"Old Dorg"

[goose]

liking the look of that mate..

[poprodder]

a little progress,





bit of primer to protect it.

[Manky Monkey]

 

[Olds]

Looks like you've been busy with the angle grinder as well Chris. Any luck with an engine ?

[poprodder]

yes been busy with welder and grinder. no luck on engine yet(got eye on one local    )

[Olds]

A bit late for the areas that you've already done, but you can save time and effort by welding on the insde where it won't be seen. Much less dressing of the seen surfaces.

[poprodder]

theres only about an hours work there.

[poprodder]

no progress, but could be picking an engine up in next couple of days.

[poprodder]

picked engine up this afternoon, picks to follow.

[poprodder]

went and picked the engine that will be in it for a while, landrover 2.5na diesel, not the quickest but needs must.

80mile round trip with it in back of an astra was a bit of an experiance.

me and the boy managed to get it in the engine bay tonight, sits further back than i expected, but i can live with that. need to sort engine mounts.

and find a gearbox.











need to find out how people deal with engine mounts putting a 2.5 (90 swb) into a swb series chassis. i think you change chassis mount on o/s and space them up by about 2", then the battery tray can stay, cutaway at moment to allow engine to sit roughly in place.

[Manky Monkey]

Interesting.

[poprodder]

connected a battery up and had it turning over on the starter.

[Manky Monkey]

On the road by the weekend then!

[poprodder]

which?

suppose to be going on hoilday saturday, but not feeling the love for it. so could be on here with a injury or two!!!!!

[Manky Monkey]