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 [...]
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 [...]
May 2011 – Rear brakes – Rear axle complete
Unfortunately we haven't spent much time on the build in recent weeks due to holidays, Marks university work and other things taking priority. We have spent some time ordering lots of new parts [...]
2nd April 2011 – Rear Calipers arrived back and get re-assembled
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 [...]
26th March 2011 – Back Axle installed – Basic Rolling Chassis
We finally got the 2 arms of the back axle together - newly coated and painted, new barings and bolts etc. We are still waiting for the brake calipers to return from the [...]
19th February 2011 – Rear axle coming together 2
We took receipt of the shortened lower arms and drive shafts. First thing was to spend some time wire brushing them down, using an angle grinder with a wire brush on the end [...]
5th February 2011 – Rear Axle coming together
Getting all the parts together for the rear axle has proved to be quite a slow process, especially getting the lower arms and drive shafts returned that we sent off to be shortened. [...]
25th September 2010 – We have rear hubs!
We've been waiting for new parts to arrive from various places for a few weeks now, which has been quite frustrating, but today we received the rear hubs that Gerry has had manufactured [...]
24th August 2010 – Rear differential reconditioned
We sent the rear differential off to Coventry Transmissions (recommended through Pete) last week, for rebuilding and reconditioning. Mark picked it up last night. WOW! They have done an amazing job. They have [...]
7th August 2010 – Striping the back axel
We managed to source a Jaguar XJS back axel from ebay that arrived, and to an untrained eye looks like a piece of greasy junk. Well in this condiction maybe, but this particular [...]