Diary: April to June

19/4/00: Heading to Scotland to spend time with my parents and to finalize all the paper work.

30/4/00: Progress report - Scotland

• Have replaced all the lock barrels on the Landy, so now I only need one key to open the doors, there was a bit of a mismatch of keys which made things very confusing.
• Put new hasp & staple on rear door, and fitted security grid to rear window, so all 5 rear windows now have security grids. (don't forget the 2 small ones at the rear)
• Fitted a cassette player, so I can play my short wave radio through the car stereo via a cassette adaptor. (thanks for the radio Bob)

Still to do:

• Fit spare wheel carrier to back of Landy. (Richard, the previous owner advised me that the door is likely to fall off if she has to do another trip with the spare wheel bolted to the door, and I'm inclined to agree)
• Fit heavy duty shocks and springs to the rear. (Also on the advice of Richard)
• Fit Polybushes all round
• And the major task is to fit an extra fuel tank below the rear floor. Due to the limited space available in a 90" I felt that if I could reduce the amount of jerry cans I'm carrying this would give me more load space in the back.
• I'm probably also going to get a new clutch fitted, as I'm sure the current one is one it's last legs.
  

12/05/00

• Have changed all the prop shaft universal joints, and fitted new wheel bearings where required.
• Spare wheel carrier for rear wheel is now fitted.
• Have made and fitted a fold down table for the rear door, which should come in useful, or so I've been told!
• Changed all fluids for engine, axels, gearbox(s) radiators e.t.c and fitted new filters where nessecary.
• Have fitted some lash down points in the rear to secure all my gear.
• The heavy duty shocks, springs, polybushes and new clutch have arrived, but my parents have left me house sitting for a while whilst they go on holiday, and I'm left with Maggie as my only transport, so major
  jobs that could leave me without transport have had to be put on hold for a while.
• Paperwork side of things is going ok. Carnet, Visas e.t.c are well in hand.
• I've also been spending a small fortune on spare parts, tools and various bits of equipment, but I think I'm pretty well sorted now for kit.