Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Preparing to remove bulkhead

I've spent the last two afternoons removing bits, preparing removal of the bulkhead. In no particular order this has included:

  • Floor panels & gearbox tunnel
  • Seatbox
  • Front panel & radiator
  • Brake master cylinder 
  • Clutch master cylinder
  • Disconnected wiring loom from everything in front of the bulkhead
  • Disconnected speedo drive cable from gearbox
  • Steering arm
  • LPG system (now in the bin)
  • Windscreen
Everything has been going pretty smoothly so far, mainly as I've been cutting off the bolts where possible, rather than persevering trying to undo rusted nuts. Anywhere the grinder can't get; I've hit with the air impact driver, which has had my tiny air compressor working overtime. 

 Floor removed. Haven't found any rust in the chassis yet apart from the bulkhead outriggers, which I already knew about. Gear lever is seized, will sort that out when gearbox is stripped.
 Wiring loom disconnected. It hasn't been hacked up like I thought it would have been. Some additional wiring has been added for the LPG system, but luckily it hasn't interfered with the factory wiring.
 Less Land Rover, more crap on the floor
Back half of the garage filling up quickly

Next job is to remove the bulkhead, still debating how to go about it. Two people can comfortably lift it, but I don't know if I have the patience to wait until the weekend to get someone to help lift it. I'm considering lifting it from the garage roof beam (should be OK, wouldn't think it weighs any more than 80 - 100kg) and then rolling the land rover back. 

I've started compiling a spreadsheet of all the parts i'm going to need to buy. I've found a few sites online which have pretty good prices and a good search system that allows you to search using to original LR part numbers, which i get from the genuine parts manual i found online. I printed it and had it bound, along with the LR repair & operation manual.

Parts manual, all 750 pages worth...

Links to these manuals can be found here: http://smithies.co.nz/land_rover/

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