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glad to see its coming along mate. got a lot of work ahead of you haha

looking good mate, keep up the good work.

couple more updates, im still waiting on some black chassis paint, havent had time to go to town to buy some, but iv put the axles and springs on, so when i go to paint the chassis i'l paint the axles at the same time,

right, loads to update since the site went down

engines in, and bulkhead is also back on.



gearbox in, and bulkhead is also back on.



had to take my over drive to bits as a little bit had broken of the end of the selector shaft that the leaver goes to

right few more,

brake pipes are on



a photo of the engine bay, radator mount is welded in across the bottom, new footwell is in, and steering and throttle is connected up, brake cylinder and bracket is removed as it will be upgraded to a cylinder with brake servo,



footwell and lower door pillar ready to be tacked in place



a view of it so far, and the seats are mounted back in place and i connected the hand brake back up again.



and here is a photo of the over drive installed

looking beasty your putting alot of work into this, cant wait to see end result!

haha yea im putting a good amount of work into it to make it mechanically sound and the little extra bits iv got planned, but bodywork wise im not that fussed as i like cars that look rough, hide the goodies, but goes like stink

right iv managed LOADS today

what it looked like at the start of the day,



mounted the alternator by using the alternator mount of the 200TDI engine spaced out by about inch and a half, then used series 3 alternator tensioner bent with a dog leg in it, and then used a corsa B 1.2 8v alternator mount for the top mount of the belt tensioner, and then used the standard 200TDI fan belt quite please about it



then i thrashed at the bottom of the rear tub with a hammer and got pretty much all the manky black tar off which chipped and fell off, then i painted over it with some black chassis paint to look good before dinner,



then went to retrieve some bits of my spare land rovers and came across a land rover handbook portfolio and look what i came across





then when i got back i mounted my new brake servo and cylinder, just needs a bit more of a sand and a lick of paint,



then i tacked on the door pillar and the footwell



then just now before tea i had some help and replaced the rear tub, and hell iv got some ground clearance at the back hope it settles down a bit



and just placed the front arch on to see what it would look like,



then a photo of the other side,

you must have so,e dosh and time on you hand

good work tho mate

cheers the clearance at the rear to the top of the arch is 38inches !!! thats like the total opposite to my corsa

thats how serious height like lol. whats still to get done mate? its defo coming along now

iv done the fuel lines and fuel filter lines this morning, just got to put the return to the tank now from the injector pump, then sort the wires out for the engine, all be it only a few as it hasnt got an ecu or anything but even so its fryin my head but then just copper pipe to front brakes, and then sort water pipes out, and intercooler pipes out, then make sure all the bolts are in place. give it two weeks and i should have it road worthy, or so i hope...

nice one mate. is it no just like live and earth wires? using the original wiring loom? doing any upgrades on the engine?:P

yea gota try and match the engine wires up to the original series 3 wiring and connect the original alternator wires up to this engine and alot of summut else , a mates done one of these conversions before so i might get him to pop down and do it for me when its passed MOT just going to turn the turbo up to maybe 1.5 bar or something, and then turn the fuel up at the same time so its got a bit of poke behind it but iv got to be careful i dont snap a rear half shaft as these tend to shear with the intense torque compared to the original 2.25 petrol engine that was in it before

had a great break through just now after i got home from work i did a bit of bodging to the wiring to extend them and carefully turned away and touched them on the battery and got no sparks which was good then a bit of head scratching, then did it again with another wire and no sparks then i crept around to the steering wheel and took a deep breath incase anything blew up and turned the key.... and the fuel pump clicked first which was nice then turned it again and the engine turned over so happy now