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| Advanced stage of
stripping – done some sandblasting as seen on the firewall – chassis
already sandblasted and primed with red oxide, messy wiring to be taken
out |
General view of a
very messy garage – LW in background with ‘bak’ in foreground –
been primed, ‘stone chipped’ and sprayed with probably 4 x matt
green coats |
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same time – painted to early – decided to strip further – took out
brake, clutch and accelerator pedals and assemblies – had them
sandblasted and galvanised |
Messy wiring –
POT – I removed about 5 relays, and found melted wires - all this
wiring was later cut out, as I have bought a new harness (UK -
Autosparks) to install at a later stage |
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| Front section –
newly galvanised front bumper with general LR paraphernalia and tools
scattered around |
The story of my
life at present – strip something off a Land Rover and find more work
to attend too beneath it… that surface rust has to die |
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| Wiring
out and I have gotten ‘round to removing the pedals |
Similar view –
excepting a bit of the ‘bak’ visible – the light fittings (and
other previously galvanised fittings) had been sandblasted and re-galvanised
– where applicable, are now rubber mounted and fitted with stainless
steel nuts and bolts |
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| Close-up view –
same as previous pic. |
This
pic is of the underside of the ‘bak’ – this has to be the cleanest
underside of any SIII in the southern hemisphere – I had the supports
sandblasted and galvanised – and have fitted belting between the
surfaces – while we are on this pic – does anyone out there have a
RH SIII door top? Mine is a
bit tired. |
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| Me, in my weekend
attire, LR # 1 tool nearby |
Some time later
– some days I get despondent as I see no ‘progress’, funny how
putting the ‘bak’ on the chassis makes one feel a whole lot
better… |
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| The rust – she
is gone. I was amazed at
this stage – I had to remove some red oxide in order to weld – I
thought an angle grinder with a hard wire brush attachment would remove
the paint – think again – this stuff doesn’t come off like this,
it just goes ‘shiny’ – eventually I used a grinding wheel to
remove the paint |
I
am thinking of using a T#y*t% forklift Donaldson air filter…. |
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| Brush painted
first coat of Stone chip – have to make sure that all the spots are
covered properly – then I will use the proper spray gun to get a
covering of decent thickness |
The
springs are going to be taken out soon – to be replaced with Rocky
Mountain Parabolics – sandblasting etc of these sections on the chassis will be
done when the springs are removed.
That ex-SADF towel still works. |
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| Back
in the garage – for me to work, the LW has to be pushed out and at the
end of the day, pushed back into the garage – a schlep. |
Masking
tape plastered on the firewall – this is to prevent Stone chip from
messing up the ‘cockpit’ area when I spray it from the ‘engine
side’ onto the firewall. The
height of the top of the ‘bak’ has me worried – it stands at
1300mm from the ground (the shocks are out and it has stood with no load
for months now) – I don’t ever remember it standing so high.. |
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see one of my next missions (when the LW is finished) – the wall in
the background needs to be painted again. |
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These
were taken a few weeks ago - cammo is how it 'stands now'
I have had plench trouble with the 2K paint. Another story. |
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