Popular Post johnnyfive Posted May 14, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2017 Dragged this home yesterday. IMG_20170513_102342 by John Bell, on Flickr Needs a little bit of a birthday, but really is in pretty good shape for its age. It came from some family friends who have had it since the beginning of time so has a bit of a history. I'm new to Land Rover details, but I think its an early Series 3, although the plate inside the cab says 2A. Its been fitted with a Nissan LD28, and has no sign of a cert, but has been issued Warrants in this configuration so I need to figure out if it ever had a declaration and if a copy still exists. The LD28 doesn't exactly fit very well though, and the diff head hits the oil pump, this apparently is a fairly common conversion so I'm curious as to how others have gotten around this. Apparently the original motor didn't have anything wrong with it, and is still available so if it is too difficult to get the LD28 to work (and legal) I may look into this. The tyres are a set of very perished 'oodYear' retreads which I find hilarious, my guess is that GoodYear didn't like you reusing their casings for retreads so they all have the 'G' rubbed off. The wooden deck is solid enough for now, but it might need a bit of attention, I'd love to be able to fit a wellside to it possibly. For now its home back indoors. I've got to sort out a few things before I get into it properly. I'm pretty excited to have a project that you can buy parts for. LD28 IMG_20170513_111906 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20170513_113127 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20170513_143948 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20170513_144002 by John Bell, on Flickr Tell me the secrets of Britannia here 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnnyfive Posted May 14, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2017 Will try and document the more interesting things I thought this was a nice touch. Fuel cap IMG_20170513_144634 by John Bell, on Flickr Looks pretty normal, has a straining mesh in there IMG_20170513_144642 by John Bell, on Flickr It pulls out and locks in like a spout so you can fill your vehicle with roadside diesel from innapropriate vessels in Africa/Ruatoria IMG_20170513_144701 by John Bell, on Flickr 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 So no update as far as working on it goes. But I've been trying to do some digging into the engine swap and if its ever been legit. No sign of cert, previous owners and LVVTA have no record of a declaration ever being issued for it, last WOF issued in '05, and engine swapped a long time before that. There is a possibility the original engine is still available so if the LD28 conversion is too difficult to get up to a certable state then maybe going back to OE is an option. The other problem with the LD28 is its mounting. The oil pump lines up pretty well with the diff head, and hits it pretty easily from what I'm told. I also found out apparently it has had some kind of modification done to the transfer case or gearbox to give it a better final drive ratio? I'm not quite sure what it entailed though. Heres a bad picture of the sump/diff IMG_20170513_155448 by John Bell, on Flickr And heres a bad picture of the bellhousing adapter. IMG_20170522_155601 by John Bell, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnnyfive Posted June 5, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2017 So yeah, first priority has been to see if it'd run after its ~10yr rest. But the fuel tank had the drain bung, level sender, and pickup all removed because it had a 'problem' back then, maybe blocked lines? The tank looked in pretty good shape inside and out. So plugged everything back up, carefully tipped a few liters of diesel in there, and sure enough it came out the bottom pretty quickly. Fuel tank lives under the drivers seat. The sender and guage appear to work (pretty) well. IMG_20170603_094104 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20170603_094124 by John Bell, on Flickr Rusted fasteners, tank comes out. IMG_20170603_104539 by John Bell, on Flickr Degrease, waterblast, investigation. IMG_20170603_122150 by John Bell, on Flickr Hole. IMG_20170603_122220 by John Bell, on Flickr Tank is folded and soldiered together, so will have an attempt at picking it apart and plugging up the yuck bits. Clean up and paint etc too, this week hopefully. For those interested, the OE Land Rover fuel filter housing seems to be a fairly generic item used on British diesels from this era. It looks to be the same one used on our Lister, and Perkins(Massey Ferguson) diesels. So got a new filter cartridge from agspares.co.nz for a MF165 for $6ish. Bargain M8. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnnyfive Posted June 5, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 5, 2017 But we weren't able to see if it ran, disappointment. So gravity feed temporary fuel system. A battery and a bit of bleeding and glowing. The LD28 seems pretty healthy and sounds great, really enjoying just going to the shed and revving it a couple times a day. Need to figure out whats wrong with the clutch now though, will start by looking at the master and/or slave cylinders. IMG_20170604_111604 by John Bell, on Flickr Like comment and subscribe 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnnyfive Posted July 17, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2017 No update here, except for fixing the picture hosting. So slack. IMG_20170605_113733 by John Bell, on Flickr 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 So no work has been done, surprise? I had tentatively decided I wanted some rad looking Deestone tyres in the factory size for this thing when the time arrived, accidentally found and bought these cheap, will get the Land Rover rims tidied up and the tyres swapped over sometime... So if anyone wants to buy some split rims for a Landcruiser holla at cha boy. 2017-08-11_01-01-03 by John Bell, on Flickr Might try track down a second set of rims and still get some Deestones too anyway cause you always need options. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 So if you thought I'd been sitting around doing nothing for about 6 months, you'd be correct for at least 90% of the time. I figured the clutch slave cylinder was seized in the fully extended position. So acquired a replacement from a nice man at http://www.landroverspares.co.nz (very cheap, A+) New IMG_20171224_164235 by John Bell, on Flickr Old and gross IMG_20171224_171726 by John Bell, on Flickr This allowed me to give it it's first drive in over 10 years on Christmas Eve which was nice although somewhat alarming. Will need a thorough going over before I get too keen to go too far from the farm. IMG_20171224_201520 by John Bell, on Flickr 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnnyfive Posted February 12, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 12, 2018 Next step was to get rid of the coke bottle. The old man de-soldered the second skin on the bottom of the tank. It looks to be a bit of a moisture trap. 2018-02-12_05-16-08 by John Bell, on Flickr Cleaned up the tank and plugged the holes with solder, apply paint inbetween layers liberally IMG_20171210_132347 by John Bell, on Flickr Solder two bits back together, Paint, and apply seam sealer to try keep the moisture getting in the sides. IMG_20171216_093945 by John Bell, on Flickr Tank back in the hole, and plumbed back up, it looks like all the stuff is staying and going where it should. So far it has proven useful and fun to trip around the farm on. 2018-02-12_05-09-02 by John Bell, on Flickr 2018-02-12_05-07-04 by John Bell, on Flickr Next step might be to remove the deck and sort out the rust and think about deck replacement Like, comment and subscribe 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post johnnyfive Posted November 18, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 18, 2019 So over 18 months and 100% of not much achieved. Was hoping to use this thing as wedding car, didn't leave myself enough time to do anything substantial. What to do? How about the bare minimum? Pulled the rims off, they'd been painted over the original cream, with the body colour turquoise, was looking kinda shitty. IMG_20191031_082525 by John Bell, on Flickr The old retreads were pretty nasty and mostly tore to bits coming off. Glad to see the back of them. Had the rims blasted and painted close enough to factory cream. On closer inspection 1 rim is a different style/offset. It is now the spare. Might keep an eye out for another correct one. IMG_20191109_115330 by John Bell, on Flickr Mounted the tyres, went tubeless, which may not be advised on tube style rims. Fuck tubes though right? IMG_20191109_160709 by John Bell, on Flickr Got some fasteners for the spare on the bonnet. IMG_20191110_182034 by John Bell, on Flickr Gave the insides a clean out, decades of farmer stuff, dozens of earplugs, gloves, matches, boot polish, all sorts. Found a 1985 pocket calendar behind one of the vents. IMG_20191110_180321 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191110_180330 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191110_180335 by John Bell, on Flickr There was also this shaft and repaired, and destroyed gear, unsure if Land Rover or just farm trash. IMG_20191110_155444 by John Bell, on Flickr Put some new cheap repro mirrors on, secured the battery. Scrubbed the insides and badly recovered one seat base. Got both vents freed up/attached and working nice. Flex out, might get a bit more with a good weight on the back. IMG_20191118_121605 by John Bell, on Flickr IMG_20191118_121418 by John Bell, on Flickr Still a bad fit with much travel, and as manky as ever. IMG_20191118_121511 by John Bell, on Flickr Went to a wedding received_2427387784166746 by John Bell, on Flickr Have gotten a bit of a kick out of using it, so will try and keep the ball rolling. Although its driveable, basically everything needs touching up to some extent, time to chip away as funds and time allows. Talky link https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/56349-johnnyfives-land-rover/ 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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