Getting Ready

Tomorrow, Steve Hayes, a specialist in British automobiles (website here), will be over in late afternoon to see if we can start up the Land Rover. And so, today's Land Rover time was just making sure everything is in order as much as possible. The antifreeze is in, new spark plugs ready, battery fully charged, etc.. Also put the oil in the gearbox and transfer box for the first time. Tomorrow I'll put the fuel in the tank, and if time permits, oil in the differentials and swivel pin housings. If startup goes well, and Steve has the time, with luck the brakes can be bled tomorrow as well. We'll have to see how it goes.


Always fun working in the dark, seeing if the lights work. : )

Rear stop light, looking yellow due to the camera, and the licence plate light.

Front side and turn signal lights. They've weathered their 51 years quite well. The rubber even came back to pretty good shape after gently sanding off the dried/cracked surface layer.

Good thing my daughter's not grown up, or I think that once the Land Rover is running, Dad would be looking at it driving off into the distance. My daughter took the portable light and did a tour underneith, and asked a million questions about what things were what and what does this do. Second time she's done that....