Day 51 and Day 52 ( 19th and 20th October 2013) of my Budget Restoration of my Series 2 Land Rover

Day 51

The pedals are in place and we noticed that we didn't paint the parts that hold the pedals in place. Well, we did have other things on our minds LOL. But they will be able to be painted while they are in place as the need to be done in the Brunswick Green. So that is not too hard to do.

The bits that haven't been painted really stand out don't they. But they will not stay like that for long LOL.

We also got the Master Cylinder on and the brakes have been bled. We put a brand new master cylinder on so the brakes should be really good now. Not like they were before the restoration. I used to call the braking system 'BE' braking. 'BE' stands for 'Brakes Eventually'. Not really what you want when you are driving a vehicle that weighs about 1.5 tons LOL. So now I will be able to stop without having to think about it a mile before hand LOL

The pedal box was painted black to give it a better look. It was really yucky looking before. Now it is all shiny. I like shiny stuff LOL

So lets recap. We now have all the brakes on and they have been bled. The master cylinder is on and the pedals are all in place. Now for the wheels. They have all been painted in cream (except for the spare wheel, that still needs to be done) so they are ready to go on. I think they do look fab in the cream and these photos show how good they look.

Drivers side (right) front wheel

Drivers side (right) rear wheel

Passengers side (left) rear wheel

Passengers side (left) front wheel

So that is what the wheels look like on my beautiful 'Jane-May'. It is making it all come together so well now. You can see the light at the end of the restoration LOL. We even painted the inside of the wheels in the cream

The cream on the inside of the wheel just finishes it off nicely. Now the rolling chassis is ready for the body to go on. This is the exciting bit. It will be so good to see the tub on the back of the car. Then we will see what all the hard work has been for. That will make it all worth while.


Day 52

The weather was threatening to rain again. We sat for ages watching the weather trying to work out if it was safe to try and get the tub on the chassis.

Well, the rain stayed off so we set to work getting the cars moved, that being my 110 defender 'Olli' and my mondeo 'Christine' moved. 'Olli' needed to be moved off the drive and 'Christine' had to be moved out the way of the gates. Then it was down to moving the caravan out to the front of the drive so we could get the tub brought thru to the front to go on the chassis.

Once everything had been moved, it took 4 of us to carry the tub from the back garden to the front where 'Jane-May' was waiting for the it. That was a job and a half. It needed 2 people at each end and with me and our sons girlfriend only being little, we needed the boys to help us. If not, it would have taken a long time for the lads to do it on their own. LOL

Well we did it. The tub is now on the chassis and she is starting to look like a proper car again. I had forgotten how high the tub is on the chassis. LOL We also got the windscreen on and it looks great. The glass needs a clean, but it has been sat waiting to be fitted for weeks. LOL

 

The tub on and the screen is going on

 

The screen was the sort of easy part to do. Well there wasn't any climbing over the chassis to get that on. I am surprised Christopher didn't fall off the chassis trying to get the tub on. But he is good at climbing LOL.

 

Here is the screen going on. Careful boys.

 

The head of the mallet is coming off and he was trying to think what he could hit it with to get it back on. He is only happy when he can hit stuff with a big mallet or hammer LOL.

Here is the screen on. I think I need to give the glass a good clean LOL

That is the tub and the screen on now. She is starting to look like a car again. But there is still loads of work to do before we can take her for the MOT.

But some of the lights can go on. Paul just had to put the new rear lights on to see how it looked. I think it looks great.

Rear Drivers side (right) stop and tail light plus indicator on

Rear Drivers side lights on with the number plate light

Well that is all and we are up to date now. So hopefully it will not be long before 'Jane-May' is going for the MOT. I will need you all to pray for her on that day. Just to make sure she passes. Mind you, I don't think she will fail, there has been so much work that has gone into this restoration she shouldn't fail.

I will let you know how everything else goes. The weather today (21/10/13) has not been good and it has rained most of the day. So another day that nothing has been done. We have to go and get some more bolts tomorrow so that we can secure the tub and a few other things that need to be fixed down. So hopefully we will get some more done then. Our youngest son if on half term from sixth form college, so at least we don't have to go out to drop him off or pick him up tomorrow. That will give us the whole day if the weather is good. We will just have to wait and see.

So that is it for now Speak to you all soon.

Oh I have enabled the comments part of my blog and you will be able to leave comments now. So why don't you let me know what you think of the restoration so far.
Debbie