100" TDI Defender

[Disco Des]

   That's what I said, over 20 years old.      Never been a Rangie person so I thought it would have been younger than that.  Still a bloody shame though.  If only Kleeancrap had been around then.

[TimeBandit]

It's alright Des...I wouldn't of had a clue either gan by the model - except I know it's a Classic rather than a 'taxi'....

I was gan by the reg plate!

[landrover598]

end of day 3 - had a bit of rain earlier so had to get the tarp out, then it dried up and got really hot 

is up with the weather

[DiscoCol]

Good work Dave.

[mr wuffles]

Slacker Dave would have had that stripped in under a day

[U 31]

Oh, i dunno.... it has been a bit warm...

[landrover598]

warm  it's been fucking boiling 

and i haven't been able to use my grinder either because i've been in shorts and a t-shirt

it's hard work sawing through the sills with a hacksaw 

[Motorhead]

fuck that get the grinder out, for how long it will take you I reckon you'll sweat less than mawling with a hacksaw...got all those outriggers to lop off as well

[Millsy]

Nice one Dave.

[Swops]

I'm asuming the bulkhead will be the datum for the body , how do your work out where to weld the outriggers to fit the bulkhead ??

[Motorhead]

On a 4x4 is born he used outriggers off a 90, he then stated on all coilers the gearbox crossmember is in the same place on all chassis's 90, 110 classic Rangerover..so he used the top front mounting bolt as a reference..the outrigger is positioned 25mm further forward from the center of the bolt...

[Swops]

Thats doesn't sound to hard to do then , even I might be able to manage that 

[landrover598]

i haven't been able to do much over the last few days due to the weather and other commitments

i've cleaned the chassis down and it doesn't look too great, there is large chunks of flaking rust all over it 

so hopefully Mark90 will save the day with his Rangy chassis which is in a lot better condition than mine

  Mark

i've managed to strip all the rear axle and gubins off and started to clean and paint them, but i've run out of paint now 

i've modified the rear axle with brake pipe protection bars and notched the radius arm mounts the same as Mark Evans did 

[landrover598]

i removed the front axle this afternoon after spending all morning carting fence panels about




i'll clean it up this evening ready for painting tomorrow, my paint and my new big axle stands are arriving tomorrow   

[fruity]

David,

I have a sneaky feeling you're going to 7 Sisters at the weekend?

If you are I'll tell you everything I know about the SVA etc but I tried to get some "definitive" answers out of VOSA/DVLA a while back for the tech section on several hypothetical hybrid builds and neither were prepared to give answers unless directly related to ongoing projects (to be honest I thing the legislation changes have stirred up a shedload of work and a bit of a hornet's nest for them).

From what the DVLA chap at Exeter I dealt with was telling me each case is being dealt with "on merit" until some vastly expensive private consultancy has been undertaken and the liability for getting it wrong can be placed at the door of someone apart from a government department.

As for whether mine is a hybrid or not - I don't care, it's mine and I done it, every nut and bolt

[landrover598]

hi fruity - i'll see you at seven sisters - we'll talk landys 

[landrover598]

all the suspension / axles / props have 1 coat of black gloss on them now, second coat will be aplied on Monday.  Then they'll be ready to be fitted to the new chassis once it arives

[landrover598]

All the axles and trailing arms have two coats of black on them now and look very nice

all assembled ready for the new chassis which will hopefully be arriving soon (Thanks Mark  )

it's going to be a tight squeeze building it in the garage (there is about 1 -  2" each side  ) but if the Welsh summer continues to be a wash out, it'll have to be built inside 

[Millsy]

 

[mr wuffles]

You still not finished yet ye lazy bugger 

[landrover598]

hopefully my new chassis is arriving on Friday and then my defender 110 is arriving on Saturday so i'll be able to crack on and finish it in the next 3 months 

[Motorhead]

Well you better pray for a dry spell, cause you'll struggle in there

[U 31]

What was wrong with the donor range rovers chassis?

[landrover598]

there was large areas of thick surface rust (upto 4 mm thick in places) all over the rear half of the chassis and underneath and as i would like to get the chassis galved i would like it as near to perfect as possible 

You can never tell whats going to happen in the middle of the Welsh summer, we've already had a heat wave and quite a bit of heavy rain 

[U 31]

I thought it would have just been rusty around the usual spot of the rear crossmember, and as this is to be lost anyhow....
If its rusty all over, than its probly best to start afresh...