29th July 2011 – Oil Pressure switch and gauge pipe
Mark got the new oil pressure switch and oil presure gauge today from Real Steel and went about fitting and installing to the engine. He used PTFE tape wrapped tight around the threads [...]
22nd July 2011 – Cutting the hole for the pedal box
After cutting the side vetns, next was the pedal box hole. This was a little more fiddly due to its position at the end of the foot well. Again the position for the [...]
22nd July 2011 – Cutting the side vents
First real job was to cut the holes in the glass fibre body for both the side vents and pedal box. We started with the side vents. The body arrived with the vent [...]
22nd July 2011 – Starting the body
As we have now got the rolling chassis to a reasonably finished state, we decided to put some time into starting the body and getting it ready to put back onto the chassis.. [...]
22nd July 2011 – Rolling Chassis complete
Here's the Rolling Chassis. The first real milestone finished.
22nd July 2011 – Finishing off rolling chassis
We had a few small jobs to get done to finish of the rolling chassis. --- 1. Change the Rear Axle shims We realised once we got the wheels on the chassis, that [...]
8th July 2011 – Exhaust arrived back, then PROBLEMS!
We received the exhaust back from Camcoat who had done the ceramic coating. This acts as a thermal barrier and will stop them corroding and but more importantly make them look really nicely [...]
25th June 2011 – Upgrading brake pipe P clips
This one was just a small job, but following on from installing the brake lines and our post on 4th June, we decided to upgrade the plastic P clips we used to hold [...]
19th June 2011 – Clutch release slave cylinder
A spacer is needed for the bracket holding the clutch release... we fitted it all together first to get the correct distance required for the spacer and get the position of the brackets [...]
4th June 2011 – Handbrake and prop shaft
We put in the handbrake lever and prop shaft. These were quite easy to install. We had to source the bolts for the prop shaft, which we got from a Landrover dealer Mark [...]