Land Rover Series 2a 88: Update No 9

[@rustandoil]

I need a hardware store like yours 😉

[@rovertasmania7033]

long time mate, hope all is well your end!

[@rustandoil]

@@rovertasmania7033 Yeah, all good here, just dealing with life's ups & downs 😉

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

Great job, thanks for taking us along for the ride, time to enjoy it!!!

[@rovertasmania7033]

Thanks! More vids will come, but this time driving to great Tassie destinations (and no doubt some upgrades/maintenance)

[@VintageRestorationsAustralia]

@@rovertasmania7033 Love a good road trip doco :-)

[@highdownmartin]

Nice to see a new one mate. Lovely

[@rovertasmania7033]

Thanks, yes progress is always good.

[@mrjohnsonclarke]

Beautiful job mate!

[@rovertasmania7033]

Thx 👍

[@highdownmartin]

A behind the scenes. The tears and tantrums and spanner throwing! That’d d be good!

[@rovertasmania7033]

Don't have any footage of that lol

[@highdownmartin]

I was very lucky to fit nd on eBay a 24 v Clayton round heater as new for 70 quid. I managed to get the core swapped into my smith heater and it’s really good! Rep Clayton cores are 300 quid. Being 24v put loads of people off, but I only needed the matrix. I sold the front cover off the Clayton for £1 on eBay recently. Woohoo!

[@rovertasmania7033]

lucky find! Given summer is upon us I got some time to find one, hopefully

[@finrambo3594]

Well done....Ive enjoyed the vids and have learned some thanks , im 90% through mine now. Taken me 2 1/2 years so far . So I know how much time and effort goes into these , well done.

[@rovertasmania7033]

Good to know someone else going through this. I calculated that mine is in fact a few months over 3 years! That last 10% is hard, usually fiddly bits that makes you feel like no progress. All the best with yours, finish it as I can say its a huge relief to get it done.

[@vk7hch]

Excellent work, welcome back!

[@rovertasmania7033]

Thanks, hopefully ill get regular content up.

[@Alonsel3]

Great video thanks for the update - some simple tidy up tips for my own 2a - Mitch, Hobart, Tas

[@rovertasmania7033]

Thanks Mitch.. btw you going to brunny island pizza Sunday on the 22nd? Do you have an Instagram account? Like to see your 2a.

[@MrJohnnydublin]

She looks great!!!.well done.cant believe ya got the seal in the local hardware store😂.I would of put them wheels on and then found out the car don’t fit under the door 😏.Good luck with inspection 👍

[@rovertasmania7033]

Thx, ill do a drive vid for sure. Not 100% confident with inspection, but gotta do it.

[@gregrobins5078]

You're awesome

[@conrad1468]

Great update. Truck looks great!! Do you have a part number or size of the D sealing? One candle power headlights. Ha ha!! I still have the original 1962 rad in mine. Interested in see the radiator restoration process.

[@rovertasmania7033]

D seal is a Moroday brand, 18mm wide x 16mm high. They have more sizes but this one fits mine great. As for Rad, I wont be doing this, ill be sending it out to get a new core put in, they also fix the top and bottom tanks too (soldering cracks etc)

[@conrad1468]

@@rovertasmania7033 aah ok. Gotcha. I’ll take a look around for that size to try out. I took my radiator to a local shop and they soldered all the holes. Kind of over charged me but it’s pressure tested and ready to go.

[@rovertasmania7033]

@@conrad1468 Yeah its not cheap, for me its around $700aud! But it will last another 50 years :D

[@conrad1468]

@@rovertasmania7033 for a recore sound about the same price over here. It’s worth the investment for another decade of service. 😀 Hopefully I’ll get a few years out of mine before a recore.

[@mattluszczak8095]

Hi bud i have found your seals vid. How did you go with the front vents? Defender stickons?

[@rovertasmania7033]

I used self adhesive foam type strips (I used the ones for house window draft sealing) and stuck it to the vent itself, not the bulkhead.

[@andrewk6844]

what was the hardware store you talk about for the seals

[@rovertasmania7033]

Bunnings, but others may also carry them.

[@GH-rr7tk]

Hey mate what’s the dimensions of that rubber door seal? , got a similar issue. Thanks

[@rovertasmania7033]

I measured the channel width and then bought the D shaped one from Bunnings. There are a few options only, so pick the dimensions that suit the door gap you have.