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Fearful that my 20 year old Discovery would need some chassis work for its next MOT, I was offered a rust free chassis which I've had galvanised.
In theory the rebuild should be similar to my 1932 Morris Major Six with a few more wires.
I'll fit new brake pipes and hoses, bushes, springs snd shock absorbers. My neighbour has a loadall so hopefully we can get the body off and back on in one piece.
I've replaced lots of parts over the years on it including a recent engine swap. I'm optimistic that with the galvanised chassis that it should be the last 4x4 I'll ever need for log hauling duties.
I'll post up progress pics as I know there are a few Land Rover fans on here. Encouragement and advice are always welcomed
That's... quite some way off being an actual vehicle! Good luck with it, keep us posted on how it progresses
Nah, little bit of bodywork will see you sorted.
Finished for the weekend?
FOllowing 🙂
Finished by the weekend? It all depends if the farm is at silage. The loadall is key
How good is the Discovery bodywork though? I thought they rusted for fun?
Early Td5s were more rust resistant than the facelift models. Mine is really good, way better than the 300tdi it replaced
How good is the Discovery bodywork though? I thought they rusted for fun?
tdi (mk1) the body rusts badly. TD5 (mk2) they fixed the body but the chassis rusts for fun.
I sold a set of wheels to a guy who had dropped a TD5 body onto a tdi chassis.
Weekend job on a Series III, isn't it? How much harder can a Disco be? 😉
You have the foresight to grind off the chassis number and stamp the original on ?
So far so good. Everything is set to get the body off. The farm are busy with the harvest on what was forecasted as a rainy day. I’m content to have gotten this far with no major hassles
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Interesting stuff!!
Stw's own project Binky
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Gets mug of tea
(If only there were an stw forum mug...)
good luck with this. Looks interesting. Well done for keeping an old car running and away from the scrapheap.
My mate has just started re-fitting his defender to a new galvanised chassis. The car is over 30 years old. The chassis cost around £3k
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vRFDSH5C2/?igshid=18zc268ybhz1s
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vRKQsn-m1/?igshid=15858ju4q8ihp
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vRaqpHwZR/?igshid=1l61i89v0skls
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vYtJUHAus/?igshid=myucrf572ovn
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wFmQPnlWf/?igshid=1ohgavm1pedjs
I’ll try and get the rear axle off today between showers. That would just leave the tank, fuel lines, filter and loom.
Bloody hell, well done, took me most of Saturday to replace the front pads & discs on my Yeti and i was pleased with that! 😮
It looks kind of cool without the body on - can you just put a seat on it and go for a drive?
Fiddly stuff took longer than I thought. Engine and gearbox back in tomorrow
Holy crap, that’s putting some trust in the JCB driver!
Off to follow McMoonter on insta so I don’t miss anything.
Cool as a cool thing
Oh the joys of a real chassis. You can't do that with a monocoque body shell.
I’ve only had the afternoon to do any fettling but it’s looking more complete now
Please take it for a drive like that before the body goes back on...
Please take it for a drive like that before the body goes back on…
Standing up like you're in a chariot.
Or even turn it into a Fred Flintstone type vehicle for the day. I think you might have some spare wood lying around
No chariot riding yet, but if it gets muddy there’s less of a chance that I’ll get stuck
Love this thread
Nice
Penelope pitstop won't stand a chance
Apologies for the progress updates. Harvest got in the way
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1OLc4wnS_-/?igshid=1x2nhhwtfl0p5
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1OLsjbHvG7/?igshid=wn8reftcpdvt
wow... great work... is that all done then?
i want a youtube video detailing all that you've done, snazzy camera angles, correctly lit etc... it's what i've come top expect in this day and age
Thats fantastic, great work. Love the idea of putting the chassis on trolleys so you could line it up, I was wondering how on earth the JCB was going to accurate enough 🙂
And that, my friends, is an example of how I definitely do not have "the knack"
Figure if anyone has been following this thread then you may be interested in my old build. You can find it HERE
No idea if you can see the pics without being registered. If not apologies.
Nice! Asides from lifting the chassis off, has this rebuild required any specialist tools?
My Father in law has a MK2 Disco that has been sat in a barn for the past two years, only had a split fuel pipe but the silly old bugger has never got round to fixing it. Probably won't ever drive again which is a shame.
No special tools really at all. Some deep sockets for the body mount bolts are handy. A hose spring clip tool should be on your list too.
If it’s the fuel pipe at the tank, there’s an access plate in the boot floor. You can get to the push fit unions easily from there. I have a friend who could supply you with a used one. The pipes rub against the shell and wear through
Edit/ I found thread chasers very hand for cleaning bolts prior to removal
I changed the green banded pipe for him which as you say was easy enough, the hardest part was cutting the carpet with a blunt stanley knife. Green pipe turned out to be fine and its actually one of the other ones. For some reason he has also removed the fuel pump from the tank and it now lives in a bucket in his garden?! Not sure what was wrong with it but its certainly no good now. Old people eh?
Kevin could probably supply you with a used fuel pump. There is a procedure for self purging the fuel system of air. Maybe your dad is unaware of it
I’ve ordered the last needed part, a coolant hose. With luck it will be here tomorrow and I can fire it up
Put the pump in some diesel and power it(run longer wires to the pump to prevent shorting near the fuel...or it could explode..and use diesel it will be contaminated if waters used..)with the output to another bucket...if it moves lots it's good, if its really slow its shot...
And the fuel pipe is possibly blocked...some compressed air may fix that..
If there is any doubts replace the pump and pipes and fuel filter and purge the system at the high pressure pump( a hand primer and some stamina should be enough) until solid fuel is present at the high pressure pump ..then try to start(if needed some light brake cleaner can help but little amounts as it can backfire badly..
good work. Bet it feels good now.
Nice one.
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that's some quick turn around.
Top work
It towed a couple of tonnes of gravel with ease.
It was well worth the graft, probably about a week if I added up all the time. I’m not so sure a garage would tap and chase every thread and clean everything before refitting it, but as it will be me who will revisit my handiwork, I think it was time well spent.
I bought it as a workhorse and it fulfils it’s job description well. With the new chassis it should see a several years more service.
Great stuff!
1hr 38m of welding rust. Shheeshhh, what a pile of poo 🙄
I had a look at the video, even the roof supports were rusty. That was really a candidate for a rust free body shell. The cost of finding one even from abroad would still have been worth while compared to the weld fest.