A new month ... tell us what you have been up to today.
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Yesterday I visited my nephew and saw the 1948 sideplate engine running.
Also collected some parts for my spreadbore engine build
Peter
3hours of effort, some profanity, a lot of heat and some violence and I've managed to get the dynamo stud out. Small but satisfying.
Well done. Perseverance pays off!
Quote from: diffwhine on Mar 02, 2024, 10:27 PMWell done. Perseverance pays off!
Thanks, I didn't think it was going to move, but after lots of heat, tapping and plus gas applications it finally gave in. I still need to clean up the hole through the casing and will run a drill bit through it tomorrow and apply some copper slip . The stud is probably reusable, at a push, once the threads are cleaned up but I'm going to source a new one to be on the safe side. Your advice on here gave me the confidence to persist. Cheers 👍
Not a minor achievement at all. Removing something like that in one piece is a major success
Peter
I'm on with fitting a new tub floor with proper crossmembers as the plywood one with box section I put in when I restored it has rotted, I have a bit of a question as to the location of the longitudinal rubbing strips.
I'm assuming that they should be riveted directly over the longitudinal channels and should they're be 3 of 4 bearing in mind that this is technically a series 3 tub?
Hoping that your all well
Many regards Chris.
Lovely meet at broadway tower then a spot of sliding about.
Met up with other South Wales LR people at Lle Tarw coffee cafe at Ynyswen. Nice people, a good variety of vehicles old and new. Excellent coffee, and thanks for the bacon butties Hywel
Went via the forestry track Heol Tir Lan between Ystradfellte and Coelbren. A huge fallen tree stopped me just after the Ford so had to go back and round the long way.
Blue skies and sun made it a good day
I replaced the corroded ali brackets on the n/s sill panel, bonded with Tiger seal and countersunk pop rivets. Nice to see daylight after five o'clock and see the ground beginning to dry out.
A few steps forward after a recent Turner head upgrade.
Engine was running badly with various manifold leaks (NOS - sort of - inlet and new Britpart exhaust manifold). An hour or two patiently resolving minor issues with the inlet and repeatedly trial fitting seems to have paid off.
Generally, I'm impressed with the Britpart (Chinese made) exhaust manifold. All the faces have been straight and in line and all the tapped threads for studs have been well made. Only one minor issue - a bit of casting around one of the flanges hadn't been cut back quite enough to clear one of the mounting bolts but was easily resolved (after I'd killed the first bolt...) with a grinder.
Proper tuning should start later this week when the final parts of the Zenith I've rebuilt come together.
Quote from: simonbav on Mar 03, 2024, 06:25 PMI replaced the corroded ali brackets on the n/s sill panel, bonded with Tiger seal and countersunk pop rivets. Nice to see daylight after five o'clock and see the ground beginning to dry out.
I need to do this with mine. Any chance of a picture of the outside of the panel please.
Sunday tip run. Always surprises me how much you can wedge into an 88.
And no dodging the cameras either
Peter
Quote from: Littlelegs on Mar 03, 2024, 09:36 PMQuote from: simonbav on Mar 03, 2024, 06:25 PMI replaced the corroded ali brackets on the n/s sill panel, bonded with Tiger seal and countersunk pop rivets. Nice to see daylight after five o'clock and see the ground beginning to dry out.
I need to do this with mine. Any chance of a picture of the outside of the panel please.
Sure will LL, I'll be back near it next weekend.
It runs!
First turn of the wheels since starting the Turner cylinder head upgrade.
It's only been round the houses to try and push out any air from the coolant - and is still waiting to receive my rebuilt Zenith - but it seems fine.
I had some fun and games with the old Weber - spent much of the day unable to get it to run or idle without some choke. I cleaned the Weber out but suspect the culprit was air leaks as the base of the Weber doesn't seem perfectly flat.
Interestingly, my vacuum gauge now gives a steady reading instead of the old flicker - and the Distributor Doctor 25D4 (with Pertronix) is giving a much steadier strobe trigger than I ever got with the old head and Powerspark.
Remember to give the distributor an occasional drop of oil under the rotor arm and down the gaps on the baseplate. Just a few drops are enough.
Your carbatooter bung is in the post. Gone First Class, so it should be with you tomorrow one would hope... :confused
No luck yesterday - hopefully today!
Lets hope it hasn't gone to the great sorting office in the sky like the first carburettor I sent you... That is definitely missing in action.
Took this lot to the tip this morning (Wednesday 6th March). The Land Rover is registered with the county council and no problems encountered.
Quote from: diffwhine on Mar 06, 2024, 09:18 AMLets hope it hasn't gone to the great sorting office in the sky like the first carburettor I sent you... That is definitely missing in action.
I'm crossing my fingers but... Nothing today! I'm just checking with our neighbours if we actually had normal mail today (there was a parcel van later on). Just found out our long-serving postie is retiring this month - explains the recent new faces - just hoping it's not ended up in the wrong place.
Back to the 'what did you do' theme - took the 88 for a short errand run and found at the end of it evidence of a coolant leak that looks as if it either originated from the new rad and then hit the fan - or maybe from the lower rad hose. Ikve cleaned up, checked all the (new) hose clips and added a second one to the lower hose.
Took it out for fuel and another quick check - and it was running badly (kangarooing). And the replacement speedo that was working so well stopped (cable issue I'm guessing).
I had put 10l of fuel from my spare can in halfway through the first errand - I've two inline filters so I doubt crud has got through but I can't remember when I last changed the spare can. Months rather than years, but it might partly explain the issues. I don't really want to waste time on that now if I'm (hopefully) swapping the carb out 'soon' though.
Used my landrover to tow a horsebox with 0.7 tonne of scraps steel to local scrap yard raising cash for Scout campsite funds,half filled with more scrap on our return.
£102.50 raised.
Will have to pressure wash underneath thursday as loads of mud off my tyres from pulling it off site.
I received the final piece of the Zenith 36 IV puzzle today so set about fitting it in place of the Weber.
Put all my tools away again as the Zenith has a 1/4" fuel spigot and the Weber has a 5/16" (I think - 8mm anyway)...
Grabbed the last 1/4" fuel hose in Halfords...
I've moved the inline fuel filter from above the manifolds to the other side of the engine - should be safe(r) there.
Took a bit of fiddling to get the engine to run up to temp - it seemed to object to choke to start with and quickly wanted to run without.
Took it out for a 20 mile run - it seems pretty happy and is a whole different experience to the 7:1 on a Weber with Powerspark dizzy...!
Hopefully, a bit more fine tuning and it will be right there!
Thanks for everyone that has provided help.
Finally got my rebuilt 2lt diesel engine running (for the first time in 10+ years) on my test rig with a "control desk" in front of it.
It sort of went OK, but the oil pressure took a long time to rise above 12psi, both on a Land Rover oil/water gauge and then on a proper test gauge.
It was rebuilt by an S2C member friend who came over for the first start-up. As the engine warmed up, the pressure slowly rose and was at about 30psi when he left. I ran it again this afternoon and when hot, the pressure got up to nearly 50psi (not of course running it too fast).
I have not experienced such a slow rise in oil pressure (which took several separate 10 minute sessions of running) and do not know why it only rose when hot.
Took out the dipstick and the oil was emulsified - which caused a temporary increase in heart rate!
It took us a while to realise it was air in the oil and not water! Haven't experienced that before either, but it eventually cleared and the oil returned to looking normal.
Any ideas about the glacier- slow rise in oil pressure?
Oh, and the water pump, believed to be good, spewed water the whole time the engine was running - so that's a rebuild to do next..... :'(
Quote from: Exile on Mar 07, 2024, 06:52 PMFinally got my rebuilt 2lt diesel engine running (for the first time in 10+ years) on my test rig with a "control desk" in front of it.
It sort of went OK, but the oil pressure took a long time to rise above 12psi, both on a Land Rover oil/water gauge and then on a proper test gauge.
It was rebuilt by an S2C member friend who came over for the first start-up. As the engine warmed up, the pressure slowly rose and was at about 30psi when he left. I ran it again this afternoon and when hot, the pressure got up to nearly 50psi (not of course running it too fast).
Could there be something up with the oil pick up pipe? Causing the pump the sick air as well as oil, would explain the low pressure and frothy oil? Just a guess mind you.
Good luck.
I have not experienced such a slow rise in oil pressure (which took several separate 10 minute sessions of running) and do not know why it only rose when hot.
Took out the dipstick and the oil was emulsified - which caused a temporary increase in heart rate!
It took us a while to realise it was air in the oil and not water! Haven't experienced that before either, but it eventually cleared and the oil returned to looking normal.
Any ideas about the glacier- slow rise in oil pressure?
Oh, and the water pump, believed to be good, spewed water the whole time the engine was running - so that's a rebuild to do next..... :'(
Dunno how I typed into the middle of that mate... it's still to early for my eyes to work properly.
Vacuumed all the debris from the tip visit and dog hairs from the back of the Land Rover then exercised the 4WD system on the dog walking byway then dog walk.
Today I have mostly been enjoying the literal fall-out of food poisoning.
But... I did manage to shuffle to the shed to stick a replica of the original dealer plaque on the dash.
I didn't have and tiny proper rivets so two brass machine screws will have to do for a while.
I can't find out much about steels garage, other than it existed for decades and they had a cool S1 107 tow truck.
Went to our monthly meet, 12 cars there! Workshop meet considering what to do with a car.
When I got home, the road tax was due for renewal, I braced myself for the bill - Zero - a nice feeling.
Nothing physical but agreement from the insurance company with the updated agreed value after sending in photos of YOD
Peter
Not my Series 2 - somebody else's as usual. :thud
200tdi engine - battling with two studs sheered in the front cover behind the water pump. Bruised and battered. Neighbours have learned some fresh Anglo Saxon today... Will attempt another go at it next week.
Why will nobody fit these things with anti-seize compounds? There also isn't a lot of room in there in a Series engine bay.
Front cover will come off once I've made a puller for the camshaft gear.
Did a run out with a few other members. Started at Longridge and ended at Wray via Slaidburn Bentham Dent on towards Kirkby Stephen and back via Sedbergh and Kirby Lonsdale. Even hit an altitude of over 1750ft. Nearly 140miles by the time I got home. Was good to have a run out.
Quote from: TimV on Mar 09, 2024, 04:20 PMWhen I got home, the road tax was due for renewal, I braced myself for the bill - Zero - a nice feeling.
My VED reminder arrived today too. Great to see a single round figure due, zero.
Taxed it. £0.00. Great.
I also received my CLR in the post yesterday, along with two Landrover Road tax reminders, one zero, one for£320🙁 Hey ho, take the rough with the smooth......
Got home from work a bit early, had half an hour to spare so swapped my alternator adjuster. I could never manage to get my fat little hands, a pair of spanner's and a little lever in there without lots of colourful language... so I ditched the slotted hole/bar thing for a turnbuckle and rose joints. Not exactly oem I grant you.
But now I don't need a dark room and blood pressure pills.
Dismantled the water pump.
The amount of pressure it took to shift the fan hub off the spindle, was huge.
Managed to press the spindle and bearing out of the pump without cracking the pump casing - that's a bonus!
Next is pressing the impeller off the spindle. Having been on there for over 60 years I don't expect it to give up without a struggle!
sort off land rover related, picked this up today from the bay, slightly less than £50,feel like i robbed the bloke.
Quote from: Exile on Mar 11, 2024, 06:52 PMDismantled the water pump.
Next is pressing the impeller off the spindle. Having been on there for over 60 years I don't expect it to give up without a struggle!
Update.
The impeller did give up without a struggle.
It snapped and broke in half, at the slightest hint of pressure on the spindle in the centre. :mr-angry
I may have a NOS one somewhere....
I wasn't happy with the way Grover's trop top vents turned out, so I've started sandblasting them in order to start over.
I knocked up a few sill panel brackets. Not bad for an hour's job, plus a template for the other two
I painted a few bits and bobs, the radiator surround, starter body, air filter elbow and rocker breather cap. Also removed a very dirty Solex carb.
Having looked at the carb, and not ever having stripped and rebuilt one, I'm tempted to send it off and get it fully cleaned and fettled. At some point someone has broken the vacuum pipe which was joined with flexi pipe in 2 places. They've also broken the little nut that goes in the carb body and seems to hold the pipe in. I don't want to wreck it so think it should go to someone who can sort it. The short rubber pipe that connects to the air cleaner has also melted internally at some point and dripped around the carb. I managed to get most of that off. Sort of productive and none productive today😂
Swapped the tailpipe metal mounting bracket for the stainless steel one. The rubber part is ok as it was a new assembly fitted Thursday 14th March. Just the centre one to replace now while I can still roll around under the Land Rover.
Second time this week I've had to unexpectedly jump in the land rover to go to work, because the car wouldn't start. However today I'd also to go over to the Union office in Warrington as well. So a good run all round.
After removing the flattened drivers side leaf spring with a view to take apart and renovate before realising the springs were Britpart, I fitted new jones springs today and treated him to new dampers as well. Heavy work for one person and the grinder had to be used for the u bolts one side. A job I don't want to be doing again any time soon!!
A very pleasant drive and dog walk on the first day of spring in the warm sunshine.
Spent the day freeing the clutch off a 109 which has been in long term storage after freeing the brakes off another 109 which had also been in long term storage. The hard work paid off and I gained an EP90 gear oil pump as well. Can't complain as it works fine and came full of EP90.
Anybody know where I might be able to get a new hose for it? Its ok, but I can see it giving up the ghost if I use it regularly.
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Quote from: diffwhine on Mar 20, 2024, 10:14 PMAnybody know where I might be able to get a new hose for it? Its ok, but I can see it giving up the ghost if I use it regularly.
Local hydraulics Company might fit the ends to a new hose.
That will be the local Pirtek agent then. Thanks - I'll have a chat with them.
That size hydraulic hose won't be very flexible.
Another great find on eBay an ever warm radiator lamp , apparently used before antifreeze was invented I think I'll stick with antifreeze, works great as well
New doors arrived from SP. They're sooo straight.
Just be careful when tightening up the door top fixings. The alloy on replacement doors is much softer than traditional aircraft alloy. Its really easy to dent. I speak from bitter experience...
Quote from: Bonnet-rouge on Mar 22, 2024, 03:48 PMAnother great find on eBay an ever warm radiator lamp , apparently used before antifreeze was invented I think I'll stick with antifreeze, works great as well
How in Sam Hill does it work?!
We had something similar for our trucks in Bosnia. It was just a paraffin burner a bit like what you would use in a greenhouse for frost protection. I'm guessing this is similar?
Here we go...
https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/engineheater.htm
Kind of reminds me of the WWI German MG08 & MG08/15 heaters as well as the tank heaters used on the Eastern Front in WWII.
Finally got round to rebuilding the double SU fuel pump on my 109 6cyl this weekend... Date stamp on stripdown photos was 2nd April 2023. Only took a year to get round to rebuilding it!
Got the last of four wheels painted today, had them blasted and primered then the cold weather took hold and the mojo went. Just the spare still to finish and the Landie can come off the bricks.... All in plenty time for 'Drive it Day' on the 21st next month.
Dave.
Fitted the front headlining after a lot of fiddling.
Rear headlining to fit, awaiting for a couple of trim pieces to arrive in the post, then paint up along with the four vent trims.
Steve.
Did you buy in the headlining or make it yourself? I'm quite keen to see what the ones from Badger in the US look like as the prices aren't too bad even with VAT and import added.
I made another three sill panel brackets and made up repair sections for the corroded ends, bonded in with Tiger Seal; tightened up the new sheradized steering box/bulkhead fixings and got stuck into further disassembly of my seat box.
I have finally been able to get all four trop top roof vents sandblasted.
I kinda like the bare metal look, but... even after sandblasting these things, I can scratch them with a fingernail and cause a shiny spot. After talking with another Rover we think these things were probably zinc coated. That being said... if I clear coated them in a matt finish, will it adhere well enough? I'm thinking I'm going to have to use a self-etching primer and then paint the.
Do any of y'all have any thoughts or suggestions?
Refitted the newly painted wheels and drove it into the garage, SCREECH!!! the r/h rib on the roof scraped the top of the door frame, okay the roof of the Landie is needing a repaint anyway but why when the new tyres looked slightly smaller than the ones that came off. It could be that I didn't settle the springs after jacking up as now it clears the door frame.... Doh!
Dave. :shakinghead
Quote from: Larry S on Mar 26, 2024, 09:26 PMI have finally been able to get all four trop top roof vents sandblasted.
I kinda like the bare metal look, but... even after sandblasting these things, I can scratch them with a fingernail and cause a shiny spot. After talking with another Rover we think these things were probably zinc coated. That being said... if I clear coated them in a matt finish, will it adhere well enough? I'm thinking I'm going to have to use a self-etching primer and then paint the.
Do any of y'all have any thoughts or suggestions?
they were zinc coated originally, no idea on paint prep though, but anything is better than nothing, seeing as they were just left with the galv/zinc finish when new. maybe even give them a thin layer of grease/wax stuff on top when done.
Larry S
I wonder if it is practical to zinc plate them yourself?
I've got a zinc playing kit - it's very easy.
Quote from: Serious Series on Mar 27, 2024, 04:20 PMLarry S
I wonder if it is practical to zinc plate them yourself?
I have never done that before.
Took it out for a test drive to make sure everything still works after hibernation.
Turns out after fitting the cab roof the door pops open while driving, made me truly appreciate the new seat belt bracket while going round the roundabout.
I finished my repairs to my sill panels, and the front valance, and cut and bent the piece of ali angle to repair the rear angle on my seat box. I'm pleased to see these completed. They're numerous little jobs that combine to mean the reassembly will be just that...and quick :RHD
Here you are, Littlelegs. I'm going to buy a big pot of paint stripper in due course and reveal the original bronze green, then maybe abrade these flush and spot paint them body colour.
After some time in the workshop with 2 pieces of angle iron and a vice a new set of seat brackets is ready for welding. I'm expecting now that someone is going to say I could have bought a new set for a few pounds !
Quote from: Ken on Mar 29, 2024, 05:52 PMAfter some time in the workshop with 2 pieces of angle iron and a vice a new set of seat brackets is ready for welding. I'm expecting now that someone is going to say I could have bought a new set for a few pounds !
Which bits have you made from the angle iron, Ken? The upstands or the top hat sections, or maybe both?? Nice work anyhow. I've seen these going for silly money.
You may have bought some for a few pounds, but where's the fun in that? :cheers-man
Checked the Landrover over today in preparation for 'Drive it Day' on the 21st April. Not been out since November, planning a wee run down the Clyde valley for lunch tomorrow and a fill up with some 'super petrol' although it has started fine with the E10 stuff which must be six months old.
Checked all the fluids and checked for leaks, checked the new tyres and pressures still okay so we are go, hope the weather stays fine. :RHD
Dave.
Made them all from sheet. For the upstands I made a simple jig from MS plate to form the swaged stiffener, two halves, the top with a ' letter box' cut out in the shape of the swage and the same cut out for the lower half but bevelled to allow the sheet to move when I knocked the bar into it. I rounded off a short piece of ally bar, 5/8th inch diameter.
The 2 formers were bolted together sandwiching the sheet which I'd cut to shape and preventing it from distorting when formed and knocked the ally bar into the letter box using its length. It worked fine.
Everything else was angle iron and the vice.
It needs a lot of care to start the curves in the right place.
I usually use CAD for these things, cardboard aided design, cereal boxes are best !