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[whitehillbilly64]

All Moved. No problems.
Amazed how it easy Gilbert pulled it.
Thanks.

whitehillbilly

[whitehillbilly64]

Good morning.
Put in crank handle, and it still turns over.
I did get this landy running a few years back.
It was seized. Soaking for several months. Still no good, so head off to discover No 4 cyl was not moving.
Fixed then sorted out Air filter to carby pipe work.
Generator, 68 but looks a bit new compared with other bits in engine bay.
Rear rings, 13 leaves.    Front Rh 10, LH 11 leaves.
Thanks.

whitehillbilly

[whitehillbilly64]

Silicone bends and 2"exhaust pipe.
Bonnet and fire wall coated with some sort of sound deadening tar.
Hopefully will pressure blast off.
Yes, Gilberts old hard top.

whitehillbilly

[whitehillbilly64]

Few more pics.
Firewall, well i have seen far worst.
Chassis it better than what i started with, on Gilbert.

whitehillbilly

[whitehillbilly64]

Last one for today.
Thanks for looking.

whitehillbilly

[w3526602]

Hi WHB (I have to key with one finger),

You seem to be missing the "roof-rail/hardtop"plot.

602

[whitehillbilly64]

It allows better ventilation in the S2.  [

[whitehillbilly64]

Good Morning.
Tidied up the 25D dissy today. New Vac Advance unit.
All fitted to the S2, plus a few wires and a coil.
Battery was very poor, so jumpered up the Pos earth Fergy.
Little hit of 'start ya b&%ard and it fired up, sucking fuel nicely from its Soda bottle fuel tank.
Ran a ltr of fuel, then switched it off.
New battery needed. Check head torque, and tappets.
Sounds like a miss.
What oil and amount goes in the SU carby. might of added, Singer sewing machine oil, or 3in1 but may of added SAE 30
Thanks.

whitehillbilly

[whitehillbilly64]

Good morning.
Having a good look over S2 things today.
Lots of chopping with angle grinder.
Chassis half as bad a Gilberts when I started his rebuild.
Noticed swivels have grease nipple between the 4 top pin bolts. Std or mod ?
Fitted brake shoes and Cylinders, on the 4 corners.  Made a couple brake lines and fitted. Rear hose had collapsed internally, so fitted a as new one I had.  Fronts OK. Next job the master cyl. Have a couple of different rebuild kits.
As it moves. it would be nice to stop.
Looking at the Chassis, in the middle of the tub, identical repairs on both sides.
With the firewall plate, saying '109' and a none factory looking welds on the cross member, in front of the gearbox cross member,
Could a 109 be shortened to a 88 ?
Pic to come.
Thanks.

whitehillbilly

[Formerlyjeremy]

109 chassis is deeper top to bottom.  Later ones are made of 2 channel sections welded top and bottom where they overlap rather than 4 flat plates like S2 and 3 SWB.  Changeover date - later 60's??

This means that gearbox support crossmember is flatter and loads of other changes.  Back springs are mounted outside the chassis not underneath.  Back of chassis doesn't drop down like a SWB.

[Wittsend]

Regarding the "grease" nipple on top of the swivel pin.

It was not a standard  modification or extra from the factory.
(Could of course have been different for the downdunder CKD flat packs, but I doubt it.)

It was a modification first published in our B2L in 2004!



It was intended for injecting EP90 oil to the swivel pin. Oil being a better/preferred lubricant.
This modification would be ideal for those with FWH disengaged for most of the time.


 

[Wittsend]

Regarding what grade oil to use in the SU dash pot

You want a light oil - 3-in-1 is ideal. Engine oil is a little too heavy. It's the viscosity of the oil that's important here.
You want the needle and piston to be damped - BUT to be able to react instantly to the throttle position.
This is more important in a racing Mini than a Land Rover workhorse.

In my Minis I used RedX
I liked the colour and it worked well enough for me 

 

[scotty]

Hi whitehillbilly64 great to see you’ve got it back home and the progress is coming along nicely, looking forward to following this project  Paul

[whitehillbilly64]

Thanks for all the replies.

whitehillbilly

[gvo416j R.I.P.]

Looking at the Chassis, in the middle of the tub, identical repairs on both sides.
With the firewall plate, saying '109' and a none factory looking welds on the cross member, in front of the gearbox cross member,
Could a 109 be shortened to a 88 ?

Not an easy task by any means, but with landrovers anything is possible.

As others have pointed out there are a multitude of differences between the swb and lwb chassis, both minor and major.

There was one in the P&D LRClub many years ago but I cannot remember any details.
 
Thiking about it ;-
The lwb has the rear springs outboard of the main chassis and the front mount for the rear spring hangs from an outrigger mounted to the 'high' part of the chassis rail under the rear body.
The swb has the rear springs directly under the chassis main rail and the front mount for the rear spring is fabricated into the part of the main chassis rail where the chassis is changing from the dropped centre section up to the 'high' part which supports the rear body.

I would imagine that whatever type of rear spring you went for on the finished item [lwb or swb] really obvious evidence of the bodge would be left in the chassis around the front mount for the rear spring.

Thinking further the finished vehicle would probably need to have swb spring alignment because of the underseat fuel tank(s) -- the P&D example was a competition vehicle with its tank in the rear body.