I have now fitted all new brake lines throughout using copper-nickel pipes and brass unions. The hoses are Goodridges stainless braided hoses, long enough to deal with the suspension lift. The pedal boxes are being refurbished, and a new brake master cylinder has been bought. The servo is only a few years old and looks […]
Birthday Bits
Got a great haul – a Protection and Performance bulkhead removal bar, wing-mirror heaters and some Land Rover Gear (T-shirts,etc).
Bulkhead Bits
I have fitted the steering column, washer jets, wiper mechanism and vent grilles to the bulkhead. A trial fit of the wiper arms highlighted a flaw in the use of Defender double jet heads in each SIII single jet location – the extended heads of the defender units foul the SIII wiper arms, so they […]
Facia
I bought an “as-new” Defender lower facia from a forum user to replace my slightly tatty original. It will also provide a neater installation for the auxilliary switches. the truoble is that the back of the Defender unit doesn’t have the large incentation for the bulkhead centre, so either the bulkhead or facia will need […]
Fuel Tanks
I had blasted, zinc primed, painted and mounted the rear mounted tank at about the same time as fitting the gearbox to the chassis. The unused front tank outriggers have become too much of a temptation, and I now have two ex-MoD underseat-fill front tanks. I decided that it would be easier and less damaging […]
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