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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10733  
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great thread, and the pics, keep the updates coming, will look forward to the next one, great first pics of your 110
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1st Dec 2015 8:30pm |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808 
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These pictures look familiar. It is amazing how much corrosion you find once you start digging!!! I have just done this job on mine. http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic20716-90.html Good luck with it all. It will be worth it 2002 110 td5 |
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1st Dec 2015 8:56pm |
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| CDN38 Member Since: 14 Nov 2014 Location: Courtenay, BC Posts: 729  
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Jimb1978... you've a convinced me. I just have to galvanize my B pillars...I took my doors off last night, and sitting looking at the truck, I'm thinking that it's not much further to do that, I just need to weld in the C pilar patches in the correct position first, then why not pull out the whole thing and galvanize it? I think that possibly I am a little to anxious (or my wife would say I'm just far to OCD), so I decide to go home, sleep on it and see what I think in the morning. I go to update my thread, and there's a link to Jimb's beautifully galvanized B pillars... ummm, OK, may mind is made up.
 Click image to enlarge Looks like I have a bit of rust on the bulkhead under the door seal though. Going to have to do a little research on how to deal with this one, lucky, as it could be a lot worse. Oddly the other side was perfect, as someone had smeared silicone on the pinch weld under the seal, it preserved everything perfectly. I'll just need to get some silicone remover to take it off, but... interesting how well it preserved everything under the seal. Other side, not so good.
Click image to enlarge With the hinge bolts off, I can now look inside the bulkhead, and it looks as though a previous owner had used some cavity wax on it, don't see any corrosion inside so far. |
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2nd Dec 2015 3:05pm |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808
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Glad you liked them. Beware though. Make sure you have the right sized taps for the captive seat belt nuts. I found that bit really nerve racking. I was really paranoid about not finding the original thread and tapping away all the steel and leaving soft zinc there instead! 2002 110 td5
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2nd Dec 2015 4:52pm |
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| CDN38 Member Since: 14 Nov 2014 Location: Courtenay, BC Posts: 729
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Made lots of progress today. I had a good laugh to start it off, as my friends decided I could use an extra hand with the project. I walked in to this!
Click image to enlarge I got on with things, (still laughing about the hand) removed the seats, interior trim & front of the headliner. (it was nice to work on the interior rust free bolts) 
Click image to enlarge I think I'll be a good candidate for a new left hand side panel on my seatbox. Looks like there's still more YRM to go, probably the galv. Sill Rail to Mid Crossmember Bracket and the Sill Rail Stainless Steel Fixing Kit (since I bent the crap out of one of the stud plates anyhow) 
Click image to enlarge Then it was back to the rusty stuff, all the sill bolds and everything holding the side frames on, drilled the remaining rivets. Fought with both sides for well over an hour, trying to figure how to get these off without destroying them! (Reminded me of one of those puzzles you get with 2 nails twisted together. You try for hours to get them apart, then all of a sudden, just as you are giving up, everything just comes apart). Well, this is just like that, but without the coming apart bit. 
I figure the best way is to pull out on the front, then drop it down so the B pillar is clear of the roof, then slide if forward and clear of the rear bodywork. Well, by then it was 11:30, and I figured I should call it a day and take a fresh start with a clear head in the morning. (Dropped a message to JimB, he confirmed that's the way to do it, and it's a real tight one in the front) Click image to enlarge |
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6th Dec 2015 8:46am |
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| CDN38 Member Since: 14 Nov 2014 Location: Courtenay, BC Posts: 729
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Did I mention that my wife is now starting to think I have a strange sort of Landrover obsession...?
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6th Dec 2015 8:47am |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808
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Looks like a good days work. The two NAS 90s in the background look great!
It's good you have so much space to work. My garage is quite small so I had to make use of my second garage...the front room of the house. Actually thinking about it, my boys quite enjoyed watching Tv sat in the defenders seats! 2002 110 td5 |
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6th Dec 2015 9:10am |
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| Jimb1978 Member Since: 05 Sep 2012 Location: Huddersfield Posts: 808
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You'll prove her point when you start using the dish washer as s convenient small parts washer. (It works a treat too!) 2002 110 td5 |
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6th Dec 2015 9:13am |
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| CDN38 Member Since: 14 Nov 2014 Location: Courtenay, BC Posts: 729
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I'm VERY lucky to have a good friend that has a shop with room for me to work in. I couldn't imagine what it must have been been like doing this in a small space.
Definitely can appreciate the kids watching TV in the truck seats though, mine like to sit in the Puma rear seat in the garage at home.If all goes well, they will be sitting in it in the back of the truck in a month or so. I've got a huge pile of removed parts, and I still have to take off the front left wing to get the bulkhead for a toe box repair. I'm looking forward to the day when I actually put something ON the truck instead of taking everything off. |
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6th Dec 2015 5:39pm |
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| CDN38 Member Since: 14 Nov 2014 Location: Courtenay, BC Posts: 729
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What a difference some sleep and a fresh perspective makes. I had been thinking about it all day, couldn't wait to get at it. Rolled in this evening, had both side frames off in 10 minutes.
Click image to enlarge Started working on removing the left wing, I have a hole in the toe box that has been leaking, and now is the time to deal with it. Hopefully these side frames will fit in my wife's car, and I'll take them to get blasted tomorrow. Click image to enlarge I'm starting to realize the pile of removed parts is getting, well, rather large. Click image to enlarge |
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7th Dec 2015 8:47am |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087 
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Wowsas, what a detailed job you are ending up doing, but sure it'll be worth it in the end...
You certainly have been lucky to have such an accommodating friend with such a generous space to spare... 
One thing of slight concern though, with all those bits and pieces removed from each side, would it not have been an idea to remove the roof rack and its gubbings to avoid any risk of distortion in the roof panels from the heavy weight on top... 
Hope everything goes well on the rebuild and you have it back on the road in no time...  Rog...
The GREEN One... MY2016 Urban Truck Build Thread - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40548....al[/color] |
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7th Dec 2015 8:59am |
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| CDN38 Member Since: 14 Nov 2014 Location: Courtenay, BC Posts: 729
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I had considered the rack could be an issue. However with the Hannibal, there's a bar that runs the length of the gutter either side, so it's spreading the weight out evenly down the length of the roof and actually would help keep it rigid, like a splint. I just have a headliner up on the rack, so it's not much weight.
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7th Dec 2015 9:05am |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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Ah, good stuff, sounds like you have it covered...
I was going by the earlier pics of the rack with your roof tent and all fitted, although I could just see the added roof lining too...
Hope you don't mind me sticking my schnoz in though... Rog...
The GREEN One... MY2016 Urban Truck Build Thread - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40548....al[/color] |
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7th Dec 2015 9:20am |
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| Justtellme Member Since: 23 Nov 2015 Location: Ottawa Posts: 310 
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Looking very invasive.....but looks like you know what you are doing.
I am very interested in your plan to install the puma second row seating. I'd like to do the same, but I am still lacking details on how to make it happen and look like a factory install. There is a you tube video of a guy who retrofitted those seats into a 90s era 110 and he used plywood spacers and some pretty rough drilling by trail and error rather than by measurements. Did you get all the brackets and locking mechanisms with your seats as a complete kit? where did you get them from? Patrick |
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7th Dec 2015 10:23am |
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