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Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

52HG25 lightweight series 3

Well as if 2 defenders, 1 90 and a disco 3 weren’t enough green ovals in my life I finally have fulfilled two dreams in one today, own a leaf sprung Land Rover and own a lightweight, talking to a friend he had lost interest in owning it due to a rough gearbox and a few other mechanical problems he wanted it gone, the price he asked was so good I agreed to purchase it for my fleet, now I just have to build a carport for her

So here is 52HG25 as I picked her up today, she needs some parts to bring her back to military specs but that is something to happen over a while not an requirement straight away, with the summer coming and Guernsey getting the Covid-19 under control we should soon be allowed to enjoy summer days and evenings with the canvas off and a nice sunset in view

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Click image to enlarge 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

10th May 2020 2:33pm

Mossberg

Member Since: 29 Feb 2020
Location: Lancs
Posts: 553

1993 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Aintree Green

Very nice. Good luck with the refurbishment, but it looks good anyway!

10th May 2020 3:08pm

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Relatively straight, chassis needs a clean and paint, foot wells will need doing soon, it’s mainly going over brakes/clutch etc

90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

10th May 2020 3:31pm

90 Dreamer

Member Since: 13 Jul 2019
Location: Oop North
Posts: 2166

2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Corris Grey

Cracker

10th May 2020 3:40pm

CarMan

Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 1862

Rob

1993 200tdi 90 hard-top
1998 300tdi 90 soft-top
2016 2.2 XS 90 hard-top (sold)

10th May 2020 3:54pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10782

Very nice Mash

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

15th May 2020 9:42pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

What happened to the windscreen vents?

16th May 2020 6:29am

Barneyboy

Member Since: 19 Nov 2014
Location: Exmoor
Posts: 1626

1986 Defender 90 2.5 n/a Diesel ST Nato Green

Nice one

cheers Paul

16th May 2020 7:27am

Whirly90

Member Since: 01 Sep 2016
Location: Ampshire
Posts: 406

1993 Defender 90 300 Tdi HT Keswick Green

Lovely

. My first LR was a lightweight and i'd love another one.

16th May 2020 8:01am

camelman

Member Since: 27 Feb 2013
Location: Peak District
Posts: 3373

Welcome to the gang 😎

16th May 2020 11:07am

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Cheers guys

The vent panel was extremely rotten so the PO had this plain one made and the old brackets cut off the original and welded to this one, did he remember to remove all the brackets/ fly screens etc? No did he

more to add to the list of a new one then.

Well after owning her for a few days and bleeding the brakes twice they still needed a double pump to get them to work correctly, the po said he had redone all the brakes a month or so ago, so with that knowledge a full strip down revealed a common mistake of reassembly.

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As you can hopefully see the spring has been connected between the two shoes apposed to the leading show and the pin on the back plate. This can cause a “spongy” brake pedal feeling, also the adjusting cams on 3 of the wheel stations had been hacksawed off and replaced with an aftermarket kit that was also incorrectly fitted causing the shoes to bind on the backplate and drum.

With the brakes apart and finding an old tin of calliper paint this made sense.

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Now the brakes are working well, onto the engine it’s a little sluggish to start and cuts out every now and then, well the original battery it came with was a gel battery that had m6 fixing so an extended bolt with penny washers made the connection

so a rummage at the back of the shed found this:

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The fuel issue turned out to be a slight seep from the lift pump to carb, a quick nip with the spanner and a little fettle of the idle adjustment and I’ve got a sewing machine under the bonnet

With all that work done it’s definitely time for her to earn her keep:

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So the next few things to do, get a correct vent panel, find some S3 wheels or later defender steels, get the correct 7 leaf springs then some paint to get rid of the horrible ww2 American green paint (back to good old NATO green/black) oh and continue the search for a whole host of other parts

18th May 2020 9:03am

camelman

Member Since: 27 Feb 2013
Location: Peak District
Posts: 3373

Decent vent panels are fetching strong money at the moment, even rotten ones are getting a couple of hundred quid.

When I bought 05KD65, the vent panel end was rotten. There is a chap on facebook who does fantastic repairs at really reasonable rates, search for "The Welding Wood".

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18th May 2020 9:33am

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Cheers for the heads up camelman, I have been able to acquire a rotten one off an old friend who is doing up a Dutch lightweight as he was given a new one with the buy. Not sure where it was from but didn’t look bad. The only problem is £700 for a new one is nearly the same as a whole bulkhead

Excellent lightweight btw, what’s the history behind it? I assume there is a thread I have missed

18th May 2020 10:08am

camelman

Member Since: 27 Feb 2013
Location: Peak District
Posts: 3373

05KD65 was the last lightweight registered with the military (in 1985) and spent 10 years with the Red Arrows being sold to its previous owner (who didn't know it was the last one....)

I've owned 05KD63 for 15 years and spent a couple of years looking for this one.
It popped up on ebay a couple of years back and only 1 other person bid on it

Currently stripped down while I rebuild her.

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18th May 2020 10:28am

Mash

Member Since: 09 Feb 2015
Location: Guernsey
Posts: 1674

Fantastic history that, always great to see the rare and unique ones saved and looked after 👍🏻 Will at some point soon ask for the merlin report on mine. 90 wolf - Jasmin http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic39408.html
90 V8 - Maggie http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic42564.html
110 TD5 - Buggsy http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic59029.html
52HG25 lightweight https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic72342.html
D3 Hse - Fiona
Capri 2l S - Anna

Think I might have a problem............

18th May 2020 12:36pm

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