Well, Mark arrived on Friday morning looking like he'd drove 350 miles in a 110 Land Rover!!
Like a kid I couldn't wait to get home & start tinkering. It took me 4 hours to get rid of 3 tons of Cornwall mud from the underside (free if you want it back Mark?)
It seems sound enough, needs a new rear door. The scrappers want £50 for one in similar condition, might as well get a new one for £70 pre glazed. Sure Richard at Beamends will have a similar deal??
Really want the spare wheel on the door, not the bonnet as it does make for interesting lifting & do you trust the prop etc?
The ride is like a Rolls after a S3, power steering needs adjusting a tad I think, but overall it seems great.
One thing I can't work out is on taking up drive there is a metallic noise (not a clunk, clank) that sounds like metal on metal but not like a worn gearbox or transfer box etc. Let up the clutch softly & it's fine. I wonder if it's something clutch related? This said, it doesn't make any difference to the drive etc! It's an LT77 box, not sure on the transfer box!
The engine is as sweet as a nut for one that's (possibly) done 233k !!
My plans are to get it cleaned up, sort headlining out clean up & underseal the chassis, sort the metallic noise out, tidy up some of the panels & then possibly re-paint it in the original colour (russet brown!) Although, the paints not too bad!
Nige
-- Subaru WRX (Annabel)
Landrover 110 County Station Wagon (Tyson)
'"They called him Jimmy the gent"