Carzee's shed

[Carzee]

Oh, one prob with the diff. The two holes for the shock mounts are flogged out -- oval shapes. I think a bit of welding could fix it. Its nice and thick so it should weld perfectly ok.

(I wish I knew how to weld).

[drifter]

Thx for the good advice. I did use the twisted wire type too.

Anyway, found time lately to find some time and get on with the job. Glad I did, as the weekend is wet and miserable so far.

Being out there on the patio at odd times over the previous weeks I have done some bird spotting and even hand feeding the more friendly species;

These photos show a mated pair of local differencias-salisburiatas who adopted the Landy parts and got very protective and squawky. Maybe they were thinking... well, I wonder what on earth they could be thinking actually...

They look quite innocent without the oil leaks, don't they?

[Minikeg]

(I wish I knew how to weld).

come on up..

[DennisM]

Ross, there are no seals on the ends of the Salisbury, just a gasket between the stub axle and the end plate, the seals are on the drive flange 'O' ring under the steel cap, cheers Dennis

[Carzee]

They look quite innocent without the oil leaks, don't they?

Yeah, nice to have a photo before it gets oily/dirty forever after.

...come on up

well.. last thursday your brother Steven has dismantled a tranny from a dead microwave oven... to remove the secondary and install some thick thick wire to get a low voltage hi amp current output in order to weld and melt metal stuff. This is called fun on the demonstration videos on youtube, well known safety proponents: whiskeytangofoxtrots time.

[Carzee]

Ross, there are no seals on the ends of the Salisbury, just a gasket between the stub axle and the end plate, the seals are on the drive flange 'O' ring under the steel cap, cheers Dennis

Hi Dennis, what do you use for the gasket - goo? Any brand goo? or do you use a proper paper gasket?

[Carzee]

Thx Dennis.
Just a note about last weekend -

Friday: called in at Cookeys. Many thanks to Cookey for a great birthday present (turns out it was Cookey's birthday this week as well). Loaded up the Barina (!) and continued up to Scott's in Newie (hitching with Kristy). Picked up the VS Commy at Scott's place. (Scott gave me a Bushtucker Man book).

Saturday: I called into Dennis' Depot to transfer some gear from Cookey (via the REMLR internal freight-forwarding service) and got to see the Workshop g'box being fixed. (It was the only time it didn't rain last weekend too).

Sunday: Cookey got stuck into the 176-620 chassis to remove a pair of std fuel tanks. It was a difficult job, and thats saying something - Cookey has long long service as a crafty and about every workshop tool there is. Twice. (I did a little bit too). We ended up using a nibbler on a thin airtool. Even with that, most of the time it seemed to me it was just polishing the bolts. All I can say is that original Series 2A bolts were made out of the best, strongest, most irritating steel the world has ever known and put in place by 12 yo apprentices with tiny hands and strong spanners.

Also off the list after this trip: steering wheel, maplight panel, pintle hook (another hard job), and wheel rims (Cookey supplied five NOS Series 3 rims to suit the salisbury rear end and the disc-brake front end mods).

Drove home safely last night, in the rain of course, with another load of Landy stuff. Had to literally raincheck the detour trip up to Justin's Shed for more bits - the tank job took way too long and I would've ended up searching in the dark...

Stashed: the NOS Series 3 rims.
Um, some rims are dustier than others. Perhaps 3 decades of warehouse dust!

[Carzee]

Stashed: a set of Aust Army tanks for Maya. These were donored from 176-610.


Stashed: one guard (one to go) and a bonnet...


Stashed: um, bits in boxes...

[stephendavis]

get the fuel tanks cleaned on the in side and get some paint called redcoat for the inside.

[stephendavis]

Thx Steve. Repco?

http://www.ftrs.com.au/redkote/red_kote.php

[Carzee]

Here's a catch up.

Thanks for the concern, its a great group of people here thats for sure.

I have been doing more shifts at work - money is needed this summer for Maya. I've been successful trying to get some sales of stuff sorted to go toward Maya as well.

I remember posting here that I was going to be going quiet for a few months due to the re-training for work and that work is very up in the air with some not so nice changes happenning already. Dennis went thru something similar a few years back; privatisations. (Picture me at TAFE amongst P=platers and twenty-somethings doing Cert IV at 55yrs and after 6 years at this job. Its due to the NDIS - and its not all rosey news - google the similar changes in England). I've been on the course all year and am due to finish in early December but hadn't managed the homework well even though others warned me numerous times to switch on. I just can't get into it - I am old school - I liked textbooks that you can read and reference to, and you started at Chapter 1 and logically progressed thru to the end. I'm not a fan of all these 80+ powerpoint presentations. If I had a text I could do a fair bit at work in the quiet times. I can't use a computer late at night at work like some others in the course do.
 
Also whats been keeping my 'net time down..
 A tiny annoying finger bone injury.
 Family and family; a quick visit to Newie for Mum (in hosp twice in Sept) and Scott. A four day visit to Melbourne to Tiffany and Co organised just when the AWM was having its Treloar Open Day -  when will the stars align for me to ever get in there???
 Sick. Tis the season. I got sick after that with the flu and a stomach bug. I am trying non-gluten and non-milk at this week.
 My new fad of "Finishing jobs I have had hanging around all year"... I got busy fixing a guitar, preparing and selling another, fitting a set of 180w speakers to a empty speaker cab, and recovering my favorite Aussie amp in black.

The good news is that
1. Yesterday afternoon- Stevie and I got to sand thru some of the layers of paint on Maya's bonnet.
2. Lately its also been the first bit of great weather for working outside.
3. I have got a hold of a bargain 2006 DSLR camera and have been using it.

[Carzee]

  Today the year-long course finished up. Just a few more papers to submit. That means more time for Maya.

Called in on Scott last Sunday afternoon on the homeward leg of a trip to fetch some LR parts. After sundown we reached Cookeys place. Thx Cookey for the much needed cuppa. Our weekend trip was well worth it but Stevie, James and me must've been looking/smelling like Zombies by then. We had started the previous Friday evening and went up the New England hwy. We got wise and returned via the Pacific. When we got home about 1am, we removed the trailer etc and -after a shower- got to sleep. In the last stretch on the Hume we were swapping drivers about every 25minutes I think - we were fatigued as they say. The trip total was 2670km and it cost $440 in petrol. Little Dog (our $2000 falcon '99 wagon) did it all with no complaints. I can tell you that by Sunday morning those Ford seats were hurting...

Maya now has some more gearbox and engine spares from up near Gatton. Well worth the cost and all kept in newish condition by a former LR mechanic. If anyone is looking for a good lathe, bench drillpress, etc etc please PM and I will pass on the seller contact. Also, the homestead/acreage is on the market, and its very nice - took 25 years to make it as nice as it is.

+ Steven and James now have their licence. After the first driver change I got jack of taking off the P plates so I did most of the trip on P plates myself - and yet, incredibly, I heard not one tyre screech which is usually the standard thing about driving with P plates on...

+ Stevie and Jamie on a groundsheet at about 6 months...

[Carzee]

I was just surfing around and saw these SS long bolts for mounting the firewall aka bulkhead to the chassis.
What about corrosion between the dis-similiar metals? Where's the benefit?

http://www.yrmlandrover.com/epages/BT3575.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/BT3575/Products/1022

[Carzee]

This afternoon I began the process of looking over the items donated by the wonderful Mr Donohoe.

Today I looked over the transfer case which KD said was purchased at an army auction. The unit is stencil dated as 7/74 by the Army.

KD said he had all the parts in the shed as a reserve - for 20 years mind you. He never used the reserves. I think he said he sold his Landy 2A 109 about 8 years back. The gears etc are treated with a coating which will have to cleaned off before installation and use.





KD installed the breather pipe for the case (seen below). Later you will see a similar breather on the gearbox. I suppose these breathers will have to be fitted with rubber tube 'snorkels' to a place where splashbacks and creeks won't make it inside the case.

[Carzee]

Steering wheel blues. I had one with a ton of cracks and worn down from the right hand thumbs of after 50 years of use... and another with no cracks and just worn paint that I sourced from Cookey. After Stevie and I wet n dry sanded it I ended up getting it to a stage of neatness -- an overall, even, a satin black. I got that finish without paint but with leather balsam, aka beeswax, I use it on boots and belts. Smells like its from a tac room. Maybe one day I'll upgrade it with special paint, one day.

We also practice sanded a horn button/st wheel center cap; its the wrong size for our wheel. It will probably go north to Scott's Command Reconn. We are on the lookout for the right size cap and button because we have a solid spoke 17in diameter wheel, not the earlier chrome wire spokes version.

Today we also stashed LR stuff away for a while and moved all the mess off the patio and then pressure washed the floor and put up Christmas lights etc. Took hours. The big dinner-BBQ on Christmas Day is getting close.