This post brings everything up to date, the last 3 posts were accumulated photos from the work done over the last couple of months. As mentioned in the first post, our original transfer box became knackered a few years ago. There was no 1.4 ratio box's available at the time so we opted for a...

Out with the old... Final picture of old chassis, would advise keeping rear axle in place until engine is removed. New Richards Chassis waiting to have things added to it (I did know it was upside down lol). The front axles where grind'd down to bare metal to allow for a few red oxide...

Removed Dash along with steering column (a lot of screws of different shapes and sizes, don't fancy putting it back together). The bulkhead was then subsequently freed from the rotting chassis and lifted away for further damage inspection. The damage to bulkhead was worse than feared...

Here is my rebuild log for our farm Defender 200Tdi. It's a 93', but we've had it since 97'. The 'original' plan was to just swap out the chassis for a galvanised one (simple I assumed). But I didn't quite take into account how hands on and time consuming it would be. Also seeing my wallet...