Offroad-Express

Hey all,
been a long time between visits but am back in the country and have a new project to soak up some time and money ...

sold the surf for my travels... was keen to find it again or follow the same path as last time but found this bad boy by chance............







First mission is to get it back on the road, everythings solid and motor is ticking clean and smooth.
Has the cert'd LD28 Donk running on the LR 4 speed box, Definatly keen on a 5 speed conversion if someones done one or crossed one on their paths?? Then its wiring, suspension, diffs and the drivetrain.
Will keep the pics and posts going as progress goes on...........

Cheer!
conan

Looks very straight and clean for it's age.

you are going to hate yourself after having a toyota! as for 5 speed look for an overdrive for the gearbox.

That things awesome. Ive always wanted a 5 door one

has it got a salisbury?

yeah everythings mint bar hinges eg exposed last 6 months,

as for trading from the toyota family to the landy side.... was hard ....... but was too much temptation to pass up.. shall be a good era i rekon!!!

Salisbury situation i cant confim - havent opened them up yet, but it does have that egg shape going for it .
And the stock standard box in the back when i brought it complete with a set of diffs with missing teeth so may be ..

Question - have googled but no quick answer... CERT plate tells me im bolted to a 4Spd box WITH Overdrive,
wheres the lever normally situated of the case?

hey conads, the lever for the overdrive unit is usualy on the back of the small tunnel on the right-hand side facing the the handbrake lever, im sure i got a photo of it on the thread i done, ill check n post back if there is. i also run a landy, 68 series 2A with cert'd ld28 in it.

Dave

i just checked the thread i done for my landy & i do have a couple of pic's showing the overdrive lever so have a gander

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=10608

i do have more pics i took to add but i have to find what drive i left them on

Dave

cheers dave, checking it out now,

yeah as i thought , must have exploded and been removed since then, stripped a bit of carpet and found where lever used to run out between handbrake and the tunnel..

shall have to find a replacement.

i just remembered i did see a exploded view of a overdrive unit, ill have a look for it n post the link, just so ya know what parts are n look like, incase ya want to make replacements. i have the info on paper but i dont have a scanner to put it on the pc

Dave

ok found it

http://www.faireyoverdrive.com/ ... main page

you'll see the link on that page for the manual.

there are 2 brands of the unit that fit the landy (well that i can remember haha)
they aren't exactly the same but similar.

Dave

cheers dave, brillant link.
found a set of parts for a fairy on trademe - reserve met , landys are all new to me ; any idea on what second hand fairys etc go for in nz??

cheers
conan

I wouldn't have a clue conads, i do remember about a year ago I was searching for one & found a recon'd second-hand unit & that was going for $1200, but as of a price for one today i wouldnt have a clue

auction was for two units in peices - finished at 4;47 pm so had to autobid, went for 305 in the end raked my bid up 2 300 that morning

bummer about auction goin up that much, i hate it when it does that too, atleast u'r able to get 2 units,

hopefully u'll be able to make one good one out of the 3 now n u'll have enuff spare parts

i missed out on it... , never mind. ill keep hunting.

How you going on the power steering situation? heard a few people have used the MQ patrol power steering in their L/R..

i've only just started lookin for a unit to use

i'll keep that in mind about the MQ power steering unit

after these small parts are paid for next on the list is going to have to be a mig welder

hey all,

bit of an update, but for the moment im missing a camera so pics will have to wait..

have stripped interior out of landy and all wiring is now in the skip, windows, doors, bonnet, window tracks and seals are all out. left with an empty shell thats still drivable
( a pain in the arse having no back rest on the drivers seat when you need half a ton of pressure to work the 70s pedals )

currently sanding back door frames and alu panels, top of drivers door will need replaced, everything else seems to be cosmetic so far...........

once everything on the body is tidy and primed, i will redo all wiring and make a new loom....

still in two minds about running gear... if i can find a replacement overdrive then i will stick to current set up ... otherwise if a donor vehicle arises with a 5pd, pto and leafs all round will go in that direction...

Will get those pics up asap for all you pic wh*&es, who depend on them to survive

On a side note installed a lift kit in my daily wag last night, 97 SWB prado... wasnt as daunting of a task as i imagined! so far happy with how its holding together!

chur

Conan

hi ran a fairy o/d in a 1980 series 3 for about 5 years and it always presurised the oil even with high vent tubes in the end high gear just wore out why not look at installing stage one v8 diffs complete theres a few around brand new from army auctions the rear is salibury and they are 3.54 ratio

I ran an overdrive in my old S3,i bought it new to replace a worn out fairy unit.I bought it from Forward Specialities in West Auckland back in the early 90's and paid $1800. It was a made by superwinch. andi had years (14) of trouble free motoring up till i sold the truck.Good luck with the work