As we had replaced the old clutch release slave cylinder with the new Hydraulic throw-out release bearing, we decided we would also replace the braided hose that we originally installed to connect the [...]
Here's the Rolling Chassis. The first real milestone finished.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
After the brake lines, we moved onto the fuel line installation. Again, we bought the fuel line kit from Gerry at Hawks Cars which included all of the pipes that are needed to [...]
We decided to get on with installing the brake pipes. We ordered the brake pipe kit from Gerry with the Hawk kit containing all of the pipe and fittings. The build manual shows [...]
The rear calipers arrived back all zinc plated and all shiny. They have done a great job. Mark spent some of Saturday building them with his new apprentice, little Phoebe (showing off her [...]
Next was splash plate and then the Flywheel. Firstly we spray painted the splash plate silver before putting it in position and installing the fly wheel. Before the fly wheel is bolted on, it’s best [...]
Once the wheels are on, we were in a position to drop the engine in. We had previously built the engine up on an engine stand, so it was just a case of [...]
