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Dave's la(te)st buggy build...

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11 Dec 2020 17:45 #230848 by X8GGY
Our Londis delivery was nice and early this morning, so I managed to sneak off for a few hours this afternoon... ;)



Reassembled the back a bit... spare wheel strap in, the faux Jerry Can that holds my tree strop bolted back in, the spare relocated and strapped down, which in turn clamps the ground anchor 'spade' in place. and the hi-lift jack mounted inside across the X in the cab...



And the seatbelts reattached too...



New soft-top front section arrived this morning, so it would be rude not too...



Sounds simple enough...

LOL :laugh: "Remove these screws" that have been in place for twenty years!!! :ohmy:

Beat them into submission with a suitably sized screwdriver and a big hammer... "tapping them lightly' ( :lol: ) can shake them loose a bit! ;)

And of course one of the four refused to come out and rounded off the crosshead hole in the top... so I angle grinded a slot across it and attacked with an even bigger screwdriver! :evil:



All out in the end though and the old hood removed...



On reassembly I replaced the old "screws" (M6 bolts actually) with some nice new stainless steel ones with hex heads...

A fair bit of fiddling about later...



And finally the new hood is in place...! :woohoo:

So I've left it down to stretch into place in my nice warm garage...

More soon! B)
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11 Dec 2020 18:54 #230850 by Lambert
How have you managed to get the belt to retract? Mine don't do that without assistance.

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11 Dec 2020 18:59 #230851 by maverick
Furniture Polish

Jalapeño, IISY?
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11 Dec 2020 23:46 #230859 by X8GGY
Twenty years on... but both working fine! :woohoo:

Mr. Sheen sort of thing then Maverick?

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12 Dec 2020 04:37 #230861 by Lambert
Will give the polish idea a go because the current situation is very agitating.

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13 Dec 2020 17:46 #230887 by X8GGY
Bit more today, but a late start as our eldest daughter came home from Oxford for the weekend, so it would have been rude to disappear into the garage, so we all had breakfast, and then when they went shopping I walked the dogs and then disappeared into the garage... ;)



I started by marking a tape line along the sill and then undersealed the bottom of the sills inside and out with Hammerite Underseal -



With added Waxoyl



Messy job but well worth it...



I then attacked the JimnyBits side bars with a sanding sponge... one done!



And then the other... you may remember I got these reasonable as they somehow ended up with two of the same side at the end of a production run, so I cut and shut one to make it right for the other side... They've been on the buggy during the build so have been scuffed and dripped on with filler and paints, so I decided to sand them down and repaint them... I wonder what colour?! :silly:



While they were put to one side to dry I started reassembling the rear mudguards B)



All stainless fixings everywhere ;)





Aha, there you go... if you hadn't guessed the colour of the sidebars, there they are in the background of this photo ;) Yella to match all the other added bits of tube! :woohoo:



Done!

I'm hoping the windscreen guys will be here Monday or Tuesday...

Wednesday I'll bolt the sidebars back on and give them a second coat on the buggy, as it's very hard to paint both sides nicely on a pair of trestles! I hope the first coat doesn't look too bad... :( From doing the tubes of the "rollcage" it will probably take three coats to get them looking perfect!

The JCB Yellow paint is an agricultural enamel paint so should be much stronger than the standard black powdercoat and easy to patch up along with the rest of the buggy if (when!) they sustain any scrapes or knocks... :laugh:

Wednesday I'm also hoping to get the snorkel back on and then refit the front mudguards too, after the windscreen guys have been...?

So more soon then?! B)
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13 Dec 2020 17:58 #230888 by X8GGY
Missed a photo out...



Both rear mudguards refitted...

So the back just needs the Samurai rear lights and guards added, and the foglight and high level brake light...

Getting there! ;)
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13 Dec 2020 20:02 #230891 by Dirtbird
Looking good

Heavy Duty Transfer Box Brackets, 2-inch Black Raptor lift kit, caster adjusters, Rust removed and stich welded new sections. Galvanised Chassis. Body,Engine,transmission swap. Anti Rollbar Roll / Sway Bar / DAVES ARB disconnect kit.Osram Night Breaker Head light mod and white 501 led side lights.
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14 Dec 2020 04:16 #230896 by Lambert
It's not going to be long before you are booking the mot.

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14 Dec 2020 06:33 - 14 Dec 2020 06:35 #230898 by X8GGY

Dirtbird wrote: Looking good


Thanks! ;)
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Lambert wrote: It's not going to be long before you are booking the mot.


:woohoo: Indeed...

... BUT, there's still a lot of wiring to do, etc, and I've still got the winter 'lockdown's to fill working in the garage until the sun eventually comes out next year and the COVID clouds disperse, so I'll be keeping myself busy with it for a while yet... ;)
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15 Dec 2020 09:24 #230912 by RainerK
Looks great!

When I use stainless nuts and bolts I always grease them so that they do no stick together.
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16 Dec 2020 06:32 #230922 by X8GGY
Ahhh... the joys of employing people... "I can't come in today, my back has gone again"...

There goes my day in the garage then?... :(

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