What have you done today to your LAND ROVER (Non Defender)
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MountainD
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Seats. 5 seats. All recovered and refoamed. Took the better part os a day and I’m wiped. Heated front and rear (not middle rear—middle always gets hosed, lol.
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El Pinchi
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Where did you get the new foams from and how much were they?
MountainD
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LRParts, £149 (although now price looks like £162). https://www.lrparts.net/ext316-dt-d...trim-kit-2007-denim-twill-by-exmoor-trim.html. I’ve had them in my garage for a year waiting for my health to improve. I rally pushed it to do all 5 seats and took ~8 hours to remove, recover, and reinstall all 5 Including set up and clean up.
LostChord
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Done! No problems with the dowel pins; machine shop (a local transmission shop) popped them right out with a slide hammer and put 'em right back in after the resurfacing.
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Whole thing took 30 mins, I just waited while they did it. And they had this on a table, but said they don't work on Land Rovers if they can help it.
Old school shops are simply awesome.
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El Pinchi
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Thanks MountainD! Wish you a speedy recovery for your health!
Giftshopduane
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Almost there.. it’s been a long day.
MountainD
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You have a couple nice cars in the background... are you pulling an old merc diesel or is that a runner? Diggin the Vdubb.
Giftshopduane
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Thanks
The MB is a 79 240d blue interior, I’m 2nd owner, it’s near new with 225k on it. I think the owner didn’t allow passengers.
the truck is a 2 owner 79 f150 4wd, just turned 70k.
the bus is on the back burner after the 110 and s2a (which only needs bulkhead work and some fiddling) then there’s the 59 MGA in the shed! I have a patient wife.
I haven’t updated in awhile. I went over board with the seat box, floor boards. Interior refurb etc. I ended up respraying all panels in a ppg single stage product in alpine white. Replaced factory decals. Riveted in new jack carrier, new foam etc. Waiting on ebony carpet kit for middle and rear. Almost ready for seats and firing up this thing after 1.5 years down.
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Tbaumer
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New speedometer cable - Not impressed with Britpart's plastic connection rod into the speedometer. New rubber grommet into old flexible plastic - removed the plastic bulkhead plate to get it to seat properly.
accelerator cable - The original cable had a threaded fastener through the bulkhead, new cable just had a press in rubber grommet style holder.
OBP4x4 200tdi air filter housing & bracket.
Broke my driver's side mirror
(hit it with my shoulder - surprising how easy the glass popped out).
accelerator cable - The original cable had a threaded fastener through the bulkhead, new cable just had a press in rubber grommet style holder.
OBP4x4 200tdi air filter housing & bracket.
Broke my driver's side mirror
(hit it with my shoulder - surprising how easy the glass popped out).
New speedometer cable - Not impressed with Britpart's plastic connection rod into the speedometer. New rubber grommet into old flexible plastic - removed the plastic bulkhead plate to get it to seat properly.
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accelerator cable - The original cable had a threaded fastener through the bulkhead, new cable just had a press in rubber grommet style holder.
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OBP4x4 200tdi air filter housing & bracket.
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Broke my driver's side mirror
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I may have spare glass for you. Let me check
Tbaumer
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That would be awesome! I was just doing a search for side mirror glass - thought I'd be out of luck with all the bad luck I just brought on myself.
rocky
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Rovers don’t bring bad luck. They bring opportunities for buying parts that aren’t broken... says he whose just spent a ton of cash on a diff and more.
MountainD
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if not, I’m sure I do.
I’m an idiot, I meant to post this here but accidentally put it on D-source. Old habits...
I got some parts back from powder coating and paint and started to reassemble body parts. My approach this time was to strip off and galvanize anything made of steel. I then had these parts powder coated with a 2-step process. I’m fortunate that there is an RAL color close to the body color.
ln this case, I’ve had the rear bulkhead painted (8W2 Toyota Cavalry Blue) and now I’ve got the capping reattached. Now the piece will go back to the paint shop so that the rivets are painted over and the cappings are color-matched. The colors are really really close but not enough for exterior pieces right next to each other. The inside of the bulkhead etc will remain bare powder coat but the difference will be unnoticeable in that location.
I got some parts back from powder coating and paint and started to reassemble body parts. My approach this time was to strip off and galvanize anything made of steel. I then had these parts powder coated with a 2-step process. I’m fortunate that there is an RAL color close to the body color.
ln this case, I’ve had the rear bulkhead painted (8W2 Toyota Cavalry Blue) and now I’ve got the capping reattached. Now the piece will go back to the paint shop so that the rivets are painted over and the cappings are color-matched. The colors are really really close but not enough for exterior pieces right next to each other. The inside of the bulkhead etc will remain bare powder coat but the difference will be unnoticeable in that location.
Wrapped up my front hub/brake refresh. I replaced bearings, calipers, discs, and pads. While I was in there I also replaced the rubber brake lines with stainless braided lines. As a rookie, the whole thing was pretty interesting. I also repaired some rust damage on my driver side door bottom with Devcon. That stuff is great. Next up is the rear brakes and passenger side door bottom.