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Main Section => Welcome to our virtual Pub Meeting ... => Topic started by: Wittsend on July 01, 2021, 12:07:33 AM
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A new month ... we'll soon be allowed out :cheers
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Checked caravan running lights "just in case" as heading out tomorrow. No brake lights :agh. Nor on the SW either :stars.
Turned out to be dodgy red wire in front-back trailer cable replacement for knackered original loom. The black wire was unused and had continuity so black is the new red for now (most likely for ever).
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Wheel restoration continues. Three down and started the last one. As i rotate around the vehicle i'm painting the brake drum (not the face of it though) and after i missed a trick when i did the first one i've now painted the hubs. Although i've freewheeling hubs at the front. So polished them up by sticking a wire cup brush over them. I've also wired brushed underneath chassis tub etc and give it a nice cost of paint thinned with old engine oil for protection.
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Did some final jobs to finish the details on my 88” restoration. Refitted the rear mudflaps using rivets instead of the plastic clips supplied. Fitted the twist locks to the door tops. Shimmed the rear channel in the sliding windows to stop the glass over travelling.
Got the steering setup nicely, and glad to report it drives so much better than it did.
He’s going to be sold soon. I need another project!
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Checked caravan running lights "just in case" as heading out tomorrow. No brake lights :agh. Nor on the SW either :stars.
Turned out to be dodgy red wire in front-back trailer cable replacement for knackered original loom. The black wire was unused and had continuity so black is the new red for now (most likely for ever).
A similar day, preparing the caravan for sale. Its been "the spare room" while we build an extension... Problems with corroded plugs, poor quality lamp-holders and poor connections in the socket on the back of the Landrover. The quality of much of the "trailer wiring" offering is dreadful, cheap-jack rubbish. I'd prefer to pay a bit more and get something that will last more than a few months...
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Did some final jobs to finish the details on my 88” restoration.
Wow. That’s looking spot on! Lovely photo as well.
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I've been slowly putting back all the patches for my floor and sealing them up with some polyurethane sealant. I wasn't a fan of the look so I coated most of it in some primer. Only 12 patches left to think up, measure, cut, bend and drill. Hopefully the tub will be finished in the next few weeks and I'll be able to start on the bulkhead
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You might have been better covering the whole floor with a sheet of aluminium, I did after I kept catching the patches that the PO put on the floor.
Peter
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Finished pipework to the new fuel tank on the dormobile and then fitted new tyres, adjusted the brakes and greased the hubs on the caravan ready for the trip up to Yorkshire at the end of the month.
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Refitted newly painted front shock absorbers and removed the rear shock absorbers which have been cleaned and primed.
I'm glad I did the lower pin bolt upgrade during my rebuild - much easier to fit/remove than the pin arrangement.
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…. turned it around before it rained, put it back in the garage and painted the last two of my old modular wheels, as they looked a bit shabby with the new tyres on.
I have even touched up the nuts and hubs with some satin black :first
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Towed a very full trailer to the tip, brought an empty one back. Successful mission. 88 towed like a beauty
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Installing flat heater , and converting to "ultra" fast 2 speed wiper motor
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More 'tidying' than anything particularly productive.
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Stripped an early transfer box and rebuilt two FW2 wiper motors. Just waiting for the gaskets and brushes to arrive and they can be returned to their rightful owners. Looked at my Station Wagon and decided against angle grinding and welding on a Sunday.
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To the tip again. Loft now empty
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Getting creative with a hot glue gun and some old packing foam on my window locks to see if I can get them to stop rattling (well, 200tdi, so everything rattles, but this is right beside my ear)
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Into town to arrange some "ramp time" with Stan at the garage. I've a small leak from the output of the front diff and I don't fancy trying to undo that big castle nut while lying underneath... While I was there I booked the cat-flap in with Mike at the shed next door to Stan, for some welding. The hinge on one side is tearing loose and needs plating to strengthen it.
Hopefully that will be one less leak and a major rattle sorted...
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Galvanised by another thread on here I've located Facebook groups for the three units that my Lightweight served with, joined the groups and posted a request for any in-service photographs. Cameras were not so common "in the field" back then but fingers crossed someone will have some happy-snaps...
G.
Edit - half a dozen responses already including the name of a Radio Op from the right Sqn at the right time - Messaged him!
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Fitted newly painted rear shock absorbers and went for a test drive.
Fitting the polybush bushes instead of the original rubber ones which were starting to crack has significantly increased the ride quality :RHD
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I finally got round to fitting a decent set of e-marked LED headlight units.
They were £70 including delivery from EvilBay.
The beam pattern and cut off is spot on and they draw next to no current at all.
I got them from here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284341411134 if anyone is interested I put in a cheeky below buy it now offer that was accepted immediately.
Pete-with-a-v
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Finally got around to using my Rivnut tool for the first time, so the risk of my coil dropping off the bulkhead is now much reduced!
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Helping fight run away veld fires on neighbours farm. Thank fully more help arrived quite quickly.
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Took Dormy into Norwich this evening (OK, now yesterday) for my regular snooker night as SWMBO needed the car.
Clutch pedal stopped working not far into the trip and made the rest of the journey there and home 'interesting' (still won 2 games out of 3). Had to laugh at the little eurobox in front of me stopped at lights who stalled trying to get away. Fortunately I had paused long enough before pressing the starter button to let him on his way.
Quick look showed fluid in the reservoir so may be looking for a new master cyl. seal kit - will find out tomorrow (I mean later today).
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Added a bit more storage capacity ready for my holidays.
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I took Gassy to Caffeine and Machine for a mini Land Rover show 😂. It was a 70 mile round trip and she never missed a beat, I’ve owned her for over 20 years and as far as my increasingly dodgy memory goes that is the longest single trip I’ve done in her.
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Today I put a repaired dynamo and regulator into Kata and the heart beats again in the rhythm of six cylinders, I started to solve the repair of the Bendix early booster .....
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Not today, but i did put the last one on today. Steel wheels attacked with wire cup brushes on both sides. Painted with rust convertor stuff to stabilise any rust. Inside was given a couple of coats white paint. Outside was given a coat of white as a primer then at least three coats of limestone and a coat of clear lacquer to finish. Brake drum hubs have also been painted black and hubs too. Freewheeling hubs cleaned up and given a coat of clear lacquer too. Not perfect but a lot better than what they were.
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Fitted Wipac LED stop/tail lights in place of the *&%^$ plastic bodied things that have been intermittent since I've had the car.
I may just fit the rest of the kit sometime, but for now, all the other *&%^$ lights are still working and the front ones will be a soldering iron and heatshrink job under the wings. The rear ones have handy choc-blocs :agh inside the connection boxes which just pull out when the lamp is removed.
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Got my priorities screwed up and refurbished the instrument panel.
Refocussed my priorities and fitted the passenger side footwell, A pillar and foot. At least one side is secure now. Quite pleased got the A to B pillar gap to exactly 882mm top and bottom! Just got to hope I haven't created a parallelogram
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Andy, not bad for a Series 3
Peter
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Andy, not bad for a Series 3
Peter
Don't tell them that Peter I was hoping to enter "wheel of the month"
Actually they are not perfect took me weeks because i can only do one at once, put the spare on and kept rotating round. So the passenger front was originally passenger rear. I'm happy with them and whilst off and on ramps or axle stands i've also been wire brushing the underside and painting with some old oil and black paint. And given all the inside a wash down too.
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Went to the 4X4 Spares day at Three Counties. Came back with an assortment of bits I didn't know I wanted and a couple I did. Also sold my roof rack to the nice chap who parked next to me :tiphat
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Started taking my first ever engine apart, slowly.
Keeping an eye on what goes where with plenty of photos.
It's seized so needs to come apart to be checked.
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Changed the engine oil, greased and checked levels in preparation for camping next weekend (which I’m very much looking forwards to)
About 1500 miles since I last checked and the transfer box needed 200ml and the gearbox 100ml
Then when I checked the overdrive it was overfull (by about 300ml I guess)
So I assume my oils are migrating to the overdrive somehow?
Also looked at fitting an adjustable drop plate but decided to leave it until after I’ve checked out what other people have fitted next weekend. Did I mention I’m looking forward to it ? :cool
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Took the track rods off to clean them up and get ready for new ball joints. Found two joints were the later type in the earlier tubes...
Looked at my steering relay and the leaking bottom seal. Decided to see if it might come out to do on the bench. I've never had much success with steering relays - they always seem to weld themselves into the chassis. Undid the two cross bolts having removed the arms. Undid the bottom four retaining fixings for the plate. Got out my copper mallet and gave it a tap... It came straight out! First time I've had one in 30 years which hasn't fought me all the way! Not sure if I actually believe that it came out so smoothly.
Might be worth pointing out that whoever fitted it, put a light smear of grease round the body which saved the day. I'll be forever grateful although I note that they had fitted it back to front...
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Took the track rods off to clean them up and get ready for new ball joints. Found two joints were the later type in the earlier tubes...
Looked at my steering relay and the leaking bottom seal. Decided to see if it might come out to do on the bench. I've never had much success with steering relays - they always seem to weld themselves into the chassis. Undid the two cross bolts having removed the arms. Undid the bottom four retaining fixings for the plate. Got out my copper mallet and gave it a tap... It came straight out! First time I've had one in 30 years which hasn't fought me all the way! Not sure if I actually believe that it came out so smoothly.
Might be worth pointing out that whoever fitted it, put a light smear of grease round the body which saved the day. I'll be forever grateful although I note that they had fitted it back to front...
I know that feeling, my steering relay practically dropped out after i removed all bolts, even after 40 years of sitting in a bush rotting away, luckily the post office mechanics greased it up when they rebuilt the front end in the 70s, all for a little bit of grease.
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The relay being seized in the boss was the thing that tipped me over the edge and saw me buy a new chassis from Richards.
My original chassis was pretty rough with plenty of repairs over the years but if I could have got the relay out I would have tried to salvage it, so it's probably just as well that the relay was seized in.
When the new one goes in it will definitely have a grease on it.
As my old foreman used to say, "with a landrover, if it is supposed to move grease it, if not paint it"
BW
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Currently at the scrapyard stripping bits off a series 3
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You're lucky Malcolm. No one down south seems to break Land Rovers any more. I don't know of any breakers in my area.
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Not quite today, but picked up my restored bulkhead from Tony Wood over the weekend. He has done a fine job of it, at least to my untrained eye. Certainly more work than originally envisaged. The PO was certainly a dab hand with the body filler. Do we think a trial fitting of the bulkhead is necessary given that it was all jigged during the re-work? I suspect the answer is yes, especially given the cost of painting.
My vent control parts arrived back from tin plating today and look good. A small niggle over the coating thickness over the more heavily pitted area. Doesn't seemed to have taken quite as well there as the rust free areas. In dialogue with the supply about that.
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Managed to get a radiator, diff, alpine windows, stub axles and a few other bits off the land rover. It's now pretty much stripped of everything useful. Unfortunately the only other series land rover they had has been reduced to a bulkhead. Next time I'm there I might think about getting some range rover 3.54:1 diffs
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You're lucky Malcolm. No one down south seems to break Land Rovers any more. I don't know of any breakers in my area.
Unfortunately all the good ones have either died off or been legislated away...
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Lucky though, the last I saw in a breakers had once been a very nice vehicle, the gorillas in the yard had done more damage than the accident that sent it there :-(
I still managed to get some useful parts though, including the dash ( fine bar a broken glass) and a smiths heater. I took the bulkhead but it had been mangled by whoever robbed the engine and gearbox.
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A little recovery job, helping the National Park Rangers out of a ditch.... they had pulled over to let a vehicle past and not spotted the very deep ditch. Low 2nd and pull away gently, no drama at all.
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Completed fitting replacement Jones front springs. Finally managed a job without having to seek help from the forum!
Now sitting nice and level, no more leaning down on the driver’s side. Hopefully will stay that way.
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Loaded up ready for a trip to six penny Handley
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Vapour blasted and ultrasonically cleaned my carbatooter.
Had a day of meeting S2C members. Fixed one vehicle (carb fault) and removed a broken hub flange bolt from another. Good day all round - especially now I've got hold of a set of WIPAC reversing lights.
Tomorrow may not be fun - got talked into picking up a 101 for a local garage... :agh I do not plan to work on it...
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Had to go into the city to pic up my motor cycle's repaired alloy wheels (damn pot-holes), then out into the countryside for some things for SWMBO.
Ran well and longest run since sorting a clutch problem. Nearly all set for Ripon !
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Moving the hay trailer & service support for the tractor ready for hay hauling at the weekend
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Today we moved the vacuum brake cylinders from the Midland Railway Royal Saloon to our workshop for overhaul, using the Skanky trailer!
Sunny Jim
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Rebuilt my Solex now its back from vapour blasting and ultrasound cleaning. Looks great although I can't say the same for the rest of the engine!
Having been through the mill for the last few days fighting tappets, rockers etc on another S2 engine, I thought I'd better refit my pushrods and rocker shaft to my own engine now that job is complete.
Moral of the story is best live in blissful ignorance and don't clean anything up properly before you refit it. The rocker shaft is shot - over 0.5mm wear on the thrust side where each rocker runs and 8 knackered rocker bushes.
I now know what I'll be looking for at Newbury...
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I’ve spent the day out in the heat refitting my hoodsticks and seatbelt bar after getting fed up with running a noisy truckcab.
Spanners were so hot they were burning my hands, and I’ve drunk 4 pints of fruit juice to combat dehydration.
And anyone who says a hot cup of tea will cool you down can get knotted. :-X
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Hopefully I've sorted the leaking hub, new oil-seal at the inner hub bearing. It was a nice day so teacher said we could play outside....
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Set off for Spain!
:cheers
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Set off for Spain!
:cheers
In your Land Rover, I hope.🤔
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Of course. Can’t cheat in the “what did you do with your Series 2 today” thread.
:cheers
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Erratic speedo. I've replaced the dodgy cable, so investigated the output flange nut. Split pin intact, but was only finger tight!
Soon tightened to the 85lbft. Now onto cleaning out the brakes of 6d Handley mud!
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…. did a tip run, temp gauge was approaching the red, :agh - hovering just under for most of the way there, then on the way back the same, then just like magic it dropped back to N half way home, just like the thermostat opened - could be sticking, I now know my next job !
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Took apart the spare diff I got from the scrapyard. It's maybe not as perfect as I thought :agh
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Early start for the ferry.
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A bit of polish and that will be fine...
So speaks an ex-South London motor trader... :tiphat
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Well yesterday, used as the works van to go to the tip and then 2 garden centres earning brownie points with SWMBO who ernjoyed the ride for a change.
Afterwards checking levels ready for the rally next week. Although there appears to be a drip from the bottom of one of the swivels it didnt need topping up.
This morning 20 month old grandson had to sit in the drivers seat, twiddle the knobs and blow the horn.
Peter
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Not today, but Saturday i took a run upto Fleetwood with my newly restored bulkhead to see the painter. Bumped into Jim Gardner who was admiring the quality of the restoration and quickly identified that it looked like the work of Tony Wood, which was nice to hear.
Hopefully I will pick up the painted bulkhead next weekend and I may just get out in some summer sun this year.
Cleaned up the gauges over the weekend, cleaning the glass for the first time in 60+ years. They look great, especially with the bezels repainted. Getting the bulkhead repaired has set of a chain of events leading to the instrument panel and vents being painted and hence the dials needing to be cleaned up.
I was struggling to find a source for the semi tubular rivets to rebuild my vent controls now they have been plated. I came across a small business in Birmingham who gave me the parts rather than start an order for 6 rivets of three differing lengths... Box of chocolates on the way to them now. Nice to find that sort of business to deal with. :tiphat
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A bit of polish and that will be fine...
So speaks an ex-South London motor trader... :tiphat
What happened to the diff bearing image? My comment looks somewhat out of place now! Perhaps some moderator may wish to remove both this and my comment above?
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What happened to the diff bearing image?
Still there. Must be hallucinating with the heat.
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Oddjob's early start and a new page got in the way!
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Got to move fast round here... I can't keep up!
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A bit of polish and that will be fine...
So speaks an ex-South London motor trader... :tiphat
Great tip, that could save me the eye-watering £13 for a new genuine bearing :neener
Maybe I should also have a go at simply polishing the oil seal running surface...
As long as it's someone elses concrete drive I park on :first
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I got a bit bored of cleaning and decided to test out some wheel cleaner and tyre shine I was given. Definitely makes the new(er) rims and wheels stand out
I then (safely) discovered brake cleaner is more flammable than I expected
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Not a bad commute. Stopped to close the gate. Coffee and sunshine 🌞
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Got some wiring to sort
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was a picture must be to large
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Changed injection pipes the silver one I had made at my local diesel specialist 550 miles away in Cornwall , was a quick turnaround sent old pipe as template new one perfect fit https://www.richardsbros.com
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I used to keep one spare straight injector pipe in my tool box in case one should fail. They are all the same length, to ensure the injection timing is the same on all injectors , and I could bend it to fit as appropriate . never actually had to use it.
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After last week's 135 mile touring of the Glens of Antrim and Antrim coastline (gorgeous!) on a full-to-the-brim tank, I decided that my fuel gauge was lying to me, still reading "full" when I got home, and that > 135mpg was not my actual fuel economy.
I removed, messed about with/tested, then reinstalled the fuel sender, and the fuel gauge is now reading between a half and three quarters, which feels about right (if perhaps a bit on the generous side, when peering into the tank with a torch ???). I'm not sure what the problem might have been - wiring seems ok, but it was a newly fitted sender so perhaps it got snagged on the fuel down-pipe when originally installed or something.
Will keep the 5l diesel can in the back as an insurance policy.
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Filled the problem Series 2 with the 9:1 compression ratio head up with new fresh Super Esso fuel. Took it for a good run. Runs beautifully.
Thanks to all for the useful help and input into this. It may well end up with a 8:1 CR head on it, but for now, we can relax a bit and enjoy it!
Then went to sort out the cylinder head on another Series 2 locally which had blown a head gasket. Valve lapping morning on Saturday coming up...
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Engine oil change and general check over!
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In the company of a Datsun 240Z if I' m not mistaken.
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In the company of a Datsun 240Z if I' m not mistaken.
Good spot given its missing some of its face!
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Re-balanced the wheels yesterday. needed a few extra weights to sort out the big 235/85 rubber
runs a bit smoother now at highway speed. still some vibration - i suspect its drive shafts...
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Took the S2 for it's MOT to the knowledgeable garage I've used for years, and it passed, again with no advisories (tho' I had to fix the front o/s sidelight while I waited to go on the ramp - muck in the bulb holder...).
Got a cheerful smile and nod from a guy on a classic motorbike and sidecar on my way back home. Didn't get a chance to see the make of bike sadly.
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Well finally after weeks of trying to sort gearbox I ended up refitting the originally noisy one back in and she lives and moved again at long last only took near 8 years lol so brakes to adjust seat box and seats along with seatbelts etc then trip to post office to get her taxed as it won’t let me do it online or by phone, oh the joys .😂
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Replaced the fuel hose from tank to fuel pump.
It was SAE 30 R9 ethanol resistant fuel hose that had been fitted for 6 years, the outer cover was badly cracked in several places, however on inspection the internal layers were untouched ???
Am I expecting too much that this hose should have lasted longer?
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Just getting it ready and the caravan for ripon, had made and fitted new rear brake pipes after a near catastrophic brake failure :agh on the way back from 6d Handley
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An annoying ticking noise - that I thought was a loose tappet - has been tracked down using my trusty stethoscope to the fuel pump :thud
I didn't expect that.
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Started getting ready for the rally as i am occupied for Sunday, Monday and part of Tuesday.
Trailer packed with tat sorry spares for the autojumble, I will not be selling stuff - it is to be given away but if anyone thinks it is worth having they could make a donation to the rally charity, the air ambulance.
Most stuff in the land rover, just clothes, perishables food and beer to go in late Tuesday early Wednesday.
I have also washed and polished it.
Peter
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An annoying ticking noise - that I thought was a loose tappet - has been tracked down using my trusty stethoscope to the fuel pump :thud
I didn't expect that.
I had the exact same issue with a Series 3 last week. Spent ages looking for a duff tappet only to find it was fuel pump / cam noise. My stethascope was a 15" 3/8 drive extension bar...
Classified as a NAFAF in Land Roverspeak
For those who don't speak Land Rover, that's "Not A Fault, A Feature"...
A bit like oil leaks
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Suggestions to cure it? I thought the arm rested on the cam.
I'm thinking of putting the old fuel pump in see if that makes a difference.
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I think its a tolerance stack with the after market pumps. In my case, I also think the cam is a bit worn, so don't want to open up that particular can of worms.
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"What did you do with your Series 2s today...?"
Er... Still nothing! Stood and looked at it. No gas to do any welding and no space because of other people's projects in need of intensive care.
Stripped a 2A head back measured the amount of warpage and talked the owner into letting me get it skimmed. Spent the rest of the day looking at other people's Series 2s and making a wish list for Newbury tomorrow.
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Stripped down my steering box and found some interesting marks on the bottom plate. Anyone have any ideas how they could be caused because as far as I can tell the main shaft (column?) shouldn't be able to touch it. Luckily nothing looks very worn and there's no pitting that I've found so thats good. Only other thing was the guide roller that sits in the machined slot on the side cover was quite stuck on and doesn't want to rotate smoothly. Hopefully some sanding will deal with that.
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I reckon that some time in the past somebody dropped a ball bearing into that on assembly. Easily done.
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That's would definitely make sense. It seems to have slightly marred the edges of the bearing race on the inner column but apart from that it seems fine
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Looks like you dodged a bullet there. Surprising nobody felt that roughness in use though! I would have thought that would have felt horrible.
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Checked the towing capability ready for the trip to Ripon …. All seems well so far..
Lucy
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Drove it up a hill.
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I think its a tolerance stack with the after market pumps. In my case, I also think the cam is a bit worn, so don't want to open up that particular can of worms.
I too have an annoying "tick" noise... I wonder if that is it. It is certainly not the tappets as they've been adjusted/reset a number of times...
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Listen along the head with a solid bar or long heavy screwdriver. If its more pronounced around tappet 6 or 7, the chances are that this is the issue.
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New spark plugs, adjusted valve clearance, went through and found a bunch of loose bolts to nipped them all up.
Exhaust disconnected, needs a packer piece to make it seal up to hopefully top this "puffing" out the exhaust.
Carburettor next, need to sort out the accelerator pump, think the spring is duff so its not really doing anything!
Going to buy a vac guage to give it a more accurate tune up.
Then pack and ready for a 9 day camping holiday!
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I too have an annoying "tick" noise... I wonder if that is it. It is certainly not the tappets as they've been adjusted/reset a number of times...
I had a tapping from the head of a 2.25 L and it was a worn rocker shaft and bush in a rocker , no amount of adjustment would alleviate it.
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I too have an annoying "tick" noise... I wonder if that is it. It is certainly not the tappets as they've been adjusted/reset a number of times...
I put the stethoscope on each of the bolts that hold the tappet slides in - that way I could isolate the noise down to one tappet. All were making a similar noise. Then I put the stethoscope on the fuel pump - that was where the noise was!
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Finishing off a good service, just got my refurbished dizzie still to fit and new plugs.
Changed the air filter to carb hose and, quelle horreur!! It had completely de-laminated inside, meaning absolutely no air flow at all to the carb! It's a wonder my old S2 was running as well as it was.
They can take abuse and neglect these old Series Land Rovers.
But I do feel thoroughly chastened and ashamed I'd let it get to that state, for the sake of a bit of time and around £10...... :thud
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^^^^ Years ago I bought a 90Td from a local estate. The staff hated the vehicle, said it was dangerous, engine was gutless, all wanted to drive the Ford pick-up. I got it for a fairly small price...
Replacing the knackered suspension bushes and in particular the badly worn joint in the steering column transformed the drive and the ride. Noting that the air-intake pipe was some random bit of tube....which flattened when the engine was revved - and replacing it with a genuine part transformed that too !
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After the problems with the knackered battery and the regulator box I decided to use the vehicle today. A round trip of about 12 miles with three stops, first taking some stuff and the knackered battery to the council coup then to the chemist in the village and then over to Bothwell for the post office and home again, all went without a hitch and a bit quieter too after refitting the 'hardura' over the gearbox tunnel the other day.
Yesterday the rear mudflaps were repaired by cutting the top 20mm off where it was badly cracked and refixing the steel angle further down, once fitted to the motor one didn't notice the difference. :neener
Dave.
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managed to replace 1 shock absorber before the heavens opened up and i was seeking refuge under the car hiding from the deluge of rain.... hopefully tonight i can get the remaining 3 done :-X
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Used the Landie to go to the railway club which is in Glasgow, enjoyed the drive and it ran well keeping up with the traffic. Saw a stupid cyclist in the bike lane texting on a phone so no hands on the handlebars, what an ijit. :thud
Dave
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I changed the brake light switch and after 24 hours with the brake pedal jammed down there doesn't seem to be any air in the system.
Now I have a spare switch.
Andrew
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Off to the Sawmill for fence stobs. I'd rather have been heading to the Rally :-(
A proper old-school sawmill, making stuff from actual trees on the premises...
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Well, what did I do with my S2a today? I sold it! Now just have my trusty 109 left. :cheers
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I have spent the day putting a (single) gaiter on the off side. Point 1, double lacing can be done without fitting it, put it on the axle and it's a whole different ball game. I finally got it laced up and tight. It looks a bit wrong but it seems to hold the leather together. When I started to fit it to the housing I remembered that people had said to put the lacing at the 10'o clock position. Point 2, this is impossible. I had the Britpart gaiters and the mounting holes are punched so as to put the lacing at the bottom. It has to be at the bottom as the bolt holes are not equidistantly spaced, there being a wider gap across the bottom pair that the rest of the holes. It's now on and all I need to do is tidy up the trailing cord and make sure that it won't come undone.
It did have them fitted when I bought it but they finally disintegrated and underneath the remnants of leather and road gunge the swivels were in excellent condition and I hope that the new gaiters will keep them that way
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I created a story board ready to take the 6 pot to Gaydon on Saturday.
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I spent the day repairing Fences to try to stop the beasties from wandering off to visit the neighbours... after a phone call last Sat evening to say they were a mile or more away from home.
New posts ready to go in beside the old ones, which look OK but are all broken, held up only by the wire.
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Looks nice and sunny in the Trossacks!
I have to confess this picture is from a few days ago but I have had some IT issues and been busy with other things. This is towards the end of a very hot run from Aviemore to somewhere southwest of Oban, non-stop through Spean Bridge, Fort William and just a brief stop in Oban to stock up with essentials. I had two teenage girl passengers (daughter and friend) to keep me company with gossip, and keep me supplied with snacks. I was originally thinking of doing this trip roofless but to be honest it was so sunny, we would have been burnt to a crisp, so the shade of the roof was quite nice. Plus, the gear in the back was piled up over the top of the tub in a right mess so the security of the roof was quite nice to have. Here we are stopping on a final little side trip to Easdale (which I had last visited in ?1996?), which is over the "Bridge across the Atlantic" to the island of Seil, for a swim in the sea to cool down in the late afternoon. Islands of Luing (near left), Lunga (right), and Scarba (middle far distance).
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Looks nice and sunny in the Trossacks!
I have to confess this picture is from a few days ago but I have had some IT issues and been busy with other things. This is towards the end of a very hot run from Aviemore to somewhere southwest of Oban, non-stop through Spean Bridge, Fort William and just a brief stop in Oban to stock up with essentials. I had two teenage girl passengers (daughter and friend) to keep me company with gossip, and keep me supplied with snacks. I was originally thinking of doing this trip roofless but to be honest it was so sunny, we would have been burnt to a crisp, so the shade of the roof was quite nice. Plus, the gear in the back was piled up over the top of the tub in a right mess so the security of the roof was quite nice to have. Here we are stopping on a final little side trip to Easdale (which I had last visited in ?1996?), which is over the "Bridge across the Atlantic" to the island of Seil, for a swim in the sea to cool down in the late afternoon. Islands of Luing (near left), Lunga (right), and Scarba (middle far distance).
Lovely Andrew, it's such a gorgeous part of the country. I'm looking forward to getting out there in my LR when its done!
George
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This evenings game is replacing the vent seal rubbers. I recovered a good, new looking, set from a wreck in the scrap-yard a while back, finally got around to fitting them. A mucky job scraping the old ones out together with the over-paint along the edges, fun too tapping long static split pins out to release the covers. Then a squirt of black Sika-Flex, snurgle the seal over the cover, to avoid having to unbolt it from the closing lever, grease and re-insert the split pins and start the clamping down procedure. Without too much effort I've got the vents closed to within 1 notch of fully shut. I think if there were two of us on the job and with someone outside pushing I could get it fully home. I'm not sure who the maker is, as above they came out of a scrapper.... but there must be some-one making nice soft rubber vent seals out there.
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Got the Land Rover filled by a pump attendant. It is a long time since that happened to it in the UK.
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I have spent the day putting a (single) gaiter on the off side. Point 1, double lacing can be done without fitting it, put it on the axle and it's a whole different ball game. I finally got it laced up and tight. It looks a bit wrong but it seems to hold the leather together. When I started to fit it to the housing I remembered that people had said to put the lacing at the 10'o clock position. Point 2, this is impossible. I had the Britpart gaiters and the mounting holes are punched so as to put the lacing at the bottom. It has to be at the bottom as the bolt holes are not equidistantly spaced, there being a wider gap across the bottom pair that the rest of the holes. It's now on and all I need to do is tidy up the trailing cord and make sure that it won't come undone.
It did have them fitted when I bought it but they finally disintegrated and underneath the remnants of leather and road gunge the swivels were in excellent condition and I hope that the new gaiters will keep them that way
All the gaiters have the holes punched for the lacing at the bottom, as I pointed out to Rover back in the late 60's . I was advised that when the company found the lacing caught on undergrowth & ripped off, they changed the instructions for lacing to be at the top rear. The gaiter holes were never changed as with a bit of stretching and squashing , and the leather impregnated with Vaseline, they can be made to fit as recommended. I always thought it a bit of a fudge but it seems to work .
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Well mine are staying at the bottom :-X . They're a bit(a lot) uneven but I think they'll work. Perhaps the nearside will be a bit easier as I have had practise.
I did think about lacing the gaiter very loosely off the axle and then slipping it, laced, over the brake drum then tightening the lacing to fit. But I don't think it can be made loose enough.
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Decided to install a fire extinguisher. So that got fitted also noticed rusty patches on the ribs in the rear tub. So wire brushed them coat of rust convertor stuff and then a coat of paint. Once dry rubber mat will be back on. Also the wooden box covering the gas tank got a coat of paint too. Engine bay got a squiting of degreaser and a scrub with a brush. Then used a steam cleaner on it.
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Drove back from Ripon. 715 miles covered in the five days. Didn't miss a beat, but driver knackered!
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I drove back home too after 3 days hard laning at the rally, much nearer than Tim 2hrs and 10 mins, only casuality from the weekend is a knackered spring bush
Peter
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Spent the day at the Yeovil Steam Centre, Somerset. They were having a Steam Train, Tractors and Land Rovers day.
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This was a shake down drive for my Land Rover having just had a new cambelt and water pump fitted.
Gordon A