Andy Paton

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@adhrarloures6730 6 ай бұрын

I noticed that you didn't paint the new chassis like a lot of people do?

@fitzspj 7 ай бұрын

great hug guys at 9.04

@simonwalker8674 10 ай бұрын

Could of given the engine a good wash before you put it back in lads.

@andypaton3145 7 ай бұрын

Yes sorry. We did power wash it but no steam cleaner on site. We only had 7 days as the main machinery was coming back in from the farm so we ran out of time. If we had longer we would have paid a bit more time to the engine

@samuelthorogood3878 11 ай бұрын

your teleporter has an oil leak somewhere. Great to see though!

@jamesward5721 Жыл бұрын

Wiring loom (usually a messed with mess) is the only bit of this process I dislike doing - I do it alone using only an engine crane as "lifting" gear. In fact I do it repeatedly as I build the body back up/take it off again once the fits right, sort the paint on the bits I can't get at once assembled, then build it all back up again.. and often take it all back off again to tweak the sound-deadening blah blah.. then back on again, lol. I feel less bad about taking a fair bit longer than your 8 days with 2 men considering everything gets fresh paint/sound deadening/bodywork repairs too. :-) The feckity bit of "sill" he was plasma-cutting responds well to a really powerful air wrench - usually the bolts will break as opposed to opening, but a result all the same as all you want is for it to come off. New bolts FTW. I tend to bin pretty much every LR body-fastener & replace them all with riv-nuts - the original LR fasteners are generally all a pain in the nads/slightly rubbish. I do the same for pretty much all the naff plastic "screw into this" yokes they use - I replace those with riv-nuts too, bin the screw & use a proper fastener. Makes everything come apart a lot nicer next time. Makes everything a lot nicer to re-fit as well.

@andypaton3145 Жыл бұрын

Hi James. Yep that sounds like a methodical approach and as you say a lot of the fasteners are a pain. Everything thing apart from engine/body panels was painted as we had periods of stripping and one of us would pause and wire brush/ front so that we could paint with hammerite on axles, trailing rods and the such like. We know the panels can be sorted at a later date but had limited time to complete in the workshop due to machinery coming back in for servicing. Sounds like you do this often so you can appreciate the problems we encountered. Glad you had a look at the video and perhaps you could do one yourself in the future? (And yes wiring is the pits) Thanks Andy

@williambrown6967 Жыл бұрын

Great job! I keep waffling....should I replace the frame on my 1997 Defender 90 or not? The galvanized frame looks great and should bring decades of trouble free service.

@andypaton3145 Жыл бұрын

Hi William. Obviously it depends on the current state of your chassis. It was cost effective for us to do both the chassis and bulkhead in Galv as it has failed the mot for it. Always going to be a more trustworthy base for the defender. Andy

@garypoulton7311 2 жыл бұрын

What bulkhead did you use, and did it fit without having to cut, weld and drill lots of holes please?