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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: parksy64
Date: March 19, 2015, 6:59 am
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Nice work so far :thumbs:
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: DarrenH
Date: March 31, 2015, 10:51 am
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revisited the non functioning reverse light, if you remember it
had gone a bit melty inside
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after quite a bit of effing and blinding at rusted whitworth
nuts and bolts i got the metal cover of the rear of the lights.
inside was yet more scotchlock heaven, the earth wire for none
function reverse light was scotched into the cable for the tail
lights. despite the +!2v being a dedicated feed from the
dashboard, they had also used scotchlocks as means of joining it
to the reverse light. :confused:
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ripped all that off and filled the old holes with epoxy resin,
then i had to drill 3 new holes for the new reverse light, which
is just a generic bearmach defender one, matches my fog light on
the other side. i used a grommet in the loom hole and put O
rings round the bolts to seal them to the rear panel. +12v got
soldered and shrink wrapped, i put a ringlet on the earth and
slipped that under the bolt where all the tail lights earths are
ganged together.
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back up front remember it had a vintage lucas pull switch,
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i unscrewed that and found it had a length of wire wrapped round
it which went off to a dashboard earth post :confused: wtf are
people like?
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then i bolted in a brand new lucas SPB200 switch i bought to
match the rest, laarvly ! this was given a new fused switch
ignition supply from fuse box
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i could probably have fitted a plunger switch to the gearbox
selector and have it automatic, but figured it will be useful
for a work light too :)
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: Jackual
Date: March 31, 2015, 6:35 pm
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Crackin' work! I hate wiring bodges, I had a piss myself
laughing moment at a local car show the other week;
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Good gravy! rofl
Its a Datsun engine "fitted" to a Morris minor, Loving the
bungee cord wrapped around the earth lead to secure the battery.
He had two of these disasters on show :bleurgh wagfinger
Keep up the good work!
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: ragnar
Date: April 1, 2015, 1:32 am
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:smile1 Nice one this Landy! I'am strugling reading and
translating in Google, and get a good laugh.. scotchlock heaven
rofl dashbord Earth post ...
good Luck with Your " physical keep sake " >Htlr<
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: Arjan
Date: April 1, 2015, 6:59 am
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Oh Yes - please keep this going :thumbs:
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: DarrenH
Date: April 1, 2015, 1:17 pm
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thanks for the comments guys :) i love the morris minor engine
bay :o
actually thats reminded me the wagon has a tow ball fitted but
no socket for the electrics. thought that was a bit odd, cant
be many reasons for a tow ball withouth electrics other than a
bit of yard shunting ? anyway found the remains of my towing
electrics in the week...
:banghead
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: DarrenH
Date: April 12, 2015, 3:07 pm
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[QUOTE=DarrenH;1952983]door tops bow out at speed, possible
replacement or fettling[/QUOTE]
D-Day on my second car looming i thought i better use the time
wisely and get the landy a bit more hospitable. this morning i
unbolted the drivers door, i removed the bolts from the door
side rather than bulkhead. i'm under no illusion why the doors
are floppy mind you (rust), just knuckling down with the work
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temporary door!
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transferred to the work bench (2 gold stars for when i decided
to make the bench 3 foot deep !!) you can already see some grott
along the bottom rail
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heres the 3 station wagon trim pieces removed, the strip
pictured middle covers the join between the door bottom and top,
appears to be stainless steel clad in vinyl. narrow section
pictured left is the armrest and looks like its backed with some
sort of zintec material, its rusted anyway and will need
replacing. large section pictured right is the door bottom
cover, its hardboard with vinyl stapled on.
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close up of the arm rest backing. ive got a load of 1.2mm
galvanised sheet in stock so i think i will just remake this.
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now onto the door carcass, rotten bottom rail, no biggie as i
repaired this on my ninety to good standard. already have some
YRM repair lengths which came last week :cool:
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then i unbolted the door tops, i was gonna repair these for
originality but they are completely teabagged in the internal
structural areas. i think i will get a new pair from
SPlandrovers to be honest.
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the following pictures are really just for reference so i know
how the windows tops go back together. gonna keep the original
glass and i also need to re-use the stainless steel packing
pieces, but i've already received a clutch of brand new genuine
felt runners a few weeks back
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: blenky
Date: April 12, 2015, 3:43 pm
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Good work and fare point on door tops its not worth the bother
for what they cost.
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: DarrenH
Date: April 20, 2015, 4:05 am
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first job on the door bottoms is to peel the alloy skin back
from frame. i learned my lesson on the ninety so heated up the
paint to stop it cracking this time, then slowly lifted the lip
up 90 degrees with combo of paint scraper and tack puller
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then i sliced the entire bottom frame away, at a nice mitre each
end
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you can buy repair sections from quite a few places, this is
from YRM metal solutions, cut to length and mitred to match the
door
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new pair of door tops from SPlandrovers arrived, ordered sunday,
arrived first thing tuesday. top quality british made items
rather than poor quality chinese made with a british name items
:D
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heres with the welding finished, also had a decent wire wheel on
all the other surface rust, plus a bit of hydate80 rust
converter, lastly a word out to our sponsers Steve a.k.a gridman
for donating a tin of landrover limestone coach enamel :D
supplied to him in error (label says matt, contents is gloss).
first coat on, a few more to follow.
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not much has happened since friday, just doing a coat of paint
every 24 hours on the door frame and 2 new tops (its coach
enamel so cant do the wet on wet modern apporach)
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Re: DarrenH 1982 88" series3 station wagon
DIR By: Jackual
Date: April 20, 2015, 6:23 am
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Nice work! :thumbs:
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