Footeys land rover series 2a 109 safari

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So Recently brought a land rover thought I would upload a few progress photos

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so a run down I need to tidy up the wiring , fix a minor bit of rust get new tyres and rims, trying to find a set of steel rims 5 rims be good, the ones on the landy are borrowed ,  need to get to a stage to see how the motor runs, have a turbo to be fitted to the ld, not much to be done but still a lot of work ahead will keep the photos coming

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so tonight I droped the 13 year old diesel out of the tank, which was nice and clean no sludge, I also started to put some doors on the things, the gf also grabed some nicer photos
The front of the rover is an early defender front this was to allow for the straight 6 ld28 and the moving forward of the radiator, need a winch bar for this thing

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also thinking about a light tint on most of the windows? let me know your thoughts

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Well I started it tonight and went for a drive around the yard, having a lot of trouble getting the ld28 to start once running its fine,  bit of smoke atm been about 12-14 years off the road, has to be started on engine start, have tested all the glow plugs and they seem to be fine

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For some reason my photo upload doesn't work il upload more photos when I have a chance =) have done a fair chunk pulled apart a parts car for some parts and have started to buy things, still need some rims to fit my new 265 75 16 mud tyres on

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Time to pull the ld28 out and slot a new one in,  run about 120-160 psi on a cold compression test no wonder the poor thing wouldn't start without ether, everything is now unbolted and ready to be hoisted out, have a good ld28 to put back in the hole, thinking of maybe future boost plans with a top mount intercooler? have a turbo just need to craft a log manifold

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durp

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engine bay all cleaned aswell as the exterior, waiting for me to line the engine bay with body deadner and firewall x mat from eastwood exciting times

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working on the land rover makes one thirsty, new ld28 in the hole and plumbed , jerry rigged a system to make it run for now untill i build a spanking new dash oh the joys 

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I got really pissed off with a botched wiring loom so in true fashion i cut the old one out with an axe and chewed and spewed a new loom out churrr