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07: DIY Shotblasting and A Frame Assembly
The axles are painted! And looking superb! Love the Frost Chassis paint, it's almost spot on for a Land Rover OEM look. Also, purchased a printed TD5 Defender manual with the 300TDi and Electrical...
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08 Defender Tribute: Rolling Chassis
What have we been up to this week with our Tribute build? First up, we set about finishing the swivels from last time. The pre-load had to be set using shims on the upper pin - a time consuming...
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09: R380 & TD5 Strip Down
This week, we headed over to a local gearbox specialist to get our R380 stripped down and inspected. Here it is after we dropped it off, looking a little sad. The plan is to have it inspected, have...
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Episode 10: Engine Cleaning & Tub Inspection
This week, we've been mainly working on our engine, as well as inspecting the rear tub. It's a good idea to get the tub sat on an body painting trestle. These can be found on eBay pretty reasonably....
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Episode 11: Engine painting, new shock turrets
Recon Gearboxes LTD completed our R380 and it's looking superb! We're having the brackets blasted and galved so hope to put that back in soon! Following a suggestion from one of the forum posts we've...
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12: Wheel painting, Brake Calipers, Steering Arms
This week, I've had my better half working on the bulkhead, removing the remains of the seam sealer so the bulkhead can be sent off to the shot blasters, then to the galvanisers and back to me for...
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Engine Refit & Tyre / Wheel Mounting
This is Spray booth MK2 which I'll show in a future episode, it's working very well, cutting humidity to the low 30s and upping the air temp to a solid 20+ celsius. It means that I can get the whole...
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Defender Rear Tub Repair
The rear tub is in need of some minor repairs. The tub cappings will be removed and sent off for galvanising. Everywhere else, we have replacement repair sections. Using a 6mm drill bit, we're...
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R380 Gearbox & TD5 Exhaust Manifold
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Bulkhead Welding & TD5 Injector Loom
First job of the week was removing old waxoyl and factory applied stone chipping material. When perusing the workshop manual, I noticed that Land Rover recommend dealers use an air powered scraper....
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