Drizz Developments

[vxlaney]

just thinking about the trip, lmaolmao had a few hairy moments, arse was sucking down onto the shonky broken seat, me ass is still shaped funny, lmao oh and the 35mph up the hill er have you turned up the pump yet?

[Drizz]

Nah, Slow is the new Fast!

[Drizz]

So today we cracked on. It started like this:







And ended up like this:









I got the props, exhaust, gear selector, Gearbox cooler, engine mounts, and gearbox mounts all disconnected, whilst John disconnected the engine, oil cooler, rad and intercooler, removed the interior parts and front end bits.
Wednesday we will cut the front panel off and lift the lot out. Jobs a goodun

[Grim Reaper]

thats a TD right???

if so, is it manual???

if so, will the transmission and axle's and running gear etc fit a v8 classic???

[Roachy Vxr]

its a 300tdi, automatic. and it would fit a classic (with a bit of work) but its all going in the defender, yey!!!

[Drizz]

[Brian Stirrup]

How much for the front bumper? Looks very clean and if I decide to sell mine without the off road goodies it would be handy to swap my bumper.

[Drizz]

£20 to you matey. Its bloody hefty compared to my old 200TDi one! Must be worth that in scrap!!! Corners are good too!

[Grim Reaper]

Hmmm I need a manual on for my v8 classic...it's auto right now

[Brian Stirrup]

A long as the ends aint rusty i'll have it.

[Drizz]

Today then i started by getting the gearbox crossmember off:







Then John got the engine chained up:







And we started extracting it:











And all out:











Then i got all the fuel out and put it in my other one. Half a tank Bonus!







More tomorrow!

[Brian Stirrup]

Looks like you have some nice spare tyres there as well.

[Drizz]

2 or 3 are ok yeah

[Drizz]

Today then i started removing the dash parts:







Whilst John removed the engine mounts:









Then i got the wings off:







Whilst John got under to undo/cut off the A bar:







Then up to get the axle off:







After getting the rear axle off:







It had a brand new OE Land Rover exhaust. An extra bit for eBay









Thats it for this week

[Drizz]

Just found this lmao

YouTube - Water Crossing to the extreme!

[steveturbocal]

Awesome

[Gary_808]

bloody hell! he must have scuba gear on lol!

[LeNnOxLeWiS]

bloody hell! he must have scuba gear on lol!

x2, how does he breath and see his way?

i suspect wipers will not be enough...

[Drizz]

id imagine has a snorkel for both him and the hummer. Or he holds his breath well lol

[LeNnOxLeWiS]

Also the water is not clear... must be hard to see anything...

[M8EDJ]

Ive got a friend that is big into his landys and we had the head stripped down on my landy in half a day, new engine ordered at lunch time and the old one out/new one in by 5.30. So easy to work on its unbelievable.
Also the sound of a TD5 is infectious, I end up flooring our 110 county everywhere

[Spinbitch]

Cheers for the bits for mine Dan, out of interest what would you want for the tow bar? Mate was thinking of getting one for his dad's.

[Drizz]

Its being scrapped first thing tomorrow so probably wont have time to remove it....

[Drizz]

Yesterday was a treacherous trip up to the workshop:








One we had changed Brians knackered suspension we got the donor ready to go:






And today we backed the trailer under:






It wasnt quite that simple but Laney and i got it on in the end:







And once at the scrappy and don'd our hard hats and high viz we got it off:









And there was a rather shortened Rangey there already lol:

[Spinbitch]

And today we backed the trailer under:

Wish i could do that with my trailer.

Had to remove the axles off my doner whilst it was on the trailer. Bloody thing nearly rolled off!