FT’s Patrol Project

[Adz]

You are a true admiration to any vehicle enthusiast :bow :clap :thumbs

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Some photo's of today. Finished rebuilding the engine bay.

Only item missing is the oil cooler.

Start of the day.

 

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End of the day.

 

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[alan hedges]

Did you get the plate in? Its for mounting the oil cooler fixing bracket. Attached are some photos

 

[alan hedges]

And another

 

[alan hedges]

Last one

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Alan, thank you very much for those photo's. Very usefull and the bracket is back in place. Now waiting for me universal oil cooler to arrive and fire the beast up.


The dent under the off side door will be repaired in a body shop. Got a quote yesterday of £200 to pull it out and paint the affected area. Most of the cost are to get the bodywork ready for painting so I would still face those costs even if I remove the dent myself. The breaker wants £90 for the sheet metal under the door and together with the extra work it is easier to just let the body shop look after it. It needs to go in anyway to work away some imperfections on the paint.

Did a bit of work over the last few day and managed to get a reasonable bit of the inerior done. At the moment I am waiting on a gaitor for over the gearlevers which should be delivered tomorrow morning.

The start of the day.

 

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And how it finished yesterday.

 

[spinna]

:bow:bow:bow Great job mate. the thought of putting that lot back together would scare the hell out of me.:thumb2

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Spinna, no need to be scraed. More or less anybody can do this as long as you are meticulous.

When I took the car apart I have written every step down in a book. Numbered and labelled every part and taken hundred's of photos. The reassemble is just the reverse, following the numbers backwards and look at photo's. As you can see in the photo's all the connectors are labelled and numbered so it is just a case of matching numbers. Simples.

Would be nice to see a few more of these projects appear on this website. Also on a Dutch Patrol forum and they got just under 10 of these projects at various stages of completion.

 

[Adz]

:bow :clap AWESOME :clap :bow​

 

[makeitfit]

I suppose if I put all my mods together it would be a similar sort of thread
I admire your patience though, I couldn't have been without offroading for long though:augie
Good job and I hope your bits turn up tomorrow, I want to see this going again :thumbs

 

[solarman216]

Absolutely first class, you have done a fine job, not only in doing the work but in documenting it and photos for posting on here, I could, and have done what you are doing now, but keeping records and pictures to show it all, that is something else, very, very well done, absolutely great, really cannot say enough, Rick :clap:clap:clap

 

[BIGSEAN]

Absolutely first class, you have done a fine job, not only in doing the work but in documenting it and photos for posting on here, I could, and have done what you are doing now, but keeping records and pictures to show it all, that is something else, very, very well done, absolutely great, really cannot say enough, Rick :clap:clap:clap

Wholeheartedly agree, fantastic job, not just the actual physical work but the systematic way you went about doing it and keeping us all in the loop.
Well done m8

 

[Terranical]

What an inspiration to us all! Puts my feeble attempts at doing my own repairs into perspective. From beginning to end you have done everything 100%, no corners cut and using the best materials available - to do this and still keep all the rest of us up to date with excellent photos and progress reports you deserve all of our admiration.
(You don't fancy coming to Spain to some small(ish) rust repairs on a T2 do you?) JOKE!

 

[rustic]

I admire his perseverence, when he started he didn't know what he would find. He has replaced worn out parts, repaired rust that would have given me a heart attack, waited for the weather to improve, and then carrying on through the accident to the sill just when he thought it was nearly complete.

At what point would I have stopped and given up.......:nenau :doh






I don't think I would ever had started it to be honest.


Well done. :bow :bow

 

[cleangreenm/c]

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Brilliant job from start to finnish welldone you have every right to be proud of your work and with the standerd of work i think that you could make a very good job of the sill repair!!!!!!!!!!! roy

 

[Flying Torquewrench]

Thank you all for your encouraging words. But believe me, I had days when I wanted to give up. And had the car sustained more damage when it slid of the jacks I probably would have given up.

On the other hand at that time I had invested a fair amount of money and time so a couple of hundred pounds more for a sill repair and paint job is better to accept then throwing away the rest.

Unfortunately np photo's till at least the beginning of next month. To busy with work at the moment and as usual the weather has been brilliant.

All in all there is a fair amount of work to be done but if I get a week of good weather then the outside should be finished.

While I have no time to work on the car I am doing a bit of preparation for when I do have time, so I have a few questions.

Where is the best place to order:
-Gearbox oil,
-Differential oil,
-Steering fluid &
-Brake fluid.

Also does anybody know the exact quatities of oil and fluids required? Not having access to my books is a pain.

Is there any chance that somebody knows the connection size of the tubes to the oil cooler? Need to order an universal oil cooler but I am not at home at the moment and don't want to ask the missus to measure it.

Thanks.

 

[rustic]

I also think that the support and interest from fellow members of this site has spurred you on. :thumb2 :thumb2

You have taken the time to take the photographs and post them, not only have you have invested in this project, but all the members of the club who have read or replied to the posts.

I like many members on this site look forward to the day when you get an Valid MOT in your hand.

These reasons have placed some pressure on you to complete the project.


To be able to attempt a project like this when working outdoors dependent on the weather, without full workshop facilities is a massive achievement. :clap:clap

It's the finishing off bits that takes some time, like putting the handles back onto the door that has just been painted.

So come on...... the finishing line is in sight...
Let's get that MOT :thumb2:thumb2



Well done.
Rustic.:thumb2