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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #30 on: August 10, 2022, 09:39:20 AM »

An interesting blue truck in the photo.

The guy down the hill from us owns a huge house with a massive garden which he opens up for picnics / mobile fish and chips / wedding marquees etc.
He's got a large collection of vintage stuff from 1930's Austins, to trucks, tractors and even a couple of old Romany caravans.

He tends to park them randomly around the area with advertising hoardings on them for his business !
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #31 on: August 10, 2022, 06:41:07 PM »

Given the current weather, today was a short drive down the hill for an ice-cream with some improvised shade !

Good to see the old girl still out and about  :o
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #32 on: August 11, 2022, 11:22:33 AM »

Good to see the old girl still out and about  :o

I'm not sure my Mrs will appreciate being called that   :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #33 on: August 11, 2022, 06:20:24 PM »

Last leg of tour arrived home at 1am this morning 1500 miles done , at Folkestone had three compliments of series was stopped at customs the chap said only stopped you as it’s the best car I’ve seen today . On the train had a Rolls Royce behind me chap got out and we talked Land Rovers all the crossing I said I think yours maybe a bit more comfortable than mine , at least he also had a new defender as well made the crossing go quickly … :cheers
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #34 on: August 13, 2022, 09:19:12 PM »

Moved the land rover to get the camper into the shade at the side of the house to work on a rooflight.  It is so warm that it started without using the heater plugs

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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #35 on: August 14, 2022, 10:44:20 AM »

Moved the land rover to get the camper into the shade at the side of the house to work on a rooflight.  It is so warm that it started without using the heater plugs

Peter

Interesting point about ambient temperature. Is there a baseline temp where it might be said that a Diesel engine will fire without pre - heat ?
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #36 on: August 14, 2022, 11:09:31 AM »

Which Diesel engine ?

Each engine type will have it's own characteristics.

The Land Rover 2¼ engine has a particularly high compression ratio at 23:1 and (normally) needs quite a bit of heat to fire up...
Usually you need the heaters on for the 1st start of the day, thereafter it will start on the key.

Conversely the Tdi family of engines (CR at 18:1) will start with no heat come-what-may with the ambient temperature.
Indeed, may owners don't bother wiring up the glow plugs!


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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #37 on: August 14, 2022, 11:24:23 AM »

Which is odd - you would expect the higher CR to start more easily.

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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #38 on: August 14, 2022, 12:20:08 PM »

Alan, a 5 bearing 2.25 diesel.  It has always been a good starter but it hasn't been started for over a month and it fired first time no heat.  I am really impressed

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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #39 on: August 14, 2022, 12:32:33 PM »

Got very excited when the washers I ordered arrived sealed in their original 1962 packaging  :first



Hopefully they'll solve my 2022 oil leak.
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #40 on: August 14, 2022, 04:32:30 PM »

Played Land Rover chess in order to fit the 58 in when it arrives in a few days time. Started the Aussie 2a for the first time in over a month and found the fuel pump is weak, so that's another job!
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #41 on: August 14, 2022, 05:13:18 PM »



The Land Rover 2¼ engine has a particularly high compression ratio at 23:1 and (normally) needs quite a bit of heat to fire up...
Usually you need the heaters on for the 1st start of the day, thereafter it will start on the key.

Conversely the Tdi family of engines (CR at 18:1) will start with no heat come-what-may with the ambient temperature.


Are the Tdi's better starters due to being direct injection, unlike their predecessors?
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #42 on: August 14, 2022, 06:40:25 PM »

2.25 diesels are better starters if you fit a 200 or 300 TDI starter as they crank the engine faster.  I have one fitted to my 2.25 diesel perhaps that is why it didn't need heat.  Our other 2.25 diesel is fitted with a genuine powerlite high speed starter.  It cranks over really fast

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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #43 on: August 14, 2022, 07:07:43 PM »

A 35Km  run out in Loch Ard Forest....
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Re: What did you do with your Series 2 today ...
« Reply #44 on: August 15, 2022, 11:23:07 AM »

Played Land Rover chess in order to fit the 58 in when it arrives in a few days time.

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Wouldn't this game be more effective?  :tiphat
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