A little something to keep me busy

[Tractor Dave]

The offside wing was rusted out at the bottom and around the arch. Strange that the nearside has hardly any rust at all and looks original.
Anyway, It was taken to Ashley Grant in Banbury for repair. He did the welding for me on my Ur and is exceptionally talented. As expected, it's come out really well.









Meanwhile, I've started stripping the back end and everything is seized and very crusty . Cry.




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[sidrick]

Quality work. Loving the updates.

[Tractor Dave]

Things are coming back together slowly.


The new control arms are Lemforder. Don't forget to order new guide sleeves if you are doing this job. One side had a replacement arm in the past and there was no sleeve. Apparently, the bushes wear really quickly without the sleeve.


I think the old gaiters were past their sell by date.



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[B5NUT]

Looking good as ever Dave

[Tractor Dave]

I made a start building up the driveshafts and struts. New Lobro boot kits. Struts have new gaiters, top mounts and bearings. New SNR wheel bearings fitted.
A bit of tape helps to get the boots on.






And driveshafts fitted.
The Lobro cv kits include new inner flange bolts. Nice.
The new shocks are KYB. Made in Japan and build quality looks top notch.



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[Tractor Dave]

Front end has started to come back together. I've replaced all the cable holders with stainless screws and plastic p clips.



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[Tractor Dave]

What's been going on in here then? I suspect rodents.




This vac line fell apart in my hand.



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[steve briance]

Sykes seems to get the vote

Thanks all, lesson learnt!

[Tractor Dave]

No makers name on it. Just says made in England and I've lost the instructions

[K Simmonds]

It's a British made one. I will check tomorrow

Yeah, mines UK manufactured as well. Will check the brand tomorrow, it's a nice tool. Could be Sykes Pickavant as Nuvo suggests but not sure, it's that sort of quality. Probably done over 100 joints with mine over the years, the only time it's made a mess is when I've been rushing and not set it up correctly.

[Nuvo]

Sykes Pickavant maybe?

[Tractor Dave]

It's a British made one. I will check tomorrow

[steve briance]

What brand is the handheld pipe flare tool?

I got one a while back after hearing so many positive reviews...

I expect it was my own fault for not spending more but, the rubbish that turned up got sent straight back again.

It wasn't a case of it not being as durable as known brands, it was just so poorly made it would never work - the flare recess in the fixed half of the dye was machined off centre so every test flare ended up looking like a frenchmans hat sliding off his head!

[K Simmonds]

Those rims look spot on, very nice indeed.

I have the exact same brake pipe flaring tool as that, it's never let me down, even in really tight spots. Though I prefer to use a vice mounted one if possible simply as it's a bit easier, I have a choice of either.

[Tractor Dave]

I picked up the wheels from the powder place. They came out like new.



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