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Daft question this.... can anyone advise on what crusaders are making on the open market??? Obviously junk starts at what it's worth for scrap/export, but what about reasonable examples and the few real good ones???

I like the oil pump conversion... That ort to fix it!!! :cool2:

I told you it's late... I must have missed 10 pages back!!! LOL :nut:

Explorer Diffs;

It's late so if I'm off at a tangent, then forgive me...

Bowman oil cooler- It's a nice to have, but unless your doing major road work or hauling across the sahara, then they can be ran without... just pipe up the oil pump outlet to the diff oil feed.

Gear driven oil pump- Never, Never, Never, run the explorer any distance without a fully functioning oil pump!!! The rear bearing which carries the worm drive will not recive adequate lubrication, via 'splash lubrication' due to its position. I can vouch for this as I leart this lesson the hard way... :cry: Just for info the oil isnt feed at high pressure.... it's just a nice slow constant supply which increase with speed.

As for scored/marked bronze crown wheel... well so what, I haven't seen any that arn't. So long as you havent got any significant play in the worm bearings and you got some good thick greasy oil in there, I wouldn't worry. :cool2:

P.S. If anyone knows of a pair of front mudguards with more metal in than rust, I be happy to hear from them!!!:rotfl:

There is a nearside door advertised here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AEC-MILITANT-MK3-NEARSIDE-DOOR-COMPLETE-GLASS-ETC-/310158958701?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Other_Commercial_Vehicles_ET&hash=item4836ea206d

Might be worth contacting the seller in case he has the mudguards

Already on with it.... though my nearside door is not so bad at all!

Lovely craftmanship there mate ! I envy your bashing and welding skills ! Thanks for saving the old girl and looking beyond the rust ! Well done !

Cheers! :-D

That's a quality hammer you've got there!! I thought I was pretty reasonable at knocking out the odd panel, but that corner looks the mutts. Nice bit of work, keep the photos coming

Many thanks! :thanx: I was just looking at your tidy up of your Mark 1 in civvy spec.... Very nice indeed!!! I seriously thought about Maroon on a matador I was doing up... good colour!!!:-D

I just need to finish off and prime up this repair, one of the evenings after work this week... if I remember, I take a pic or two of the finished article. Then the intention is to do the same on the passenger side one of the days next B/H weekend, before I move to the lower panel either side of the cab behind the doors. :nut:

Keep tuned in folks for the next gripping installment!!! :cool2:

I don't think my attempts are too bad.... considering I'm restricted to an angle grinder and a big hammer!!! :nut:

 

Nice work, but glad I'm not having to do that (yet)! Is the sheet you are using galvanised, and how are you bending the flanges, or do you weld them on after bending the main part?

It's not galvo, just good quality heavy gauge mild steel sheet.... I purchased an 8 x 4ft sheet to do the cab and whats left over will get used on other projects. I'll give it a good lick of red oxide primer on the outer surface and a coat of galvafroid zinc rich primer on the stuff underneath.

Flanges were 'developed using a standard vice, a big hammer, the side of my old fella's circular sawbench and anything else that came to hand! The small curving part to the front of the flange was a combination of a small radiused edge formed by the big hammer, then finished of by welding in a piece which was cut and curved to shape.

I love the Holdfast wheel chocks!

You've got to use what comes to hand! Saves getting a bolocking of my old fella for nicking stones off his wall!!! :-D

You are certainly making a good start and I suspect your metalworking skills will put my bodging to shame!

If you know of a front passenger seat assembly , I am missing mine?

I don't think my attempts are too bad.... considering I'm restricted to an angle grinder and a big hammer!!! :nut:

Thats funny regarding the passenger seat, as my milly has a non standard civvy seat fitted?!

Wow! You have got a job. Thanks for the pics, I will be watching with great interest, luckily my Milly has hardly any rust.

Iain

You must have a good one then! :cheesy: This one is mechanically good and has only just come out of service, being replaced by an ex mod Foden. The price was right and the rust isn't actually that bad, its only in areas where the scottish road salt has had a chew... The milly was always stored inside.

Welded in!

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The section offered up and fixed in place for welding.

More of the section!

and bigger!!! :cool2:

The repair gets bigger...

Repair section from a few angles... :-D

W*G BOX to keep me entertained... and my first bit of hand bashed sheet metal! It would be oh so simple if only I had the proper gear!!!

Getting started with the templates!

A few more pics with the mudguard off. The inner arch is actually quite solid!

P.S. If anyone knows of a pair of front mudguards with more metal in than rust, I be happy to hear from them!!!:rotfl:

Well I've finally started the tidy up of my milly! First job on the list is sorting the standard 'Park Royal' cab rot.

i thought they were off export now ?

still going to try to get one though

Get those injectors swapped..... and I'd be tempted to take the exhaust manifold off and have a look- ports could be really coaked up if its idled away for years in a JCB.

I'll have to be putting some new pics and posts on shortly of my Rolls Eagle Diesel conversion..... time to retire the old 680!!!

I'll miss the 680 sound!:cry:

Sharpo why !!!!!!!!!

I just had to.... sorry!!!