Category Archive: Rebuild Series
Bulkhead Welding & TD5 Injector Loom
9th February 2016
First job of the week was removing old waxoyl and factory applied stone chipping material. When perusing the workshop manual, I noticed that Land Rover recommend dealers use an air powered scraper....
READ MORER380 Gearbox & TD5 Exhaust Manifold
12th January 2016
One of the many brilliant things about YouTube is that we can get feedback directly from our viewers. Some of these these comments are very useful (in fact we read and respond to every single one). One...
READ MOREDefender Rear Tub Repair
8th January 2016
The rear tub is in need of some minor repairs. The tub cappings will be removed and sent off for galvanising. Everywhere else, we have replacement repair sections. Using a 6mm drill bit, we're...
READ MOREEngine Refit & Tyre / Wheel Mounting
14th December 2015
This is Spray booth MK2 which I'll show in a future episode, it's working very well, cutting humidity to the low 30s and upping the air temp to a solid 20+ celsius. It means that I can get the whole car...
READ MORE12: Wheel painting, Brake Calipers, Steering Arms
30th November 2015
This week, I've had my better half working on the bulkhead, removing the remains of the seam sealer so the bulkhead can be sent off to the shot blasters, then to the galvanisers and back to me for...
READ MOREEpisode 11: Engine painting, new shock turrets
17th November 2015
Recon Gearboxes LTD completed our R380 and it's looking superb! We're having the brackets blasted and galved so hope to put that back in soon! Following a suggestion from one of the forum posts...
READ MOREEpisode 10: Engine Cleaning & Tub Inspection
10th November 2015
This week, we've been mainly working on our engine, as well as inspecting the rear tub. It's a good idea to get the tub sat on an body painting trestle. These can be found on eBay pretty reasonably....
READ MORE09: R380 & TD5 Strip Down
30th October 2015
This week, we headed over to a local gearbox specialist to get our R380 stripped down and inspected. Here it is after we dropped it off, looking a little sad. The plan is to have it inspected,...
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