Thanks Stretch, i did remove the sump and steam cleaned it and fitted a new filter and sump gasket, the outside of the engine got the same treatment as did the head gasket. If what your saying is a popular opinion i will just fill it back up with clean oil and change after a couple hundred miles...

That's probably the stuff i have heard of, when i took the head off to have a look it looked quite manky in there so thought it would be a good idea to try and get the inside as clean as possible without having to strip the engine.

I have not started the engine for 2 years as i have been rebuilding the whole landy from a complete strip down and i dont know how well looked after it was when i got it, i have heard others say they have used a engine cleaner when they first start up their engine's. Is this a good idea and if...

thanks James, i wonder why they dont include that with the pipe, oh well will have them here in a couple of days it isn't going any where soon any way!

i have started to build up the brake pipe system on the rolling chassis and i dont think the way i have my flexi pipe joining the solid pipe on the front axle swivel housing is correct, could anyone shed some light on it? it should not be this slack should i be using a nut to fix the flexi pipe...

Looking great, grey is a great colour for it. As for your fuel sender try renewing it / beefing up the earth this seems to be a common issue and is normally solved with an earth lead.

Landy looks great, top job

is the dark green haynes manual in the back of that photo any good? i have the green bible and the blue service and repair haynes manual and sometimes still end up scratching my head in bewilderment!

When I stripped my landy down I took 24hrs to mentally prepare myself for a right good battle and the bloody things undid like they were brand new bolts and the steering relay lifted out no problem, it looked like it hadn't been touched in a very long time couldn't believe it! Isn't it funny how...

Starting to come together now, will dig out a picture of the engine when I started

Ooooo that could open a can of worms!

I am quite lucky i have a really good smiddy 2 minutes down the road and they seem to be able to stick anything together and do a tidy job, and they are not hard to pay. i am hoping they are not too busy in the next couple of weeks as my bulk head has a lot of replacement parts needing welded...

Looks good in its new coat of paint

I bought some engine enamel from "Paint Man" and gave the engine its first coat at 12.30 this afternoon, how long should it be left before its next coat??? Cant find any info on drying times on their website and dont want to apply the second coat too early as i hate it when it never seems to...

Think I will stick to pop rivets, there is the odd one on the landy any way ......... ;)

Didn't think about welding it in hmmm......

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Thank you very much for that. £4.21 per plate bloody hell its only a small bent piece of metal with a hole in it!!! :eek:

I know it's not rot and that it's galvanic corrosion it's just easier to call it rot

They are £60 each so £120 for the pair plus postage, rebuilding the whole vehicle is expensive so I am trying to make savings where ever possible. What I was hoping was if I could cut a piece of aluminium which I can get through work I could fit it as small as possible to the existing wing that...