Full Disco Rebuild (with pics)

[solihull-mick]

Here we go again, this is a rebuild thread,  i have the skill and place to do this job, and to be honest i enjoyed every minute of it, cost is not an issue, Chris has no intention of selling Ruby, so why not rebuild it? put some pics up of your motor!

And as for calling my work a patch up, i love to see your welding, maybe you could teach me a thing or two, i dont make a good living on patching up cars,

[disco toy]

Didn't mean to cause trouble guys, just expressing my opinion no need to jump down my throat Mick. Are you lot allways as friendly as this.

[extreme90]

Didn't mean to cause trouble guys, just expressing my opinion no need to jump down my throat Mick. Are you lot allways as friendly as this.

in our own little community we are friendly, as we all share a love fo land rovers
mick has restored that disco and now its going to last another 15 years, so, when all the td5s are rotted through and people are patching them up, that disco will still be around, with its value being through the roof

i suppose your going to say im a idot for cutting my normal back 90 up and converting it to tray back....now 3 months on, its back to a normal 90,
so what,
 :roll:

mick great job there fella, altho, it could have done with a nice silver " go faster stripe" down the side  :lol:
dan

[solihull-mick]

If the work is done as a favour, there is no cost. Skibum

Commercial business doing a favour...... wouldn't be in business for long......, unless someone else was being stung...... IMO

What are you going on about? people getting stung? makes no sense to me, not that its anybodys business if i charge for work or not, you cant put a price on helping friends,  thats the good thing about owning the company that repaired ruby, i can do it for free if i want too,  Hey lets face it im sure there are a few motors on here that have had help from companys that dont even know it, as the tesco add says "every little helps" or perks of the job perhaps, oh well im sure i can cope, but thanks for the concern, :lol:

[corrosiverob]

and this is the reason why i have not been on mc ....... Mick keep up the good work my friend  :clap:

[Mr Alford]

i think uve done a cracking job looks awesome, ive got to do my head ligt surrounds and inner wings soon shudnt be that hard.................i hope

[lenster]

 [-X see yet again mick proves his point, yesterday mick wrestled with his trusty gas axe to replace my 'a' frame ball joint and other seized bushes. my boot floor has gone but its on the list of jobs which is a job that i will trust to mick, after seeing the quality boot floor in the new ruby i would be mad to go anywhere else. if land rover had spent so much time paying attention to detail instead of moaning and being on strike then perhaps our toys would last longer. it is only because of dedicated engineers like mick that we can stay road worthy. i've considered updating my disco for a newer and less rotten car, but after all the money and effort i've spent getting to know its various foibles i couldn't honestly be bothered to go through it all again. 'better the devil you know'

[AndyMacG]

After reading this lot ,I know where my disco will be going for some tlc in the near future

[gamekeeperjames]

this is awesome!! mucho respect to mick for putting the time and effort to restore this disco to a beaut!! i myself have been debating whether to get my disco sorted or weigh in for scrap. this thread has really added to me wanting to keep the old girl. like you say, you get attatched to the things and not just chop it in for a newer model. 

nice one :D

[mattyme]

absolutely fantastic thread!!

and an absolutely fantastic rebuilt ruby truck!! great work and an even better end result!!

its a pity that some people have expressed opinions, all be them entitled as they are, that are frankly none of their business.

im an advocate of free speech, but, c'mon fellas credit where its due to the excellent mechanical and fabrication skills that weve all seen here in this thread.
i only wish i had half the skill and knowledge to 'undertake'  :lol: such a mammoth task.

once again.... my congratulations!!  :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[lee celtic]

This thread is awesome  :clap: :clap:

great work Mick and helpers. :clap: :clap: Keep up the good work.....

It's been very helpful for me as I am attempting something similar this summer , I am booking a week off to do all the welding on mine (boot ,floor ,inner wings etc) I have got together most of the parts I can see I need , but I was worried about the stuff I can't see ...

Some of those photos are great cutaway pictures showing how the sills and stuff go together and suddenly it doesn't look so bad to do .

I used to work as a welder so that doesn't bother me but how bits were done did scare me a bit . Love the idea of cutting off the outer A pillar doing the repair then putting it back on  ..

Mine has about the same amount of rust but is much older . (according to this months LRO it's a pre production one) and as others have said I have no intention of selling or scrapping it , It's not just a car it's my hobby . (mistress as the misses calls it ) it was registered on the road on the 20th of November 1989 with 600 miles on the clock day one ,so it's nearly 20 years old  :shock: and with a bit of luck will be around for a very long time. :D :D

I wouldn't want a jap truck (no offence to those who do) I just love my truck , though I still don't have a name for her and I've had her 5 years. :-k :-k

I was thinking Arian (welsh for silver........)

[clover]

I scraped Pinky for less welding. I rebuilt a new green laner on a newer 300. When that reaches the end of its life I'll move onto other Land Rover or build a 100" defender hybrid or a NCF Blitz Sahara.

Here is what became of Pinky...

[ChrisW70]

Well, she's still going strong, few tweaks here and there, general maintenance jobs etc.

I cannot recommend Mick's services strongly enough - he is honest, hard working and extremely competent in all things vehicular.

Anyway, this thread was posted (some time ago now ) to give other club members an idea of the kind of work involved in carrying out these repairs and what can be achieved with a little time and replacement parts so it's probably time to recommend the thread is locked for posterity for others to use as a point of reference for any similar works or rebuilds (or restorations possibly) that they are carrying out.

I won't lock the thread myself as I would hate that to be seen as me abusing my privileges. 

[clover]

Yes I never realized it was such an old thread.  :doh: Pays to read the dates of posts.

I can understand now I think more about it why you want to keep Ruby on the road. You have had the old girl for quite a long time now! I think I may have been a bit hasty in what I said.  :-# Put it down to being hormonal or something! [-X

Just out of interest how is it fairing since having that work done?

 

[Frankie-Boy]

Well I must be mad too I suppose, Mick is also responsible for rebuilding my Disco I, and a cracking job he did too, see the work here http://www.mud-club.com/forum/index.php/topic,65984.0.html another big job but very much worth it to me.