What did you do to your Rover today?

[mongoswede]

photos of repaired frame covered with POR15 Silver paint and now bolted to refinished stock springs on stock rover axles. The tires and wheels are pretty ugly but good enough to roll on for now.

[martindktm]

Did you pour that cement tub floor in place? And the grass is a nice touch too.

So tonight I did replace my concrete tub floor with an aluminum one.



I put over 62 rivet to hold the new sheet in place since I can't spotwel the new one in place. Steel crossmember are at my friend shop for some sandblasting and I will install them later.





For my body welding/fixing questions I did found yesterday on the net "Durafix" and "Alumaloy" stuff to brase aluminum with a simple torch as we do plumbing at home. Type those name in Google and their demo video is pretty amazing. Anyone ever try that stuff?? How it turned out?? How long it last?

[TJR]

Looking real good!.. That rear X-member look "beefed" up a bit..

How much POR 15 did it take?

photos of repaired frame covered with POR15 Silver paint and now bolted to refinished stock springs on stock rover axles. The tires and wheels are pretty ugly but good enough to roll on for now.

[mongoswede]

Looking real good!.. That rear X-member look "beefed" up a bit..

How much POR 15 did it take?

It took about 1.5 Pints of silver POR to coat the whole frame on the outside. i still would like to fill the frame rails with something or get them waxed. The frame came with a group of parts that I bought and someone else had reinforced the rear bumper. We did have to cut the welds and align it properly as it was crooked.

you can just barely see the gussets in this photo. We also did some repair work and patching other spots on the frame but they are pretty well blended in.





here are a bunch of photos from last fall and winter when we had the frame on the rotisserie and I was cutting off the bad sections, removing rust, straightening parts etc. Also used the spiral sanding pads to clean every square inch of the frame. The only thing I would still like to do is make some rock sliders/side impact protectors and possibly some sort of cage. But If I am going to sell it I'll probably skip the cage.





rear bumper underside prior to repair, descale, sanding etc...much uglier then it is now:





This photo is brought you you by PB Blaster:



PPE....Eye protection..check, Hearing protection...check, Lung protection...check, Hands free work lamp..check.

[mongoswede]

also picked up 4 new drive train mounts, 4 shackle bolts, and two shifter boots.

[bkreutz]

New Shoes

Got my wheels from the powdercoater Friday, then got the new tires mounted and at least the back ones are on.

[mongoswede]

put the engine/transmission/transfer box back onto the frame today. DAP and Rovers North were both out of series engine mounts so I just went ahead and bought the newer ones intended for a range rover...or maybe a discovery. They are the same height but a little bigger in diameter and the mount studs are also bigger (12 mm). So I drilled all of the mount plates out with a 1/2" drill bit. The mount that goes on the left front of the engine has to be shaved and filed slightly to clear the frame. Otherwise no issues. The other thing I found was that I could not get the engine to drop into place...then I realized that I must have a Series II or IIA frame and I have a Series III drivetrain...so the clutch slave interfered with the reinforcement ribs on the cross member. I quickly fixed this with a grinder and then was able to fit the engine properly. next up...exhaust and brake lines...power steering.

[martindktm]

Yesterday I did TRY to patch some hole in the rear tub...I won't open a body shop anytime soon . Im a better mecanics than body fixer...

Passenger side for a reference of the damage...



And the driver side new damage...primed with zinc oxyde primer. It was my first time using body filler...I wanted to let the rivet there. I will paint it bronze green next week.





Maybe the passenger side will be better since I will now have 3 patchs of experience...At least I won't see the fix while driving it...

[jac04]

I mounted a skid plate. Not that I'll vever need it:

[LaneRover]

Back east for a long week-end, got my '66 88 started up to drive it around. Runs like a champ again - didn't even have to charge the battery!

After driving around awhile I noticed that it should have been registered back in January! Looks like I'll be going to the townhall first thing Monday morning!

Brent

[mrdoiron]

I mounted a skid plate. Not that I'll vever need it:

Great job Jeff, I made a much more crude version for my IIa.. the cross member part that is removable is similar also. Of course mine is not galv and clean like this ! Is this your own design, if so any change you have made any dwgs of did you bang out as you went ? Looks really good.

[jac04]

Is this your own design, if so any change you have made any dwgs of did you bang out as you went ? Looks really good.

Thanks. The only thing that needed to be made were the machined aluminum mounting blocks. All other pieces are Land Rover parts. The first set of blocks wasn't quite right due to accurate measurements being so hard to get. I tweaked the design a little and Greg (G.G. Sprock) made another set that worked great.

[scott]

removed and refurbished the fuel tank selector valve. put it back in and the ambi fired right up! couple weeks ago switch tanks after emptying one and it died. found that the cork gasket was crumbling and clogged both ports. ahh pleasures of driving a rover that's been sitting awhile. something new will fail every week for the first couple of months

[SafeAirOne]

THURSDAY: Pulled an all-nighter in an attempt to get the rebuilt engine completely hooked up and ready to go to British by the Sea on Sunday. Failed; Spent 3 precious hours completely disassembling my electrical system while troubleshooting what turned out to be a poorly grouded negative battery cable on my relocated battery.

FRIDAY: Registered the Rover --$27.00. Started the rebuilt engine for the first time ever. Filled the neighborhood with white smoke--Advanced the injector pump timing to make the neighborhood smoke free. Slept for 12 hours as a result of Thursday.

SATURDAY: Test drove the Rover for the first time. Came home immediately when engine temps rose off the charts. Changed back to my old temp sender and found out that temps were OK after all.

SUNDAY: Missed British by the Sea--Not enough break-in/test miles on the new engine to make the 6-hour round trip with confidence. Found injector pump timing is now too advanced--need to retard it to prevent knocking under load.

[mongoswede]

Only thing I managed to do yesterday was to pull the carb/intake/exhaust manifolds off of the side of the engine. I hung the new headers on the engine to check the fit. Now I need to get new gaskets, finish the head work, swap in a new cam, distributor, and carb.