Digression

Check out this beast of a disco build I chanced to come across, surfing teh interwebs.

From what I can tell the guy's name is Norman Hall, and going on what I see here, he is legendary. (that's also his photo above)

Fun-day shakedown

Entered a competition for the first time yesterday, the landy looks the part, but it really isn't......yet.

So if any of you are reading this and happen to be;

a) a filthy rich benefactor
b) a trust fund baby
or
c) the owner and/or close friends with an owner/dealer of QT services or Equipe

I have no qualms in regard to whoring out my landrover with advertising in return for free part sponsorship from either company :)

Lifted!!

In an effort to get around the horrible rubbing noises that the boggers were making. I had to produce some sort of suspension lift. It had to be in a hurry as well, because I was due to enter an event on the monday and I was in a helluva rush. I had a mate that I was told was selling some +2" springs but I couldn't get a hold of him in time. So I managed to get my hands on some nylon blocks to cut some spring spacers. I had the blocks roughly shaped down at a friend's woodwork shop, and then tidied up courtesy of my new latheman (Bigup ya self Nick!).

Their install took a long time because I did it myself, but the task itself was fairly simple, the only tricky part was that 6mm mild steel plates had to be cut in order to mount the shock absorber base 2" higher on the front (to avoid unnecessary bottoming out) But given the timescale I was working with, the back had to be left as is, but I haven't heard any thumping as yet!

Everyone loves a freebie

It wasn't free exactly, I had to fabricate a few mounting brackets for an A/C compressor and a custom power window install on a truck. It also wasn't building any air pressure, so I thought the compressor piston rings were shot, but it turned out that it was only busted O-rings and a bit of a service.


Now if I could only I could make some more brackets for a "free" set of lockers :\

Snorkel completion

Here are a few shots of the adapter plate I had to fab up to complete the snorkel install. I was going to make a fancified one to convert the entire opening to fit the 3" dia intake, but, I didn't have the tools or the time so a 3" hole in some 1/4" plate had to suffice.

You'll also be able to get an idea of what the engine bay looks like when it's de-crappified.

Ze boggers have arrived!!

Ka-boom. I've bought a set of lightly used TSL boggers from a challenge built tomcat here, so I fitted them up to see if I had any clearance issues to contend with. As it turns out, they fit well with only fender issues, but that was to be expected as it's a 37" bogger (35" true height") and the suspension is still at standard height, for now.

NEW BRAAAaAAaKES!!!

CUE THE HANDEL!!

So I've touched on this item in a few earlier posts, but I dedicate this one entirely to their install

I bought them a few months back from a reputable UK parts dealer, main reason being, that the driver's side calipers were seizing therefore when applying brakes it would tug to one side. I bought the rebuild kits for the front calipers and went to town on the job.

Suffice to say that when rebuilding calipers you must NEVER, EVER under any circumstances split the calipers to do the Job. Reason being that there is NO WAY to find a replacement seal that fits between the two halves. I've tried everything, the best way is to use a compressor and blow out the pistons one by one and replace the seals individually, refitting the pistons back into their homes is simple, just make sure you rub the new seals with some assembly lube so they don’t get pinched on refit and you’re golden.

The rotor replacement is all about brute force, I’ve become somewhat of a professional at hub disassembly given that I’ve done it about 5 or 6 times now (various bearing changes) the drive flange bolts have a tendency to break off on removal so you’ll need to be careful when removing them. Other than those things it’s a straight unbolt->bolt-on change.