The Rover-Landers of BC

Had a little time to finish off the exhaust manifolds...

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Working out the rad hoses...

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Got the front 8274 stripped, media blasted & partially rebuilt... treated it to a Giggle Pin HD main shaft & brake discs, will also get a idle shaft upgrade and finally a 6.5hp Xp motor :D

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Back to the gardening.... :(

So, summer is coming to an end... the landscaping on our house is all about finished... time to get back to the D100 project.

Got the dash loom 99% completed.

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A few more fuses than original.... :D

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Got the rear 8274 stripped, painted & ready for rebuild. Was a real mess inside as it had sat with water in it, will need new bushes and bearings but then it'll be good as new :bounce:

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Next to finish the rest of the chassis loom and start to get it installed.

Got the bulkhead loom test fitted & powered up, fixed a couple of small issues. Just got to rework the DRL's as the older 'dim-dip' module I used is kaput and there mega $$. The newer 'pink' version is cheap but needs a minor wiring alteration to work correctly.

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Not done an update for a while, so.... engine all completed with 'home' cooked EHT paint on the exhaust manifolds... the oven did smell a bit for a while :twisted:

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The wiring is 99% complete with just the lights to be installed once I get the new 'skins' drawn up & made. Rear loom is seen here.

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Now working on installing the dash after getting it powder coated in a textured satin black finish.

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Still lots to do but getting close to having the LS fired up for the first time :bounce:

Very slow progress on the project for the last while, however.... exhaust system is made & away for final weld up at a buddy's :D

Few pictures of building it.
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Had to cut & shut the passenger side manifold down pipe by 1.5" to clear the front diff on full bump.... doh :oops:

Did the GM clutch master cylinder mod as I couldn't get enough stroke with the TD5 one.

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Forgot I'd taken this video of the motor running... open manifolds too :D

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Chipping away at those little jobs...

8274 fully rebuilt, 6hp motor & some Giggle Pin goodies inside :D

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Drive shafts all in, got a stubby from the t'case to the steady bearing on the front 3 link x-member

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Had the truck out under its own power for the first time in 6 yrs a while ago.

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Got to work on the 5052 skins.

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Been chipping away at all the little finishing jobs...

Custom triple sticks for the LT230 & crawler box

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Got the skins powder coated in closest green to the cab, will make repairs easy after a hard day on the trails :roll:

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Now to finish the trans tunnel mods & put the rest of the cab back together.

Looking Great Andy, so close to finishing now......you should be out on the road this summer!

Made a jerry can rack for the rear, skins all bolted on the back....

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Lots of little stuff to do & still gotta draw up the cargo lockers & new center tunnel top, inner fender skins....

Nibbling away at the little things....

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Batteries wired & the jerrycans mounted up.

Got the door bottoms cleaned up & threw some paint on them. Used the spray bed liner on the insides & on the 5 bar treadplate to reduce some of the glare.

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Amazing vehicle! Amazing progress! I know all too well how long these projects can take!

Can't wait to see it out on the trail or at Founders Day.

Thanks for sharing

Don

Progress... sorta got side tracked on building a new rear axle...

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Decided wasn’t going to be on the road this year so might as well build a 609 for it, got the hubs & brakes about sorted to run my Stazworks headlocks.

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Used Dodge hubs as there flat backed and that allowed them to be redrilled from 8 on 6.5” to 5 on 6.5” with two holes plugged.

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And you may be wondering why, well here’s a 24 spline half shaft in the spindle... gotta love 1.5” 35 spline shafts :D

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Finally have it ready for a VI next week…. Going to be really weird driving stick again and with my right hand shifting, last time was 12yrs ago back in the UK :shock:

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Dash worked out well and the new transmission tunnel too….

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Rear axle is about complete, just needs a 3rd member and another axle shaft.

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Front is waiting on drive flanges, inner axle shafts and a 3rd member.

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Have made a new x-member and adapters for the front 3 link so it’s all bolt in for a easy swap.

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This’ll give me better numbers than the old 3 link setup for anti-dive.

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Theres an error in your link. But good to hear you are still getting on it. Such a cool rig.

Figured it out… here are some recent pic’s of the new axles installed, 1350 rear drive shaft & hydro boost brake conversion.

And for this trailer queen, her new trailer…. Just need to get the lights installed & the wiring finished off now.

Very nice! Good to see the project is still moving along.

Looks like the sun is shining again in the Frozen back country 8)

ANDYD wrote: Sun Feb 19, 2023 10:03 pm Very nice! Good to see the project is still moving along.

Looks like the sun is shining again in the Frozen back country 8)

Thanks & nope… we’re feet deep under the snow & have a 10-15cm snowfall warning for tonight. I doubt I’ll see my lawn until May !

Thought we’d add a rear sway bar, should be able to squeeze it in with some custom mounts.

Got to load up the trailer once the snow was clearing. Just love the beefy 609’s…. Now I need to get a set of 37’s.

Thought I’d add a full belly skid plate, maybe it’ll be finished one day :D