I may have only entered the first post a few hours ago, but there have been several developments since then (mostly good), and I think they merit a new entry.

On the plus side I have secured a new set of front seats for Hero on Ebay, which are badly needed as the old ones are just crumbling foam on all but the driver's seat (which has a torn cover and a broken base).

As you can see from the photo, the covers are necessary to hold the seats together (and yes I have a third cover that I've washed and now need to sew up the tears).

The new set will be a massive improvement and will actually make the Landy look less like an abandoned vehicle!




I've also managed today to arrange to go and see a local Land Rover specialist garage tomorrow who said they have the parts I need to finish the rocker cover. The last owners abandoned their rebuilding leaving the rocker cover without washers, nuts or even one of the studs that goes though the cover. I've also managed to source some wire I need to rebuild the rear lighting loom, which will make life a lot easier. In the interim I spent more time under the Landy tonight, and now have a full set of rear lights. The wires I've had to reconnect won't last with any use, so will need to be replaced, but at least I know now which wires match which circuits, the Haynes was no help here as the wires are not the colours they are meant to be! The wire I previous thought was a botched repair turns out to be the loom for the tow hitch (for the trailer's lights). Since the old hitch was removed when the rear crossmember was replaced this wasn't obvious. I've left it in place for now as I may re-add the hitch before the vehicle goes for an MOT.

Another stroke of good luck today was a colleague lending me his battery charger, which is a heavy duty one and should be able to charge up the 12v 95Ah beast that the Landy uses. My charger was nowhere near gutsy enough and after 12 hours plus of charging the battery had next to no charge. If the battery has no charge after tonight, it's obviously dead and will need to be replaced..but at least I know!

While checking under the bonnet this evening I saw the fuel sedimentor was poorly attached to the bulkhead. This turns out to be because one of its mounting holes is broken. I think the easiest way to repair this will be to drill some new holes for it and move it a few millimetres to the left.

Now the only really bad bits of news for tonight. I broke what I'm told might be called a Spire Fixing on the steering column case, but as the part was badly bent, replacement was likely anyway, and the damage to the side of the tub shown in the last update's picture is a little worse than I thought, and will require stiffening once the crease is beaten out.