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[Herald1360]

Had a 50 mile round trip to parents yesterday to do some gardening duties.  This was after having re-gapped the spark plugs to 0.8mm from 0.6mm - it's lost in the mists of time as to why/who said I should have a 0.6mm gap with Luminition electronic ignition 

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Cheers,

Chris

0.6mm is almost 25 thou which would have been the original plug gap spec for standard coil and contact breaker ignition. Any uprated spark generation system with higher HT voltage will benefit from a larger gap  'cos there will be more energy in the spark that way.

[andyjb]

Had an early morning run up the M6 and the Ferry to Tarn Hows in the Lake District. Home via the quiet lanes on the edge of Grizedale Forest and then eventually straight down the A6. Also on the way home searched out just north of Lancaster a nice little track and also a green lane for future club runs. Lovely day out weather wise and a nice 130mile round trip. It's only the second day too that the ferry had been running since all the rain last week, the lake levels had been to high.

[MikeT]

Did the up grades to the slave cylinder housing as per Wittsends advice.

[Genem]

Sorted a leaking front hub and replaced the contaminated brake shoes. The very clear pictures in the "General Maintenance" section were very helpful as a reminder of which way the springs go... Thanks very much Wittsend for the write-up.

The Bearmach shoes, made in China, went on easily, no binding, seemed well made with a solidly peened steady post and chamfered linings. Time will tell.

Edited to add. One annoyance, the two small bolts that hold the retaining clamp on the shoes were M6 rather than UNF. Meant I had to stop using my "onboard" tools and go find a metric 10mm spanner. This seems to be common with the pattern replacement shoes ? 

Image from the Club website.

[Paul4978]

Picked up a ton of smokeless coal from the end of the track as the driver wouldn't come down, prob sensible.
Likely beyond the limit of the trailer so put some in the loadspace.
The 88 in low ratio 4wd was brilliant to control the tow over the lumps, but was not smokeless!

[Wittsend]

... Is your Land Rover steam powered ?

 

[andyjb]

... Is your Land Rover steam powered ?

 

There look's to be a big chimney stack coming from it !!! So maybe? 

[Paul4978]

There look's to be a big chimney stack coming from it !!! So maybe? 

I thought it looked like a Dodgem car

[TimV]

Getting into winter. So may need the lights. Checked the headlamp alignment, quick bit of adjusting looks OK.

[Paul4978]

... Is your Land Rover steam powered ?

 

I do have some of these in the garden, so could develop a hybrid 😂😂

[TimV]

Nice model of 'Russell'!

[Paul4978]

Nice model of 'Russell'!

It's a Roundhouse Russell, slightly modified

[Paul4978]

Thanks, btw
Where are my manners?
A bit distracted today

[andyjb]

This week a couple of nice early morning runs to work and today a trip to the local tip. One of the employees up there started chatting to me about the land rover and also another one that visits on a regular basis. A nice lovely Series 2 1959 year, belonging to Peter (Romahomepete).Also a friendly wave from a Discovery 4 driver.

[Peter Holden]

Cant be me Andy mine is a 58!!

It is really, they know me quite well, I wont have a garden bin, taking green waste to the tip is a good excuse for a ride.  they are always keen to have a chat, one of them used to have a classic motorcycle.

Peter