Can only think of moving forward....

[SafeAirOne]

In one of those photos, it looks as if you've removed the door by taking the screws out of the forward half of the hinge. If so, you've done well. I had to drill those screws out on mine because they corrode to the anchor bolts on the inside of the doorpost. Most folks find it easier to take the bolts out of the rear half of the hinge (the one that goes through the door).

[rwollschlager]

A bent mirror bracket prevented me from taking out the bolts through the back half on the top hinge. For the bottom hinge i undid the ones through the door.

As for the expected time of completion i knew it was going to take way longer once i realised i had spent a whole day and just taken off the seat box. I had found all the bolts holding it on except for two, on the floor boards on either side of the transmission tunnel. Once i found those it came right out.

Got a question: All of my floor boards and my seat box have this white sticky sealer material with the consistency of chewing gum lining all of the edges and the entire bottom of the floor boards. What is this gunk? is it important? Is there anything today i can replace it with?
I was thinking along the lines of a marine grade sound proofer that is brushed or rolled on. With the proper surface prep. it should go on fine. right?

[greenmeanie]

I just use an old aerospace trick. To seal all that stuff I use a bead of the appropriate outdoor silicone sealer that you get at the hardware shop. The real trick is to smear one of the surfaces with oil or grease before putting it together. This means taking it apart in the future is easy. Yes, this is jut a practice run - you will see that gearbox again.

Cheap and works a treat.

[Tim Smith]

Yup it sounds like your standard seam sealer kind of stuff. Helps keep the rattles down but can make things a bit tough to pull apart later unless you use a trick like greenmeanie says.

One of the SPOTs on my truck was weather strip on the floor boards. That fell out long before I ever had to take the floorboards off myself.

[Cosmic88]

DITTO

I just went through the same floorboard situation. I removed all the (gum) white sealant and replacd with Window / Door silicone sealant. It is fairly flexible when cured and compresses nicely to form a pretty good seal when the floor panels are bolted back. Instead of greasing one surface (should probably be the removable panel) I applied the silicone bead (about 1/4 in thick / tall) and allowed it to cure fully for about 24 hrs... Then bolted the floor back in place with the ability to easily remove them later.

Is the tractor now the official 'recovery vehicle'?

[rwollschlager]

Is the tractor now the official 'recovery vehicle'?

Yes it is officially the only way my rover will move ! for few weeks anyway....

[rwollschlager]

more progress

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_2bSio9rDo

[Tim Smith]

Good for you!

[rwollschlager]

the end???

I had trouble last week regarding the high-low range shifter linkage. I had installed them incorrectly so that the red knob pulled back was neutral, the middle was low range and forward where high range should have been wasnt there and the lever slammed into the tranmission tunnel. fear and chaos everywhere.. especially becuase it appeared low range was my only gear and it kept popping out of that (installed the spring on the 4-hi yellow knob changed that in short order)
however, after examining the linkage on my dads truck, it told me i got it all wrong. When i got up to the truck today, i quickly fixed the linkage and took it for a test drive and voila! high range, low range, in forward and reverse!!!!
I bolted up the front drive shaft and threw in the rest of the seats and drove it home. I have 6 bolts holding in the seat box and the floor boards are just resting there until I am sure i will not need to go back in there for a while anyway.
For those of you attending british by the sea, look for my truck!! if all goes well (aka nothing breaks, blows up, blah blah blah) it should be there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDkfzXPJZt8