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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 809   
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Tks Andy......I have a nice xs steering wheel to go on it too
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12th Mar 2016 7:53am |
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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 809
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Well Things are now a lot clearer in my head after the long weekend......but my credit card is going to have to take a beating !!
I decided (had no choice in the end ) to order a New Richards Chassis. To help me finally make a decision on the chassis, I removed the rear tub and got busy with the 9" angle grinder. First impressions weren't too bad but the more I cut away the worse it got, so new chassis it will have to be. Plan to have a go at replacing it myself, now that the long evenings are upon us 
 Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge On the positive side the Rear Tub is in good shape with just a bit of flaking paint, power hosed it down and ready for a good coating of Dinitrol or similar , haven't decided on what to coat the underside with yet. Seat belt brackets taken off and coat in Por15 to help seal against corrosion. Removed the cappings too as they are gone in the corners and waiting on my friend Nick to send me on a replacement set 
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Now to get on with breaking down all the panels and removing the engine and box in prep for the new chassis arrival in May......Kind of excited now  |
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28th Mar 2016 6:08pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10513 
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Good decision about the new chassis, lot of weight off your mind now and you can look forward with great excitement
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.
Clayton. |
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28th Mar 2016 8:30pm |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971  
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Are you keeping the hydraulics?
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28th Mar 2016 10:26pm |
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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 809
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Nope...sold on the winch and bumper
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29th Mar 2016 5:54pm |
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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 809
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With the new chassis due in early May, I set about making preparations to switch over the chassis.
As I already had the rear tub off, I'm going to try to lift the front section of the body in one. Plan to make up a gantry crane and lift it by the bulkhead chassis mountings and roll the chassis out. I made up a temp support in wood to keep the cab and roof section intact. Click image to enlarge Apart from the Brake lines, Hopefully everything else is now disconnected and ready for lift off !! Click image to enlarge Next weeks job is to make up the gantry crane for the lift....... |
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9th Apr 2016 7:00pm |
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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 809
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And we have lift off....came apart without too much stress in the end, after I realized I forgot to remove the 2 little M6 bolts at the front of the seat box
Plan is to clean and paint up the underside of the seat box in POR15. Give engine and gear box a good clean and fit a new clutch and rear crank seal when access is so good...Anything else I should do before swapping over to the new chassis. Click image to enlarge |
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27th Apr 2016 9:33pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189 
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Awesome considering it seems to be all outside work. Looking forward to seeing how you progress
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27th Apr 2016 10:05pm |
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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 809
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A bit of an update for anyone who's still watching
removed engine and gearbox and now down to the rolling chassis. New one arrives next week, Trevor Cuthbert very kindly put it on top of his load that he's collecting from Richards. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Changed the rear crank seal with a genuine LR one and sent the flywheel to be skimmed as it had a few marks in it. HAve new Borg and Beck clutch kit with heavy duty fork to be fitted on build up. It's amazing now easy it is to access the clutch with no body in the way !! Click image to enlarge Next update will hopefully have a shiny new chassis |
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6th May 2016 10:04pm |
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| grumpy old git Member Since: 16 Nov 2013 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 153
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Great work!
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7th May 2016 10:10am |
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| Timo Member Since: 14 Jul 2011 Location: Peterborough Ontario Posts: 171  
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Well done. Nice seeing a good rebuild. Keep the photos coming
Cheers Tim Series II in pieces 1984 Defender 110 (3.5l V8 now 300TDI) |
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8th May 2016 1:24pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10513
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I'm still watching and will be to the end Nidge, great update
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper.
Clayton. |
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9th May 2016 10:38pm |
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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 809
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Well look what landed here in Kildare yesterday. My Brother kindly collected the chassis for me, it fits straight in to the hugh load bed of the lwb volkswagon crafter, a monster of a van !!
First impression of the Richards Chassis is that its very well put together but a tad rough around the edges but maybe I'm just fussy !! There are no holes for the brake pipe clips or fuel lines, so probably means drilling the top to take some small P clips 
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Last edited by Nidge on 15th May 2016 7:49am. Edited 1 time in total |
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15th May 2016 7:35am |
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| Nidge Member Since: 27 Jan 2008 Location: Kildare Ireland Posts: 809
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The weather gods were shining on me, a full day of sunshine in Ireland and no rain.....so I cracked on with assembling the rolling chassis.
Had most of the brackets, bolts etc. ready to go, all cleaned up and replaced where necessary. Painted in 2 coats of Por 15. Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge Not a bad days work |
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15th May 2016 7:46am |
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