What have you done with your Series 2 Land Rover today ?

[Wittsend]

A new month, doesn't time fly ... What have you been up to Series 2 wise

[Alan Drover]

This was fitted this morning and the dog and I are sporting much smaller versions. Those will come off after Remembrance Sunday but as the Land Rover one doubles up as a radiator muff it'll stay on until the end of March. I've ensured the club badges aren't obscured.
OT I have now brought the power and garden tool batteries into the conservatory. As good as these modern batteries are supposed to be, they can't tolerate cold conditions.

[Kev]

Dropped off some new boots to be fitted on the wheels for the sprayer.👌

[Alan Drover]

I oiled the throttle linkage from the accelerator pedal to the carburettor, oiled the yellow 4wd lever.and then put a couple of drops of oil in the distributor under the rotor arm and through the baseplate. I noticed a split in the hose from the blower motor to the heater matrix which was easily fixed with a couple of strips of Gorilla tape. New genuine hoses are available but at a price and it was only a small split.
Coming back from the dog walk things sounded "throaty" under the bonnet and back home I discovered the elbow on the air intake hose had popped out of the carburettor. It was held in with the wire clips that came with the new hose so I substituted a Jubilee clip and as it was a genuine Jubilee I could get it really tight with my Jubilee clip tightener. It fits only genuine Jubilee clips.

[Herald1360]

Isn't the Jubilee clip tightener just a flexidrive 7mm (M4) socket driver?

That would fit any stray M4 nut or hex head bolt/setscrew.

It's handy for awkwardly positioned clips, though so are 7mm OE spanners and 1/4" drive sockets 

[Alan Drover]

Yes, it is. It seems that Jubilee clip copies don't use the same size hexagon though. The socket is fixed unfortunately.

[Alan Drover]

I would get the clip tighter if I used my Easydriver with sockets but that would almost certainly strip the threads on the clip.

[Alan Drover]

I checked the air hose carburettor elbow after the dog walk. Still very tight. The Jubilee clip gives a much better grip than the wire clamps.

[Countryview]

Finally attached the throttle linkage to the carburettor and tuned the NOS Zenith. Had to order the correct bell crank from Blanchards to replace the smaller arm that was fitted by the PO and it now fits to the correct side of the carburettor linkage. Sadly, I had to replace the original brass connecting rod as there was too much slack and wear. Thanks to all those that advised and pointed me in the right direction in my original post.

[Exile]

Took the old Wagon to a Sunday morning Classic Car meet, in the grounds of Little Easton Manor, near Great Dunmow.

Possibly a little out of place amongst all the shinies, but it was a very relaxed affair - and there was food!

(And yes, there was the obligatory bright yellow Lamborghini there, posing with its gull wings up and its engine cover open.   I didn't go and look, as I've spent too long looking at one on my teenage son's bedroom wall...... .)

[Littlelegs]

Got back from our trip to Bovington Tank Museum late yesterday and soaked the nuts on the rear prop in the vain hope they'd come undone so I can clean up the prop whilst I sort out the transmission brake. As it didn't work I took the grinder to the rear bolts and the drum nuts as the bolts were spinning with the nut. I intend to fit new ones anyway.

Prop now off and brake drum off so I can now see the extent of the oil contamination. The drum, shoes and all the internals are heavily oiled up so I'll order new shoes and clean up the backplate etc. The prop needs a good clean up too.

I'm struggling to stop the shaft spinning at the moment so I can get the castellated nut off and remove and clean the flange, fit a new seal etc🙄. I was getting frustrated with it so left it for today. Will try again tomorrow.

[Boston109]

I drained the oils from the gearbox, transfer case and the overdrive and I measured the volume of the extracted oil as I drained each of them, out of curiosity.

Depressingly, It would appear that I have leaked about 1.2L over the last 2000 miles. Uh Oh! 

[simonbav]

Got back from our trip to Bovington Tank Museum late yesterday and soaked the nuts on the rear prop in the vain hope they'd come undone so I can clean up the prop whilst I sort out the transmission brake. As it didn't work I took the grinder to the rear bolts and the drum nuts as the bolts were spinning with the nut. I intend to fit new ones anyway.

Prop now off and brake drum off so I can now see the extent of the oil contamination. The drum, shoes and all the internals are heavily oiled up so I'll order new shoes and clean up the backplate etc. The prop needs a good clean up too.

I'm struggling to stop the shaft spinning at the moment so I can get the castellated nut off and remove and clean the flange, fit a new seal etc🙄. I was getting frustrated with it so left it for today. Will try again tomorrow.

You can soak the shoes to lift out the oil. Someone here will know what works.

[Herald1360]

If they're old asbestos based rivetted on linings, soaking them in petrol and setting fire to them works quite well 

Worst case you'll just need to reline the shoes :-)

[diffwhine]

And if that process (which works very well!) is not for you, a can of brake cleaner and some careful work with an old paint brush should get most of it off.