Here’s some of the parts that were in need of replacing
Another visit to scrap yard & some more bits acquired
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March 2, 2017 7:46 pm
The Chassis Preparation
Had a little play with the new sand blaster and the old booth works a treat I’d say,
Hand brake cable mount transfured to new front cross member
This Torsion Bar Crass Member took some time to clean
This one’s going OK so fare
Last two cross members done,
lots of the small parts blasted ready to get galvanized,
Bit more Blasting done,
Off side front chassis webbing needs replacing,
These are not available even second hand ! so had to repair it,
All fixed up and ready for galvin
Front Cross Member needs a little welding on both sides you can just see a small hole in the front face that little black spot !,
Hum all that came out of the cross member ?
Drilled a drain hole in bottom of cross member to drain any water off hopefully it should make it last longer,
Welded a patch and the seams to give it a bit more strength as these cross members are very expensive,
Quick blast and looking good,
Next ! Time to take it all for galvanizing Hooray can’t wait to see it all gleaming,
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March 2, 2017 7:48 pm
The Chassis Rebuild Begin’s
Collected the chassis from Galvanizing company today, WOW that’s shiny
After a couple of hours
Managed to spend most of today on the truck went and got the rest of the nuts & bolts so fare £103.00 in nuts, bolts , washers, Test fitted prop and exhaust,
Tanks and Exhaust cleaned up and in position
Little more welding done on Exhaust and painted,
A new heat shield made for off side fuel tank
New tank strap made and fitted
Got a little more done pipes and wires run down chassis
Cab Mounts blasted and painted
Time to clean this lot,
Blasted and painted
New suspension bushes fitted and some other bits bolted on,
Some more painting done and new ball joints,
Quick loose assembly,
I do love my blaster it make cleaning stuff so easy,
Front Brembo Brakes these needed cleaning big style
Front stub axles & Discs
This is very satisfying to see feel like I’m getting somewhere at last,
Just couldn’t resist popping a Wheel on LOL
Well time to turn it around so I can work on the back end,
Rolled it outside to turn it round,
So it’s turned round now and the rear axle is out again ! Let see how this comes up,
Got the springs off and managed to save the U bolts
Bit of spring cleaning ” OK sorry just couldn’t resist that one LOL”
Finished and ready to refit
Rear Springs hung in place,
Rear axle blasted at last
Bit of paint later
Rebuilding Axle,
Rear axle ready to fit and looking good,
At last the rear axle is back in place, Had it out on the street to turn it around so Engine & box can be started soon,
Spare wheel hanger fitted
Looks like they had every last mile out of these,
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March 29, 2017 9:31 am
Engine and Gearbox
Started on Engine n Box,
Turbo stripped and checked cleaned up and painted acctuator arm needs Replacing/Repairing other then that it was in very good condition,
Separated box and checked clutch n Mas-flywheel ! Must have been done recently like new condition,
It took a long week grabbing every opportunity to do this box all in all about 2.5hrs in total works busy so progress on truck is slow,
The 6 speed gearbox drove home nice no noises and was smooth too,
Cleaned up a bit with blaster,
Little bit of paint and it’s looking good,
All the little bit back and it ready to go back in,
Sat back in chassis
Managed to get the engine cleaned and painted
Got to spend some time on 65c today lots of bits fitted wiring refitted too,
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March 29, 2017 9:39 am
The New Cab n Collection
Got this little trailer from a friend for free to transport the cab home,
So had a rummage around workshop and found some steel angle iron and some alloy angle 2 old mud guards from an old Caravan,
Spent about a day on it and this is it ready to go fetch the Cab, And the best part it’s all for Free,
This is the Cab I’m going to collect it at the weekend
Got down to Southampton and collected Cab A big thanks to a friend Andy for the use of his Ranger
Well the free-by trailer has done it’s work Dismantled and stuffed under the disco for a while till I decide weather to scrap it ?
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May 23, 2017 8:40 pm
Cab Inspection
Well got it home at last
Stripped out and a little clean
Now we can see were it needs a little TLC the near side front Cab mounting point is cracked
The off side just needs a good clean and paint
Close up on cracks inside
From engine bay
Hum found some unplanned repairers ! Cleaned the remains of a wind divert-er off the the roof and found some holes in the roof,
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May 23, 2017 8:53 pm
Cab Repairs Start Here
Made this little trolley today so I can move the Cab around until it’s finished,
Give it a twirl with the cab on lol
Cab on it’s back some rot under there to deal with,
Cut out ready for blasting,
Nice bonus is getting the filler pipe holes for the right hand tank,
Just a little here,
Got some of it blasted and primed Just coulden’t resist putting some green on, Still needs some stone chip putting on,
Stone chipped and ready for some paint
Painted in British Racing Green
Broken Cab mounting point,
Seemed together
Reinforced
Found the off side sill needs a little work too,
Little welding started
Sill Finished ready for blasting
Off side front inner wing and stiffener leg
The Roof
Most of the shapeing done I’ll let the painter finish it off now,
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May 23, 2017 8:59 pm
Extra Bits
Give it a face lift to 2007 a Sun visor and Nudge bar Something like one this with signs,
Hope the person who’s Truck that is don’t mind me using it to show how I want mine to look
Here’s the cutting and fixing modes of the cab to fit the FaceLift and repair corrosion
Near side
Off Side
Engine Bay
So dropped the cab on,
Next strip all the cab doors out ready for Painting,
WELL the guy that was suppose to Paint the Cab has let me down (Perthetic excuse) about 2 weeks !
So looks like it’s down to me to paint it, so started to prepair it today,
Well I got giddy and forgot to take pictures in primer so first coat of paint will have to do lol
Some primer for you lol
More without lol
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May 26, 2018 9:07 pm
Interior Build
Air conditioning well most of it,
This is the air con unit
Got some of the inside rebuilt,
Well another long day and the dash is rebuilt,
I’m haveing trouble going home now just want to stay and finish it lol,
Wind deflectors fitted
Little bit more BLING added lol
A realy BIG thanks to my friend Dave “73 years old” he has worked hard on this bumper for a full week and I must say it’s fantastic how smooth he’s got it,
Well it starts and drives,
parked it outside while I did some painting and ! It started life as a Van just like the one in the back ground so Past and future in the pictures below lol,
This feels so good to see the end is near and to see what I’ve had in my head for the last two years,
Just a little more paint to do for the finished look
Here’s some of the parts that were in need of replacing
Another visit to scrap yard & some more bits acquired
Had a little play with the new sand blaster and the old booth works a treat I’d say,
Hand brake cable mount transfured to new front cross member
This Torsion Bar Crass Member took some time to clean
This one’s going OK so fare
Last two cross members done,
lots of the small parts blasted ready to get galvanized,
Bit more Blasting done,
Off side front chassis webbing needs replacing,
These are not available even second hand ! so had to repair it,
All fixed up and ready for galvin
Front Cross Member needs a little welding on both sides you can just see a small hole in the front face that little black spot !,
Hum all that came out of the cross member ?
Drilled a drain hole in bottom of cross member to drain any water off hopefully it should make it last longer,
Welded a patch and the seams to give it a bit more strength as these cross members are very expensive,
Quick blast and looking good,
Next ! Time to take it all for galvanizing Hooray can’t wait to see it all gleaming,
Collected the chassis from Galvanizing company today, WOW that’s shiny
After a couple of hours
Managed to spend most of today on the truck went and got the rest of the nuts & bolts so fare £103.00 in nuts, bolts , washers, Test fitted prop and exhaust,
Tanks and Exhaust cleaned up and in position
Little more welding done on Exhaust and painted,
A new heat shield made for off side fuel tank
New tank strap made and fitted
Got a little more done pipes and wires run down chassis
Cab Mounts blasted and painted
Time to clean this lot,
Blasted and painted
New suspension bushes fitted and some other bits bolted on,
Some more painting done and new ball joints,
Quick loose assembly,
I do love my blaster it make cleaning stuff so easy,
Front Brembo Brakes these needed cleaning big style
Front stub axles & Discs
This is very satisfying to see feel like I’m getting somewhere at last,
Just couldn’t resist popping a Wheel on LOL
Well time to turn it around so I can work on the back end,
Rolled it outside to turn it round,
So it’s turned round now and the rear axle is out again ! Let see how this comes up,
Got the springs off and managed to save the U bolts
Bit of spring cleaning ” OK sorry just couldn’t resist that one LOL”
Finished and ready to refit
Rear Springs hung in place,
Rear axle blasted at last
Bit of paint later
Rebuilding Axle,
Rear axle ready to fit and looking good,
At last the rear axle is back in place, Had it out on the street to turn it around so Engine & box can be started soon,
Spare wheel hanger fitted
Looks like they had every last mile out of these,
Started on Engine n Box,
Turbo stripped and checked cleaned up and painted acctuator arm needs Replacing/Repairing other then that it was in very good condition,
Separated box and checked clutch n Mas-flywheel ! Must have been done recently like new condition,
It took a long week grabbing every opportunity to do this box all in all about 2.5hrs in total works busy so progress on truck is slow,
The 6 speed gearbox drove home nice no noises and was smooth too,
Cleaned up a bit with blaster,
Little bit of paint and it’s looking good,
All the little bit back and it ready to go back in,
Sat back in chassis
Managed to get the engine cleaned and painted
Got to spend some time on 65c today lots of bits fitted wiring refitted too,
Got this little trailer from a friend for free to transport the cab home,
So had a rummage around workshop and found some steel angle iron and some alloy angle 2 old mud guards from an old Caravan,
Spent about a day on it and this is it ready to go fetch the Cab, And the best part it’s all for Free,
This is the Cab I’m going to collect it at the weekend
Got down to Southampton and collected Cab A big thanks to a friend Andy for the use of his Ranger
Well the free-by trailer has done it’s work Dismantled and stuffed under the disco for a while till I decide weather to scrap it ?
Well got it home at last
Stripped out and a little clean
Now we can see were it needs a little TLC the near side front Cab mounting point is cracked
The off side just needs a good clean and paint
Close up on cracks inside
From engine bay
Hum found some unplanned repairers ! Cleaned the remains of a wind divert-er off the the roof and found some holes in the roof,
Made this little trolley today so I can move the Cab around until it’s finished,
Give it a twirl with the cab on lol
Cab on it’s back some rot under there to deal with,
Cut out ready for blasting,
Nice bonus is getting the filler pipe holes for the right hand tank,
Just a little here,
Got some of it blasted and primed Just coulden’t resist putting some green on, Still needs some stone chip putting on,
Stone chipped and ready for some paint
Painted in British Racing Green
Broken Cab mounting point,
Seemed together
Reinforced
Found the off side sill needs a little work too,
Little welding started
Sill Finished ready for blasting
Off side front inner wing and stiffener leg
The Roof
Most of the shapeing done I’ll let the painter finish it off now,
Near side
Off Side
Engine Bay
So dropped the cab on,
Next strip all the cab doors out ready for Painting,
WELL the guy that was suppose to Paint the Cab has let me down (Perthetic excuse) about 2 weeks !
So looks like it’s down to me to paint it, so started to prepair it today,
Well I got giddy and forgot to take pictures in primer so first coat of paint will have to do lol
Some primer for you lol
More without lol
Air conditioning well most of it,
This is the air con unit
Got some of the inside rebuilt,
Well another long day and the dash is rebuilt,
I’m haveing trouble going home now just want to stay and finish it lol,
Wind deflectors fitted
Little bit more BLING added lol
A realy BIG thanks to my friend Dave “73 years old” he has worked hard on this bumper for a full week and I must say it’s fantastic how smooth he’s got it,
Well it starts and drives,
parked it outside while I did some painting and ! It started life as a Van just like the one in the back ground so Past and future in the pictures below lol,
This feels so good to see the end is near and to see what I’ve had in my head for the last two years,
Just a little more paint to do for the finished look