john_pitt Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Hello!My name's João Pitéu, I'm 27 years old, I live in Évora (Portugal) and I'm a Junior Mechanical Engineer.I started to restore my Series 3 in January 2011 when I had only 24 years old and finished November last year. So, I would like to share with you my great and crazy adventure - the restore of my 1978 Land Rover Series 3. I hope you enjoy it!Regards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_pitt Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Hi guys! The next pictures show my first days of work. Basically I removed all parts of the Series. On this stage the most hard task was remove the steering relay and remove all chassis bush. How you can see on the picture, the steering relay seem to be "welded" but with a little bit brake fluid and putting it inside of the hole and wait about 1 hour, the steering relay was removed! The chassis was blasting with sand and protected with zinc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 nice job! I have deleted your first topic, as you requested. Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Wow just wow! That is one thorough restoration! I must say I didn't know about that trick with brake fluid, I've built a special puller for the job. I notice its sporting a nice 5 main bearing 2,25 as well More pics please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 That's just stunning. Is that hot zinc spraying you're doing in the photo of the chassis outside? I've never seen it done before. And could you tell me where you got the foot well mats, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 That's just stunning. Is that hot zinc spraying you're doing in the photo of the chassis outside? I've never seen it done before. And could you tell me where you got the foot well mats, please? Snagger, That looks to be a mobile shot blasting process to me, Mikey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_pitt Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks Daan! Wow just wow! That is one thorough restoration! I must say I didn't know about that trick with brake fluid, I've built a special puller for the job. I notice its sporting a nice 5 main bearing 2,25 as well More pics please! Soren, the brake fluid is a great help for other jobs, believe me! That's just stunning. Is that hot zinc spraying you're doing in the photo of the chassis outside? I've never seen it done before. And could you tell me where you got the foot well mats, please? Snagger, this is metalization flame spray process or metallization spray zinc. I decided not to do hot dip galvanizing process because sometimes the chassis may twist since the temperature of the zinc is 450°C. However, the hot dip galvanizing process allows to protect chassis interior but is much more expensive. Metallization spray process: I got these rubber mats in PaddockSpars - http://www.paddockspares.com/pm617-autograph-range-rubber-mats-front-pair.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Oh - I thought it was a flame emerging from the "gun". It wan't very large on my screen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_pitt Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Hy guys! As you can see I in the photos below I needed to buy two new swivel housing kits because the old ones were very corroded and new is new! All parts were clean with a small silica sand blasting machine. The chassis was paint with black chassis paint. I decided not to paint the engine block once the original color (terrakota) was good looking. At the end you can see the engine/gearbox mounting rubbers. Here I had a question...What's the correct position of the engine/gearbox rubbers? I mounted them as shown in the "Parts Catalogue Land Rover Series III". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanuki Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Congratulations - That is truly beautiful - it looks vastly better than any Land-Rover did when it was brand-new from the factory! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seriebil.dk Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Great job!! Very Nice work, another series saved. @soren, you know brake fluid will take off paint too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Frimodt Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Hehe Yeah Anders, that part I know full-well I also know that if you spill it on most plastics it'll dissolve it over time. Just never thought of it as rust release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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