Series IIA Chassis up rebuild

[chipbury]

All looking lovely.

I got my steering relay oil seals from a bearing/seal company online (Bearing King). I got a double lip one to try and help keep the oil in .

[Wildefalcon]

I then turned my attention to the steering relay. I compressed it with my own version of the Land Rover special tool which I previously made out of angle iron and a spot welder. If I was to make it again, I would have used thicker metal since it has a tendency to bend a little - luckily no HSE in my workshop.

It's a lot better than the one I made - it's on my thread somewhere - it was wood and a piece of bent aluminium! But, it is satisfying to do. Sadly, I didn't replace the spring so it wasn't strong enough in the end, so I chickened out and bought a new one instead rather than mess around. Interesting what you say about the genuine bearing versus the replacement parts one. I have found the same with lots of things - brake shoes, washers, seals and gaskets - all too big or too small, yet being sold quite happily year in year out by major names. I don't know how they get away with it. I notice you have some blue bags there - they can be a very mixed blessing!

Fred

Maybe we should start building a public list of duff parts by manufacturer. The only Britpart parts used in the steering relay were the oil seals, one of which was the wrong size - most of the other bits were genuine from Blanchards including the spring at 99p!

Genuinely a brilliant idea.

[landylees]

My new Richards chassis turned up this morning. Will probably be a week before I can use it as I have to clear the garage of dissembled parts (hopefully by reassembling!) and remove back body, gearbox and petrol tanks off old chassis. Since my last post I have been away for a few days but I finished my steering relay with a Bearmach oil seal.

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[hibbo]

That's nice nothing like shiny new parts to boost a restoration

[removeduser185]

A great place to start! Enjoy!

Fred

[landylees]

That's nice nothing like shiny new parts to boost a restoration

Yep, will probably start with the T-Wash tomorrow to make it less shiny and ready for some paint !

[landylees]

Spent half a day in the garage today …

Rebuilt clutch pedal with new shaft, bushes and pin. Only complication was that the shaft didn’t have a hole for the pin, so I had to drill one which I did carefully given the cost of the new old stock genuine parts shaft.

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Cleaned air cleaner in petrol and put back together. I also filled it with fresh oil which no doubt I will regret when I next knock it over in the workshop.

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Removed track rod ends from steering rods using lots of heat, WD40 and a plumbers pipe wrench, followed by degreasing.

Apart from the axles, the workshop is nearly clear enough to remove the back body off the old chassis.

[Landie68]

Great progress in getting many parts cleaned up and repainted ready for fitting once you get that lovely shiny thing a different shade of new.

[landymad]

Great work Richard. I can't even walk through my garage at the moment! Fingers crossed I'll have my shed built in the next few weeks.

[landylees]

Another half day in the garage today...

I started off sanding the steering rods with an air DA sander but made little progress. I found a few paint removal discs at the back of my cupboard for my angle grinder and progress was a lot more rapid, finishing off with a wire brush wheel on the grinder - only took an hour in the end. Painted them with anti-rust paint, ready for zinc rich primer tomorrow.

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I then turned my attention to the front diff which I removed from the front axle. For the first time on this project I found something that didn't need fully rebuilding, actually it was in perfect condition and looks new. I removed all the seals from the axle and the diff, then cleaned both with the paraffin gun. Will reassemble tomorrow with new seals and gaskets, degrease again and paint the axle.

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