What did you do to your Rover today?

[mjones1700]

Last night I put my middle doors back (109 SW) on . . . and they fit. This is amazing to me because I had discarded the old doors in the garbage dump two years ago with plans on getting new ones (all the old iron was rusted out). I was on back order for over a year for Proline. I searched the country for decent used doors. When I kept running into dead ends, I had to go back to the dump. Pull the old doors out, peel the aluminum off and reconstruct them almost from scratch. So, you can't hardly tell now. But with the man hours I put in, I can't imagine what those doors cost me.

[4flattires]

The head went back on the 109 today in 114d heat. Only took 2 fingers......(on the hydraulic controls)

[o2batsea]

Last night I put my middle doors back (109 SW) on . . . and they fit. This is amazing to me because I had discarded the old doors in the garbage dump two years ago with plans on getting new ones (all the old iron was rusted out). I was on back order for over a year for Proline. I searched the country for decent used doors. When I kept running into dead ends, I had to go back to the dump. Pull the old doors out, peel the aluminum off and reconstruct them almost from scratch. So, you can't hardly tell now. But with the man hours I put in, I can't imagine what those doors cost me.

Wow well that's about right. Middle doors have become unobtainable-ium. You can always rebuild the ones you have so long as the latch area and the curved bits aren't rusted away. I got the absolute last of the available OE skins from Ike, and some some tatty frames from some guy in Luray VA that had been in a fire. With all that and my original frames I have put together some that have just gone off to the galvanizer's. These are the really hard to find 2A ones that have the drain holes. I pity anyone who is in the USA and looking for middle doors from now on.
You can't get the repair channel that exactly matches the original, so it's often necessary to cut up a perfectly good S3 front door frame to get the right stuff.
I have heard that there are repro ones being made in the UK that are a very very close match. Not the ProLine hack stuff.

[o2batsea]

The head went back on the 109 today in 114d heat. Only took 2 fingers......(on the hydraulic controls)

Hmmm. Need more chain I think.

[4flattires]

Hmmm. Need more chain I think.

With the lift points on the head being front and rear, the head would be parallel to the bucket with a single chain. Needed that second chain to re-position it to be inline with the tractor.

[4flattires]

The old vent seals kept out most rocks, some bees, and marble sized hail. She sure looks purdy with those new vent seals though.....ahhh....114d outside.....124d inside.

The pure joy of Birmabright!

[stomper]

Well, I beat off Prince Lucas for another few years. Rewired my front headlights after experiencing some flickering while going over bumps while driving. I finally went over a bump, and they gave up the ghost. Thank goodness for the clear marker lights! New connectors, and everything is working as it should again. I also wired up a new aux. fuse panel, and wired in a rear work light, a cigar lighter, and swapped out a busted U-joint on the front prop shaft that was keeping me from driving with the front hubs locked in. Topped up the transmission and transfer case with 90wt, all in 93 degree weather.

[o2batsea]

Got most of the body panels to the painter's. Assembled the LT230, R380 and 200 Tdi into a single unit, ready to plop in the chassis. Did final demolition/disassembly of the bulkhead. Pretty bad. saving the door posts and upper dash, but the footwells are all out.
Next up; building the 24 spline front axle and doing the disc brake conversion on the Salisbury. Need to get some feet under it.

[bbrigman]

Out with the old bushings, in with greasable bushings from GBR. Not a great way to spend a weekend.

[blue bomber]

Not today, but a couple of days ago. I went camping with a hammock , rather than a tent. Works great.

[siii8873]

loader er up for a week in the Daks!

[SafeAirOne]

loader er up for a week in the Daks!

Is there any possibility that there's some sort of body of water where you're going?

[siii8873]

Mark,
not sure how you could tell,
Bob

[mjones1700]

I drove it! First time in 2 1/2 years. Just around our property as I let the insurance and tags expire. Felt good. Forgot how hard it was to steer (109 SW) to turn around and how hard it takes to press the brakes to stop (have only having power steering and breaks in my other cars). But man was I happy to see it out of the shed again after a major restoration.

[luckyjoe]

Completed the test install of my sunroof!