WOW !!!!! Where do I start?
Fun , dispare :? , bad bank balance :cry: , glee, acheivement , neglected wife :oops: .....er I'm sure there's a few more words to discribe it too.
I've learnt things can take 3 or 4 times longer than you thought and some things are a doddle when you thought they were going to be as hard as hell.
I started this restoration at the beginning of March and due to being a little busy and running out of money the last time I did any work on it was late June. I'll get back to work on it in September now.
Body off in a few days.
I sent the axles to Tony Sudds. He set up the back lash on the diffs. I then stripped clean and repainted them. New wheel bearings, brake lines, shoes and slaves cylinders.
I stripped each leaf spring cleaned replaced all the spring clips, rebuilt and painted them then new spring shackles and bushes. Each one took around 4 hours.
I replaced the intermediate shaft and front/rear seals on the tranfer box. The 1st/revserse selector shaft and 1st gear selctor fork in the gear box have been replaced.
There was nothing wrong with the engine so it was just cleaned and painted.
I've started the body now but it's thorwn up a couple of small suprises :shock: . There's a little more rot than I thought but it's not the end of the world.
I'll add a little more later about the highs and lows etc and updates.