Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun

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richardthestag wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:25 pm
New job on a mate's Mini, door andle dont work
Missing H-bracket?

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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun

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BenHar wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:02 pm
richardthestag wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:25 pm
New job on a mate's Mini, door andle dont work
Missing H-bracket?

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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun

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This came up on my facebook in Taunton. Remains of a 4 door Range Rover for £350, not sure if it is any good to you.
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

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dragged back from page 2, sorry folks for my absence, will attempt to restore order 👍

Range Rover work is coming in thick and fast, also been getting bogged down in Triumph Stags and TR7s

This Rover v8 was originally from a Rover P6s, it is now fitted to a series 2a 109 van! to the standard running gear 🙈
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This is the engine mount that I salvaged from the scrap 1980s Range Rover chassis to weld onto the 1971 Bobtail project that is be un OLLItwatted
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One of many visits to the pub on Exmoor since they opened up again! The Government is worried about Alcohol abuse! FFS I am always polite and friendly to my beer 🍻😁
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My dad's 1972 Range Rover getting some long overdue attention. Removing LPG, sorting out some electrical issues and removing a world of scotchblok connectors etc
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This is the guts of a Kiezel electric clock. The internal fuse has popped. It will be soft soldered back and an external fuse added.
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Removed LPG tank and its frame from the boot area, oooh what is that under the boot floor
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Proper phone up at the off grid pub, not connected to anything. The pub that is
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Outside the pub, Black Labs Natter
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

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Good to hear it's going well.
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

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part 2 for this load

Ragged the stag into town back in August and aside from the howling diff bearing A violent vibration had kicked from the back of the car. Yes that is a nice big bulge
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And delamination, lucky not to have blown this one out. New tyres now fitted. This set went on in 2002 so I think I may have had my moneys worth out of them.
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3rd set of Swallow chicks, most of July and August I have been continually barracked by adult Swallows, cross that I was daring to work under cover. The whole place is inches deep in bird shit. they have all flow now, probably en-route to North Africa. See them again next year, well the ones that don't get caught in the Italian nets and scoffed
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August weather in Devonshire was Damp bordering on Wet, pretty much for the entire month.
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Diff and noisy bearing came off the stag, easy enough to do just a pain that the old bearing only lasted 14 years. All back together now and silky smooth
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My dad had these signs made up for the pub landlords birthday. He is a proper Devon lunatic, google his name
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This TR7 engine is very sick, it was a recon. Overheated on the first drive home, waterpump failure was the root cause. the owner replaced the parts and it has knocked ever since. really nasty noise. Owner has a TR8 spec engine and gearbox complete that we are planning to install.
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This is the new'ish waterpump out of the TR7, same as a Stag and Dolomite pump. the mesh pattern on the gears look odd. when we removed the pump the knock went away. turned out to be a false positive situation as when we tried to replicate this a day or two further down the line after some serious head scratching it is knocking worse than ever. investigation ongoing but it may just end up as a v8 conversion
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refoamed a couple of sets of triumph stag seats, good easy work. these had the most orrible pattern foams I have ever seen, they just didn't fit at all
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So long as the cover comes off intact I can get them looking half decent
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

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last part for this whistlestop tour of my shenanigans at Church House Classics Limited

This 1983 Range Rover is undergoing a complete overhaul. The owner was struggling with a couple of jobs which I popped over and sorted for him. Brake bleeding and engine tune up.

Here I am scraping thick paint off the timing marks on the crank pulley :lol:
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Even in daylight it was difficult to see, arm and strobe between engine and cooling fan is always fun
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Carbs balanced and it is as sweet as a nut.
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This is a 1973 parts car that makes my field of wonderment look in good order. The owner is in Bodmin, plan is to remove engine and gearbox from this car and install into his 1973 project car. A days work and a forklift and we should be able to do it. In exchange I am having the roof, dash and seats out of the parts car. bargain stuff
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Owner of the P6s v8 came over on Thursday just gone and we finished off the v8 build. I will help him when it goes back into the Series 2a with tuning it up. Be a month or so away
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This is my chum helping me strip the arse end off the scrap chassis to splice onto the end of the bobtailed chassis
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It is irritating because the majority of the original 1971 chassis is amazingly clean, shiny steel and everything. OLLItwat decided to butcher it
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Because the rear spring turrets are patched and badly welded I opted to use this as the splice point. welded top and bottom along the original weld line and then the only non original weld will be on the outside of the chassis rail which will be butt welded together
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Just about ready to start lining up, measuring, measuring again before welding
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Alas too much beer last night, if that is even fucking possible. so Having an admin day today

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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

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I'd forgotten how nice early Rangies are inside.
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What beer were you supping in the pic?
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Re: Land Rover Rustorashun and other shit

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More importantly, what's the £2.50 pie?
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