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Ultra-sonic bath with vinegar and water, then wire-brush, rust-eater after that then protective coatings.

What on earth is a jiggle-pin?

Thanks, my tyres are still good, so maybe off the old tyre from years ago?

Found this underneath the lannie (mid-section not sure exactly) which is on my drive (so not just some random car off the street). Has something dropped out? Or is it just some random thing?

How many miles are on the engine?

Got the wheels sorted out from their rusty ways:

Took me a while but I finally got the time and the weather window to sort out my rusty wheels. It was a session with the dremel and drill sander, rust treatment and primers etc. But I got there in the end.

Oliver Turner from InsideOut4x4.

I've no idea why there would be any 'encouragement' of rot by having galv. As long as the welding and prep work is good, the rot will be eliminated and it's good as gold. :)

That's what I said, but according to mechanical man it is a better job if it's done this way, then the etch primer, then a normal primer then the base coats. Hmmmm.

My insurer told me, when I mentioned the roof bars that as long as it wasn't engine modifications they weren't bothered. :)

It varies according to the country.

This is like an Miss Marple mechanical mystery hunt... So could it be the lift-pump afterall?

I was being a bit quirky. Not sure if they are cast or forged, probably the former I expect.

Well folks, I made the jump and joined the ranks of the galvanized with my new, freshly forged/cast rear crossmember! :) Took the mechy a while, but I think he did a good job of it. Some issues: The galv. process saw that there were no threads for the towing array to be mounted onto (the part...

Yeah and I'm sure you can tell the difference on if it was fitted at the instant of manufacture and a few months / years down the line. Get real with the scaremongering. You'll be stirring it over if someones signal lights don't flash the necessary 90 - 120 times a minute next. LOL

That's fck all to do with mechanical vehicle insurance and yes I do have experience in this industry.

Visual inspection would be more than doable which is what scuba tanks generally have happen. A bunch of fairy lights on the string dangled down the neck of an emptied scuba tank. Visual inspection begins... :)

I found where the original, first Land Rover ever built has been squirreled away! https://www.royalautomobileclub.co.uk/motoring/rotunda-cars/land-rover-series-one-chassis-no-860001-1948 These super-posh dudes over at the Royal Automobile Club have it, restoration is being hinted at too.

It's not rocket science either. Anyone who has half a brain knows the score. I used to work in the scuba industry and the tanks were constantly abused and dunked in salt-water. They would still see 10 years at a time, and that was with minimal TLC. Servicing them wasn't difficult either. Nanny...