2017-2018 - Year 1 Progress Report

With the kitchen mostly finished I'm finding some time for the Land Rover again, and as it's been a year since I brought it home now is a good time to review the progress I've made over the first year:

• Brakes - new shoes/cylinders/drums all round
• Hubs - new wheel bearings where needed, hub nuts, lock/key washers, oil seals, drive flange gaskets, stub axle lands, fixings/tabs for backing plates
• Steering - swivel hub refurb'd both sides (new seals, retainers, gaskets, fixings, shims etc.), new track rod, drag link, fit steering damper, fit missing stop plate and jack stop
• Engine/Other - new oil to engine, air filter, and both diffs, new oil filter, cleaned sump and fit with new gasket, stripped and checked oil pump
• Front Suspension - refurb'd front springs (separate leaves, clean and paint), new u-bolts, chassis and spring bushes, shackle pins, refurb'd shocks (new rubbers, fixings, paint etc.)
• Did a welding course and bought a welder (!)

I'm currently cleaning up around the air filter and battery cage and replacing the steering link between the steering drop arm and upper relay lever, which looks like it's been on there since the summer of '69.

I hope to be welding by October, and when the bad weather puts that off I aim to progress the rear suspension which will need new springs and so should go a lot quicker than the front.

Considering I didn't know what a differential was when I started, I'm quite pleased with progress so far and dreams of a preliminary MOT before next summer are very much alive.

(Estimated 75 hours effort so far.)