109 GS Resto

[FFRMAN]

HI,

my Jerry can marine ply was held in place by counter sunk self tapping screws when I bought it out of the army.

Regards
Scott

[Polizei]

I removed the two pieces of jerry can ply today that hadn't already fallen off. They were actually stuck on with an adhesive of some sort. So it looks like the army affixed them by a couple of methods.

[Polizei]

Spent the rest of the day rubbing down the bodywork with an abrasive pad. A little more prep work and she should be ready for painting.

Picked up 4L of the camouflage green from Protec and some mineral turps for thinning. Starting to lean towards spraying it on. Will need to buy a spray gun though. Any recommendations?

[Chazza]

Buy a good brand, such as Star, for the spray gun - mine is a gravity feed gun (has the pot on top) which makes spraying horizontal surfaces easier.

The compressor needs to be at least 16 cubic feet per minute for continuous spraying but I get by nicely with 10 cfm for my projects.

By a good quality respirator as well; as breathing in gas and particulates is a sure-fire way to die younger than you should have.

Remember that good results in spray painting require 95% preparation and 5% painting time.

If you haven't sprayed before you will need a clean clear area and good lighting and buy a book or magazine which details how to do it.

Good luck - it is good fun and rather easy if you follow the rules,

Cheers Charlie

[Polizei]

Thanks for the tips charlie re the spraying.

I have a question regarding keyed ignitions for army land rovers. My vehicle has a knob with a hose clamp that you twist to start it. It is in the usual position a keyed ignition would be. What is the best way to swap this over for a keyed version?

Would this be the right part?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SERIES-LAND-ROVER-PETROL-IGNITION-BARREL-AND-KEY-/270281723485?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Safety_Security&hash=item3eee0bce5d#ht_1595wt_1081

At the moment when I park it on the street somewhere there is nothing to stop someone driving off!!

[Vixen]

Why not wire an immobilizer into the system. Put the switch where it can't be seen. No one will drive off with it if they can't start it 

[Polizei]

Bush bar off today and a bit of a tidy up for the jerry can holders. The bolts for the bar like everything else required more than a little brute force.

All the loose paint scrubbed of with angle grinder, stripper wheel and the soaked in penetrol ready for paint.

[Tommy]

Great stuff Polizei Most interesting thread.

It may be worth placing rubber or stainless steel washers between the jerry can holders and rear cross member to prevent any ongoing rust issues. The washers (acting as a spacer) will allow moisture (and air) to flow through without getting trapped.

[Polizei]

Great stuff Polizei Most interesting thread.

It may be worth placing rubber or stainless steel washers between the jerry can holders and rear cross member to prevent any ongoing rust issues. The washers (acting as a spacer) will allow moisture (and air) to flow through without getting trapped.

Thx tommy that is a great idea. If they had done this in the first place I am sure much rust would have been avoided in many a rear cross member.

The jerry can holders have a small box section welded inside against which the tie downs and wooden blocks sit. There was a lot of debris inside this still box section which no doubt contributed to the rust in the base of the jerry can holder. I haven't thought of a work around for that yet. Perhaps its just one of those things that requires ongoing attention to keep clean.

[Chazza]

If you do use stainless spacers, coat them with silastic or something similar, otherwise they will accelerate corrosion where they touch,

Cheers Charlie

[Polizei]

I was actually thinking along the lines of some polyurethane spacers...

[Polizei]

So, a bit of a break with the project over the last few months.

I was up to the point of wanting to start painting the old girl but this was impossible for me during winter.

Well its summer now and after receiving a spray gun for christmas its time to get this project back on track!

This is the model I was given http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Star-S106-Gravity-Spray-Gun-/251010572058?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3a71655f1a&_uhb=1#ht_500wt_1413

I thought the best plan of attack would be to respray the chassis first then do the body. I am doing this with the body on though, which is making the chassis part a little awkward.

So far, using a high pressure hose I have cleaned all the dirt and 95% of the grease off the chassis. This has taken several attempts. Its amazing how much dirt has come off! The chassis was originally black but was over sprayed with olive drab at some stage. There is now a mixture of these coats and some areas where it has come off completely and left surface rust.

I would still like to use a wax and grease removal type product but these seem to be wipe on wipe off, which would be too time consuming for me to fiddle around with and I still will not be able to get into every nook and cranny. Does anyone have a spray on hose off recommendation?

After this final clean my plan was to use my spray gun to undercoat everything in Penetrol. I have had much success with this on other metal components with surface rust and it saves me from taking everything back to bare metal.

This will be followed by several coats of Protec black 300 QD Enamel (I bought this at the same time as the olive drab) to bring it back to its original colour.
I will probably also put a waxsol type product over everything at the end and spray this into the chassis members.

If anyone has any comments or tips for the above that would be great. Nothing is set in stone yet. This vehicle probably isn't going to see hard use again, but I do want a finish which is relatively durable and more importantly prevent the existing areas of minor rust from worsening.

Cheers and Happy New Year

[Polizei]

Just looking at my build plate today and noticed that its mentions winch.

Does that mean my vehicle originally had a winch?

See below

[Polizei]

A photo of the chassis clean up today



I ended up buying one of the KBS chassis paint kits - satin black.

Should work well. It really is awkward doing this with the body on...

[Polizei]

Fuel tank support rust

Any opinions on the best way to fix this?