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Well there’s a suggestion Youtube …. possibly with the next build? To be honest I have been inspired by Mike of Britanica Restorations but I haven’t got a yorkshire accent

What with my north wales accent, I’d expect not ! 😂

had the steering box back from Coventry power steering as I couldnt for the life of me get the input shaft to seal. Now fitted I can crack on… left wing now bolted on with re galv inner wheel arch.

those are not any kind of panels, these are mostly genuine panels with hours of bashing, fetteling and heating up and shrinking. The only new sections were the rear lamp panels and the front wing outers oh and new door skins. Most panels are readily available to buy, but I do have a budget to...

battery isolator concealed into the seat box, will save me having to disconnect the battery terminal when the landy is in storage.

Doors nearing completion, glass is back in with new regulators, new runners, locks and handles. There does seem to be a gap in the outer waist window seal though ?? Wonder if the cheaper ones aren’t as good as genuine LR? If I left them water would just run into the door again

Door check strap brackets cleaned painted and adorned with some shiny new arms and clevis pins.

Help! I’m slowly pulling all of my hair out with this one ! Need to try and find out why I cant get an input oil seal for my steering box. Britpart kit STC889 doesnt fit the oil seal outer is too big (32mm) What the hell have I got ? Is it possibly a disco 2 box? Shaft is 22mm the lower part of...

Todays fetteling consisted of fitting the seat box, handbrake and drivers floor. Passenger floor to follow once the cable grommets arrive for the battery cables. Decided to cover all the floor and doors in sound deadening, what a difference its made to the doors ! They dont sound likes some...

Even Ai couldn’t align doors using a rachet strap, some shims and a row of washers, especially only on one side ! 😂

Tell me now… why does every landy door I fit pull in at the bottom ? Its as if they are twisted??

Door hinges paint dried I spent the evening aligning the front doors, driver side went on perfectly but the passenger one was another story… after some gentle bulk head adjustment with a ratchet strap and rear tub lifting with a 4x2 were there !

Replacement pipe ordered today ! 😤

Next job …. Sort out that turbo oil pipe !

Hinges back from being blasted and galvanized, t washed ready for some etch primer and paint. Decided to drill and install a grease nipple on the inside of the door hinges along with a small groove in the hinge body

Have to admit the 300tdi is a good looking engine …. It does complement my OCD perfectly

Changed the theromstat for one that worked and the guage was still showing off the scale ??? Put a multimeter on the temp sensor and it reading 115ohm which in defender speak should be lava…. Some more googling and yes you guessed it I’ve only gone and frigging fitted a green Discovery temp...

Results are in….. she’s a runner … oh and a stopper ! All gears found high low and diff lock, brakes a pleanty thank christ as I scared the s@&t out of an oncoming car !

We what can I say… the maiden voyage was like something from Mad Max … deck chair cushions as a seat, some thrown together bracketry to hold the expansion bottle, cable tied fuel filter and were away down the road ! Wind in my hair, anti freeze in my eyes and lungs full of diesel fumes oh what a...

Got her running ! But she’s hot ! Very hot! some basic fault finding and its the bloody new £10 thermostat that’s knackered….. grrrr