It’s been a busy few days, whilst I’ve had some time off. The Land Rover is progressing, slowly but surely. Bill has come up with a list of things that need done and/or purchased, and I’ve started making it happen. The roof has been loosened off all around the Land Rover, in order to lift the front of the roof up and slide the bulkhead and windscreen upwards and outwards. This also requires all the wiring to be disconnected, steering column, cabin heating system, and the like. So far I have the floorbox and footwell floor out (from a week or so ago), and I got the heater matrix disconnected and removed today. The coming week will see the wiring labelled and disconnected, and then we should be really getting somewhere. Also on the cards for the next 8 weeks is the purchase and assembly of a new glazed and ready-to-go door top, and associated bottom. This will accompany my other new door down to the folks that are doing the chassis swap.
The TR6 has been victim of procrastination and indecision on my part. I finally made my mind up today, and have decided to get hold of a completely new rocker shaft, arms, springs, and bits. The current one is usable, with some TLC and gentle driving. But for the sake of 90 quid, and a few hours work, it’ll put my mind at ease when driving in the mountains around Europe. The carburretion willalready be skewiff up there, I’ll have enough stuff to worry about. The top end oil feed kit will also make things run a bit smoother for the new parts too.
To cap it all off, the ESC for my model plane lost some of the magic smoke, and the motor is playing up. The local shop has taken it back and is waiting for an engineer to have a look at it. On a whim, I bought a USB cable for my transmitter, so I could hook it into the computer for some training applications. The Futaba trainer socket is loose and intermittent, and the T/X is 1 month beyond the warranty. Magic.
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