The seat base and front floors are in, and the Defender side steps have been blasted, read leaded, painted and refitted. The steps are essential due to the increased height of the Land Rover – there’s no way that Helena would be able to get in and out, and even I’d struggle without them. The […]
Clutch/Intake/Side Steps
Unfortunately, the painter has only managed to prime the panels that I delivered, so the bonnet and vent flap can’t be fitted. That’s a shame, as I am planning to fit the driver’s side wing tomorrow (work and weather permitting), following bleeding the clutch. My friend came up trumps again, and produced not only the […]
Clutch Piping/Air Intake/Left Wing
I started to bleed the clutch yesterday, but trying to crack the pipe/master cylinder union to prime the cylinder resulted in me shearing the steel union adaptor, so I need a new one. Thankfully, the lower portion unscrewed easily from the master cyl with an easy-out.I have fitted the Noise Killer blanket to the inner […]
Air Filter/Fuel Tap Links/Bonnet Lining
I finally measured up and fitted the air filter. This included fabricating the brackets, moving the housing closing clips so that they didn’t foul anything, fitting rivnuts to the chassis (much stronger than self tapping) and painting the whole assembly. During the measuring up, I had to refit the left wing panel which, with the […]
Oil Cooler/Front Wings
The military oil cooler is now fully operational. Not cheap or easy, as all the pipework to match a SIII chassis and cooler to a 12J/19J had to be made up specially, but it worked a treat.The oil stat and feed line were installed yesterday as per the preceding post. Today, I fitted the return […]
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