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| g-mack Member Since: 07 Jan 2014 Location: northumberland Posts: 1967  
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loving this tread
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15th Jul 2017 7:41pm |
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| Tiger Member Since: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 2265 
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Bit more progress.... well I say progress kinda gone backwards..
So I decides to completely underseal the seatbox and make sure there is no exposed bare metal (LR just left the underside bare) Used Buzzwelds CIO again, totally horrible stuff to apply but nice and thick and dries to a tuff shell, so now I need to flat and repaint the seatbox top coat again 
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Also decides to flat the tub to get a better finish so a few coats more of primer..but the primer has now covered some light scratches etc
Click image to enlarge Hope to get tub done soon and move onto wings and bonnet.. Click image to enlarge |
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17th Jul 2017 1:52pm |
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| Tiger Member Since: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 2265
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Oh! FFS I give up, not been a good couple of days...
So the paint wasn't going on well so I thinned it a bit, think it might have been the heat. Now this happens.... (bit too thin, too much paint..grrrrrrr) Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Looks alright from 10 feet away with one eye closed and the other squinting.. I give up 
Click image to enlarge So flat back and try again...  |
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17th Jul 2017 5:56pm |
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| BuckBlu110 Member Since: 19 Apr 2014 Location: in the pub Posts: 719 
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hope you've got plenty of that paint! Should come out fairly easy shouldn't it?
how's the bulkhead and chassis looking? Much rust?
I've got a '63 2a in bits too but currently stuck on deciding what to do with a rusty bulkhead and chassis at the moment  |
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17th Jul 2017 6:05pm |
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| Tiger Member Since: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 2265
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Chassis is very very good
Been welded in the past but was done by Dunsfold so is ace!
Click image to enlarge Bulkhead is also great with no rot at all
Screen Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Face Click image to enlarge |
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17th Jul 2017 6:16pm |
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| Procta Member Since: 03 Dec 2016 Location: Sunderland Posts: 5235
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only just found this thread! what a great build! What sealant did you use for the seatbox/ battery tray? Me and my dad did the same thing with his a couple of years ago. We clagged epoxy resin that you use to glue panels on, And then riveted it. Strong as an ox now and its water tight too!
 Defender TD5 90 ---/--- Peugeot 306 HDI hatch back
Success is 90% Inspiration and 4 minutes Preparation # you can make it! |
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4th Dec 2017 9:01pm |
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| Tiger Member Since: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 2265
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Used Sikaflex, ashamed to say not much progress since last post
Need to get back into the groove |
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4th Dec 2017 9:50pm |
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| mk1collector Member Since: 17 Sep 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 6772  
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Coming along nicely
Ray
My build thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html |
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4th Dec 2017 10:17pm |
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| keith Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2230 
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Lovely job Tiger
Keith |
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4th Dec 2017 11:35pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10867
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What a great read and progress on Rusty
Thanks Procta for finding it  Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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7th Dec 2017 9:15pm |
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| Tiger Member Since: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 2265
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Okay so erm last post was erm... Dec 2017
This is becoming a bit drawn out to say the least.... But we've had a bit of spurt so an update is due.. and the update is.... "it's taking longer than I thought it would" But Rusty wouldn't run right and I found a small amount of crud in the fuel lines and tank 
Click image to enlarge I've also taken the engine to bits Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge and bought a blasting cabinet which is ace. (but compressor is a bit wimpy) Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge |
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31st Jul 2018 10:26pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10867
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Glad your still plodding on with Rusty and thanks for the update
Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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2nd Aug 2018 9:34pm |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 
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As above, good to hear your still at it!
They always take longer than you think, life has a habit of getting in the way
Those little blasting cabinets are worth their weight in gold when your doing a strip down/rebuild 80" 80" 86" 88" 90"
Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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3rd Aug 2018 6:06am |
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| Tiger Member Since: 06 Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 2265
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Okay time for a proper Rusty update who has been coming along slowly, rather than the random photos.
Update 1 - “Off with his head” Not always Rusty getting TLC 
So onto the 52 year old Well, despite the painting which is just tarting up I’ve been having a splinter in the back of my brain about how Rusty ran, always smokey, rough and temperamental and just not right. I changed the plugs / did the tappets /dizzy / rebuilt the carb / checked the timing / redid the clearances but nothing fixed it so while painting was going swimmingly there’s no point putting pretty panels on a car that won’t run well… and seen as the wings were off I though now would be a good time to strip the engine 
So off with his head. (and what a coke-ed up and oily mess it was)
So the head was sent off for a quick skim, new stem seals, the valve guides were worn so they were re-bored and the valves were re-cut. Came back looking much better
And then I painted with some High heat black to tidy everything up Click image to enlarge |
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8th Aug 2018 5:24pm |
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