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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / October 2004

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Much more chilled today...

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Lee_D - 05 Oct 2004 18:58 GMT
This new water seperator has increased acceleration and pick up of the
engine no end. (On the Rangie). The slop that can out of the old seperator
was disgusting. I couldn't drain it though due to the drain plug having
snapped and the unions being siezed solid. That fire was destiny doing me a
favour perhaphs..

Of course it could be the reduction in weight from not carrying around 1/4
tonne of oxide on the near side. Only other thing I can think is the new
hoses on the fuel line. At the Mo its 8 mm rubber from front to rear.
However I'm told that makes me a <Life of Brians - Mothers voice> very very
naughty boy </Life of Brians - Mothers voice> and I must fit plastic. I've
got the plastic on the bench ready, seems odd.. is it purely an issue of
longevity of the rubber?

I also got the brakes sorted today having adjusted the pushrod ( I had
fitted a new servo as the old one was looking well dodgie). Just managed to
get the master cylinder away enough without having to undo all the brake
pipes..phew!! Brakes are now better than ever before :-)

I'm alot more chilled today about this whole Landrover thing.

Off to Wrexham on Friday (fingers crossed!) to get some Carbs from a Jag
breakers yard for Percy. And a manual choke conversion for them .. get rid
of the 'orrid never works AED that cost  something like ?147 puls vare and
tare to replace. "It's a Jag thang".

Then it's Percy MOT time....... h'mmmm

Wonder if I'll ever get to Paint Morph this year.

Lee D

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Nige - 05 Oct 2004 19:07 GMT
> This new water seperator has increased acceleration and pick up of the engine no end. (On the Rangie).
> The slop that can out of the old seperator was disgusting. I couldn't drain it though due to the drain
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> Wonder if I'll ever get to Paint Morph this year.

Do you mind me asking how much this is costing matey?

Could I fit a Jag 4.2 to Monty?

Nige
Lee_D - 05 Oct 2004 19:42 GMT
> Do you mind me asking how much this is costing matey?

Percy?

Lord knows... ?340 or so for the Transfer box to bw65 auto box
Stage 1 axles  and servo ?100
Jag engine, Auto box, radiator, etc etc ?50
Hours of tinkering
hundreds on saudries.
Custom made exhaust - 7 Modified volvo tailpipes and a Big Merc van
silencer.

If I can get a 4.2 in a IIa which both Landrover specialists and Jag
enthusiasts one of who owned a IIa said was impossible then putting one in a
Rangie should be a piece of cake by comparision. Even Ashcrofts said it
wouldn't fit in. They intended the conversion for the same autobox mated to
a v8.

Of course the engine swap soon turned into a complete refurb including door
pillars footwells and outriggers. Complete new brake lines, fuel lines and
replacement of virtually every other nut and bolt.

Three months should see it done easy. Oh but then theres the other things
life throws at you so make that 2 years.

Full story here....

http://www.lrproject.com/percy/index.html

Would I do it again... would I hell! (Ask me in a fortnight!)

Lee D
TVS - 05 Oct 2004 23:27 GMT
> > Do you mind me asking how much this is costing matey?
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> Lee D

I feel a whole lot better knowing I'm no longer beeing beeing cursed for the
idea ;-)

But... err... how about this -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2492808122&ssPageN
ame=STRK:MEWA:IT

I'm geting out of hear! heheheh Toby
Austin Shackles - 06 Oct 2004 07:30 GMT
>I feel a whole lot better knowing I'm no longer beeing beeing cursed for the
>idea ;-)
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>I'm geting out of hear! heheheh Toby

bloody hell, I'd not have thought it could be done.

however, it does have a 90 front end - you'd never do it with a series front
end.  One tends to hope that it's got a 90 front axle with disc brakes as
well... if it's still on series II drums, then it's hardly what you'd call
safe.

I'd not be sure that the SIII transmission is up to the job, either...
Actually, I wonder how much 1967 there is there...
Lee_D - 06 Oct 2004 07:31 GMT
> I feel a whole lot better knowing I'm no longer beeing beeing cursed for
> the
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> I'm geting out of hear! heheheh Toby

Will be interesting to see what it fetches.. No where near ?4000 but just
give me an idea what Percy may be likely to fetch if I were to paint him
purple and bung in nice seats with OTT straps and steering wheel... not that
I'm a fashion critic you understand.

I'm intreagued as to what the Leafspring / coil spring hybrid malarky means
in real terms.

But NO! I won't be spending 5 years building another... not  a IIa anyway.

You got that toy to work yet?

:-)

Lee D
 
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