tdi tank doesnt. Cheers

Ah Yea I can see what you mean, massively different. The setup I was favouring was progressive td5 110 springs in the front (nrc8044,nrc8045) and 90 HD springs at the rear but if disco progressive rear springs will fit and have a nicer spring rate that may be a better option.