The Land Rover Appreciation Group.

[JustG]

i had a good crawl und the chassis with a hammer seems sound, was thinking about that the other day, any recommendations for treating it? I live in cornwall so salt could be an issue!

[18 stoner]

That looks very tidy.

[18 stoner]

i had a good crawl und the chassis with a hammer seems sound, was thinking about that the other day, any recommendations for treating it? I live in cornwall so salt could be an issue!

 

 

Get it clean as you possibly can, get any flakey off then make sure it's not got wet for a couple of weeks. Then spray and inject with hot wax. I'd suggest not doing this in winter as a chassis never gets properly dry.

 

Using hot wax tends to penetrate better but isn't a long term protection IMO, so I'd suggest injecting and coating with the hot wax, then a couple of days later, a covering of black Shultz will give protection from hard wear, chipping and pressure washing. Also looks well.

[scraggs]

i had a good crawl und the chassis with a hammer seems sound, was thinking about that the other day, any recommendations for treating it? I live in cornwall so salt could be an issue!

 

We normally use dinitrol cavity wax and then cover that with dinitrol black underbody wax.

Sticks really well and lasts.

But as said above give it a good wash down first

Try get some on the underside of the seat boxes and bulkhead aswell

[scraggs]

My new wheels

 

110 TD5, bit of an upgrade from the old v40 that used to lug around my kit!

 

 

 

That looks nice and tidy

[humpo48]

I would use a few coats of black Hamerite on the cross member and do what the other lads have said wax oil on the rest. Get it in where you can.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

has anyone got any rough idea what it would cost to re wire a landy 90? after several mods and tinkering my new landy appears to have more connections than linked in! many now corroded and causing low power to trailer lights and iffy connections all over the place

[codlasher]

My friend and I used to 'tinker' with LR's in the past. Re-wiring is something we did. Not just a few wires but from the ground up with soldered bullet connections and the correct colours for each circuit. So green for indicators, blue/red & blue/white for headlights etc. See I can still remember the colours! Always with several earths as the aluminium body was never a good earth. The chassis is the only place to earth and not have problems.

It used to take a week. So there's a guide on how much it will cost + materials.

Avoid like a plague those ultimate nightmare connections....The scotch (botch) lock connector! Also any crimped connection. Proper soldered connections is really the only way.

 

Japanese bullet connectors and a plethora of other lovely waterproof couplings have arrived and also the inter web, so acquiring all the right bits is so, so easy, than in the past.

codlasher

Edited March 22, 2014 by codlasher

[mendiplogs]

That looks nice and tidy

 

HI ALL i have some land rover parts for sale sump guard a bar hella spot lights as new and 7.50 zxl tyres thanks jon pm me

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

My friend and I used to 'tinker' with LR's in the past. Re-wiring is something we did. Not just a few wires but from the ground up with soldered bullet connections and the correct colours for each circuit. So green for indicators, blue/red & blue/white for headlights etc. See I can still remember the colours! Always with several earths as the aluminium body was never a good earth. The chassis is the only place to earth and not have problems.

It used to take a week. So there's a guide on how much it will cost + materials.

Avoid like a plague those ultimate nightmare connections....The scotch (botch) lock connector! Also any crimped connection. Proper soldered connections is really the only way.

 

Japanese bullet connectors and a plethora of other lovely waterproof couplings have arrived and also the inter web, so acquiring all the right bits is so, so easy, than in the past.

codlasher

 

Crikey! thats going to be expensive! thanks for taking the time