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[diffwhine]

Chassis arrived yesterday. Made good progress with the rebuild today.

[TJRL]

Chassis arrived yesterday. Made good progress with the rebuild today.

Wow, at that rate it will be on the road by Monday!!   

[LN11AAB498A]

I've ordered 4 Avon Rangemaster tyres from Blackcircles.

£111.67 each, including VAT, Delivery (to local garage) Fitting, Balancing and Disposal costs.

That`ll do very nicely
 

[Simon K.]

That is fast, I can see new brake lines and steering relay, but apart from that is it just a straight swap-over of parts that you are doing?

Simon.

[George P]

Pedal Box strip down, here are a few 'before' pictures. I have managed to get the retaining pin out of the pedal shaft but the shaft isn't budging. I do have a friend with a press so i think I'll head over there at the weekend.

Planning on having the master cylinder resleeved by Past Parts.

[Wittsend]

As you have the pedal box out seriously consider my pedal box mod where you weld in 2 x 1" 5/16" UNF screws which then act as studs.

This means you can remove the m/c at any time in the future with just one spanner.
Of course, with a sleeved m/c you might think you'll never need to remove the m/c ever again





 

[George P]

Thanks Alan, I will most definitely be doing this modification. I had noticed that you'd posted this a while back and had the thread bookmarked. 

As for the sleeving, if i never have to remove the M/C again then fine but I'd rather plan for it than not!

George

[Herald1360]

Transported a divan base back home yesterday from Broadway on the roofrack. LIDL Evesham had a handy pack of 4 ratchet strap tiedowns for a tenner which I used to secure it instead of the assortment of bungees I took with me.

Also a chat in the Evesham Waitrose carpark with a fellow S2 fan. He showed me a picture of his (same year as mine) and I showed him my 200Tdi/LT77 installation.

[Peter Holden]

Angle grinder you should have bought from ATS, £98 each fitted.  They often have these tyres on offer

Peter

[LN11AAB498A]

Angle grinder you should have bought from ATS, £98 each fitted.  They often have these tyres on offer

Peter

Hi Peter,

I thought my nearest ATS was 30 miles away, but on checking there's one 20 miles away. Not too late to cancel.

You're a real gent 
 

[diffwhine]

That is fast, I can see new brake lines and steering relay, but apart from that is it just a straight swap-over of parts that you are doing?

Simon.

It was originally going to be a bulkhead replacement, but we had a small case of mission creep! There wasn't enough steel to attach the bulkhead to. Then I had to overhaul the front axle and do all the wheel bearings and brakes. Then I found the rear axle tube was leaking and had to be welded up! All that was prepared in advance last week - hence the ability to build it up quickly.

I'm half crippled today, so obviously over did it a bit, so not so much progress this afternoon. I dumped and refilled the oils today and ran a pull through wire for the chassis harness. Steering relay fitted and secured properly and all the steering rods overhauled, checked, adjusted and tightened.

That will probably be it for a bit. Adam at the Wiring Harness Company has built a new harness which should arrive in then next couple of days. Then I've got to sit and wait for Rob Owen to build the bulkhead. I'll post a bit more when the bulkhead arrives.

[34058]

Finally sorted out the brakes on my long term back burner pre-Covid rebuild project.  The brakes have been soggy/non functional on it for more years that I can remember - about 6 years or so?  It's so long ago since the brakes went soggy I can't remember when or why they went bad.  I have replaced all the wheel cylinders, brake lines; rebuilt the master cylinder twice, reset the pedal height and actuating rod free play three times, cracked open the rear of the master cylinder to let out any trapped air, changed the brake shoes and springs, bled the brake lines until I was blue in the face and still had a soggy pedal with non functioning brakes.  Finally last night I thought I should test the not so old flexible hoses.  Clamped them off near the wheel cylinders; soggy pedal.  Clamped them off near the other end: firm pedal.  Bought three new flexible hoses: firm pedal.   

The hoses were dated 2012, but probably bought and fitted in 2014.  The new hoses I just bought are dated 2019.  I thought hoses were good until you start using them (this certainly applies to camping gas hoses).  I thought they would last longer than 9 years, but lesson has been learnt and I will replace the hoses more frequently in future.

Tomorrow I hope to do a road test, after I have put the doors back on.

David

[Wittsend]

Land Rover recommend that all hoses/rubber seal and fluid be changed every 3 years or 39,000 miles (whichever comes 1st).

I wouldn't be wanting to use old stock hoses.

I've circumvented that problem by using s/s braided PTFE flexi hoses all round (inc. clutch).


 

[Hun]

Yes, about those brakes: Bleeding the *&%^$ brakes is a pain in the backside for me.  I really should clear out the garage that I would have a better work area. (In the street the traffic tends to run over my feet.  Or, I could just tuck them under.)

[diffwhine]

Given that Colorado is 10% larger in land area than the UK, but has a population of about 5m as opposed to our ludicrous 67m, I'd venture that the populace of Fountain may not be making the best use of available space!

The use of legs as a traffic calming measure isn't great for long term health prospects, so I'd strongly recommend a clear out of the garage...! You never know what you might find in there - maybe a long lost Navajo tribe...