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- Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:44 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
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Finished off the main vehicle electrics today and put the dashboard and main fuse box back together, Adapted the existing main loom by adding the TD5 wing connectors to match the TD5 wing looms I'll fit to the wings when I put them back on. An old TD5 main loom provided the connectors for that job. ...
- Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:06 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
Finished off the fuel system today with the final aeroquip style connectors, they don't get any easier with practice but at least I know to where welding gloves now so my fingers are mostly intact ! http://forum.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/normal_108_0889.JPG Started makin...
- Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:46 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
Another weekend comes and goes ! The silencer arrived this week so spent Saturday and part of Sunday mounting the silencer then extending and finishing the front pipes to meet the silencer. The system is being fabricated from catering quality stainless steel, I bought a selection of 90 degree and 45...
- Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:05 am
- Forum: Technical Info
- Topic: DIFFLOCK
- Replies: 2
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- Sat Aug 04, 2007 10:32 am
- Forum: Technical Info
- Topic: RRC EFI Multi-vent fuel tank replacement - what's best?...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 23188
Make sure you get the protection plate that fixes to the bottom of the tank. Fill the gap between the tank and cover with waxoil and sesl the edges with a petrol resistant sealer - tiger seal for example. If you haven't got one already, make sure to cut an access hole in the floor above the pump. Ge...
- Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:48 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
Finished welding up the front section of the exhaust today, welded the lambda sensor boss on too, then started sorting out the pipes and fittings for the fuel system. Managed to put together a list of fittings, pipe sizes and lengths and went shopping. The local dealer that stocks all the goodrich f...
- Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:42 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
As anticipated, today was exhaust day. Picked up the flanges in the morning and set to work cutting/welding the various pieces of stainless steel pipe bought for the job. Took all day with lots of measuring, fitting, recutting etc but by the end of the day I managed to get pipes from both manifolds ...
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:49 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
2 pics from Patrick... Front view http://forum.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/normal_DSC00278.JPG Side on http://forum.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/normal_DSC00279.JPG Land Rover may have put a bulge in it for transit engines but it suits the Corvett...
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:42 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
Had a fairly productive day today. The radiator man came and had a look/measure up and put a design together for the radiator and oil cooler. It'll take 2-3 weeks though which is a shame but, in the meantime, we can always run the engine up with the old radiator. I joined the extension loom onto the...
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:28 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
Managed to get one of the extension looms finished yesterday, took longer than anticipated, over 5 hours ! Bit of a slow day today, had some web work that needed doing before 1st August so spent a few hours of the morning tinkering with that, arrived at Maddisons just before lunch. Then spent 2 hour...
- Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:08 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
First job today was moving the front brake pipes and making/modifying the brackets on the hubs accordingly. Took a while to figure out how to modify the brackets but, eventually, by swapping the brackets over from the opposite side and redrilling them a suitable compromise position was found. The fl...
- Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:09 am
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
Propshafts arrived during the week, as did the gear shift lever that I had to ship in from the US (love the exchanged rate at the moment !) Fitted the propshafts first today, they are slightly different lengths (about 3 inches difference). Fitted the transfer box lever, to make positioning easier I'...
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:39 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
Hydraulic bump stops are round 10 inches long (fully extended) and have a very robust shaft coming out of the bottom that is aimed at a contact point on the axle. As the axle comes up and hits them they will cushion the impact, allowing the axle to continue it's travel upwards. The more compressed t...
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:10 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: Corvette powered Defender
- Replies: 106
- Views: 272169
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:01 pm
- Forum: Member's Vehicles
- Topic: got a new disco
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13820