land rover work

I've been working on the Land Rover off and on since getting back from Detroit. I power washed the frame since it still had some grime from the Diesel engine and I still needed to cut out the dreaded steel bushings and take out the steering relay. I snapped a all four bolts on the relay retaining ring, so I had to drill those out. Luckily the relay came out fairly easier. I've heard of these being rusted solid. The bushings came out AFTER I had made a tool to press them and determined that the tool wasn't going to work on these bushings; again this is common. I ended up hacksawing the steel liner and driving it out. What a paon though. I'm not looking forward to pressing new ones in.

I still hadn't finished up the backside of the rear crossmember, so I machined a PTO sleeve on my South Bend and then made bushings for the hitch mount holes. I got that all welded in, so now it's ready for paint.

I've also spent some time cleaning up some of my petrol engine parts. I cleaned the valve cover the other day and I currently have the axles completely torn down and the housings ready for paint.