Blimey, time flies, and house extensions seem to have taken most of it up.
Anyway you may remember some months ago I talked about the handbrake being less than efficient.
I thought as part of my quest to fix all the various oil leaks and little niggles, that I'd investigate further. Hmmm.
On removing the drum I found a lot of oil. The rear output oil seal had clearly gone. I therefore spent a couple days (on and off) stripping the whole handbrake mechanism off.
I found it impossible to remove the old (metal and leather) oil seal from the speedo housing, so I removed the housing, taking the opportunity to clean this as well, then pressed out the old seal and pressed in a new one.
I then soaked the handbrake in petrol to remove all the oil, and cleaned it - the shoes (well worn - as well as oil soaked ) They appear to be the originals (labels under the linings marked 10/52 - the landrover was built 11/52)
Above is a picture after it was cleaned, rebuilt and new linings riveted on.
