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Landy Mann's Fleet - Land Ruster 110


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  • 3 weeks later...

So this welding session is complete for now, more reports to follow when I man up and just replace the cross member.

The weld bay set up, the blackline 200 gets my thumbs up.

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Not pretty and slightly steam punk but solid.

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More than happy for any feedback on what the MOT tester might say

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The cat says stop welding I need fuss.

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Throwing some under seal on it all tomorrow.

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  • Landy Mann changed the title to Landy Mann's Fleet - Roast my weld
  • 4 months later...

Well time for an update...

Short on photos but here goes:

Confidence boosting patches done. I then drove around for awhile before the next step

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Cut of off all my hard work

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new cross member on (not welded in this photo)

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Roll on several months later, all done and time to look at other bits of chassis

Front outrigger didn't look bad until I poked it no tools necessary.

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Parts of the top front and rear of the outrigger needed replacing, this was easier than I expected. Final patch on, my welding is definitely improving.

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MOT booked for Wednesday, this should give me a to-do list for the final bits needed to get road worthy.

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  • Landy Mann changed the title to Landy Mann's Fleet - MOT booked

Great work! I thought that my rear cross member was patchy but yours definetly wins!

I'm wanting to do a rear cross member replacement early next year.  Which one did you choose? I was looking at the ones with extensions but there were so many types - bare metal, galvanised, powder coated, heavy duty., with extensions welded on, with the extensions provided seperately...the price difference was quite eye opening. I was worried that the cheaper ones would be a poor fit and require a lot of fettling

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I went for this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292222245156?fits=Model%3ADefender&epid=1922835409&hash=item4409cd9924:g:QYYAAOxyhlJRe3Gn although I'm sure the price has crept up since I bought mine. This one has extensions that butt up against one of the body cross members so there is less alignment to worry about. I think my final mounting of it was a bit low but there's enough tolerance that is still seems to fit ok. I decided against galv, this will outlast the rest of the chassis any way. Also I had a massive nose bleed after my one and only attempt at welding galv unistrut a couple of years ago so steered clear of it. (Although I suspect if it was related grinding/cleaning the galv off first would have solved that!)

The most challenging bit was trying to clean up and access the top of the chassis rails. 

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I'll take that....

Not sure there's enough oil leak advisories though...

Date tested10 November 2021

PASS

Mileage130,121 miles

Expiry date9 November 2022

Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories):

  • Power steering component has slight seepage from a component steering box (2.1.5 (a))
  • Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive step (7.1.1 (a) (i))
  • Upper Steering column universal joint has slight wear or play (2.2.2 (c))
  • Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
  • Oil leak, but not excessive rear diff (8.4.1 (a) (i))
  • Oil leak, but not excessive gearbox (8.4.1 (a) (i))
  • Oil leak, but not excessive both front hubs (8.4.1 (a) (i))
  • Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material all (1.1.11 (c))
  • slight lift in n/s front lower suspension joint
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  • Landy Mann changed the title to Landy Mann's Fleet - MOT Passed!
On 11/7/2021 at 10:25 PM, Landy Mann said:

I went for this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292222245156?fits=Model%3ADefender&epid=1922835409&hash=item4409cd9924:g:QYYAAOxyhlJRe3Gn although I'm sure the price has crept up since I bought mine. This one has extensions that butt up against one of the body cross members so there is less alignment to worry about. I think my final mounting of it was a bit low but there's enough tolerance that is still seems to fit ok. I decided against galv, this will outlast the rest of the chassis any way. Also I had a massive nose bleed after my one and only attempt at welding galv unistrut a couple of years ago so steered clear of it. (Although I suspect if it was related grinding/cleaning the galv off first would have solved that!)

The most challenging bit was trying to clean up and access the top of the chassis rails. 

Ooofff, that's expensive. I'm probably going to get a bare metal one and rust proof it myself. That way if it falls apart after a year then I've only got myself to blame 😁

 

Good work with the MoT. Don't worry about the oil leaks, mine has had that as an advisory for every online MoT record!

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  • 1 year later...

Well I didn't update the thread with last years pre MOT welding... however to bring us upto date as fresh sorn is applied, the 110 is freshly washed. Let the summer welding season commence! (it about 4 weeks time when I have some time!).

 

After 11 years it's time to tackle the bulkhead again.

 

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  • Landy Mann changed the title to Landy Mann's Fleet - Land Ruster 110
2 hours ago, N Dentressangle said:

As a serial Land Rover botherer, I've never understood why LR never spent the few miserable quid it would have cost them to galvanise the chassis and bulkhead from the factory. It's not like these were ever cheap to buy new.

Seems perverse. But then that's Land Rover.

Something must kill them so we have to buy new ones.

That would be my guess on that.

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  • 2 weeks later...

Thanks @Andyrewmost of the credit should go to the Black line Mig and hobbyweld 5 gas...

Anyway onwards, cleaned* up:

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On with etch primer, this did react in places with the residual lanogaurd:

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I won't claim to be good at painting or having a particularly good coating system but my process is going to be as follows: etch prime, then either hammerite underseal (the one with added waxoil) or the cheap screwfix black hammerite type paint followed by the annual lanogaurd once the bulkhead is back on.

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Loved my 110. Spent a good bit of time and money getting it back on the road. MOT was due and it had a slight leak from the PAS reservoir and needed a slight welding repair to the rear of the chassis. The former Mrs PBK refused to let me have the money to get the work done, so off it went via ebay and it never saw the road again. Gutted and annoyed.

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