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Triggerfinger



Member Since: 18 Aug 2015
Location: landyrotty
Posts: 129
Scotland 
New member new project

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Hi Lads

Just signed up & thought id start off by posting up some pics & progress of my landy....................

Bought as a abandoned project & been sitting in a garage for more than 10 years but when I started
to rebuild it I soon realised why they gave up, they most certainly had very little mechanical skills but enough to take it apart and put it in boxes, First job was to identify what was usable and what was scrap.
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Next job bin everything and spank the bank account and buy a truck load of new parts.


Work completed...................

galvanised chassis
recon 300tdi
New exhaust
Front axle has been rebuilt using Timken bearings
New wheel bearings
New swivel seals & half shaft seals + gaskets
Hubs stripped rust proofed & painted
New cv joints
New uprated grooved & drilled discs
New front brake calipers
New pads
New brake pipes
New swivel ball/housing osf (nsf is mint)
New swivel housing bearings
New shocks
New steering damper
New poly bushes all round
New split doors & glass (stainless steel bolt kit)
New locks & strikers
Seat box end panels replaced with galvanised panels
Rear axle stripped new bearings cleaned & painted
New wheel cylinders
New shoes & fitting kit
New wheel bearings
New axle seals & gaskets
New handbrake expander
New brake pipes
New rear crank shaft oil seal
New heavy duty clutch borg & beck
New heavy duty clutch fork
New spigot bearing bush
Fitted power steering
Stainless steel heavy duty steering bars with new ball joints

The roll cage had to be removed from another land rover which was a complete nightmare, never mind
getting it into place onto mine with 2 people.

Sorted all the wiring as the loom had been cut at the front & rear.

In the mids of prepping the panels for paint mostly in primer but more work required to be mint!!

Not bad for a few months work & everything done by myself.

Looking for truck cab canvas & hard top Wink

Cheers Kev
Post #447239 18th Aug 2015 11:05pm
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bluebottle



Member Since: 08 May 2015
Location: Not in my Landy enough!
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Blimey!

Welcome to the forum and congrats on what looks a promising build - there's a lot of work going on there! Thumbs Up 2005 110 XS - Cairns Blue "Bertha" - Gone, and sorely missed
Post #447276 19th Aug 2015 8:00am
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grumpy old git



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Good work Kev! Thumbs Up
Post #447286 19th Aug 2015 8:24am
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TELLY ADDICT



Member Since: 19 Aug 2015
Location: the hills
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United Kingdom 1986 Defender 90 300 Tdi PU Epsom Green
good work
Post #447424 19th Aug 2015 4:58pm
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Triggerfinger



Member Since: 18 Aug 2015
Location: landyrotty
Posts: 129
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Cheers lads

In between jobs on the landy I managed to pick up a sankey which was totally solid but had been
robbed of the lights & wiring loom.I bought a couple of incomplete looms & lights and made one decent
loom & done a full refurb which involved taking it back to bare bones including removing all the old layers
of paint & rust proofing priming & painted with zinc based paint.


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Post #447530 19th Aug 2015 8:47pm
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gilarion



Member Since: 05 Dec 2013
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Wales 2007 Defender 90 Other CSW Trident Green
Top jobs, and a credit to your skills, love the attention to detail, looking forward to more photos of your project. For those who like Welsh Mountains and narrow boats have a look at my videos and photos at..

http://www.youtube.com/user/conwy1
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fathaggis



Member Since: 31 May 2015
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looking good mate ........ cant wait to see it finished .nice sankey , i have 2 in various setups Mr. Green
Post #447642 20th Aug 2015 9:30am
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Triggerfinger



Member Since: 18 Aug 2015
Location: landyrotty
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gilarion wrote:
Top jobs, and a credit to your skills, love the attention to detail, looking forward to more photos of your project.


Thanks matey I have loads of pics from when I got it delivered and all of the work until now, I will add more as I go
I did have a plan then I got offered the roll cage then everything changed. Laughing

Cheers Kev
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Triggerfinger



Member Since: 18 Aug 2015
Location: landyrotty
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fathaggis wrote:
looking good mate ........ cant wait to see it finished .nice sankey , i have 2 in various setups Mr. Green


Cheers bud

2 sankeys greedy git what do you use them for ??? Laughing
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Enid_Puceflange



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Scotland 2002 Defender 110 Td5 DCPU Baltic Blue
One he has for sale
And the other he stares at as Mrs Haggis doesn't like camping!! Laughing

(having said that, I'm a hypocrite as I bought Haggis's roof tent but Mrs P refuses to go near my 90!!) Rolling Eyes

G My confidence has been writing cheques that my abilities can't cash for years.
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Triggerfinger



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Touring and camping with nobody to moan at yous lucky or what Happy days Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter

(mrs haggis) lol
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Triggerfinger



Member Since: 18 Aug 2015
Location: landyrotty
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This weeks update was removing the roll cage & cutting & re-welding the front feet to suit the outriggers.
Cutting the front wing to suit the cage mock fitted still more prep before paint.
Turned my shed into a spray booth with a few heaters (too many) as I tripped the power in the house & the misses
got a nice cold shower ha ha
Painted the base coats on the osf front wing not bad too for not painting in a few years but I bought a devil bliss gun Very Happy



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Post #449570 26th Aug 2015 10:12pm
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Triggerfinger



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Osf wing done in etch primer now off to do the doors...............



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Post #450018 28th Aug 2015 10:38am
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fathaggis



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looking good kev........... it might end up as good as mine ....... Mr. Green
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Triggerfinger



Member Since: 18 Aug 2015
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Sam the comedian Laughing

Difference is I built mine you bought yours Ner Ner Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter
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