mullie Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 You could go for DCC sound and have whiney overdrive in need of a service? Martyn 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Yep, spot on. Even unmessed with wiring can be a challenge, I can remember trying to find a blown fuse on a Ninety, which was stopping the radio, interior lights, horn and high-beam flash from working. According to the Haynes wiring diagram, they were all run off different fuses, which I considered unlikely, so I threw the Haynes away and looked at the legend printed inside the fusebox lid... According to that, it should have been the 20Amp fuse in the top left of the fusebox. There wasn't a 20Amp fuse in the top left, it was a 15Amp, and it wasn't blown... Eventually, after much cursing, and testing, I found it was the third from the left on the top row that had blown, which was marked up on the legend as the heater... The heater was working fine, thank you... Al. I had a SIII on which half the rear wiring had been replaced with various lengths of bellwire, held together with sellotape. We ended up ripping out the entire rear loom and making a new one! Trouble is, this and @Mick Bonwick's thread are making me want another one! Despite knowing that they're slow, thirsty and unreliable, and that I have no need for a 4wd living in the middle of a town (and more imporantly, nowhere undercover to park one) Edited July 5, 2021 by Nick C 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 1 minute ago, Nick C said: I had a SIII on which half the rear wiring had been replaced with various lengths of bellwire, held together with sellotape. We ended up ripping out the entire rear loom and making a new one! Oh Gods yes, some of the things previous owners do is beyond belief. On a One-Ten, part of the loom had been replaced with new wires - all of them green... Oh, and when I got that one, I found the previous owner had used a hammer and chisel on all the wheel nuts, there wasn't one you could fit a socket on, had to chisel them off and replace them all... Al. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Then you get the older ones where all the wheel nuts are rounded off because someone used a badly fitting metric socket and an air wrench to do tyre changes. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 I'm relieved that I can join in with photographic evidence that I know what a Land Rover is. I also know that some will have seen this before but it brings back more memories for me than it does for you! On the subject of sheds: Thread drift? Don't know what you mean. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 That’s a very young looking squaddie with the Landy. Any relation? Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 Hi Al, me again, this link will (might not) help with all the fine details. All the best Adrian. http://www.retroanaconda.com/landrover/2010/03/series-iii-parts-book/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 20 minutes ago, 5BarVT said: That’s a very young looking squaddie with the Landy. Any relation? Paul. Yes. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 At least the tropical uniforms had improved by your time, this is my great uncle, Wolf the elder, (with three stripes) North Africa, in pre Landrover times. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) I've added a fuel tank now: You realise that if I keep adding parts to this model, we will eventually end up with a fully rebuilt Land Rover... I'll have to decide how far I take it, as we are supposed to be portraying a rebuild, not a complete one. I can't do the axles at the moment, as I have no styrene rod of the correct diameter, but that should be here by Thursday. I might start building some body panels - not necessarily to fit to the model, but to have stacked up in the shed somewhere. Thanks for looking, Al. Edited February 3, 2023 by Alister_G replaced images 7 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 That tank of course shows it to be a SWB civvy version. What era will it be? I have to admit I've never seen a S1 chassis bare to know what's different to the S2/2A/3 version, other than the length. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Loving all the old Land Rover pictures! Sadly I’ve not had experience of any Land Rovers other than the LWB Defenders we use at work and I suspect my experience of old VW wiring is getting a touch too off topic. I can relate to the dubious “help” offered by the Haynes Books of Lies though… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) On 05/07/2021 at 19:52, Nick C said: That tank of course shows it to be a SWB civvy version. What era will it be? I have to admit I've never seen a S1 chassis bare to know what's different to the S2/2A/3 version, other than the length. The series 1 80" chassis are quite a bit slimmer than the S2/3 ones, much more like the Jeep on which they were based. The chassis rails on later 88" models are deeper, but the basic shape is the same all the way through. I've sort of been aiming the model to be a Series II, as I'm more familiar with those. Al. Edited February 3, 2023 by Alister_G replaced images 5 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 Wouldn't a SII be almost new in Ladmanlow's time period though? Or is this for a separate diorama? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 6 minutes ago, Nick C said: Wouldn't a SII be almost new in Ladmanlow's time period though? Or is this for a separate diorama? Yes, you are quite right. I'm not sure this will be an official part of Ladmanlow. Or I may just invoke Rule One Al. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) I've been working on body panels, and actually took one of the kit parts and chopped it up: As a result of that, I measured the length of the front wing against the chassis. Oops! And as a result of that, I've had to cut the chassis up and add longer dumb irons. As you can see, the wing fits now: Thanks for looking, Al. Edited February 3, 2023 by Alister_G replaced images 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: At least the tropical uniforms had improved by your time, this is my great uncle, Wolf the elder, (with three stripes) North Africa, in pre Landrover times. His puttees were a tad longer than mine. Puttees? The things that go over the top of the boots to keep the trousers in place, in my case, and cover the top of the boots and protect the socks in Sgt Wolf's case. I'm liking your modified body parts, Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: I'm liking your modified body parts, Al. Thanks Mick, I'm turning into a cyborg Al. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I went off topic too. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted July 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 04/07/2021 at 22:44, Alister_G said: Yep, I did similar, a friend and I rebuilt his Series II in the days before you could get replacement bulkheads or anything, so we fabricated replacement parts ourselves out of sheet steel, and effectively plated the whole existing chassis with new side members and tops. Paddock Motors, which are local to me, were available for engine and mechanical parts, leaf springs and so on, but they were just in a barn at Elton, no posh office or warehouse. Al. The IIA started out as a bulk head replacement job, but it quickly became obvious that more work needed doing, a full set of outriggers, rear cross member and front ends (the bit the bumper bolts to). Paddock's rings a bell, we mainly used Jackson's at Misson (being relatively local, and an interesting place to visit). Sadly its over 21 years since I parted company with my IIA, I still miss it (and it's still on the road) Adrian 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) I've had a bit of a re-evaluation, whilst looking at reference photos of real rolling chassis, I became aware that my engine and gearbox were too small for the chassis. I have therefore built a new one, slightly larger. Here's a comparison of the two: More later. Al. Edited February 3, 2023 by Alister_G replaced images 5 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) Here's the new engine and gearbox in the chassis: Close-ups are very cruel, it looks a lot better from five feet away However, I'm happier that it fills the chassis properly now, compare with @westerhamstation photo of his lightweight. This evening I have made a start on axles and diffs: I'm not going to even try to replicate the swivel hubs on the front axle. Thanks for looking, Al. Edited February 3, 2023 by Alister_G replaced images 8 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Are you fitting gators to the axles, my series III had them! At least I think that is what they are called, I sold my landie around 23 years ago. Martyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 6, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2021 Gaiters, I believe. I will of course be fitting them... but you won't be able to see them... Al. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2021 I think is an absolutely brilliant build and I can't wait to see it buried deep inside a shed when you've finished it and put it on the layout. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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