Currently have the front hubs in pieces as the swivel pins had movement which the UK MOT tester deemed to much. On the way home it decide to start throwing oil all over the inside of the drivers side tyre. Top oil seal obviously leaking.
So as you have to take the hubs off in order to deal with those two problems, it has turned into a complete hub rebuild on both sides. 40 years on with god knows how many years of neglect, all the seals seem very hard and the surfaces they are supposed to seal on are all worn.
Previous owners managed to ram an Oak tree with the drivers side front wing. Bent lots of bits and did a rather pitiful repair behind the grey primer. So once it is road worthy again, that have to be dealt with.
Question is which order to do things in: Obviously, getting it road worthy is first.
Then in no particular order,
front drivers side wing.
rear seats - only have the frames.
missing tool box in front of spare tyre.
currently has a home made battery box.
No rear frames or cover.
missing sides rails.
Deal with the rust. (mostly surface - had to repair the drivers side rear panel next the engine as there were rust hole all the way through)
- rear quater of bed before repair.jpg (106.78 KiB) Viewed 3434 times
After quick repair (needed for MOT)
- rear quater of bed after repair.jpg (67.56 KiB) Viewed 3434 times
I'll put some more pictures of other issues / repairs later.
John
Haflinger 703AP LWB 1973 - (Once owned by Lady Sutherland & Sons.) Now called "Lurch" !
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