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I've been doing alot of panel work for others lately which has definately held up any progress.  But this has to be a 2024 goal so I can get onto some other projects....

Pulled down the gear/transfer box.  In the grand scheme of landrover things, this one isnt too bad (though not mint), its one of the later boxes with syncro on all 4 gears which is kinda nice.  The 3/4 syncro dogs are the most worse for wear, repros are ~$500 so I'm going to go dig through the gearbox bin of the local wrecker to see if I can find a decent original.  Based on the condition of the low speed gear of the transfer box, I bet this spent alot of time in low4 with the farmer mashing between 3 and 4 to get across the southland mud.  

Also, since I'm taking this back to original running gear I've been chatting to NZTA about how to go about it.  With this never having a cert plate and that I can prove it was petrol originally from the chassis ID, it seems relatively straight forward. 

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On 20/07/2023 at 09:48, nzstato said:

At least I get to go back to the parts I really like - panel work.

These front guards are pretty bad but typical for age -  fill of dents, bog, cracks, holes etc...

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There is no point to try and fix what is there, its a pretty simple panel to make from new.  Note that there is only a factory pressing for the park like and not the indicator (these were added by local dealers depending on the requirements of the export country.

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Getting more of the hang of welding alloy, its not easy and filling in holes is a prick.

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The lower section of this side guard is pretty crumpled, it got most of it out, and about half way through filing it clean.  I cut the flange section off as it was pretty thin/bent and in the way, I'll fold up a clean section and weld it in. 

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sorry for interupting your thread but where did you get that device from and what is it called ?

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