Well, I tidied up and bunged the snorkel drains, fitted the stay bars from the front wings to the foot wells, adjusted the steering box, fitted the steering wheel, sorted out the gear stick knobs, aimed the winscreen washer jets, torqued up the suspension bolts and did a multitude of other little jobs, and it’s booked in for test on Friday afternoon.
The brakes are not great at the moment, and pull the steering to one side, but this is just due to the surface rust inside the drums. I should be able to bed them in a bit on the way to the test. Once they’re fully bedded in, I’ll be able to adjust them much tighter.
There are still plenty of other cosmetic jobs to do. I have ordered a set of Defender mudguards to keep road spray and grit damage to a minimum, and a black TD5 Discovery transfer gear stick gaiter to fit the bottom of the main gear stick – I trial fitted the gaiters from my Range Rover Classic, and the transfer lever is a perfect fit for the width of the tunnel cover. Maybe I should tell the idea to Wright Off Road – the gear stick pivot ball is left exposed by his matting, and this extra will make the finished result tider and a little quieter (the pivot is a source of cab noise, and I’ll be filling the gaiter with layers of neoprene sheeting).
One new job reared its head today: I thought I had a leaking roof, but it has been pinned down to a leak in the last section of tubing to the rear screen washer jet, probably the joint with the jet itself. It won’t be the easiest job to fix, with the LaSalle headlining in the way, but I should get it done within a couple of hours tomorrow. I’ll then be able to look at fabricating the side linings for the hard top.
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