Manky's Pop.

[cunningplan]

I was going to wind you up after you gave me the keys, by driving down the staging lines and sitting in the queue 
I did have a diagram of your steering.
I don't want to tread on any ones toes, I would rather get all our heads together and work it out as one and not as you say "undoing some ones work" turning a couple of screws in or out 1/4 turn or turning the tick over up or down, if written down can always be put back if it don't work with a screw driver. But changing jets or the timing needs tools to adjust. Again, every adjustment should be written down and only one thing adjusted at one time. In other words, no adjusting the time and mixture at the same time.)

[Manky Monkey]

Would've loved to see it in the fire up lane!  Maybe next time, at the Hotrod Drags in September.
Knew we should've stayed around for a bit longer yesterday.
I'm under strict instructions not to tinker with anything!
Maybe we could arrange a Sunday at Brock's place & persuade Mr Kapri to come along? There must be some advantage to being Brock's brother! I'll bring the cakes.

[kapri]

You could always use a one-hander / Brody / necking /suicide /forklift knob on the steering  wheel Andy, REALLY makes a difference at slow speed , gives a power steering type effect , I've a fold down one on the A.

When you pull the dash to bits next you need to extend the servo bleed screws through it so it can be bled with the dash in place. Even though it has residual valves fitted the height of the servo is really at the very extremes with them working. However at least it keeps drainback to between the servo and m/c .

[kapri]

Here ya go, available over here now  as well as I had to import mine. Agricultural / trucky enough to look right I think ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Fold-Away-Steering-Wheel-Knob-Brand-New-/370820341073?pt=UK_Car_Accessories_Touring_Travel&hash=item56569d5d51

[Manky Monkey]

The panels under the fibreglass dash are fairly easy to take out, just a couple of allen bolts, so should be quite easy to reach the servo bleeds. The main 'glass dash panel has a lot of wiring behind it though, so I don't want to disturb it till I have to.
It's not that the wheel's difficult to turn at low speed, but more that I'm scared of breaking something by hauling on it so hard.
Assuming it's dry tomorrow after work, I'll crawl underneath & check everything's intact. 150 miles should be enough to shake loose anything that's gonna come loose. With custom bikes & trikes at least you can see everything. With a car it's all hidden or difficult to get at, so I'm driving along thinking of all the things that could be falling apart! Steering column UJs, steering box, connecting rods, wheel nuts ... 

[spanners]

SHOUT now if you want me to save a land rover steering box ,,,

[Manky Monkey]

YES PLEASE MIKE!!

If they're cheap enough & you've got more than one, I'd take a couple, (several projects underway at Loony's workshop & you never know what might happen in the future). If you're hacking them out of chassis that are being scrapped I could do with a couple of inches of the steering column to hook up to my existing set-up too.

A lovely sunny afternoon here in downtown Basingstoke today, so I uncovered the Pop & crawled underneath for a quick safety check. No loose nuts & bolts or broken parts that I could see. Suprisingly clean under there actually. A little surface rust on the bare metal chassis but not as bad as I'd expected. The body was a lot less rusty red when I uncovered it than I thought it'd be too, considering it was stood in the rain at the track on Sunday.
Bought a couple of fresh wire wheels for the angle grinder to strip the rest of the paint off the bodyshell, but ended up knocking up a sheet steel cover for the base of the brake pedal -there's a hole in the floor where the pedal comes up through it, so it'll make that weather tight. It's on Loony's stuff to be welded pile.
Baychimp tells me we're taking the Pop to the Chelsea Cruise in That London Place this Saturday evening.

[dobber]

sounds like your a happy chappy now mm.drive outs been a long time coming eh?

[Manky Monkey]

Still trouble shootin' & waiting for that roadside breakdown at the moment, so a good excuse for a shakedown run. As I said, it's still lumpy & inconsistent at the moment, but it's getting there. 

[terry t]

What diff are you running Andy LDV 200 axles used a 3/9-4/375-4/875-5/125  i think the sd1 rover was 3/5

update the rover 3.5 auto ran a 3.08-1 diff so depending on your axle this would cause your motor to hesitate when pulling away

[Manky Monkey]

That's possible Terry. Low speed running is just kinda lumpy at the moment. It's sort of "chuggy". Feels more like a fuel problem to me.

Fixed the reversing light today -a wire had dropped off the gearbox inhibitor switch.
Then I started stripping the rest of the paint with a fine wire brush on an angle grinder. Needs a polish up with a Scotchbrite pad now, but looks better when it's all the same colour.
I want to extend the bottom edge of the pick-up bed down to meet the bottom of the cab, (the bit between the cab & the rear wheel). The back end will stay the same depth. I just think it'll flow better, with the sweeping curve of the front arch running into the sill of the cab, then up into the pick-up bed. It'll also hide the exhaust & the locating rod for the back axle.
Been looking at it tonight & wondering about making a small step on each side in that section, to go from the width of the cab into the narrower width of the pick-up bed. Not for carrying fuel cans on like American pick-ups or anything, but just as a visual thing to tie the cab & bed together a bit more. I've got off-cuts of the ribbed steel in the pick-up bed I could use on them. Not sure. Maybe I'll mock something up tomorrow.

[Manky Monkey]

Stripped the paint off the lights as well. Only done one side of the truck so far.

[Manky Monkey]

I've just sent off the application form for a local car show in August. The organiser said it's one bad ass pick-up. Yes, it is indeed bad bottomed. 

[Baychimp]

If you keep on shining it there's a good chance a Magpie will fly off with it.

[Manky Monkey]

Yeah, it's turning into a massive mobile mirror that'll dazzle oncoming drivers.