Series III - Even older more masochistic Land Rover Content

First photo looks like "buy one, get one free"

Looks good.

Yes, a possibility. That would be something I could build myself too.

I can’t remember the layout of your place but is the garage built into a hill? Would you be able to build behind it?

That gives you options then. I’m tempted to build one but I think one of the neighbours might come onto the market next year which creates other opportunities.

View from the front now it’s safe to open the garage door. 



I dragged the axles out of my mates shed and put them in the garage. They have been doused with Plusgas ready for disassembly. I’m going to wash them off before wire wheeling them with the grinder and painting them with Buzzweld Chassis in One. They are going to need new swivels as the chrome is pitted and they are leaking. They currently have freewheel hubs and I’m going to ditch those in favour of standard drive flanges as they are less of a PITA. 





I tried to to remove the steering relay from the old chassis, but I need to rig a frame to hold the old chassis while I jack the relay and beat it out.  I also need the fuel tank and that will be plenty to be going on with. 

I like the placement of the obligatory tea mug. In true British Leyland fashion, is this to be inserted into one of the doors as the car is built, to rattle around and cause aggravation ?? (although I suspect that there isn't much hiding space in a Landy door)

That Von Haus racking is great stuff isn't it.

Mine are like that but with a galvanised finish. It transformed my garage.

Ref your garage issue there's an interesting atricle in the Christmas edition of Autocar about getting a shipping container installed.

£2k + VAT for a brand new 20 foot one apparently and no need for any form of planning permission.

Getting fed up of moving parts about the garage, I hung the springs this afternoon. I went with parabolic in the end. Lots of little bags of nuts bolts and shackles that is didn’t want to lose, so the best place for them is on the chassis.  Nothing is done up tight as they need torquing after a drive down the road when everything gets seated. 









Nearside front half shaft in great condition. Brake backing plate will clean and paint. 





Drum is clearly knackered. Massive lip on it.



Off side half shaft also great. 

I’ve been pretty busy. Front axle is painted and installed. New axle seals and swivel balls installed.  I can’t finish the rest of the front end off as I’m waiting for a BSF tap and die kit.  The only seized bolts were the lock stops and these need to be drilled out and retapped before installing the outer swivel housing.  I have installed the studs into the outer housings with loctite. Some of them came out on disassembly.  Once the housing is installed, the stub axle and brake back plate can be installed and the hubs built up from there. 



I started the strip down of the rear axle which isn’t as bad as it looks. Most of the brown stuff is clay rather than rust. It needs a pinion seal as this is leaking badly. There was very little oil in the axle. The halfshafts are getting replaced. I’m not happy with the free play in the axle. I have new drive flanges and tried them on the shafts, but there is still a lot of play. No big deal, they are £20 each. 

I omitted to order enough bolts so have ordered some more to reattach the stub axles to the main axle tube along with gaskets. All the backing plates are salvageable and I have the brake refurb kit to sort those out too. 

Once I get both axles installed so I am happy, I will have a rolling chassis. 😀 Shouldn’t be long. Then I can install the brake pipes, steering relay (if I ever get it removed from the old chassis) before getting the engine and bulkhead installed. 

This is all seriously impressive.