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[Dipster]

And that simplicity is what made them so popular in out of the way places. Compare that simplicity to today`s products and then ponder on why one sees so few modern versions in the same out of way places.......

[emmerson]

Common failing, that. If you're careful with an arc welder, you can mend it in place. Drill down into the ball, push the gearstick into the hole, then weld round bottom. The gearstick will be fractionally shorter, but that's barely noticeable.
I've done it few times. Easy job for after lunch!

[D4B]

Got the remains of the gear lever out today:



Most of my time was spent cleaning thick layers of gear oil off everything,

Before:



After, although not quite finished yet:

[vitesse]

Crumbs that virtually unrecognisable once all the crud has been removed Steve. I thought my engine and gearbox were dirty but that takes it to a whole different level.

I did see a site yesterday when I was googling around that sells a new gear lever for £15.

Tony

[D4B]

[D4B]

Mainly because I ended up taking the floor out of the cab to deal with the broken gear lever, I carried on and removed the seat box...........



I never knew that aluminium could rot away like this wherever it comes into contact with steel:



Fuel tank under the drivers seat is perhaps not the greatest idea they had for safety in an accident



More crud





Then I got to the real problems, how did this Landy get through it's last MOT with no advisories???



One repair plate had been glued on with car body sealant right next to the leaf spring mounting



This chassis has had it, cracked right through



Cheers, Steve; off to see what I can sell to raise some more resto funds

[ukdave2002]

ouch ! Is it a body off job?

If it's any consolidation I've just been replacing some of the fibreglass box sections and chassis reinforcement of my Z Van !







This is the fiberglass from just one corner



I'm not really complaining, it was probably done in the 60/70's whan these vans were worthless, if it hadn't of been repaired this way the van would probably have been scrapped

Dave

[vitesse]

Oh well Steve better to find it now and sort it. I looks like you are going to have a busy Spring but that's why we buy these old cars because half the fun is restoring their dignity.

I always thought sitting on top of the petrol tank wasnt a good design idea, I doubt whether it would get through health and safety today. I don't know if it was just military ones but they had tanks under both seats.

Tony

[Penman]

Hi
I was told that the origin of the underseat tank is military and that those vehicles actually had their filler caps under the seat as well, this was done to make vehicle sabotage, foreign materials introduced to the fuel, harder.
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[Bitumen Boy]

It seems to me the MOT station should have refused to test a vehicle with that much crud underneath until it was cleaned up a bit. Obviously they couldn't inspect it properly in that condition

[vitesse]

[Dipster]

[andycars]

Maybe putting the tank under the seat was actually an early safety feature - to get you to drive more carefully and avoid accidents

[D4B]

Dave,

Yes it is going to be a body off job, cab floor and seatbox are already out, then yesterday afternoon the roof came off......

Cheers Steve

[D4B]

And today, the roof side panels, then I ended up using the cutting disc on the angle grinder to remove 8 of the 10 bolts
for the rear of the rear tub...
haven't attempted the 8 bolts ewhich hold it at the front,
they will have to wait until Wednesday now....