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  1. Spent a couple of hours in the barn last night. Donned gloves and armed with bin bags we set about gardening in the back of the Stolly.

    Looking alot better now that a couple of sack fulls of leaves have been removed.

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    Also removed the rear hull plate and Grumpy went exploring..

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    Pic's aint the best due to the lights.

    Next job is to remove the fan pullys and belts so the fans and rad can come out, then on to the engine its self.

     

  2. Yep, we will be doing it our selves. The Mk2 is the easy one so we are doing that first. Before deciding if we should start on the Mk1 or sell it as is or start on the Tatra 813.

    We have dragged it in so it can dry out and we can work on it at night. Will pull out again to lift the engine out with the Militant and then clean and paint the Hull.

  3. The time has come for Grumpys Mk11 Stolly to start working again.

    Its been resting for awhile since the clutch gave up on him a few years back, first of all under some trees and then more recently outside our workshop teasing us to get it working again.

    A quick measure up and we knew it would fit in the door but would it fit between the posts of the ramp? It was a squeeze with about 3/4" either side between the sides and the posts.

     

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    Ready to moved.

     

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    Grumpy on the Militant. We needed it nose in, so the crane came in handy to more or less turn it around in its own length.

     

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    The final push, Took three of us to get it in. Grumpy swinging the back end into line on the crane, Jeff reversing the whole lot and Me steering the dead Stolly onto the ramp. :schocked:

     

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    Its in!

     

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    Started taking the very slimy deck out.

     

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    With the deck and floor supports off reveals a mobile compost heap. :roll: Full of rotting leafs and creepycrawlies. This weekend we will start gardening erm..clearing the rubbish out before warming the spanners.

     

    More to come....

     

     

  4. Does anyone have a wiring diagram for a military LR 110? A friend is having problems with his lights and i can find civvy landrover manuals on the web but not a military specific one. I have copys of the 109 diagrams but i doubt these would be much help?

     

    Cheers.

  5. The mk 1 was pulled from a Hedge where it had stood for at least 10 years, some parts had been removed. The engine may well be siezed, hard to tell as the gearchange has also stuck. :roll: Its a very long term project or up for sale if a offer was made. We bought it to save it from scrap.

     

    We hope to tackle the clutch in the mk2 this summer, i have been told its possible to do the job by moving the engine back. Its tight but doable.

  6. I have use of a rented barn to work in and keep tools/spares and the cluter that comes with such a hobby. Its big enough to get a couple of motors in work on in comfort, We have the luxury of a 4 post ramp to work on the smaller stuff. The Unimog just fits on it. :D

    I share the rent on a yard space outside to keep everything in. We are running out of space and had a quick count up between us yesterday.

    Mine,

    2x Series 3 ex-mil 109s

    8x5 trailer

    404 unimog

     

    Shared between us,

    88inch hybrid landrover

    88inch series 2 (rotten chassis)

    Mk 1 Stolly

     

    Grumpys,

    109 ex-mil Series 3

    110 waiting to be repaired

    Mk2 Stolly

    404 Unimog (radiobody)

    2 Ginnetas

    Volvo lorry and a beaver tail body waiting to go on it.

    Aston Martain (not be seen for 2 years in its own shed)

     

     

    And thats only the whole vehicals with wheels on the ground!

    :shock:

     

    My 109 carawagon in bits lives in the back of the volvo.

    A mjor tidy up has started.

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