1. BoabCarney

    D1 300tdi My first landy

    not got around to fixing this yet progress is slow its -3 outside today and has been all week I have fitted the lift pump and she is now running under her own steam drives well bit of a wine from the rear i suspect diff or possible no diff oil shes also leaking fuel like a champ from the leak...
  2. BoabCarney

    Which machine mart/Clarke welder?

    This is my setup Super Mig 230 then my gas bottle lol nearly 6ft tall to heavy for my machine
  3. BoabCarney

    Which machine mart/Clarke welder?

    I had a Clarke 150 mig and all I can say is it's probably the biggest waste of money ever in fact it is the welds are that bad out of that machine I ended up paying for a 12 week course to get coded for lap overlay vertical up and down horizontal at a local college they use lincoln and millers...
  4. BoabCarney

    D1 300tdi My first landy

    Cheers Chris this is exactly what I am on about not paying £130 for some tin sheet would rather use 3mm box lol cheers again
  5. BoabCarney

    D1 300tdi My first landy

    exactly lol as I am not using carpets I am going to raptor line the whole inside of the truck
  6. BoabCarney

    D1 300tdi My first landy

    I am considering using it inside on the quarters etc to help with sound anyway the rear cross member is annoying me don't want to replace it with the crap 1.5mm ones on sale so thinking I should fab one out of 3mm box anyone ever done this ? I mean made their own ? it looks like an odd shaped...
  7. BoabCarney

    D1 300tdi My first landy

    Well was busy today so did not get too much done continued to strip bits off first things first stanley out and start cutting the carpets out to see what's what LR decided putting a sponge under the carpet was a good idea so as you can guess its not looking good under the carpet so out...
  8. BoabCarney

    D1 300tdi My first landy

    I agree I am a Mobile mechanic so I have all the latest diagnostics etc and I hate the lot of it lol I was considering the D2 but abs TC active rollbars stupid air suspension and electric draped engine all put me off not to mention the chassis made of Philadelphia mechanical oil burners are the...
  9. BoabCarney

    D1 300tdi My first landy

    this is the exact reason i am making everything bar the rear arches from scratch from 2mm steel lol off tomorrow to grab 120x60x3mm box for the sills and 2x 2mm 8x4 sheets of steel oh yeah a bottle of welding gas also mine is nearly empty best stock up lol cheers
  10. BoabCarney

    Discovery 1 300tdi

    Looking very good this is the sort of look I am going for love the GoPro position
  11. BoabCarney

    Big Stripdown and Weld thread 300tdi

    what a read so glad mine has no rot at all not even a bubble yes i know total bs lol cant wait to get the welder out and make a start on mine lol
  12. BoabCarney

    First-time landrover owner and loving it so far

    First-time landrover owner and loving it so far
  13. BoabCarney

    D1 300tdi My first landy

    Well... here she is in all her eh! glory? I Guess Little about her she's a 1994 300tdi with 194k on the clock has bundles of history including a fully recon engine at 150k I have been stupid I bought it in the dark it had no battery in and was sat since 2014 when she failed the mot for...
  14. BoabCarney

    I Need Help

    this is why i wanted the D1 he has a D2 also that he uses now and then but its been a bit of a dog and not very reliable the chassis is rotten on it personally think best way is D1 chassis and D2 body lol
  15. BoabCarney

    I Need Help

    I will do lol its a lot better than i expected for rust to be fair lol a pillar b pillar sills rear arches and boot floor only thing i need to buy are the rear arches i will fab the rest the lift pump has packed in so it won't start need to find one lol
  16. BoabCarney

    I Need Help

    well today I went to see a D1 300tdi this car has stood on this yard since 2014 and I finally tracked the owner down (turns out its my uncle) so I got talking to him about it its sat on 194k and failed its mot in 2014 for body rot (boot floor) at 150k it got a recon 300tdi fitted that's a good...