Upturned milk crate for drivers seat is not standard fitment - work in progress

Completly rebuilt in 2000, galvanised chassis, parabolic suspension, various modifications, and now running on LPG

Different seats, instruments, electronic ignition, LPG, etc - but still a noisy old Landie

Playing in the drifts

ooops - this is what happens when a 2 ton Land Rover hits a dawdling pigeon at about 50mph

leaking back axle pan - above the filler...

luckily rear pan can be removed on the Salisbury axle

the offending pin hole

big patch replacing thin metal, then some paint

Need to investigate overheated engine and lack of coolant. Garage full, so on the driveway.

water + oil = mayonaise mess...

signs of coolant around these peened over head plugs - so maybe not head gasket?

head off anyway to see whats going on

looks ok

investigate around plugs - black paint lifted in the central area

head cleaned up ready for a trial refit

new gasket

made a coolant system pressure tester to see where the coolant was going.

AHHH. look closely and see some bubbles along a fine crack between the two silver plugs - not good

with leak tester spray on it lots of bubbles appearing over crack - the head is scrap.

spare head in garage previously removed the Log-Rover (hence the red)

refitted the next morning before the sun came up.

unfortunately blew the rear silencer apart when unburnt fuel, well burnt in a rather big explosion. rewelded it up and all ok.

time to rebuild a spare gearbox for Big Blue as current one jumping out of 2nd and 4th - plus fit an overdrive and replace slipping clutch

degunking the spare box

pegged (with the bolt top centre of pic) the rear bearing carrier to stop it spinning in the casing

was replacing rear bearing on layshaft (seen in the vice), when progress halted to gut and hang a fresh road-kill deer found outside the garage one snowy night.... Made a tasty venison stew shorty afterwards.

back to assembling the box - shafts and gears refitted

bellhousing back on